Re: Improvements for vim.org/scripts

2008-11-07 Thread Caleb Cushing
so... how is it we are going to determine what of, if any of this happens? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_use maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---

Re: Improvements for vim.org/scripts

2008-11-07 Thread Thomas Koch
Am Friday 07 November 2008 10:01:40 schrieb Caleb Cushing: so... how is it we are going to determine what of, if any of this happens? I wanted to wait this weekend to give anybody time to add comments to the wiki page( http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim.org_relaunch ). If the requirements / wish

Re: Improvements for vim.org/scripts

2008-11-07 Thread Tom Link
bug tracking: anyone else think that a threaded comment system with attachments might be enough of a bug tracker for /scripts? As I said before, IMHO some BBS/forum system would solve most of the current short-comings. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: Package for Cygwin

2008-11-07 Thread Vocoda
Thanks Ben. I ended up d/l the windoze binary and running it under XP. Now it rocks :) On Nov 7, 1:45 am, Ben Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just had a similar experience yesterday. You can go directly to the mirrors. Mirror list:http://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html One

Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread Vocoda
It's just so cool to use a hybrid command line / windoze interface. Love it! I can't thank the Vim programmers enough for giving us a windoze binary. This edita is tha shizzle --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_use maillist. For more

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread fritzophrenic
On Nov 6, 3:40 pm, Linda W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's sorta embarassin', but I don't know how to copy Selected-text to the clipboard under Windows using the keyboard (i.e. Not going up to Edit, and using 'Copy'). It DOES give a keyboard shortcut that it tells me I can use: +y  (double

Problems to map noram mode from dvorak fr bépo to qwerty

2008-11-07 Thread psychoslave
Hello, my life Vi(m) is great to avoid RSI and so is the dvorak layout. As I'm french, I write a lot of french text, so I decided to use the wonderful dvorak fr bépo layout[1]. /my life Now what I would like is that when I use vim in normal mode, the layout corresponds to the qwerty keyboard,

Navigation when in the prompt?

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
By the prompt, I mean where you typically enter commands. I'm not sure of the technical name for this in Vim. Is there a way to treat this prompt/buffer as though it were a regular Vim buffer, allowing for a normal mode, at least for the sake of motions?

Re: Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
No, vim _anywhere_ is awesome, including on a GameBoy. Thomas On Nov 7, 9:56 am, Vocoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's just so cool to use a hybrid command line / windoze interface. Love it! I can't thank the Vim programmers enough for giving us a windoze binary. This edita is tha shizzle

RE: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread Gene Kwiecinski
Not to harp on it again, but the more or less standardised keychords can also be used: cut ^X ctl-del IMO cut = ctrl-del is less standardised, at least OOo calc, gnumeric use shift-del instead of ctrl-del. Can you list some apps that use ctrl-del as cut? Frankly, I can't list

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread bill lam
On Fri, 07 Nov 2008, Gene Kwiecinski wrote: Not to harp on it again, but the more or less standardised keychords can also be used: cut ^X ctl-del IMO cut = ctrl-del is less standardised, at least OOo calc, gnumeric use shift-del instead of ctrl-del. Can you list some apps

Re: Package for Cygwin

2008-11-07 Thread Tom Link
I feel crippled without access to the Unix tools You could also set shell some other options to bash et.al. and make sure the cygwin bin directories come first in $PATH. With some additional tweaks here and there you can use the cygwin toolset from windows gvim. With the exception of a few

Re: Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
Woosh! Word there was a pretty lame attempt at gangsterism. On the real, I _stay_ coding in Vim. On Nov 7, 11:08 am, Tim Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gene Kwiecinski wrote: It's just so cool to use a hybrid command line / windoze interface. Love it! I can't thank the Vim programmers

RE: Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread Gene Kwiecinski
Woosh! Word there was a pretty lame attempt at gangsterism. And we all wear our hats sideways *and* upside-down, too! Makes a good rain-catcher! But nah, I think he got it, per the :-) he added after. Word to your homies... dawg. Okay, enough from me, as it's making my head hurt...

Re: Improvements for vim.org/scripts

2008-11-07 Thread Caleb Cushing
As I said before, IMHO some BBS/forum system would solve most of the current short-comings. Yeah but I'm thinking something a bit more embedded and closer to what you see on mozilla's addon site. Except more threaded. -- Caleb Cushing --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Installing PyClewn on Mac OS X

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew Long
On 7 Nov 2008, at 06:58, Andrew Long wrote: Hi all I tried to install pyclewn on OS X Leopard last night. The install failed Update. I've had a couple of tries at using different instances of vim with the pyclewn setup file. 1. mvim --nofork gets past the first hurdle, but fails as it's

Re: Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread Vocoda
Gameboy, Homeboy, Fanboy. Gangsterism, Consumerism, Dogmatism. I just like the interface ;-) On Nov 8, 3:30 am, Gene Kwiecinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Woosh! Word there was a pretty lame attempt at gangsterism. And we all wear our hats sideways *and* upside-down, too!  Makes a good

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread bill lam
On Fri, 07 Nov 2008, Gene Kwiecinski wrote: Frankly, I can't list one (that I use regularly) that *doesn't*. In all the apps I encountered and recall, shf-del means to *really* *really* delete, ie, no undo, no recycle-bin nonsense, etc. Fwiw, I have no idea what's a OOo calc, so can't

Re: Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread Vocoda
Open the iPod bay doors please Vim! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npN9l2Bd06s On Nov 8, 3:08 am, Tim Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gene Kwiecinski wrote: It's just so cool to use a hybrid command line / windoze interface. Love it! I can't thank the Vim programmers enough for giving us a

Re: Installing PyClewn on Mac OS X

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew Long
On 7 Nov 2008, at 17:03, Andrew Long wrote: On 7 Nov 2008, at 06:58, Andrew Long wrote: Hi all I tried to install pyclewn on OS X Leopard last night. The install failed Update. I've had a couple of tries at using different instances of vim with the pyclewn setup file. snip/

Re: Vim on XP is awesome

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
Haha, that was actually meant for Tim (he thought you were referring to MS Word). 1 - Thomas On Nov 7, 11:30 am, Gene Kwiecinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Woosh! Word there was a pretty lame attempt at gangsterism. And we all wear our hats sideways *and* upside-down, too!  Makes a good

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
I found that the easiest shortcut was Alt + E followed by C or P depending on the action (drills down to the menu items). I hate pressing those Insert, Delete, etc. buttons, and choosing the recommended +y is too tedious, I think. Thomas On Nov 7, 12:27 pm, bill lam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread Chris Suter
I use split windows constantly and have gotten very accustomed to hitting C-w. For this reason, I've added the following to my .vimrc nnoremap C-wyy +yy nnoremap C-wy +y vnoremap C-wy +y nnoremap C-wdd +dd nnoremap C-wd +d vnoremap C-wd +d nnoremap C-wp +p vnoremap C-wp +p nnoremap C-wP +P

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread fritzophrenic
On Nov 7, 12:42 pm, Chris Suter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use split windows constantly and have gotten very accustomed to hitting C-w. For this reason, I've added the following to my .vimrc nnoremap C-wyy +yy nnoremap C-wy +y vnoremap C-wy +y nnoremap C-wdd +dd nnoremap C-wd +d

Re: Package for Cygwin

2008-11-07 Thread Vocoda
I just switch back to the cygwin shell when I want the CLI. Vim makes script editing a breeze. Love it! *mwah* On Nov 8, 3:22 am, Tom Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel crippled without access to the Unix tools You could also set shell some other options to bash et.al. and make sure the

Re: Newbie question....

2008-11-07 Thread Chris Suter
i'm afraid that would interfere with all the window cmds that *are* useful...a good thought, though. obviously + is no trip across the room, but I've yet to find a way to hit that combination w/out leaving the home keys, which is irritating. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:02 PM, fritzophrenic [EMAIL

Re: Installing PyClewn on Mac OS X

2008-11-07 Thread Xavier de Gaye
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7 Nov 2008, at 17:03, Andrew Long wrote: On 7 Nov 2008, at 06:58, Andrew Long wrote: Hi all I tried to install pyclewn on OS X Leopard last night. The install failed Update. I've had a couple of tries at using

Re: Installing PyClewn on Mac OS X

2008-11-07 Thread Orestis Markou
It's actually very easy, with well written instructions on Google Code. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://orestis.gr/ sigh/ Now I'm just going to have to learn how to build macvim from source, aren't I? Regards, Andy -- Andrew Long andrew dot long at mac dot com

Moving around in mail replies

2008-11-07 Thread Andreas Mueller
Hello ... I recently noticed that when replying to emails, I use j k extensively, which is quite slow ... How do other people move around mails (especially when replying)? Is there some way to make } (move by paragraph) ignore the quoting? Also it would be nice to be able to tell Vim somehow

Re: Moving around in mail replies

2008-11-07 Thread Chris Mueller
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Andreas Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello ... I recently noticed that when replying to emails, I use j k extensively, which is quite slow ... How do other people move around mails (especially when replying)? Is there some way to make } (move by

Re: Re: Package for Cygwin

2008-11-07 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2008-11-07, Tom Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel crippled without access to the Unix tools You could also set shell some other options to bash et.al. and make sure the cygwin bin directories come first in $PATH. With some additional tweaks here and there you can use the cygwin

Vim as a Outlook editor

2008-11-07 Thread Larry.Sherman
Can it be done? Can anyone point me to a how-to? Larry Sherman This message (including any attachments) is confidential and/or privileged. It is to be used by the intended recipients only. If you have received it by mistake

RE: Vim as a Outlook editor

2008-11-07 Thread Hansen, Mike
-Original Message- From: vim_use@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 1:59 PM To: vim_use@googlegroups.com Subject: Vim as a Outlook editor Can it be done? Can anyone point me to a how-to? Larry

Re: Vim as a Outlook editor

2008-11-07 Thread George V. Reilly
2008/11/7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can it be done? Can anyone point me to a how-to? Larry Sherman Not quite what you want, but take a look at http://www.viemu.com/. It's not real Vim but it works quite well in both Word and Outlook, as well as Visual Studio. This message (including any

Re: Moving around in mail replies

2008-11-07 Thread Erik Hahn
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 03:35:57PM -0500, Chris Mueller wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Andreas Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello ... I recently noticed that when replying to emails, I use j k extensively, which is quite slow ... How do other people move around mails

Re: Moving around in mail replies

2008-11-07 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 22:56 +0100, Erik Hahn wrote: The common Page up/down keys do the same, I find them more convient. I have the following in my .vimrc map C-Down C-E map C-Up C-Y They are Control Up and Down Arrows and scroll the buffer up and down one line regardless of where

How to do(sytax)?

2008-11-07 Thread Jerrygreat
Hello, I have a large file like -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 16904375 Oct 30 11:45 RDRDBA.CLAIM_HISTORY.dmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 1704960 Oct 30 12:19 RDRDBA.NOROWS.dmp -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 170785527 Oct 30 12:20 RDRDBA.STATISTICAL_CODE_VALUE.dmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1

Re: How to do(sytax)?

2008-11-07 Thread Erik Hahn
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 01:30:40PM -0800, Jerrygreat wrote: Hello, I have a large file like -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 16904375 Oct 30 11:45 RDRDBA.CLAIM_HISTORY.dmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 1704960 Oct 30 12:19 RDRDBA.NOROWS.dmp -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba

Re: Could someone please tell me how to install vim on a WindowsXP machine

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
I was actually wrong about Console2: The thing is awful with copying and pasting (something I didn't realize until I used it for serious editing). I'll have to give this other one a try. Thanks, Thomas On Nov 7, 4:07 pm, Gary Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-11-06, 703designs [EMAIL

Re: Vim as a Outlook editor

2008-11-07 Thread 703designs
It's not just British ones. Most people working in corporate America do the same thing. I don't append one...I doubt that what is essentially a threatening PS means shit in our courts. Thomas On Nov 7, 4:25 pm, George V. Reilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can it be

Re: How to do(sytax)?

2008-11-07 Thread Tim Chase
Jerrygreat wrote: Hello, I have a large file like -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 16904375 Oct 30 11:45 RDRDBA.CLAIM_HISTORY.dmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 1704960 Oct 30 12:19 RDRDBA.NOROWS.dmp -rw-r--r-- 1 shrwood dba 170785527 Oct 30 12:20

shift-del vs ctr-del [was Re: Newbie question....]

2008-11-07 Thread bill lam
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008, bill lam wrote: On Fri, 07 Nov 2008, Gene Kwiecinski wrote: Frankly, I can't list one (that I use regularly) that *doesn't*. In all the apps I encountered and recall, shf-del means to *really* *really* delete, ie, no undo, no recycle-bin nonsense, etc. Fwiw,

BUGS: Re: Gvim Edit Menu keyboard equivalents

2008-11-07 Thread Linda W
Erik Hahn wrote: No wonder - the command is *y , with an asterisk instead of a plus. You press them in succession. That works alot betterum...there seem to be a few bugs on my menu. Just looking at the Edit menu (Gvim 7.1, win32), I see: --x Undou Redo

user-command in vim!

2008-11-07 Thread StarWing
when i write :command BeginFunc -nargs=1 function args() it will be ok, i write it in command line: :BeginFunc AAA :echo 'here!' :endfunction it can work, but when i use it in script, i write the same code, and so %. Vim remind me i miss the endfunction command. but why? i just write the