Re: Problems switching from 0.15

[Xavier N. <xav...@fr...>]

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 13:02:47 -0500 Steve Hall <dig...@mi...> wrote:

> From: "Xavier Nodet" <xav...@fr...>
>>
>> I recently tried to switch from 0.15 to 0.17, using Vim 6.1 on
>> Windows XP SP1. I noticed several problems.

> I'm assuming this is gVim, based on your font selections.

Yes, of course.

>> [Handling of backspace]

> Very good find. I believe the problem is in the cream-keys.vim.
> Replace the line (around 115):
>   vmap <silent> <BS> :call Cream_delete_v()<CR>
> with this one:
>   vmap <silent> <BS> :<C-u>call Cream_delete_v()<CR>
> and see if that improves things.

Yes!  This is perfect, now...  Thanks!

>> In fact, it seems that when some text is selected, some keys have
>> a special effect (something that looks like 'extend the selection up
>> to the next occurrence of the pressed key').

> (The status line has a single letter indicator of mode, check and
> see if it says "V" rather than "S".)

When I press shift-right, shift-left, ctrl-shift-right, or
ctrl-shift-left, the display changes from I to V, and the behavior is
/not/ correct.  When I press shift-up or shift-down, the status bar
has an 'S', and the behavior is correct.

If I first use shift-up or shift-down to enter select mode, then all the
shift-arrow keys work correctly.

>> Last problem is that with 0.17 (0.16 is correct here), the font used
>> by Vim is not changed when I use 
>>
>>   set guifont=Lucida_Console:h8 
>>   
>> in my _vimrc file. I still get the default font. With 0.15, the font
>> is correctly changed.

> I believe this is happening because Cream uses autocommands to
> initialize many settings after it starts. Your setting in vimrc is
> being over-ridden by Cream's stored setting. Try using the
> Settings.Preferences.Font to control your font. (I see some other
> items in your vimrc that may also be conflicting: expandtab, lines,
> columns, wrap, syntax, filetype, hlsearch, shiftwidth, tabstop, etc.)

You mean that, by using autocommands, Cream resets its settings e.g.
maybe when reading a file, and not only at startup. I understand...
I removed most of those settings, and things seem to be correct.
I'll try to use Cream as it was designed, in the future ;)...

Thanks.

-- 
Xavier Nodet
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759.