Re: how to 'visually' replace

2006-08-24 Thread Luis A. Florit
IIUC, it is not possible out of the box, but it is possible if you recompile with Vince's patch mentioned both in Tim's reply quoted above and in mine. Ok. Thank you all for the suggestion, Luis.

how to 'visually' replace

2006-08-23 Thread Luis A. Florit
Hi, I would like Vim to show 'virtual' characters instead of real characters. For example, I want Vim to show 'password=**' instead of the actual password when editing a file, but without modifying the password content. For example, when folding, vim does this. It replaces the whole block

Re: how to 'visually' replace

2006-08-23 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Luis A. Florit wrote: Hi, I would like Vim to show 'virtual' characters instead of real characters. For example, I want Vim to show 'password=**' instead of the actual password when editing a file, but without modifying the password content. For example, when folding, vim does this. It

Re: how to 'visually' replace

2006-08-23 Thread Tim Chase
I would like Vim to show 'virtual' characters instead of real characters. For example, I want Vim to show 'password=**' instead of the actual password when editing a file, but without modifying the password content. For example, when folding, vim does this. It replaces the whole block

Re: how to 'visually' replace

2006-08-23 Thread Luis A. Florit
* El 23/08/06 a las 21:03, Tim Chase chamullaba: I would like Vim to show 'virtual' characters instead of real characters. For example, I want Vim to show 'password=**' instead of the actual password when editing a file, but without modifying the password content. For example, when

Re: how to 'visually' replace

2006-08-23 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Luis A. Florit wrote: * El 23/08/06 a las 21:03, Tim Chase chamullaba: I would like Vim to show 'virtual' characters instead of real characters. For example, I want Vim to show 'password=**' instead of the actual password when editing a file, but without modifying the password content.