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Subject: Re: Help?
From: "Christian J. Robinson" <heptite@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:30:20 -0500
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On 2006.08.04 18:40:36, Faux_Pseudo <Faux.Pseudo@gmail.com> wrote:

> _.-In alt.ascii-art, Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen wrote the following -._
>
>> Why not just suggest vi and get it over with ;)
>
> I am an emacs user and only use vi when I have no other choice, like
> editing my nethackrc file on nethack.alt.org, so I am not up on all
> its abilities.  One of the things in emacs that makes ascii easier
> is its picture-mode which is basically like filling a file with a
> few thousand ' ' spaces and adding typeover like if the insert key
> did anything on a unix system.   Does vi have such a mode?

This sounds much like the virtualedit feature of Vim (":help
virtualedit").  If you do ":set virtualedit=all" you can enter replace
mode by pressing "R" then use the arrow keys to move the cursor
anywhere, and just type characters where you want them.

There's also a simple ASCII drawing script on vim.org:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=40

- Christian

-- 
Christian J. Robinson <infynity at onewest net>
(I rarely check the address in my from line, use the above address.)

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