Daan van Rossum wrote:
> * on Friday, 2019-07-12 06:03 +0200, Tony Mechelynck > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the reason is that (in 'nocompatible' mode) there is an undo > > feature which allows you to go back any number of recent changes, then > > go forward redoing them. > > The proposed "action history table" allows to repeat previous actions, so it > is an extension of the 'dot'-key with deeper and persistent history. This is > not about 'undo' and 'redo'. > > This feature request is related to the RepeatLast.vim [1]plugin, and these > two StackOverflow threads [2, 3]. > > Since we already have a number of history tables, would it not be easy to add > a table for "action history"? There are application that benefit from a > deeper and/or persistent history. > > Thanks, Daan > > 1. https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4381 > 2. > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16722566/a-more-powerful-version-of-dot-repeat > 3. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17960146/vim-repeat-dot-command-buffer This feature request has been in the todo list for a long time, but it didn't get implemented yet. It would use a list of redo buffers, currently there is only one such buffer. -- GUEST: He's killed the best man! SECOND GUEST: (holding a limp WOMAN) He's killed my auntie. FATHER: No, please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who ... "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/201907121337.x6CDbUNH011868%40masaka.moolenaar.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
