[TUHS] screen editors

[Larry McVoy]

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On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 07:27:13PM -0800, Mary Ann Horton wrote:
> vim has an option to undo the vi way. "set cpoptions=u". There is a full set
> of vi-compatible options if you want them. "set cp" turns on full vi
> compatiblity.
> 
> Funny, I see vim as the vi that comes with UNIX, and never learned the
> enhancements, but I just tried it out and I don't have the compatibility
> option set. I don't seem to have noticed. I guess I don't do the "undo
> toggle" all that often.
> 
> ?????? Mary Ann
> 
> On 1/8/20 6:12 PM, Clem Cole wrote:
> >make a new command, don't break the old one....?? maybe offer a way to map
> >the new one over the old -- but don't make it the default.
> >and my lawn was lush and green before the snow came ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:07 PM Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com
> ><mailto:lm at mcvoy.com>> wrote:
> >
> >    On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 09:04:46PM -0500, Clem Cole wrote:
> >    > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 8:41 PM Bakul Shah <bakul at bitblocks.com
> >    <mailto:bakul at bitblocks.com>> wrote:
> >    >
> >    > > The first thing I do on a new machine is to install nvi. Very
> >    grateful to
> >    > > Keith Bostic for implementing it. I do use multiple windows
> >    ??? only
> >    > > horizontal splits but that is good enough for me as all my
> >    terminal
> >    > > windows are 80 chars wide. Not a vim hater but never saw the need.
> >    >
> >    > I pretty much do the same thing. I think what I hate about vim
> >    is that it's
> >    > almost, vi but not the same. My fingers screw up when I use it.?? For
> >    > instance, he 'fixed' undo.
> >
> >    Holy crap Clem, you need to embrace that.?? His undo goes back forever.
> >    And you can undo the undo and go forward forever.
> >
> >    Not liking that puts you in the "get off my lawn" old guy camp.?? Which
> >    is fine if that's who you want to be (sometimes I'm that guy).
> >

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