Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-22 Thread mzyzik
I would like to concur with some that it is strange that the "d"/"u" keys work for scrolling when the "Press ENTER or type command to continue" message comes up; however, the "q" key does not just exit the prompt, but also begins recording a macro. I feel that "q" should only exit (and not record

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-21 Thread panshizhu
John Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写于 2007-03-22 12:43:51: > Thanks for the clarification Brett. At least if you have external > commands you use regularly though, you could wrap them in a vim > function, thereby making them effectively internal, making g< useful. > > Just an update - I promised I'd inv

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-21 Thread John Orr
I might give up on this and just be satisfied with the simpler "q exits the Press Enter prompt" change. Cheers, John On Wednesday 21 March 2007 23:55, Stahlman Family wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Jean-Rene David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-21 Thread Stahlman Family
- Original Message - From: "Jean-Rene David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:56 AM Subject: Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'? * Bram Moolenaar [2007.03.20 11:45]: > How many times did I repeat a command

OT: More vs. less (Was: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?)

2007-03-20 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
fREW wrote: On 3/20/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: cga2000 wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:50:12PM EST, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > > [..] > > "more" shows the colors with no problem. In general, I use: >> - less >> - when there is a long listing which I want to be able to scrol

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread fREW
On 3/20/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: cga2000 wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:50:12PM EST, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > > [..] > > "more" shows the colors with no problem. In general, I use: >> - less >> - when there is a long listing which I want to be able to scroll back and >>

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
cga2000 wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:50:12PM EST, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: [..] "more" shows the colors with no problem. In general, I use: - less - when there is a long listing which I want to be able to scroll back and forth, or to search with a / command - not when there are interspe

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Jean-Rene David wrote: > * Bram Moolenaar [2007.03.20 11:45]: > > > How many times did I repeat a command just because > > > I had pressed one time too many... > > > > You can type "g<" to go back to the messages. > > Thanks! Didn't know about that. > > Reading the help, this only brings back

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread Jean-Rene David
* Bram Moolenaar [2007.03.20 11:45]: > > How many times did I repeat a command just because > > I had pressed one time too many... > > You can type "g<" to go back to the messages. Thanks! Didn't know about that. Reading the help, this only brings back the last viewed page of messages though. N

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Jean-Rene David wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.03.19 22:30]: > > The more frustrating thing is: if I continuously > > scroll down in the 'more-prompt' mode, the > > 'more-prompt' will eventually quits the display > > and the message are disappeared forever, so I > > must be careful NOT to pre

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread cga2000
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:50:12PM EST, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: [..] "more" shows the colors with no problem. In general, I use: > > - less > - when there is a long listing which I want to be able to scroll back and > forth, or to search with a / command > - not when there are interspersed AN

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-20 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 3/19/07, John Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'm a bit frustrated by a particular behaviour of vim, and today I modified the source code to 'fix' it. I'd be very grateful for some opinions if you a) agree with my thoughts, or b) have a better solution. The problem - is when you run

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
John Orr wrote: Hi Tony, (and others), Thanks for your (tireless) input, yes, Ctrl-C is certainly a good suggestion, that works consistently, with no error bells/flashes, no matter how far through the messages you are. And I totally agree that it's good to make it easy to know when there is mo

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread John Orr
Hi Tony, (and others), Thanks for your (tireless) input, yes, Ctrl-C is certainly a good suggestion, that works consistently, with no error bells/flashes, no matter how far through the messages you are. And I totally agree that it's good to make it easy to know when there is more output to come

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread panshizhu
"A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写于 2007-03-20 11:58:26: > > After hitting once at the Hit-Enter prompt you're back to the > More-prompt > so _then_ you can use again. > > IMHO it is advantageous to have a different prompt at the end of the message > because it tells you that there's nothing

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写于 2007-03-20 11:18:06: To go back in the scrolling display, in Vim 7 (but not in Vim 6 or earlier) you can use or depending on how far you want to go back. Best regards, Tony. -- Hi Tony, Anyway to prevent 'more-prompt' from

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread panshizhu
"A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写于 2007-03-20 11:18:06: > To go back in the scrolling display, in Vim 7 (but not in Vim 6 or earlier) > you can use or depending on how far you want to go back. > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- Hi Tony, Anyway to prevent 'more-prompt' from changing into 'hit

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
John Orr wrote: Hi all, I'm a bit frustrated by a particular behaviour of vim, and today I modified the source code to 'fix' it. I'd be very grateful for some opinions if you a) agree with my thoughts, or b) have a better solution. The problem - is when you run a command that outputs "messa

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread Jean-Rene David
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.03.19 22:30]: > The more frustrating thing is: if I continuously > scroll down in the 'more-prompt' mode, the > 'more-prompt' will eventually quits the display > and the message are disappeared forever, so I > must be careful NOT to press any key when the > last line of me

Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread panshizhu
John Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写于 2007-03-19 21:23:59: > Hi all, > > I'm a bit frustrated by a particular behaviour of vim, and today I > modified the source code to 'fix' it. I'd be very grateful for some > opinions if you > a) agree with my thoughts, or > b) have a better solution. > > The problem

Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?

2007-03-19 Thread John Orr
Hi all, I'm a bit frustrated by a particular behaviour of vim, and today I modified the source code to 'fix' it. I'd be very grateful for some opinions if you a) agree with my thoughts, or b) have a better solution. The problem - is when you run a command that outputs "messages" to vim - over