... and the one feature they don't list: iCloud .vimrc sync!
No kidding? If I just edit $HOME/.vimrc, it will start syncing? Or do I need to do something special?
Vim ported to iOS
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Re: Vim ported to iOS
#22What's the biggest advantage over SSHing to your server? Is the interface optimized? I mean, you're almost never offline these days, so local storage can't be it, right? I suggest mapping 'jj' to ESC rather than '\'
Latency. And for those who aren't 'almost always online.'
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#23How about file management? Anyone know how files are stored/accessed?
Dropbox support would be nice. Its the only reasonable semi-'filesystem' option
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#24I'm confused, how does one use the esc key without a keyboard?
The correct way to do it is to attach a toolbar to the top of the keyboard that contains any special keys or commands that one needs, such as "Esc".
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#25I'm confused, how does one use the esc key without a keyboard?
They remapped backslash to esc. Kind of a pain since you have to go through 2 keyboards to get to it, but it works.
How are you supposed to code without backslashes? Are they anticipating never needing to escape anything?
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#26Interesting that they actually exit on ":q", which is prohibited by the iOS Human Interface Guidelines: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserEx...
Also, ":Explore" and then "-", "-", "-"... works to browse the file system, or at least the parts allowed by the app sandbox
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#27If you don't feel like downloading it, here's a web-based live demo --
http://www.pieceable.com/view/bundle/p/a2a89/com.applidium.V...
As the docs say, if you want to leave insert-mode, you have to use the '\' key since there's no ESC.
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#28Interesting that they actually exit on ":q", which is prohibited by the iOS Human Interface Guidelines: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserEx... Also, ":Explore" and then "-", "-", "-"... works to browse the file system, or at least the parts allowed by the app sandbox
I think they're called "guidelines" for a reason, and nowhere in them is the word "prohibited" used.
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#29Interesting that they actually exit on ":q", which is prohibited by the iOS Human Interface Guidelines: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserEx... Also, ":Explore" and then "-", "-", "-"... works to browse the file system, or at least the parts allowed by the app sandbox
I think they're called "guidelines" for a reason, and nowhere in them is the word "prohibited" used.
Except that in the vast majority of cases, not following them really hurts your chances of getting into the App Store.
Try to find a few other apps on the App Store that you can exit from within the app, to get a sense of just how much of a "guideline" this really is.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's great for browsing but I can't picture coding in an editor where I need to stop and look for common command keys. At the moment vim is efficient because [esc]10dd or something but it's just not viable without a keyboard. For reviewing code or making quick edits however this could be incredible. I wonder if it supports plugins.
nnoremap jk
It's hard to believe there are people who regularly use vim and still use escape.