Vim version 7

[bhobjj]

Vim has released version 7
http://www.vim.org/index.php

The 1st thing about computers that really "blew me away" was Lotis-123.
Back then, the command were preceded by the "/". You could create long strings of commands, or even embed commands in a cell. It was amazing to me how much work could be automated. It was lots of fun creating an "elegant" script.

Using Vi is the same experence. Spend a little bit of time learning...and you get a big payback. I did a How-to post for Vim here:
http://debianquestions.com/viewtopic.php?t=109


-BoB

[fos]

WaHoo!

I use Vim most of the time. I only crank up emacs when I have something pretty complex. Even then, I find emacs overly complex.

My first "word processor" was Scripsit for Radio Shacks TRS-80s. It was similar to LaTex. All of the formatting was done with embedded control codes that you preceded lines with. I automated to form printing with some pretty elegant scripts. Those old dot matrix printers sure were noisy!

I'll have to go into some early database applications and lab automation sometime.

Thanks,

fos....

[danieldk]

Looks interesting, especially completion! I guess that I will wait a RHEL cycle, and hope that it is included :).