Re: [slrn] external editor and sorting
- From: rich <richr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:36:10 -0500
On 2005-08-14, The Ohmster <ohmster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh dude, you are freaking *brilliant*! Notice that I am replying now in
> slrn. :)
>>
>> You can also set this default in .slnrc
>> ('%set sorting_method 3' is the string to search for in the default file)
>>
>
> Yeah, yeah, YEAH! I used your suggestion in my ~/.slrnrc file by
> uncommenting out the set "sorting_method 9" (changed the number to 9)
> and it worked just like I wanted it to. Oh man this rocks. Now I have a
> really good excuse to learn more about vi. Deleting all of the stuff
> that came before this line in the followup was a pain in the ass.
> Previously I just hit dd to delete line by line but that would take too
> long so this time I counted the lines and got 28 so I used "28dd" and
> that deleted the current line and the next 27 lines. A bit cumbersome
> but it worked and was far better than pressing dd 28 times.
http://tnerual.eriogerg.free.fr/vimqrc.pdf
My bible as far as vim goes....
> Okay this is good, now I have slrn setup to the point where it is
> actually usable. There are a couple more questions for now and no doubt
> will be many more to come but this is alright, you guys are really
> making with "the goood help" and I appreciate it much.
>
> A spell checker would be cool for vi. pico does come with a spell
> checker.
try (and my linux is a bit rusty, so it may format your harddrive or cause
your modem to dial your grandmother and try and sell a timeshare)
:w !ispell -b
which I believe will pass the file through to ispell. I'm not sure though.
vim has a built in spell checker in alpha atm. I suspect google might be your friend for vi.
>
> Making the sort menu (ESC s) not flash from the CLI would be really
> cool, it is super annoying to try and read that nice, grey box menu
> with it flashing on and off each second. It does not do that in an
> xwindows term but it does on the CLI and in an ssh window. I am not sure
> why this is, doesn't this menu rely on ncurses? Could there be something
> wrong with my ncurses lib or something?
that I don't know the answer to. I normally use the -C- switch, cause I prefer
a black and white look. It might be worth a punt to see if it gets you any closer to
the cause...
> ncurses-5.4-13
>
> Anyway, thanks a lot for your help, Rich. This is exactly what I wanted.
>:)
No problems. Not often I find my experiences useful, or at least coherent :)
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