Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Commenting out multiple lines in vim

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 14 Feb 2009, at 04:21, daid kahl wrote:
> You can also enable line numbering, either in command mode using  
> "set nu", or in ~/.vimrc (which I prefer since I always like line  
> numbers, except if I'm copy and pasting...then it's annoying).   
> There is also a macro I made (stole from somewhere and modified) to  
> enter the date on \d entered in both command mode and entry mode,  
> which I find handy for journals or timestamp comments in code.  You  
> can, of course, rearrange and edit how the time appears if you  
> dislike my style.
>
> "Timestamp script for command (normal) mode
> nmap \d :execute "normal i" . strftime("%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S ")<CR>
> "Timestamp script for insert mode
> imap \d <C-R>=strftime("%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S ")<CR>

Thanks for the tips. I don't have immediate need for them, but I will  
bear them in mind.

> Is there any way to access the vim buffers from other than vi?   
> Using Konsole, if I want to copy something from vim I have to  
> highlight with the mouse and right click, which is annoying.  I  
> really just want a better way to copy from Konsole that doesn't  
> involve right click.  At least shift+insert works for pasting from  
> elsewhere...

Do you want to copy without using right-click (i.e. copy upon mouse  
select) or copy without using the mouse at all? I assume the latter,  
but that was not my initial reaction when I read "I really just want a  
better way ... that doesn't involve right click".

Stroller.