On Monday, October 14, 2013 2:38:39 AM UTC-5, Andre Sihera wrote: > > I originally supposed that you could put such a command in a .vimrc > to which > > the standard response has been "but a plug-in can override it". > Well, analysing > > my own behaviour, when things go wrong the first thing I want to do > is type ":" > > to get a prompt and disable the problem. This means I: > > > > 1) Don't have to exit ViM, restart ViM, or re-read .vimrc or any > plug-ins/scripts. > > > > 2) Don't potentially lose any work I'm doing. > > > > And for the person who quoted the syntax highlight case, the answer > is yes, > > when a syntax highlighting hangs my current session, I DO disable > highlighting > > by typing ":" to get a command prompt and typing "syntax off". That > immediately > > solves all problems, session is released and I can continue until > the next "quit". > > > > In the same way, if half way through a session these timers cause me > a problem > > I want instant out by ":timers off" at the prompt, not necessarily > from my .vimrc. > >
Yes, but with syntax, if it's bad enough, you'll first need to CTRL-C to get a prompt at all. No different here with timers, and after the CTRL-C your problem goes away until you :q I suppose, that with syntax, you have the ability to now temporarily disable it in your .vimrc if you don't want to track down the issue right this minute. So there is that difference. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
