On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Reid Thompson wrote:
I did :set linebreak in a file. I see that it isn't retained when I save,
close, and then reopen a file. How do I make this default?
in your .[g]vimrc put
set linebreak
Thanks, Reid. This was my first line in my new vimrc.
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Tim Gray wrote:
Try setting this in your .vimrc:
noremap Up gk
noremap k gk
noremap Down gj
noremap j gj
That remaps the j, k, and up/down arrows to the gk and gj commands, which
move you by screen lines.
Finally, can I specify a default
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Jean-Rene David wrote:
I did :set linebreak in a file. I see that it isn't retained when I
save, close, and then reopen a file. How do I make this default?
You need to put that command in a file that vim reads when it starts up.
That file is called a vimrc
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited
While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits
the f/F/t/T/;/, motions as well as the sentence ( and ) motions. I use
the fFtT;, motions *ALL* the
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited
While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits
the f/F/t/T/;/, motions as well as the sentence ( and ) motions. I use
the fFtT;, motions *ALL* the
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:50:27AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited
While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits
the f/F/t/T/;/, motions as well as the
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:56:17AM -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:50:27AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
Thanks for bringing these to my attention, Tim -- and for the other
suggestions. I get ( and ) and w/W/b/B/e/E, but f/F/t/T are eluding me
at the moment. I can't tell
On 15/04/11 16:50, Eric Weir wrote:
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited
While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits the f/F/t/T/;/, motions
as well as the sentence ( and ) motions. I use
On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Scott Bicknell wrote:
w/b move forward/backward by word
W/B move forward/backward by word including punctuation
(/) move backward/forward by sentence
{/} move backward/forward by paragraph
/,? search forward, backward
These may be used with d, c or y to dw
On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Taylor Hedberg wrote:
Jean-Rene David, Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0400:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited as
ways to move around the screen.
And indeed they are, but they barely scratch the surface of the motion
commands at
On Apr 15, 2011 at 10:50 AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
Thanks for bringing these to my attention, Tim -- and for the other
suggestions. I get ( and ) and w/W/b/B/e/E, but f/F/t/T are eluding
me at the moment. I can't tell what they do.
It might be worth checking out one of the vim books and
On 04/15/2011 09:50 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
but f/F/t/T are eluding me at the moment. I can't tell what
they do.
They allow you to jump to (f/F) or one-character-shy-of (t/T) the
Nth (default N=1) match of the subsequent letter. So in this
paragraph, if I'm at the beginning (on the T in They),
On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Christian Brabandt wrote:
On Thu, April 14, 2011 5:01 pm, Ben Fritz wrote:
After you find a font you can set it permanently in your .gvimrc as
others have suggested. The best way I've found to do this is, while
editing your .gvimrc, with the desired font set,
On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
Look at VimOutliner
(http://www.troubleshooters.com/projects/alt-vimoutliner-litt/).
Sorry, Steve. Missed this in your message. [*How* is that possible?] And
wordwrap in the message caused me to overlook the last five characters in the
Try :help f
...
On 04/15/2011 10:50 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited
While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits the f/F/t/T/;/, motions
as well as the sentence (
On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
On 15/04/11 16:50, Eric Weir wrote:
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits
the f/F/t/T/;/, motions as well as the sentence ( and ) motions. I use
the
On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
On 04/15/2011 09:50 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
but f/F/t/T are eluding me at the moment. I can't tell what
they do.
They allow you to jump to (f/F) or one-character-shy-of (t/T) the Nth
(default N=1) match of the subsequent letter. So in this
On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Tim Gray wrote:
It might be worth checking out one of the vim books and working through it.
If you don't feel like paying for one, this pdf is linked to for free from
vim.org...
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/doc/book/vimbook-OPL.pdf
Agreed. And I've got the
I've started writing with Vim. For now it'll be mainly in my journal and to
keep todo lists. Very awkward, of course, but I can move around; insert and
delete text; create, save, and open files.
I did :set linebreak in a file. I see that it isn't retained when I save,
close, and then reopen
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:55:04AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
I've started writing with Vim. For now it'll be mainly in my journal and to
keep todo lists. Very awkward, of course, but I can move around; insert and
delete text; create, save, and open files.
I did :set linebreak in a file. I
On Apr 14, 2011 at 08:55 AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited as ways
to move around the screen. Is there a way to move up or down from what
is displayed as one line on the screen when linebreak is set to
another, i.e., within what Vim
Finally, can I specify a default font? If so, how do I determine what fonts
are available?
For now I'm using MacVim for now, since it allows me to started a little more
quickly than I would be able to with regular Vim, especially with file
handling.
Since you are using macvim, an easy way
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Reid Thompson wrote:
in your .[g]vimrc put
set linebreak
I've found gvimrc in the finder, i.e., in the MacVim.app package. How do I open
it in Vim?
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA
On Apr 14, 2011 at 09:28 AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
I've found gvimrc in the finder, i.e., in the MacVim.app package. How
do I open it in Vim?
I think you'll want to edit the one that lives in your home directory.
From Vim, try:
:e ~/.vimrc
--
You received this message from the
I've found gvimrc in the finder, i.e., in the MacVim.app package. How do I
open it in Vim?
I copied it into my home directory and set it as a hidden file, using terminal
(I suppose you can use Finder, but I don't like Finder much). Having the
.gvimrc file in your home file makes it easier
* Eric Weir [2011.04.14 09:00]:
I've started writing with Vim.
Congratulations!
For now it'll be mainly in my journal and to keep todo lists. Very
awkward, of course, but I can move around; insert and delete text;
create, save, and open files.
That's how we all started.
I did :set
On 04/14/2011 07:55 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
I did :set linebreak in a file. I see that it isn't retained
when I save, close, and then reopen a file. How do I make this
default?
As others have mentioned, put
set linebreak
in your ~/.vimrc which, can be done from the command-prompt with
echo
On Apr 14, 7:55 am, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited as ways to move
around the screen. Is there a way to move up or down from what is displayed
as one line on the screen when linebreak is set to another, i.e., within
what
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:55:04AM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited
as ways to move around the screen. Is there a way to move up or
down from what is displayed as one line on the screen when
linebreak is set to another, i.e., within
Jean-Rene David, Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:54:36AM -0400:
I'm finding h, j, k, l; e, b; $, 0; and H, M, L a bit limited as
ways to move around the screen.
And indeed they are, but they barely scratch the surface of the motion
commands at your disposal. You could try C-F, C-B for the
On Thu, April 14, 2011 5:01 pm, Ben Fritz wrote:
After you find a font you can set it permanently in your .gvimrc as
others have suggested. The best way I've found to do this is, while
editing your .gvimrc, with the desired font set, enter in insert mode:
let guifont=
then still in insert
2011/4/14 Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net
I've started writing with Vim. For now it'll be mainly in my journal and to
keep todo lists. Very awkward, of course, but I can move around; insert and
delete text; create, save, and open files.
I found Derek Wyatts videos very inspiring.
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Tim Gray wrote:
I think you'll want to edit the one that lives in your home directory.
From Vim, try:
:e ~/.vimrc
On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Vera, Pedro L. wrote:
I copied it into my home directory and set it as a hidden file, using
terminal
On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
I'm assuming if I'm using MacVim I want to record configurations in gvirmc.
Doing :e ~/.gvirmc creates a new file. The gvirmc in the MacVim.app
contents folder already has a substantial amount of configuration in it,
which I assume is
On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
Maybe I leave the gvirmc in the MacVim.app contents folder alone, and put my
personal configurations in virmc in my home folder??
Yeah, I that works.
Thanks again to all.
* Eric Weir [2011.04.14 13:50]:
Maybe I leave the gvirmc in the MacVim.app contents folder alone, and
put my personal configurations in virmc in my home folder??
Exactly.
But you're going to have to spell it right otherwise it won't work (it's
vimrc, not virmc). ;-)
--
JR
--
You received
On 14/04/11 14:55, Eric Weir wrote:
[...]
Finally, can I specify a default font? If so, how do I determine what fonts are
available?
[...]
In addition to all the good counsels others gave, see also (for GUI vim)
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Setting_the_font_in_the_GUI
Console Vim cannot st
* Vera, Pedro L. [2011.04.14 14:00]:
I need to refresh myself about home folder: In user/ericweir, the
home folderis ericweir, for which I can substitute ~/?
Yes.
Actually, not quite.
In /user/ericweir (note the slash in the beginning), the home folder is
the whole thing, not just the
On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
In addition to all the good counsels others gave, see also (for GUI vim)
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Setting_the_font_in_the_GUI
Thanks, Tony. Method 2 in this, which I take to be what several have suggested
-- putting set guifont=Monaco:h10
On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Vera, Pedro L. wrote:
I assume you woudn't want multiple gvimrc files. Do I copy or move the
gvimrc file to the home folder?
Yes, either copy or move the file.
If I move it from the MacVim.app contents folder to the home folder, will
MacVim be properly
On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Jean-Rene David wrote:
But you're going to have to spell it right otherwise it won't work (it's
vimrc, not virmc). ;-)
Yes, I'm having trouble with that. I have to double-check every time I type it!
Thanks,
I just posted this, but in case you missed it... You might concider
adding these lines to your .vimrc.
Or when
you paste from your
clipboard you may see
your text
mangled with indentations
like this
The first line sets a mapping
On Apr 14, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Stefan Klein wrote:
I found Derek Wyatts videos very inspiring. http://www.derekwyatt.org/
Thanks for suggestion this, Stefan. Yeah, the whole site looks interesting.
I've bookmarked it.
On Apr 14, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Jean-Rene David wrote:
'/user/ericweir/foobar' is equivalent to '~/foobar', but not to
'/user/~/foobar' (which is meaningless).
Thanks for the clarification.
While I'm at it, in floundering around with Vim I've encountered paths that I
can't navigate to in
On Apr 14, 2011 at 02:32 PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
'/user/ericweir/foobar' is equivalent to '~/foobar', but not to
'/user/~/foobar' (which is meaningless).
Furthermore, since you are on a Mac, it's '/Users/ericweir'.
While I'm at it, in floundering around with Vim I've encountered paths
On Apr 14, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Tim Gray wrote:
While I'm at it, in floundering around with Vim I've encountered paths that
I can't navigate to in Finder [actually, Path Finder]. Some, maybe all,
started with /usr. Where the hell is usr on a Mac?
it's a hidden folder in Finder. So you
On Apr 14, 2011 at 03:08 PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote:
If I'd invested in a new machine, instead of trying to get linux to
work the way I wanted on a clunky old one, I probably wouldn't have had
to flounder. But then I'd never discovered Mac. I'm glad I discovered
Mac. It just works.
Well just
On 2011-04-14, David Ohlemacher wrote:
I just posted this, but in case you missed it... You might concider adding
these lines to your .vimrc.
Or when
you paste from your
clipboard you may see
your text
mangled with indentations
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