text editing in ubuntu
Brian Clarkson
brian at clarkson.id.au
Tue Aug 4 23:57:22 UTC 2009
"A simple, sane ~/.vimrc that starts vim in insertmode, and has shortcut
keys
for saving/quiting:"
I am a relative newbie and I don't really understand what the line quoted
above means.
Is "sane ~/.vimrc" a file in which all the code is to be saved? OR
Is "sane" a command that acts on a file named "~/.vimrc" (where I presume
"~" means Home directory) in which the code has been saved? OR
Am I way off understanding what I need to do? I suspect the latter!
Your further help would be appreciated.
Brian
2009/8/5 Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net>
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 03:24:58PM +0200, Odd wrote:
> >
> > I have to agree with Chris Jones. Stay away from vim or any variant of
> > it. It's exactly the type of editor you're _not_ looking for.
> > Perhaps mped would be a better editor for you.
>
> I'll strongly agree with Tim, that [g]vim is a great, great tool for many
> things including html editing. The biggest issue is that a default, bare
> metal
> install of vim has no configuration whatsoever and is awkward as hell for
> people who have not had the pleasure before. Simple things become very
> difficult. I have often wondered why distros don't include a simple,
> default
> .vimrc that mimics something like gedit just to get people over the first
> few
> hours of hell.
>
> Once you find out the few things that drive you crazy and then realize
> there
> is a one line config setting for those to make vim do whatever you want,
> life
> gets much easier and you have a great, powerful tool. There is nothing to
> stop
> gvim from behaving just like gedit, or whatever editor you want. Of course,
> you also have all the raw power of [g]vim also.
>
> A simple, sane ~/.vimrc that starts vim in insertmode, and has shortcut
> keys
> for saving/quiting:
>
> set insertmode " starts vi/vim/gvim in insert mode
> set nocompatible " nix on vi compatibility
> set ignorecase " ignore case on seaches
> set backspace=2 " allow backspace over everything
> set textwidth=78 " text will wrap at col. 78,
> disable with 0
> set backup " automatically makes backup -- "~"
> set backupdir=/tmp " where ~ files wind up.
> set mouse=a " mouse, always
> set whichwrap=b,s,<,>,[,] " move past end of line with cursor keys
> set autoindent " indent to match previous line
> set hlsearch " Switch on search pattern
> highlighting.
> set go=eagrt " Gui Options for menu, scrollbars,
> Toolbar (T), Tab t, etc
> " Menu on, Autoselect, Grey
> non-selectable
> " menu items, Righthand scrollbar
> set wrap " wrap long lines
> set linebreak " break only on a space
> set gdefault " replace all matches on line
> set incsearch " highlight search item, b4 command is
> finished
>
> set ttymouse=xterm2 " better mouse handling
> syntax on
>
> map! <F7> # <left><left><down>
>
> autocmd BufRead
> *.sh,*.xml,*.vim,*.c,*.h,*.tcl,*htm*,.vimrc,*.php,*phtml,*.js,*.css,*.conf
> set textwidth=0 nowrap
> autocmd BufRead *.c,*.h,*.tcl,*htm*,*.php,*phtml,*.js set number
> autocmd BufRead *.php,*.js,*.phtml map! <F7> /**
> <space>*
> */
> <up><up><right><space><space>
>
> " return to same point in file.
> au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0|if line("'\"") <= line("$")|exe("norm
> '\"")|else|exe "norm $"|endif|endif
>
>
> " key mappings ...
> "
> ==========================================================================
>
> " start from scratch ...
> "imapc
> vmapc
>
> :if $TERM !~ "linux"
>
> map <C-End> mzG<ESC>
> map <C-Home> mzgg<ESC>
>
> vmap <C-End> mzG<ESC>
> vmap <C-Home> mzgg<ESC>
>
> :endif
>
>
> " ALT-C, copy to clipboard ....
> " Mon 04/10/00 11:22:53 AM
> vmap c "*y
> vmap <M-c> "*y
>
>
> " ALT-D, delete 1 line
> map! d :d<CR>
> map! <M-d> :d<CR>
>
> " ALT-P, paste from clipboard ...
> map! p P
> map! <M-p> P
>
>
> " ALT-R, reread current file, ie start over ....
> map! r me :e!<CR> `e<right>
> map! <M-r> me :e!<CR> `e<right>
>
>
> " ALT-T, cut to clipboard ...
> vmap t d
> vmap <M-t> d
> map <M-t> x
>
>
> " ALT-U, undo ....
> map! u u
> map! <M-u> u
> map u u
> map <M-u> u
> map <C-z> ^Ou
> map <C-z> ^Ou
>
>
> " ALT-X, enter EX (command) mode ...
> map! x :
> map! <M-x> :
> map <ESC> x :
> map <ESC><M-x> :
> vmap <M-x> <ESC> :
>
> """"""" Function Keys ....
> " F2 is search .... Save cursor position.
> map! <F2> mz<insert><C-Right> /
> map <F2> mz<insert><C-Right> /
>
> " CTRL-F2 is search/replace all .... Save cursor position.
> map! [12^ mz<insert> :%s//<Left>
> map! <C-F2> mz<insert> :%s//<Left>
> map! O1;5Q mz<insert> :%s//<Left>
>
> " F3, exit w/o saving ...
> nmap <F3> q!
> map! <F3> :q!<CR>
> map <F3> :q!<CR>
> vmap <F3> <ESC> :q!
> " 2009-06-16 MS compat.
> map <C-q> q!
> map! <C-q> :q!<CR>
> map <C-q> :q!<CR>
> vmap <C-q> <ESC>^O:q!
>
> "Alt F3, exit All tabs w/o saving ...
> nmap <M-F3> qa!
> map! <M-F3> :qa!<CR>
> map <M-F3> :qa!<CR>
> vmap <M-F3> <ESC> :qa!
>
> " F4, save and then exit
> map! <F4> :wq<CR>
> map <F4> :wq<CR>
> vmap <F4> <ESC> :wq<CR>
>
> "ALT F4, save and then exit ALL
> map! <M-F4> :wqa<CR>
> map <M-F4> :wqa<CR>
> vmap <M-F4> <ESC> :wqa<CR>
>
> " F5 reflow text
> "map Q gq<CR>
> map! <F5> gq<CR>
>
> " F7 is specially mapped for a comment char -- see above
>
> " abbreviations ...
> " ======================================================================
>
> " date/time macros, etc ...
>
> iab ddate <C-R>=strftime( "%m/%d/%y" )<left>
> iab adate <C-R>=strftime( "%Y-%m-%d" )<left>
> iab tdate <C-R>=strftime( "%a %m/%d/%y %r" )<left>
>
> "==== eof .vimrc
>
> --
> Hal
>
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