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Ctrl-s hang terminal emulator?
I came across a sentence in vimdoc:
Note: CTRL-S does not work on all terminals and might block
further input, use CTRL-Q to get going again.
and this key indeed hangs my vim. I was ...
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3answers
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Kate vs VIM/Emacs regarding speed [closed]
I'm trying to learn C++ in school using a UNIX environment and our professor urges us to use VIM or Emacs because a GUI is disadvantageous for two reasons:
Moving your hands off the keyboard and ...
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2answers
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vim customized with emacs commands (insert mode only)
I was an emacs user, and I have to switch to vim. But I miss some basic emacs commands in vim insert mode:
C-A
C-E
C-K
C-Y
C-x C-s
... and some other
I know that I can press Escape and then press ...
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1answer
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Installing vim/emacs on solaris 8
At my new job, they want me to use a solaris 8 operating system, but all my coding experience has been on linux. Linux had a lot of tools built into the system, but it seems like the solaris I'm using ...
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1answer
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Why am I getting 'Name collision between …' errors and how can I fix them?
Every time I try to launch vim or emacs or even top (I think it's actually any command that uses ncurses) in a unix terminal (on a cluster computer over ssh), I get a a continuous stream of 'Name ...
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4answers
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Block editing *live* in Emacs or Vim
jEdit supports block editing, but Emacs and Vim seem to have some serious usability issues on the same subject. If someone could fill in the unknowns here it would be much more bearable to use either ...
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3answers
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vim/emacs plugin to view recursive grep search search results?
Suppose I have a file formatted like this:
file1:123
file2:4444
some/other/file:2233
This represents the search results from a grep (i.e. file:line-number).
I'd like to have a vim plugin which ...
5
votes
1answer
363 views
As we call `#!/bin/perl` 'shebang', what we call `-*- perl -*-`?
The first line of a script may be in format of #! interpreter, so the shell will execute the script using the specific interpreter. This is so called shebang or shbang.
Similarly, there can be some ...
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vim vs. emacs… and no, this is not a flame war
How would you compare these editors? What are the pros and cons of each?
[note] This is not meant to be answered by those who "hate one and love another" or those who haven't used both.
