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List:       vim-dev
Subject:    Re: Vim's future ?
From:       Paul Romanchenko <paul () jet ! msk ! su>
Date:       2002-11-06 8:08:14
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Nov 5, Bram Moolenaar:

>
> Gregory Seidman wrote:
>
> I don't quite understand your reasoning.  When there are multiple
> toplevel windows, I certainly would not want that typing a ":" command
> in one window would block commands in all other windows.  I would
> quickly fall back to starting multiple Vims then.
>
> When there are separate toplevel windows, they should behave like they
> are separate editors, each with their own state (Normal, Insert, etc.).
> I wouldn't accept anything else.  It would even be impossible to
> copy/paste between the text of one window and the command line of
> another.
I agree what top-level vims should behave like they are separate editors
with one exception: they must share open buffers, registers and options.

> It's always good to learn from what others have made.  What is so good
> about emacs what we should take over?  I didn't read a specific item in
> your message.
top-level frame concept?

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:wq
Paul S. Romanchenko (rmrfchik)

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