On Fri, 2015-01-30 at 16:59 -0600, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2015-01-30 21:11, [email protected] wrote: > > Fortunately, Vim allows you work around that. I've had a keyboard go > bad mid-editing, and there are numerous work-arounds: > > - use ":redo" instead of ^R > > - map it to another key: ":nnoremap Q <c-r>". > > - compose the desired command elsewhere and then paste it into > your terminal as a command for vim to interpret. > > > Yes, only Vim can perform such a feat. > > Frankly, other than perhaps emacs, I can't think of any other editor > that *gives you the power* to remap every bit of functionality across > the board just to work around a broken keyboard. My limited emacs > experience is what prevents me from confirming this, but my > understanding is that it could be done with little trouble as well. > > > Press two wrong buttons and lose your entire file.
also google "vim persistent undo" google "vim backup backupdir" -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
