Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-12 Thread Ookhoi
> > Also, is the only way to avoid "broken words" at the end of a line? > > If you want to wordwrap automatically, then some of the vi variants can > do that for you. In vim, say ":set tw=72" in command mode. I use :setwrapmargin=8 and have the file ~/.exrc which contains: set wrapmargin=8 se

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-11 Thread David Z. Maze
homega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: homega> ~$ vim homega> :help homega> Sorry, help file "/usr/share/vim/doc/help.txt" not found homega> homega> in fact there's not vim/ (nor vi/, nor nvi/) dir within homega> /usr/share, and I haven't been able to find that help.txt so homega> far. Likewise, vim

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-11 Thread homega
David Z. Maze dixit: ~> homega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ~> homega> Fine, I downloaded vim and kept nvi as well (for now, just ~> homega> while I'm learning). but I suppossed there should be a ~> homega> configuration file, either general for all vi programs, or for ~> homega> nvi or vim in par

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-11 Thread David Z. Maze
homega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: homega> Fine, I downloaded vim and kept nvi as well (for now, just homega> while I'm learning). but I suppossed there should be a homega> configuration file, either general for all vi programs, or for homega> nvi or vim in particular ... the problem is I haven't

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-11 Thread homega
David Z. Maze dixit: ~> shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ~> > Also, is the only way to avoid "broken words" at the end of a line? ~> SEP> ~> SEP> And yes, hitting enter is the only way. ~> ~> No it's not...in vim, I routinely do ~> ~> :set wm=4 (...) Fine, I downloaded vim and kept

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-11 Thread David Z. Maze
shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also, is the only way to avoid "broken words" at the end of a line? SEP> SEP> And yes, hitting enter is the only way. No it's not...in vim, I routinely do :set wm=4 which sets a "wrap margin" of 4 characters at the end of each (80-character) line,

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-10 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 12:03:26AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm just starting with vi, and am wondering whether there's an X front end > for vi (or nvi, or vim), or any X specific vi editor. There's an X version of vim called gvim. You could also try using one of the vi modes under Emac

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-10 Thread Adam Klein
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 12:03:26AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm just starting with vi, and am wondering whether there's an X front end > for vi (or nvi, or vim), or any X specific vi editor. Yes, vim has something called gvim. Adam

Re: vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-10 Thread shaleh
> > Hi there, > > I'm just starting with vi, and am wondering whether there's an X front end > for vi (or nvi, or vim), or any X specific vi editor. > > Also, is the only way to avoid "broken words" at the end of a line? > gvim is a GUI vim. And yes, hitting enter is the only way.

vi GUI for X ?

1999-04-10 Thread homega
Hi there, I'm just starting with vi, and am wondering whether there's an X front end for vi (or nvi, or vim), or any X specific vi editor. Also, is the only way to avoid "broken words" at the end of a line? TIA Horacio -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or