Re: Python

On 12/19/25 03:18, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:56:11 -0500, c186282 wrote:
> 
>> On 12/18/25 13:38, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:43:49 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>
>>>> rbowman <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:03:47 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> I keep it simple and use the first column, s/^/#/  in vim. s/^#//
>>>>>>> to make them go away.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ctrl-V, down, I, '# ', Escape.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those block commands are great! How have I ever lived without them?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Learned something new. I seldom, if ever, use the visual mode so I
>>>>> mark the end of the block and use the  :.,'as/^/#/  form. Years of
>>>>> muscle memory. I have a book on Vim somewhere. What it pointed out to
>>>>> me is how much functionality Vim has that I don't use. I learned one
>>>>> way to skin a cat long ago and stuck with it. For example I use :new
>>>>> foo.txt to get two vertically stacked panes.  I know you can do side
>>>>> by side panes but I never do.
>>>>
>>>> :sp[lit]
>>>> :vs[plit]
>>>>
>>>> also work.  I generally divide the vim screen into four 100 column
>>>> wide panes.
>>>
>>> I'd screw that up. I use i3/sway and I have a moment of hesitation of
>>> whether Meta-h or Meta-v is going to split the way I want. 'I want two
>>> panes stacked vertically so that's 'h'. Or is it 'v'?'
>>
>>
>>     NANO !!!  :-)
> 
> Whatever. I've used it in a pinch but it's definitely my favorite.

   Hey, super-simple and to the point ... what's
   not to love ?  :-)

   Anyway, I *do* use it quite a lot, even on short-ish
   programs.

   The ed in Midnight Commander is a bit better, AND you
   can use it easily over SSH.