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i'm still not a vim power user by any means, but i've noticed that when i

'vim a_directory'

it pops up in a dired like mode.

" <enter> : open file or directory
" o : open new window for file/directory
" O : open file in previously visited window
" p : preview the file
" i : toggle size/date listing
" s : select sort field    r : reverse sort
" - : go up one level      c : cd to this dir
" R : rename file          D : delete file
" :help file-explorer for detailed help
" Sorted by name (.bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj at end of list)
"= /home/me/omatic/
../
fri/
friday/
fridaytwo/
pres/
sat/
saturday/
sun/
sunday/
thursday/
tue/
tuesday/
:call <SNR>2_ToggleHelp()                                     12,1    
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and i remember back in decades past that there were macros that could create and solve a maze. i simply assume that vim is Turing Complete and if you liked you could make it do whatever you wanted. but it might be like programming in brainf*ck.

it also does syntax-highlighting on the fly as i type so it could probably do any other work on the fly as well.

my whole take on the emacs thing is you don't have an editor with a scripting language, you have a scripting language with an editor module as the default interface. the web-browser is written in lisp and uses the editor module for input/output. =P

In reply to Re: Re: There's a level in Hell reserved for ________ by zengargoyle
in thread There's a level in Hell reserved for ________ by dws

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