Gary Johnson wrote:
> Would there be a problem with making 'virtualedit' global-local > instead of just global, as it is now? > > The problem I'm having is that I set virtualedit=all automatically > whenever I'm diffing two or more buffers so that I can move the > cursor vertically through either buffer and not have the windows > scroll to the left whenever the cursor moves to an empty line. When > I open a new buffer, it also has virtualedit=all and editing behaves > oddly, causing me to make mistakes and to take extra steps to work > around those oddities. > > The most common situation is committing a file to a git repo using > Fugitive. I use :Gdiffsplit to see the changes, which sets > virtualedit=all, then ":Git add %" and "Git commit" to commit them. > ":Git commit" opens a new buffer containing the usual Git commit > template and the cursor positioned at line 1, column 1. Typing 'a' > to begin adding text, as I would in any buffer, moves the cursor to > the right to column 2, leaving a virtual space in column 1. I can't > backspace over it because there is no space character there. There > are several ways to begin my commit comment in column 1, but all > involve doing something I wouldn't have to do if 'virtualedit' was > not set. Yes, this sounds like a good idea. I wonder if it should be buffer-local or window-local? Thus is it related to the contents of the buffer, or to how it's displayed? When buffer-local you would keep the setting when editing the same buffer again in another window, but you can't have two windows on the same buffer with different 'virtualedit' values. I suppose buffer-local makes most sense. > If making 'virtualedit' global-local seems OK, I can take a stab at > making that change, but I don't have much free time these days, so > it may be a while. It's not complicated, you can use another option as an example. -- There are three kinds of persons: Those who can count and those who can't. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// \\\ \\\ sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ /// \\\ 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/202107132021.16DKLrfI1430428%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
