Re: Vim as prose editor - how to remove '~' and '@'

On Sat, 7 Jun 2014, BPJ wrote:

> 2014-06-07 10:39, James Freer skrev:
>> I am trying out gvim and vim for use as a prose editor for writing
>> - rather than programmer coding.
>>
>> Whilst doing pgup and pgdn one gets ~ and @ on the screen and I
>> was wondering if it was possible to remove them.
>
> Not criticism, just bemused: why would those be (more) annoying
> when editing prose than when editing code? I can see if a line
> continues beyond the right edge of the window, and distinguish
> between end-of-file and a possible multitude of blank lines,
> which I find equally meaningful with both kinds of editing. Sure
> it's not what one may be used to from one's run-of-the-mill GUI
> editor, but then almost nothing in Vim is!
>
> /bpj

I can only say for editing prose as that is what I do using Set Linebreak to
wrap lines. I find them irritating that's all... but the first reply suggestion
solved that so I'm grateful. I'm not as IT knowledgeable as some so asked.

"it's not what one may be used to from one's run-of-the-mill GUI editor, but
then almost nothing in Vim is!"

hmmm - not a dig at Vim was it! Both Vim and Emacs are the best editors but
require a little customisation for one's tastes... is how I'd put it. I like
the choice between console and gui as I use Alpine for email (which I really
like) and gui for editing text.

james

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php

---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.