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awesome, thank you. now if only we could do split panes...

jarin 15y ago
This might sound kind of trivial, but the lack of split panes (and no hope on the horizon) is what finally pushed me over the edge to learning vim. Haven't looked back :)
- kennywinker 15y ago
  Ok, this is the wrong place to ask, but when I'm using unix text editors I'm reasonably happy EXCEPT I don't understand how anyone could use a text editor without being able to click to move the insertion point where they want it to be. Furiously leaning on the arrow keys is way too slow. How does one solve this? is there a way to make the terminal accept mouse input? I've mostly only used pico/nano which I understand is similar to vi, et al. but maybe don't have a way to do this where other editors do?
  - jarin 15y ago
    I use MacVim. Keyboard navigation works great for me when moving around small areas, but I use the scrollwheel and clicking all the time for moving around larger areas of a file (and for navigating NERDtree).
  - cabacon 15y ago
    As noted, you can run vim or emacs in a way where you can mouse where you want to go. In practice, there's usually a way to get to the place you want to be via some other command. For vi, you can usually use /search to get where you want. One of my most-used vi commands that I miss in other editors is f[char]. It moves you to the next instance of [char] on your current line. Things like f= or f( are great for bouncing through a line of source code. I wish textmate (chocolate, sublime, whatever) had a quick keyboard equivalent to that.
_frog 15y ago
You might be interested in Chocolat[1], it's currently in alpha but I can get you an invite if you want [1]: http://chocolatapp.com/ http://chocolatapp.com/
- tjstankus 15y ago
  Well, if you're passing out invites... pretty please? I'm currently trying out different editors, not stuck on any particular one.
  - alextgordon 15y ago
    You'd perhaps have more luck if you had an email address on your profile ;) Anyway, here's a few invite links for HN: [Edit: Sorry, all gone!] I should point out that it's a bit buggy, and still an alpha. So don't expect to be able to use it as your everyday editor just yet.
    - kennywinker 15y ago
      Just redeemed #2 on the list, got 1 invite on signup: http://chocolatapp.com/userspace/i/?e6cc78a7ef0db35 http://chocolatapp.com/userspace/i/?e6cc78a7ef0db35
      - dekz 15y ago
        Stolen. Someone PM me email if they would like the next invite on the chain.
        paulmillr 15y ago
        Also subscribing for the next invite on the chain. Looks pretty promising.
        tortilla 15y ago
        I'd appreciate an invite too. My gmail is my username. Thanks!

jarin 15y ago

This might sound kind of trivial, but the lack of split panes (and no hope on the horizon) is what finally pushed me over the edge to learning vim. Haven't looked back :)

kennywinker 15y ago
Ok, this is the wrong place to ask, but when I'm using unix text editors I'm reasonably happy EXCEPT I don't understand how anyone could use a text editor without being able to click to move the insertion point where they want it to be. Furiously leaning on the arrow keys is way too slow. How does one solve this? is there a way to make the terminal accept mouse input? I've mostly only used pico/nano which I understand is similar to vi, et al. but maybe don't have a way to do this where other editors do?
- jarin 15y ago
  I use MacVim. Keyboard navigation works great for me when moving around small areas, but I use the scrollwheel and clicking all the time for moving around larger areas of a file (and for navigating NERDtree).
- cabacon 15y ago
  As noted, you can run vim or emacs in a way where you can mouse where you want to go. In practice, there's usually a way to get to the place you want to be via some other command. For vi, you can usually use /search to get where you want. One of my most-used vi commands that I miss in other editors is f[char]. It moves you to the next instance of [char] on your current line. Things like f= or f( are great for bouncing through a line of source code. I wish textmate (chocolate, sublime, whatever) had a quick keyboard equivalent to that.

_frog 15y ago

You might be interested in Chocolat[1], it's currently in alpha but I can get you an invite if you want [1]: http://chocolatapp.com/ http://chocolatapp.com/

tjstankus 15y ago
Well, if you're passing out invites... pretty please? I'm currently trying out different editors, not stuck on any particular one.
- alextgordon 15y ago
  You'd perhaps have more luck if you had an email address on your profile ;) Anyway, here's a few invite links for HN: [Edit: Sorry, all gone!] I should point out that it's a bit buggy, and still an alpha. So don't expect to be able to use it as your everyday editor just yet.
  - kennywinker 15y ago
    Just redeemed #2 on the list, got 1 invite on signup: http://chocolatapp.com/userspace/i/?e6cc78a7ef0db35 http://chocolatapp.com/userspace/i/?e6cc78a7ef0db35
    - dekz 15y ago
      Stolen. Someone PM me email if they would like the next invite on the chain.
      - paulmillr 15y ago
        Also subscribing for the next invite on the chain. Looks pretty promising.
      - tortilla 15y ago
        I'd appreciate an invite too. My gmail is my username. Thanks!