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Modal editing does make macros far easier to work with...
by Olreich 9y ago
Modal editing does make macros far easier to work with...
- thomastjeffery 9y agoAbsolutely. In Vim, since every command is a keystroke you can save a string of keystrokes to a buffer, and "run" that buffer as a macro. You can even paste the buffer instead, edit it as plain text, and put the new version back into the buffer and run it.
- KirinDave 9y agoPersonally I don't see how that is ebttee. Why is it better? Macros would be better if they were less invisible. Spacemacs/viper has this great copy of a vim feature where :/ and :s/ commands actually show a diff view interactively in the buffer. It turned an old useful-but-opaque feature into an equally useful but interactive and novice-friendly feature. We need more of that in code editing.
- KirinDave 9y agoI'm still waiting for this new phone to pick up on my typing... :/