From: Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>
To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: tcsh clear command?
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fp1tf0$lv0$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0802140927050.4677@access1.cims.nyu.edu>
Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>> Ditto here. Who really prefers a rows-and-columns based method (AKA a
>> box!) of copying text? I can't say there's been a single time when I
>> said "Damn I wish I could just copy and paste a box of text. Copying a
>> line of text just isn't what I want to do right now!". YMMV.
>
> Umm, VIm with multiple horizontal windows? Or any text containing
> tables? In fact, that's why VIm added the "box select" feature...
Heh. Glad I didn't send a similar reply to the main list (and before
reading the thread on -talk, at that :-) ). And you can add kate to the
list of editors with block selection (I thought vim had it also, but my
vim-fu is practically non-existent).
>> It was merely my opinion. Why do you attempt to make more of it?
>
> That's called arrogance...
Indeed.
--
Matthew
Thus sang the fat lady...
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2008-02-14 14:36 ` Igor Peshansky
2008-02-14 14:47 ` Dave Korn
2008-02-14 16:01 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-02-14 16:05 ` Igor Peshansky
2008-02-14 16:09 ` Dave Korn
2008-02-14 17:51 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-02-14 17:24 ` Matthew Woehlke [this message]
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