Re: vi

[Britton <fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu>]

Wow, you guys sure think fast :)  But I know where you are coming from.  I
am a pretty speedy typist and have often been annoyed by odd keys.  Now I
am wondering:  is there an easy way with emacs or some other editor to
assign a short string to a 'wierd key'?  I hate parenthesies for example
(I can't even speell them).  It would be nice if I could just type pn and
have it immediately subbed out for the char (.  cn could close it.
Anything out there that lets you set things like this?


On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Vadim Vygonets wrote:

> On 14 Apr 1997, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> Craig Sanders writes:
> > 
> > vi:
> > 
> > Craig> 1G                  # move to start of file
> > Craig> /192.168.1          # search for 192.168.1
> > Craig> 5cw192.168.200<ESC> # change 5 'words' to 192.168.2
> > Craig> n                   # find next
> > Craig> .                   # repeat change
> > Craig> n                   # find next
> > Craig> .                   # repeat change
> > Craig> n                   # find next
> > Craig> .                   # repeat change
> > Craig> :x                  # save andexit
> > 
> > emacs:
> > 
> > M-<                     ; go to beginning of file
> > C-x (                   ; start recording kbd macro
> > C-s 129.168.1 RET       ; search for 192.168.1
> > M-b M-b M-b             ; go back three words
> > M-d M-d M-d             ; delete three words
> > 129.168.200             ; insert new string
> > C-x )                   ; end kbd macro
> > C-x e                   ; repeat
> > C-x e                   ; repeat
> > C-x e                   ; repeat
> > 
> > Nothing to do with "modeless".
> 
> vi: 37 keystrokes
> emacs: 40 keystrokes (if we count C-x or M-x as one; vi diesn't have
> all this C- and M- stuff).
> 
> --
> Vadim Vygonets * vadik@cs.huji.ac.il * vadik@debian.org * Unix admin
> If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected
> abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when was
> the last time you needed one?  -- Tom Cargil, C++ Journal, Fall 1990.
> 
>