[ILUG] some reasons why vim rocks...

[Feargal Reilly]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 10:18:23 +0100
kevin lyda <kevin+dated+1085390312.62b61e at ie.suberic.net> wrote:

> however vim
> also offers tab completion in insert mode.
> if you're typing ~/.moz you can then press C-xC-f to "tab out" the
> filename.  there's a description of what you can do next at the bottom
> of the screen - C-n for the next match is the one i use most.  once you
> have the match you want just go back to typing as normal.

Thank you, I did not know that one.
 
>     you can have vim pull up a man page by pressing K over a word.  so
>     if you edit this and press K over "fopen" it will bring up the fopen
>     man page.  the one downside i've seen is that it doesn't let you
>     specify a section.  i rarely want to see the man page for printf(1)
>     for instance - man 3 printf is usually more useful.

I know this one. Just type 3K and it'll give you the man page from section 3.

-fr.

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Feargal Reilly,
http://www.helgrim.com/
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