are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations
iF we throw out gvim since it is simply the GUI variant of vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab abbreviations that vi does? I ask this because I don't know wmany many people with speech imopairments or who cannot speak at all would be interested in using my version of vi/vim with it's .ex/.nex/.vimrc and my hundred+ abbreviations. The IM app, pidgin is not an editor, but it does let user use the mouse and/or arrow keys. pidgin also uses abbrvs. BEcause i type so slowly, i have my pidgin set up to use a slew of abbrev. [Well, not the obv's, like 'FWIW' :-) ... but other words. I would be interested in knowing how many list members _don't_ know vi and use another editor. just curious gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations
On 02/21/11 18:32, Gary Kline wrote: iF we throw out gvim since it is simply the GUI variant of vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab abbreviations that vi does? I ask this because I don't know wmany many people with speech imopairments or who cannot speak at all would be interested in using my version of vi/vim with it's .ex/.nex/.vimrc and my hundred+ abbreviations. The IM app, pidgin is not an editor, but it does let user use the mouse and/or arrow keys. pidgin also uses abbrvs. BEcause i type so slowly, i have my pidgin set up to use a slew of abbrev. [Well, not the obv's, like 'FWIW' :-) ... but other words. I would be interested in knowing how many list members _don't_ know vi and use another editor. just curious gary I have been using nedit for many years. It is very easy to use. It uses the mouse, arrow keys, etc. so you don't have to do multiple keystrokes. Vi is insane. I don't know what you mean about the abbreviations though. I don't think it does that. The current version in ports for 8.1-RELEASE has a problem requiring a simple patch when it is built. This was discussed here a couple weeks ago. Best regards, Fred ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: iF we throw out gvim since it is simply the GUI variant of vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab abbreviations that vi does? kate, the bundled text editor for KDE can use vi bindings. -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations
On 21 February 2011 20:49, Fred f...@blakemfg.com wrote: On 02/21/11 18:32, Gary Kline wrote: iF we throw out gvim since it is simply the GUI variant of vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab abbreviations that vi does? I ask this because I don't know wmany many people with speech imopairments or who cannot speak at all would be interested in using my version of vi/vim with it's .ex/.nex/.vimrc and my hundred+ abbreviations. The IM app, pidgin is not an editor, but it does let user use the mouse and/or arrow keys. pidgin also uses abbrvs. BEcause i type so slowly, i have my pidgin set up to use a slew of abbrev. [Well, not the obv's, like 'FWIW' :-) ... but other words. I would be interested in knowing how many list members _don't_ know vi and use another editor. just curious As little as I like linking to the encyclopaedia that even a paranoid hydrocephalic with (Gilles de la) Tourette syndrome can edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors#Key_bindings Vi is insane. Indeed. http://www.rants.org/ed.html -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 06:49:18PM -0700, Fred wrote: On 02/21/11 18:32, Gary Kline wrote: iF we throw out gvim since it is simply the GUI variant of vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab abbreviations that vi does? I ask this because I don't know wmany many people with speech imopairments or who cannot speak at all would be interested in using my version of vi/vim with it's .ex/.nex/.vimrc and my hundred+ abbreviations. The IM app, pidgin is not an editor, but it does let user use the mouse and/or arrow keys. pidgin also uses abbrvs. BEcause i type so slowly, i have my pidgin set up to use a slew of abbrev. [Well, not the obv's, like 'FWIW' :-) ... but other words. I would be interested in knowing how many list members _don't_ know vi and use another editor. just curious gary I have been using nedit for many years. It is very easy to use. It uses the mouse, arrow keys, etc. so you don't have to do multiple keystrokes. Vi is insane. I don't know what you mean about the abbreviations though. I don't think it does that. The current version in ports for 8.1-RELEASE has a problem requiring a simple patch when it is built. This was discussed here a couple weeks ago. Best regards, Fred Very simply, in your .vimrc, if you type :ab i I or :ab thr there anytime you type i it goes to I. The thr abbreviation becomes the word there. gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 08:21:20PM -0600, Adam Vande More wrote: On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: iF we throw out gvim since it is simply the GUI variant of vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab abbreviations that vi does? kate, the bundled text editor for KDE can use vi bindings. -- Adam Vande More Interesting. I have use kate by accident a few times. But my fingers did /pattern anf [hjkl] just by habit. So I quit out of it and went back to [n]vi :-) thanks! -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
