Re: vi/vim/elvis/* (was "Re: Strip SIG on reply")
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:01:25AM -0500, David T-G wrote:
> > ...and then David Yitzchak Cohen said...
>
> > % One particular annoyance I just came across while trying to edit this
> > % message with VIM is that historical VI beeps when you're at the last word,
> > % while VIM insists on going to the last char.
> >
> > I don't get it... When does vi beep and when does it not go to the last
> > char?
>
> Try editing this message. Now, hold down the W key, and don't let go
> until the cursor stops moving. If you're in elvis, it'll start beeping
> with the cursor on the beginning of the URL below. If you're in VIM,
> it'll simply stop moving the cursor once it's on the "l" at the very end
> of the URL (which it has no right to be on - I didn't tell it to go to
> the end of the current word).
Solaris vi goes to the end of the word.
(It repeats the beeping - in vile I made that behavior optional).
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Thomas E. Dickey
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