Re: [OT] "steep learning curve" ... but what is it actually?

2017-08-08 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Ben Fritz wrote: [...] > It's not that you're *able* to learn a lot quickly, it's that you're *forced* > to learn so much before becoming productive, that makes a "steep leaning > curve" into a negative. At least Vim has one of the best

Re: xsel copies to clipboard twice

2017-08-08 Thread Tim Johnson
* Grant Taylor [170808 13:04]: > On Tuesday, 8 August 2017 12:27:13 UTC-6, Tim Johnson wrote: > > When I select some text in visual mode and then press ;cc > > the selected text is copied _twice_ to the clipboard > > What happens if you use the following sequence? > > "+y

Re: [OT] "steep learning curve" ... but what is it actually?

2017-08-08 Thread Ben Fritz
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 2:10:44 AM UTC-5, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Suppose this "steep learning curve" would be a graph > in the mathematical sense -- I would think, that > the X-axis represents t (time) and the Y-axis represents > the amount of knowledge k in turn. > > With this setuo a

New renderer prototypes ?

2017-08-08 Thread Mikhail V
Are there existing ideas, prototypes or forks of VIM with interactive GUI? I believe a decend GUI engine can boost the editing productivity by means of advanced interactive features. With a GUI I don't mean of course menus/buttons, but the design of the interaction and visual feedback, e.g.

Re: xsel copies to clipboard twice

2017-08-08 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Di, 08 Aug 2017, Tim Johnson wrote: > The /usr/bin/vim.gnome binary, which is what I am using as my > default MC editor does not have the redundant copy issue when > running xsel as an external app. > > The /usr/bin/vim binary is where the redundant copy occurs. > > I'd conclude

Re: Configure DBext mac for SQLite

2017-08-08 Thread David Fishburn
> > > On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Brian Libgober > wrote: > >> ... >> select * from CIK limit 5; >> >> The error I get back >> >> Connection: T(SQLITE) D(/Users/brianlibgober/Dropbox >> /Collaborations/CleanMake/Main.sqlite) at 17:32 >> Error: near "<": syntax error >>

xsel copies to clipboard twice

2017-08-08 Thread Tim Johnson
I'm using vim 7.4 (terminal mode) on ubuntu 14.04, launched from Midnight Commander. Glipper is my clipboard manager. I have the following script line loaded : map ;cc :w !xsel -i -b When I select some text in visual mode and then press ;cc the selected text is copied _twice_ to the clipboard

Re: Advice on opening large/huge files

2017-08-08 Thread Lifepillar
On 02/08/2017 14:49, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 02.08.17 11:49, Lifepillar wrote: From time to time, I need to edit large files (~10^2-10^3 MB). In my tests, Vim loads large files relatively quickly (~100MB/s). It's (some) filetype plugins that hog Vim. For instance, take any large file and

Re: xsel copies to clipboard twice

2017-08-08 Thread Grant Taylor
On Tuesday, 8 August 2017 12:27:13 UTC-6, Tim Johnson wrote: > When I select some text in visual mode and then press ;cc > the selected text is copied _twice_ to the clipboard What happens if you use the following sequence? "+y That should copy the selected (hilighted) text into the X11