'vi' is driving me crazy

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 23:09, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004, Ken Moffat wrote:
>> >Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>> >
>> >>I really like the colorization when printing C code. In vi, I
>> >>do :hardcopy and get syntax hilighting and (the best part) proper line
>> >>wrapping for code lines that are too long.
>>
>> >I like the ":syntax on" command, which can be added to /etc/vim/vimrc
>> 
>> I find this useful on occassion, but normally leave it off as I
>> find the colors used to identify things virtually illegible.  It
>> can be invaluable though to find things like missing quotes in
>> shell scripts.  I find it less useful in perl where I can use the
>> ``%'' key to find matching braces, parens, etc. and I always use
>> perl's ``q(...)'' variations for quoted text since it then allows
>> the same feature -- not to mention not having to backwhack quotes
>> in the text.
>
>Same when editing C. I am notorious for using parentheses to force
>evaluation order. I know C has a set method. But I can't help myself.
>Having vi show which parenthesis is the one that matches the one just
>typed is great. Also, the command 'K' gives the man page for the word
>the cursor is in. And, if you want the man page in a specific section,
>type the section number before the 'K'. OK, in the world of multiple
>windows, this has less wow. But I still like it.

The ``K'' option is new to me (22 years using vi and still learning :-).

The thing that I really like that vim has that vanilla vi doesn't is the
split windows.  To edit a file in a new window, place the cursor anyplace
in the file name, and press <ctrl-w>f.  Editing C, you can even do this
with tags.  Put the cursor in a routine name and press <ctrl-w>].

>> It's a bit better if I have colors set off so it just uses underlines.
>
>What is this?

The effects of the ``:syntax on'' command.  If your terminal
doesn't support color, vim uses underscore to mark syntax.

Bill
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