On 2009-11-04, Parker Jones wrote:
> Changing settings is something that I and perhaps many other users don't do
> often, so it's less familiar than other parts of vim. It would be a great
> development if it were easier to change settings by having a curses menu
> driven
> interface (obviously without replacing the existing command line input).
Have you tried this?
:options
It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it's similar.
> Recently, I wanted to change the syntax highlighting language, but even after
> spending 15 minutes reading the documentation I got fed up and gave up. It
> really shouldn't be that hard. A menu-driven interface could solve this by
> just letting the user pick out settings from a list and likewise choose from
> possible values.
I don't see how a menu-driven interface will help with this.
Writing syntax highlighting rules is more akin to writing a program
than it is to choosing option settings.
HTH,
Gary
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