On Friday 07 September 2007 11:58, Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: steve szmidt steve@szmidt.org
> To: slug@nks.net
> Sent: 9/7/07 11:23 AM
> Subject: [SLUG] Record keys in editor
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In the long gone past I had an editor which would allow me to record
> > keystrokes and replay them by pressing a simple combination like Ctrl 1.
> >
> > Running into another need for that functionality I've been through a
> > number of editors and development tools but not found that functionality,
> > anyone know of one?
> >
> > Office writer has it but you have to go through several mouse steps to
> > replay it which makes it too slow.
> >
> > Vi has buffer replay but it too seem to require too much typing.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Steve Szmidt
>
> Not my forte', but I would look beyond Vi to
>
> vim-enhanced
> vim-X11
>
> for greater functionality and an already familiar path of study.
>
> /robin
I guess I should have said vim, since I'm on Linux.
Using
:map (key_to_use) string_of_keys_to_run
does run macros simply. The problem I have in vim is that {ctrl-v}{esc} does
not break out of insert mode as it does under vi.
More google searching it looks like...
--Steve Szmidt
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