Mouse cognizant vi?

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3 total messages Started by Eric R. Johnson Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:19

#2585

Author: Eric R. Johnson
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:19

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I like vi, so I hope this is not sacrilegous :-)...

Is there a version of vi that will move the cursor to a point
clicked on with a mouse?  Most times it's _great_ to not leave the
home row, but if I resize a window, and want to jump to a new point,
it would be nice to just be able to _go_ there with one click, and 
not a bunch of keystrokes.

Thanks.

Re: Mouse cognizant vi?

#2651

Author: Tom von Alten
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:15

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Eric R. Johnson (ejohnson@enuxha.eas.asu.edu) wrote:
: Is there a version of vi that will move the cursor to a point
: clicked on with a mouse?  Most times it's _great_ to not leave the
: home row, but if I resize a window, and want to jump to a new point,
: it would be nice to just be able to _go_ there with one click, and 
: not a bunch of keystrokes.

If you have the "copyline" feature or equivalent (mine is with HP's
Xwindows and hpterm) you can simulate this behavior.  This feature copies
from the mouse position to the end of line, including the <lf> and pastes
this buffer.  In command mode,

	1. type "/" (for search)
	2. position the mouse and press "copyline" (on my system
	   it's mapped to the right mouse button)

A windows-based cut/paste functionality could be used also, but likely adds
up to more than 1 key and 1 boink.
_____________
Tom von Alten           email: alien@boi.hp.com
                        Hewlett-Packard Disk Memory Division

Re: Mouse cognizant vi?

#3002

Author: David Bath
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:51

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alien@boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten) writes:

>Eric R. Johnson (ejohnson@enuxha.eas.asu.edu) wrote:
>: Is there a version of vi that will move the cursor to a point
>: clicked on with a mouse?  Most times it's _great_ to not leave the
>: home row, but if I resize a window, and want to jump to a new point,
>: it would be nice to just be able to _go_ there with one click, and 
>: not a bunch of keystrokes.

Try xvi from simtel msdos archives, editor directories
unix source for suns, crays, bsd, sysv, and PC.

David T. Bath	Email:dtb@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au	Phone:03-3477511
Global Technology Corporation, 179 Grattan St, CARLTON, VIC, 3153, AUSTRALIA
"Failure to emulate is the best revenge" - Marcus Aurelius
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David T. Bath	Email:dtb@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au	Phone:03-3477511
Global Technology Corporation, 179 Grattan St, CARLTON, VIC, 3153, AUSTRALIA
"Failure to emulate is the best revenge" - Marcus Aurelius

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