Excerpts from Ben Fritz's message of Thu Jul 22 22:15:00 +0100 2010:
>
> On Jul 22, 1:43 am, "Romeyke, Andreas" <andreas.rome...@dzb.de> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > To show a UI-concept I would reconfigure vim. The plan is that the user
> > writes text. If the user type !command (where command is an editor
> > command defined somewhere) the command should be executed directly. The
> > idea is not to switch explicitely between command layer and editing
> > layer (as with the esc-key in vim)
> >
>
> I mean no offense, but I think your approach, of actually entering the
> command text in insert mode, then somehow grabbing that text and doing
> the command without ever leaving insert mode and with no extra
> keystrokes to trigger the behavior, is a terrible idea.
>
> A much better approach, in my opinion, that does almost the same thing
> is something like:
>
> inoremap <F7> <C-\><C-O>:
>
> This mapping will allow the user to hit the <F7> key to go into
> command-line mode for a single command. The user will then type the
> command and hit enter, returning to insert mode exactly where they
> left off.
>
> You could map any other key rather than F7. Normally people use non-
> printable sequences like CTRL or ALT combinations, but you could also
> use infrequently typed things like two capital letters in a row, or
> two '!' characters in a row, or anything else.
>
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