On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 01:13:22PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> the vi pervert Andre audiated
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> >The problem is that there are quite a few things missing from the
> >LyX kernel to make such a thing viable. I don't think it is possible
> >at all to simulate vi's modes by fiddling with keybindings only.
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> I think we'd need to run from the mini-buffer to avoid an
> escape-sequence for every command . . . hey, wait, there's only one
> mode in vi. Insert is a command, not a mode (at least until vim
> blurred the distinciton . . .
Huh? vi has insert mode! It's entered by commands like i,a,o,s,c, and their
corresponding capitals. I'm not sure whether vi admits to replace mode being
separate from insert mode, though.
> >I believe Dvorak found that two hands is *better* than one.
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> But dvorak has mostly been debunked. His studies were run by a
> relative of the person trying to sell the keyboards.
Except that the debunking of dvorak has mostly been debunked.
http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/dissent.html
And, btw, even if you don't believe that web page, I'll bet that many
ergonomics folks would still agree with the statement that two hands are
better than one.
> I've also used vi on a number of occasions to edit lyx files (and emacs
> a couple of times, too--I still haven't figured out how to include line
> breaks in vi search/replace . . .)
C-v C-m
In general, you can use ^V to quote unquotables, like Esc. I think in Vim,
the ^V'ing is a bit more user friendly, but IIRC, it works just fine in
vanilla vi.
-Amir
