On 16 Mar 2018 14:28:15 -0600 "Andy Bradford" <amb-xmhe@bradfords.org> wrote:
Andy Bradford writes:
Thus said Paul Fox on Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:59:57 -0400:
The big exception that I remember was his implementation of infinite
undo using '.', which broke a corner case of the redo command, but is
so easy to use.
Oddly enough, that is one exception that I praise and the one difference
between nvi and vim that I cannot live without. I use infinite undo via
'.' all the time, but not only that, I'm impressed by how I can
``reverse'' the direction of the undo and '.' repeats that decision.
Early in Vim's life I had emailed Moolenaar to suggest that
vim emulate nvi's behavior for the '.' command, at least as an
option. He declined to do so and I continued using nvi.
Rapidly switching undo/redo direction in vim with e.g.
uuu^R^R^Ruu^R^R is much harder on my left thumb (& brain) than
vi's u..u..u.u. May be because reversing direction == u turn!
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