On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:51 PM, George V. Reilly <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Tao Joannes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm using vim to write a novel, and lots of other short stories, etc. >> >> One problem I always have is that I find it difficult to resist the >> temptation to go back and edit while I'm doing the initial draft. >> >> I've got a script that handles file management, wordcount, backups, etc, >> that's working pretty well, and I'd like to work in a "drafting" mode that >> will make VIM work like a typewriter. >> >> What I mean is that the navigation is gone, except for switching between >> insert and command mode. All I want is type, space, enter, and escape, >> basically, having it go automatically to the end of the file when opening >> would be nice, too. >> >> I know I could do it with a 'cat' command that captures standard in and >> appends it to whatever file I'm editing, but that would get kludgy on the >> scripting, so I'd much rather just have an alternate vimrc that made it >> behave as specified. I'd have a toggle setting for "draft" or "revision" >> mode, then would select the files by number using a case/select. >> >> I've forgotten more about vi commands, etc, than I can remember now, so >> any help to get this working would be greatly appreciated. >> >> > http://www.google.com/search?q=vim+writeroom returns several hits that may > be of interest. I can't vouch for any of them. > Writeroom looks pretty cool, and pretty easy to emulate, lol. I actually took the map to <nop> suggestion, and mapped j,k,l,h,<bs><up><down><left><right> to <nop> and mapped i to GA, worked a little ModeToggle function into the script, and made DRAFT mode the default. It's pretty badass actually. -- 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
