[TxMt] VIM features I miss

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On Mar 8, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Thomas Bohn wrote:

> On 03/08/07 16:56:22, Ernest Obusek wrote:
>
>> * Visually show that a file is Read Only (which lets me know I need
>> to do a p4 edit on the file)
>
> Yeah that would be a good feature. A little hint in the title would
> really help.
>
> Like: $document.txt (read only)

So maybe I am missing something, but what do you mean by read-only?  
What is it that determines if the file is read-only or not? You  
either have write-access to the file or not, and if you do not then  
you wouldn't be able to save it anyway, while if you do then the file  
is not read-only. And how would TM determine if the file is read-only  
or not? I suppose it could try to write to the file, but wouldn't  
that alter the modification date on every file where this is  
successful, which is certainly not desirable? Or is there a tool to  
test if a particular file is write-accessible to the current user?  
And what if you want to edit some files that you only have access to  
in administrator mode?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I guess I just don't get it.

>> * Show in the status bar at the bottom of the main window how far
>> into the file the cursor is as a percentage of the file size
>
> Well, you see on the scroll bar how big the file is. I don't think a
> value in per cent would give more information. With the cursor? I  
> don't
> know, maybe an indicator in the scroll bar, where the cursor currently
> is.
>
> When I scroll through my documents it is sometimes awfull to get
> suddenly to a complete different place just because I forgot where  
> I left
> the cursor.
>
Can't resist, but it's called the caret, while the cursor is the  
mouse pointer. E.g.:

Caret:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/ 
ATSUI_Concepts/atsui_chap5/chapter_5_section_2.html

Cursors:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/ 
OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGCursors/chapter_15_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/ 
uid/TP40002724-TPXREF101

> Thomas

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College