How to wrap sentences?

reference O'Reilly's VI Editor Pocket Reference. Could someone help me? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: How to wrap sentences?

Larry Alkoff wrote: I frequently copy and paste text from web pages and would like to break lines at (say) 72 without splitting words. My preference is to do this either on the command line or by ESC :command I've read the post in the thread auto-wrapping text by A.J.Mechelynck in which he

Re: How to wrap sentences?

invoke: vip name_of_file and the text will always be wrapped at 72. 4b. Otherwise vim will work in the normal way with ~/.vimrc. Thanks Russell Bateman for your reply although I found a different way. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: Howto stop display of title, line # from a cntrl-G ?

such artifacts. -tim Thanks Tim and Yakov. I'm getting the hang of it - slowly. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Howto stop display of title, line # from a cntrl-G ?

While learning vim 4.6.2 I typed a control-G to display the name of the file, number of lines and characters on the bottom. What is the command to get out of that mode? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: Is _every_ command starting with a colon an ex command?

. :) -tim tim I thank you but all I can say is 'eek' g -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Is _every_ command starting with a colon an ex command?

I know every ex command starts with a colon. Is the reverse true in every case? Is _every_ command that starts with a colon an ex command? Examples :help Is this an ex command? :versionIs this? :blahblah This? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird

Re: Is _every_ command starting with a colon an ex command?

, Yakov and Martin. I'll just ASSume from now on that, if it starts with a colon, it may as be an ex command. Very interesting information on the use of ex. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: Is _every_ command starting with a colon an ex command?

':sp foobar'. Are you saying that is not necessary or (shudder) wrong? How can I redirect the very long list of ex commands to a file? :he ex-cmd-index file doesn't work. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

examples? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Missing configuration commands in vim 7?

. What has happened in vim 7? Are there replacements for syntax on and set mouse? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: Missing configuration commands in vim 7?

Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Larry Alkoff wrote: I have a desktop and newly configured laptop with different versions of vim. The desktop has vim 6.4.6 which contains the lines in ~/.vimrc set mouse=a syntax on They show in :help The laptop has vim 7.0.35 and gives an error on the above

Re: Missing configuration commands in vim 7?

A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Larry Alkoff wrote: Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Larry Alkoff wrote: I have a desktop and newly configured laptop with different versions of vim. The desktop has vim 6.4.6 which contains the lines in ~/.vimrc set mouse=a syntax on They show in :help The laptop has

How to get destructive backspace in command mode?

. All other programs in my Kubuntu 6.10 work properly. Insert mode works correctly. Is it possible to 'alias' the X key to backspace? I do not want to change any Linix config files except .vimrc to prevent unwanted side effects. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: How to get destructive backspace in command mode?

backspace=indent,eol,start and :set backspace=indent,eol,start but neither did want I want. Frankly I didn't understand what :he map was getting at. Is there any way to get the conventional backspace behavior I'm used to? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: How to get destructive backspace in command mode?

-space slipped in, and that its removal should solve your problem, as the mapping worked for me as you want. Yes Tim that's exactly what happened. Got rid of the extraneous character and backspace is working perfectly now. Thanks very much for your help. -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using

Re: Howto stop Thanks for flying Vim on Konsole Window Titlebar?

2 upon exit. It was the titlestring I had to research to get right. Thanks to all for your help. Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Howto stop Thanks for flying Vim on Konsole Window Titlebar?

Whenever I run Vim, the statement Thanks for flying Vim - Shell - Console appears on the Konsole Window Titlebar (the blue one at the top). What is causing this and how can I stop it? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Linux

Re: Howto stop Thanks for flying Vim on Konsole Window Titlebar?

Yakov Lerner wrote: On 9/21/06, Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever I run Vim, the statement Thanks for flying Vim - Shell - Console appears on the Konsole Window Titlebar (the blue one at the top). What is causing this and how can I stop it? :he 'title' :he 'titleold' :he

Re: Howto stop Thanks for flying Vim on Konsole Window Titlebar?

A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Larry Alkoff wrote: Yakov Lerner wrote: On 9/21/06, Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever I run Vim, the statement Thanks for flying Vim - Shell - Console appears on the Konsole Window Titlebar (the blue one at the top). What is causing this and how can I stop