can i map the number pad enter or somesuch?

hello all, Is the enter key on the numeric keypad different than the enter key of the keyboard? i was thinking that it would be super handy to map it to gg. I have a lot of long files to mess around with. thanks for any tips. shawn

Re: question about insert mode and zz

yep, that helps, just did the map, exactly what i was looking for, thanks shawn On 5/4/07, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i really dig the zz function to get me in the middle of the screen. > i was wondering if there were an insert mode ability to do the same thing. > So if i am writing

question about insert mode and zz

Hey there all, i really dig the zz function to get me in the middle of the screen. i was wondering if there were an insert mode ability to do the same thing. So if i am writing a long function and get to the bottom of the screen i can move where i am at to the middle of the screen while still in i

Re: question about leader

Hey, thanks gents ! sk On 4/21/07, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when i am reading docs or plugin docs, i often see references to > > like a keybinding is something. > > what is leader ? It is a character (defaulting to "\") used to allow folks to choose a "leader" character for mapp

question about leader

hey all, when i am reading docs or plugin docs, i often see references to like a keybinding is something. what is leader ? thanks

Re: about fonts in gvim

Worked like a champ. fortunatly, i have gtk2 running almost every machine i dev on. i use fluxbox at home but set the gtk2 options when logging in. thanks much for this. sk On 4/18/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: shawn bright wrote: > hey there all, > > is th

about fonts in gvim

hey there all, is there a way i can permanently set the font for gvim ? i can't find a config file for it. thanks

Re: command to delete just whitespace

funny, never noticed that dw works if there is no characters under it. thanks sk On 4/15/07, Suresh Govindachar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok, let me clarify a bit more. i just need to delete > the white space between the cursor and the next character. > sorry. > sk In normal m

Re: command to delete just whitespace

ok, let me clarify a bit more. i just need to delete the white space between the cursor and the next character. sorry. sk On 4/15/07, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * shawn bright [2007.04.15 20:15]: > Hey there, i am looking for a command that will > delete all w

command to delete just whitespace

Hey there, i am looking for a command that will delete all whitespace up until the first character. for example []some_characters []some_characters. i could not find a command to do this ( or perhaps read the cheat sheet and :help d wrong ) thanks sk

Re: how to create a command

;d expand. *tim* -Original Message----- From: shawn bright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:38 PM To: vimlist Subject: how to create a command hello there vim dudes. i am using the gmail.vim plugin. Its cool, and allows me to send myself messages. This is how i keep my

how to create a command

hello there vim dudes. i am using the gmail.vim plugin. Its cool, and allows me to send myself messages. This is how i keep my TODO list, with filters and gmail plus addressing. So anyway. It uses a command like this :GMSend someemailaddress. now, since i am using the same email address everytim

problem with shifting block

lo there, i am using visual mode and >> to indent a block of code. the problem i am having is that once i do this, the visual mode is gone. So, i have to re-select everything and do it again. Is there a command to repeat the last shift ? or better yet, is there a better way to shift code right a

Re: how to delete all occur of a character

hey there, thanks for your tips, works great. sk On 4/9/07, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have a file ( actually a group of them ) and i need to > delete the quotation marks in each file, i am sure that vim > has a tool for this. For a single file, you want to use :%s/"//g

how to delete all occur of a character

lo there, i have a file ( actually a group of them ) and i need to delete the quotation marks in each file, i am sure that vim has a tool for this. sk

Re: quick query about moving a selection

cool enough, thanks, tim sk On 4/3/07, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i know with >> i can move a selection to the right by one > indent, how can i move a selection just one space ? Well, if you want to move by "one indent", you can :set sw=1 ts=1 et which will then make ">>"

quick query about moving a selection

lo there, i know with >> i can move a selection to the right by one indent, how can i move a selection just one space ? thanks sk

Re: bracket completion

Thanks Luc, i got the main functionality working, pretty much. I only really desire the bracket matching, and so far, i am really pleased. They all work except the [] . So i think maybe there is a conflict with another plugin ( i have the snippets-Emu, supertabs, and taglist plugins also. ) The ov

Re: ok, new question on search

great, have this set now in mine. thanks, sk On 4/2/07, Albie Janse van Rensburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gene Kwiecinski wrote: >> when i do a search like /text >> it highlights all of the matches and i can use n and N to navigate. >> how do i turn the highlighting off when i am done? >> > >

Re: ok, new question on search

cool enough, i guess i could map something to :/impossible_to_find_text or something thanks sk On 4/2/07, Gene Kwiecinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >when i do a search like /text >it highlights all of the matches and i can use n and N to navigate. >how do i turn the highlighting off when i am

ok, new question on search

lo there, when i do a search like /text it highlights all of the matches and i can use n and N to navigate. how do i turn the highlighting off when i am done? thanks sk

Re: bracket completion

whoa !, nevermind, found an example file on his website, tried it and works,. sorry, my own rftm mistake sk On 4/2/07, shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: this looks like exactly what i am after. i am kind of a newbie here, and cant quite get it to work right. i believe that i

Re: bracket completion

ld do from the docs on the website that you linked to thanks for any tips sk On 4/2/07, Greg Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 02 Apr 2007, shawn bright wrote: > i am finding these usefull too, thanks Check out Luc Hermitte's development of Stephen Riehm's

Re: bracket completion

i am finding these usefull too, thanks sk On 4/2/07, Panos Laganakos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Those are great, thanks alot :) On 4/1/07, Fritz Mehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A.J.Mechelynck schrieb: > > > Greg Fitzgerald wrote: > > > >> Anyone know of a way to achieve bracket completion?

Re: need a new way to scroll

cool, thanks, i went with option 2. works great. sk On 3/30/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: shawn bright wrote: > Hello all, > > i find myself doing a lot of scrolling. Usually, this is when i am > tracing code to see the flow of a certain thing. I know i have

need a new way to scroll

Hello all, i find myself doing a lot of scrolling. Usually, this is when i am tracing code to see the flow of a certain thing. I know i have Ctrl-u, d, f, b for doing a page at a time, but i need to be able to scroll like a quarter of a page or maybe 20 lines at a time. I know that i can do 20Ctr

Re: two questions , map and scroll

thanks for all the help, gents doing just what i want now. sk On 3/27/07, fREW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/27/07, Andy Wokula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > shawn bright schrieb: > > lo there, > > > > i have two quick questions. > > first, is there a

two questions , map and scroll

lo there, i have two quick questions. first, is there a way i can scroll text under the cursor ( so that the cursor stays on the same place in the terminal, but the text scrolls anyway ) i just think that would be really cool. second. i do a lot of rails stuff, so i open and close a lot of rails

Re: question about a python plugin

X-CTRL-O On 3/25/07, shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey gents ! > > i found this screencast > > http://www.tuxed.de/vimpst/video.html > > does anyone know what plugin is being showed off here? > thanks > shawn > -- Panos Laganakos

question about a python plugin

hey gents ! i found this screencast http://www.tuxed.de/vimpst/video.html does anyone know what plugin is being showed off here? thanks shawn

question about omni-complete

lo there, i just discovered omni-complete . i am starting to use vim for some python and ruby scripting for work. i found omni-complete. I can type time.ctrl-x ctrl-o and a list of funtions pop up for me to choose. but how do i navigate the list without using arrow keys ? it is getting kinda n

Re: jump to last edit

wow, that was fast, thanks ! On 3/22/07, Wolfgang Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, :help g; Cheers, Wolfgang shawn bright wrote: > Hello there all, > > is there a command in vim that will cause you to jump to the last edit > location in a file ? > > thanks, > shawn

jump to last edit

Hello there all, is there a command in vim that will cause you to jump to the last edit location in a file ? thanks, shawn

Re: question about search

cool, thanks, i knew there had to be something. thanks again. sk On 3/21/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: shawn bright wrote: > hello there, > i am kinda new to vim, so i am wanting to learn the stuff that i think > i will use the most first. One of the things

question about search

hello there, i am kinda new to vim, so i am wanting to learn the stuff that i think i will use the most first. One of the things i use a lot is search. i have found how to do a search like this /:s/reg/reg is there a way i can tab through the finds ? thanks

Re: hello again

yep, just what i was looking for. thanks much, gents. shawn On 2/21/07, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was wondering if there is an option to use spaces instead of tabs in > my indenting and tabbing, especially when in python. You can set the 'expandtab' option to behave as you like.

hello again

hello again from the newbie. i was wondering if there is an option to use spaces instead of tabs in my indenting and tabbing, especially when in python. This wouldn't be an issue, but i have written most of my stuff in JEdit using soft tabs and now when i mess with one of the files in vim, i get

Re: question about auto indenting tab width

ok, thanks, gents shawn On 2/21/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: shawn bright wrote: > lo there all. > i found where i can set my tab stop in .vimrc to 4, but i can't seem > to find where to set it to 4 when i have an auto indent. > for example, in pytho

question about auto indenting tab width

lo there all. i found where i can set my tab stop in .vimrc to 4, but i can't seem to find where to set it to 4 when i have an auto indent. for example, in python, if i do a for x in range(20): it auto indents 8 spaces and i need it to auto indent 4 any tips are appreciated. thanks

question about mapping

hello there all, i am very new to vim, but i really dig it. I tried out a script plugin from vim.org and when i start vim, there is an error message that says Error detected while processing /home/piv/.vim/plugin/snippetsE mu.vim: line 163: E227: mapping already exists for ^I i guess i need to