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Vi commands in all your Cocoa apps

Submitted by Merlin on February 5, 2007 - 1:50am.

Jason Corso - Vi Input Manager Plugin

Vi Input Manager seems like a godsend for Mac (or more accurately, Cocoa) users who have Vi commands permanently installed in their fingertips.

This bundle patches the Cocoa Text System to add a Vi-like command mode. After entering command-mode (typically, by hitting escape in Vi), ordinary Vi commands can be typed and the text field will be updated accordingly…

Right now, you should be thinking – “you mean the editor in XCode will behave like Vi?” Answer: Yes.

Reminds me it’s about time for another round of trying to learn Vim.

[ via: Vi Input Manager - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) ]

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The To-Do List Maze... I've started...

Submitted by parlay (not verified) on February 5, 2007 - 9:08am.

The To-Do List Maze…

I’ve started using this notepad I have to make elaborate To-Do lists every day. This is at once satisfying and hearbreaking. After a certain amount of effort and struggle I get to cross something off the list (“check flagged emails”……