On 12/09/09 21:39, sc wrote:
>
> On Saturday 12 September 2009, Tim Chase wrote:
>> sc wrote:
>>> my understanding is that's the point of its being on the
>>> back of the shirt -- the front would have something of a
>>> more startful nature, like
>>>
>>> :l ~/.vimrc
>>
>> This errors out in vim...perhaps you meant ":so ~/.vimrc"
>
> eeks -- indeed i did -- my mental gears were not fully engaged
> when i wrote that -- in my defense i'll say i've mapped
>
> :so ~/.vimrc
>
> to<Leader>l and i *think* "load" when i use it
>
>> Also, the vimrc is automatically sourced unless otherwise
>> instructed, so it's a bit redundant.
>
> true, but there are thousands of ways of starting vim, but in
> the majority of cases, .vimrc is sourced at the outset
Yes; IMHO the "right" way to reload the vimrc after a change is either
to enter the change(s) at the command-line, or to reload Vim.
After I'd noticed that :l with filename gave E488, I thought what you
meant was
:view ~/.vimrc | %p
>
>> I think the magic all
>> starts when you type vi/vim, thus my proposed
>>
>> Front: vi (or "vim" or the Vim logo)
>> Back: :wq!
>
> good suggestions all -- just tell me when it's been decided on
> so i can order one
>
> sc
Best regards,
Tony.
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