On Mo, 31 Jul 2017, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Christian Brabandt wrote: > > I am also using vi mode within the shell, however using it while > > running the terminal is ... confusing. > > Yes, you can run Vim, open a shell, run Vim in it, start a shell > window...
Oh I was not talking about running Vim recursively. I meant I am using vi-mode of the shell (set -o vi) which was confusing. However I believe this is just a matter of getting used to. > Perhaps we could give a shell window a bit of a background. However, > when running Vim in it it would go back to normal? Perhaps it would be better, if we color the frame/window border differently? Not sure, if this is possible however. > I think we should use the principle that when the terminal is running > and under control of the job, we don't have any of the Vim stuff. It's > a clear switch between two modes. I believe neovim doesn't have that > and both neovim and the job are fighting over what's in the window, that is > even more confusing. E.g. trying to select some text while the job > scrolls it up. In Vim you now switch to Terminal mode, select the text > at your leasure, then give the terminal back to the job. I even made it > possible to paste the yanked text now, with CTRL-W ". Fine with me and makes sense, if one thinks about it. As above, it's probably just another thing one has to get used to. Best, Christian -- -- 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/d/optout.
