Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 13.07.14 01:45, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
Vim embodies having, not only a choice other than POSIX, but a multitude
of choices. If Vim were to delete all non-POSIX features, there would
only be "vi": i.e. -- there would be no Vim.
Are you saying Vim should not exist?
Now you begin to resemble a troll.
The pretence that Vim denies choice in the "missing EOL" scenario is
unconvincing.
To you, perhaps, but any task to free slaves was unconvincing to those
who owned them. I.e any argument to those who maintain the status quo is
usually unconvincing.
On 12.07.14 23:56, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
by default and force users into compliance.
Doing it for a user w/o their choice or buy-in and making it
impossible for them to have a choice is noxious, IMO.
That imaginary situation is mere misapprehension. Are you unaware of the
existence of .vimrc? That's where your divergent defaults should be set,
making them suit personal needs.
If it was setting a flag, I wouldn't have raised the issue. If it
involves a
long complex script, and/or external helper programs on each platform
then I am.
The script provided upthread via URL is a slightly complex behaviour
modification, but all the work has been done. Even if copy-paste of the
script is a great burden for some, it does provide the desired behaviour
(and therefore choice) after that herculean effort, does it not?
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It also talks about needing external utilities ported to each
platform to work
reliably (the pure-vim script says the other is more reliable).
Erik
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