On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:45 PM, David Sanson wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:43:06 PM UTC-6, Eric Weir wrote:
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>> Sure would be an easier way to get plugins installed than trying to do it through netrw.
>
> And this is just the basic problem with the current Vim.app on iOS: it provides no reasonable way to get documents (including plugins) in and out.
>
>> And I guess a second request: Is there something more user-friendly than netrw help that would help me learn how to do basic things on netrw?
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> You have to realize that most of the functionality of netrw is not available on iOS. All the "net" functions depend on external helper apps (git, ssh, ftp, curl, etc), and those are not available to the iOS app. So it is just a matter of poking around and seeing which of the local file/folder management commands happen to be implemented in pure vimscript.
Thanks, David. Yeah, without a way to get documents in and out, except on a file-by-file basis through itunes, vim is not very useful. Given the overlap of software development talent between vim and osx/ios I would have expected more interest and more progress in solving the problems.
Regarding netrw, my interest is in local file management only, especially moving files between folders. netrw help is difficult for a non-programmer vim novice.
Regards,
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA
eeweir@bellsouth.net
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