On Aug 10, 1:14 pm, "Benjamin R. Haskell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just wanted to know if there were a work-around to cure this > > unplesant behaviour. > > Apparently not without code changes, and probably not even then. > cmd.exe is a horrible terminal emulator. Right now I only have Windows > temporarily since a new PC I bought had Windows 7 installed. When I was > using Windows more frequently (a long time ago), I found Console2[1] to > be a better alternative. I also found using rxvt-unicode via > Cygwin/X[2] to be far superior to both options. The setup is much more > complicated (unless you already have Cygwin installed) but the benefits > are well worth it if you prefer a *nix-style environment.
Thank you, Benjamin. 1/ You are severe with cmd.exe. For somebody used to cmd.exe syntax and wanting to stay in Windows world while profiting of the power of Windows console Vim, cmd console is not so terrible: - quick copy/paste with Quick Edit mode enabled. - I like cmd console Vim colors (except the blue which is unreadable) - automatic switch of the cursor shape between normal and insert mode is precious. Again the only problem is the loss of mouse control with Quick Edit mode. Hope Bram is tuned ! 2/ I did not try Console2. I will. 3/ Some remarks concerning the Cygwin consoles (which use the Cygwin version of Vim): - Cygwin is heavy (5 Gbytes) - You loose the cmd.exe commands when you launch a shell - with rxvt-native, same problem as with Quick Edit mode cmd console: no possible cursor control in Vim - with rxvt-x (which requires the launch of the X11 server in addition to the shell), same problem again. - with rxvt-unicode-xS (also needing X11), no problem: mouse control active. - the best solution is probably Mintty, which does not require X11 and has mouse control active. Note however that cmd console remains the default Cygwin console (when launching Cygwin.bat). With cmd console, man pages are great. Note that: set ttymouse=xterm2 must be added in .vimrc in order to have mouse control with Cygwin Vim running in the cmd console. Here again, mouse control is lost when Quick Edit is activated. Best regards Jean Johner -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
