How to Set Selectmode

2011-07-17 Thread Lakshmi
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How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread Asis Hallab
Dear Vimers, In my .vimrc I am trying to set the selectmode option to key, so I can use the Shift-Key with movement-keys to start the Select-Mode. Unfortunately I seam to be unable to get it right: Neither set selectmode = ['key'] nor set selectmode = [key] nor set selectmode = key work. Can

Re: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread ZyX
Reply to message «How to set selectmode?», sent 13:57:11 16 July 2011, Saturday by Asis Hallab: Correct syntax is explained in :h :set. Original message: Dear Vimers, In my .vimrc I am trying to set the selectmode option to key, so I can use the Shift-Key with movement-keys to start

Re: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread Asis Hallab
Dear Vimers, according to the kind hints of Tim Chase and Zyx, I tried the following in my .vimrc: set selectmode += key set keymodel += startsel Still pressing S-Left in normal mode does not start select-mode. Though, when I start select-mode with gh, I can extend the selection using S-Left

Resolved: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread Asis Hallab
/7/16 Subject: Re: How to set selectmode? To: vim_use@googlegroups.com Dear Vimers, according to the kind hints of Tim Chase and Zyx, I tried the following in my .vimrc: set selectmode += key set keymodel += startsel Still pressing S-Left in normal mode does not start select-mode. Though, when

Re: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread ZyX
Reply to message «Re: How to set selectmode?», sent 15:22:20 16 July 2011, Saturday by Asis Hallab: Unfortunately the given hints did not solve my problem. It solves the problem, just read help carefully. It states explicitely where spaces are allowed. There are also enough examples

Re: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread Tim Chase
[reordering to trimmed inline quoting rather than top-quoting. Please do likewise and observe the list guidelines as detailed at the bottom of every list-post] On 07/16/2011 06:22 AM, Asis Hallab wrote: Have you tried just using :set selectmode=key or :set selectmode+=key according

Re: Resolved: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread Tim Chase
On 07/16/2011 06:38 AM, Asis Hallab wrote: I do not understand, why the arguments have to be passed without the -char surrounding them, though Vim-Documentation states selectmode and keymodel are comma separated lists of strings. There are two issues: quotes: vim treats the things that follow

Re: Resolved: How to set selectmode?

2011-07-16 Thread Asis Hallab
Great! That actually explains it. I hope, I don't frustrate with my not so clever questions. I did read the help-files though, but only now after re-reading them, I understand the mistakes I made.. Still a Vim-Newby.. Need to do some Vim-Golfing! Thank you very much everyone for your kind help!