On July 10, 2014 3:22:07 PM EEST, Teodoro Santoni <asbrasbra_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 02:34:02PM +0300, Dimitris Zervas wrote:
>> >Spacebar). What about the introduction of v(isual), then movement,
>then
>> >verb
>> >for doing something?
>> Well, there already verbs for doing things with selections (copy,
>delete, etc).
>> But, you suggest adding shift/ctrl/regular v(isual) mode?
>> While, I wanted to find another way, it seems it's the best way to
>go...
>>
>
>The regular visual is the last keybind from vi I learned to use and i
>for me
>would prefer it, 'cause it's one key to be pressed. My mind is very
>impaired
>for this use case, and suggests only one alternative: sam or teco
>addressing.
>
>More on this: I don't remember how that works in TECO, but in sam (and
>acme)
>you can execute verbs on an address that matches a character range. For
>example,
>imagining we are editing this email I'm sending with this patched
>sandy,
>:#855,#859d would delete the word 'sandy'.
writing a whole address?
It's faster to just go to that location and type backspace a million times :P
Received on Thu Jul 10 2014 - 14:24:37 CEST