On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:34:28AM -0700, Brian L. Matthews wrote: > > Yeah, would need another value in 'backspace'. CTRL-W stopping at the > > insert point has always been the behavior. > > :set backspace=indent,eol,start,nostop > > Can't think of a good name for "nostop", could be improved. Or just: > > :set bs=3 > > > > While certainly it's your guys' decision, but, as CTRL-W stops but then > continues before the start of the insertion, is another option really > necessary? In fact, I think it could be the current behavior is better, as > it stops indicating you've now deleted everything you just entered, but if > you really want to delete more, just keep hitting CTRL-W. >
You don't need CTRL-W at all if you don't mind hitting more keys, but since we do have it and configurable behaviour, why not cover all the variations people could want? I understand you like bs=2, you probably wouldn't be too thrilled if it was changed to require more keystrokes, even if you could just keep hitting more keys :) Tavis. -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20200414184518.GB413%40thinkstation.
