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Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#31

Post by clarry »

drivers99 wrote: post #28
weavie wrote: post #17

It is amazing how much I rely on Vim on a daily basis and yet how small a proportion of it I actually know.

Same. I use d$ (i.e. d and the movement command $) to delete to the end of the line. Apparently you can just use D. Also, I didn't even know you could do N | to move the the Nth column (e.g. 30| moves to the 30th column).

I don't know if this is the case in vim, but in nvi C works like D except it also puts you in insert mode. Which is exactly what I want to do almost every time I delete to the end of the line.

S is likewise super nice: it clears the line and puts you in insert mode.

Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#32

Post by eliasmacpherson »

jh3 wrote: post #23
eliasmacpherson wrote: post #11

Sorry to be that guy, but it should at least point out it's also accessible with :help within vim.

The OP knows this already. He stated it in his blog post: > Vim’s documentation is incredibly complete and very useful. Unfortunately, it makes heavy use of cross references, and the cross references only work with Vim’s internal help viewer. I have no qualms about reading a reference document, but I would strongly prefer to do this kind of reading reclining on a couch with an iPad, rather that Control+F-ing my way t…

This isn't a useful reply, it's clear the OP knows it - how else would he have compiled them? It gives the wrong impression to link to 11MB of pdf's with no mention of :help!

Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#33

Post by pelario »

houshuang wrote: post #20

Probably would have been more helpful to link to the blog post explaining the project - http://nathangrigg.net/2013/09/reproducing-vim-help-as-a-ful... . It would be great if the top comments at least had a look at the PDF, and maybe read that blog post - the file is full of hyperlinks (that was the whole point), has a beautiful index viewable in the sidebar of Skim, and he made it because he wanted to read on his iP…

Of course there's an emacs command to do that

Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#35

Post by plantsbeans »

clarry wrote: post #31
drivers99 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. I use d$ (i.e. d and the movement command $) to delete to the end of the line. Apparently you can just use D. Also, I didn't even know you could do N | to move the the Nth column (e.g. 30| moves to the 30th column).

I don't know if this is the case in vim, but in nvi C works like D except it also puts you in insert mode. Which is exactly what I want to do almost every time I delete to the end of the line. S is likewise super nice: it clears the line and puts you in insert mode.

the "c" verb is called "change"

Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#37

Post by bo1024 »

pelario wrote: post #33
houshuang wrote: post #20

Probably would have been more helpful to link to the blog post explaining the project - http://nathangrigg.net/2013/09/reproducing-vim-help-as-a-ful... . It would be great if the top comments at least had a look at the PDF, and maybe read that blog post - the file is full of hyperlinks (that was the whole point), has a beautiful index viewable in the sidebar of Skim, and he made it because he wanted to read on his iP…

Of course there's an emacs command to do that

Oh, yeah. Good old C-m M-x M-generate-hyperlinked-documentation.

Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#38

Post by kroger »

houshuang wrote: post #20

Probably would have been more helpful to link to the blog post explaining the project - http://nathangrigg.net/2013/09/reproducing-vim-help-as-a-ful... . It would be great if the top comments at least had a look at the PDF, and maybe read that blog post - the file is full of hyperlinks (that was the whole point), has a beautiful index viewable in the sidebar of Skim, and he made it because he wanted to read on his iP…

The Emacs manual is available in many formats, including PDF:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/emacs.html

Re: Vim PDF Documentation

#39

Post by coherentpony »

nathangrigg wrote: post #19
agscala wrote: post #12

This is neat until you realize that by converting it to a PDF, you lose all of the jumping around goodness that Vim offers you to help you navigate this monstrosity.

The PDF is full to the brim with hyperlinks. That is the point of this.

Making vimites use the mouse? That's essentially blasphemy.
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