From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-11-28T07:16:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Tool Survey


On Nov 27, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Christian von Kleist wrote:

>> Giles, have you ever tried tabs in Vim?  IMHO it's a
>> lot easier to
>> manage multiple tabs than multiple windows in Vim.
>>

you mean gvim?  does vim do tabs somehow then?

>> And for screen, try `screen -S session-name` to name the screen
>> sessions you create so when you do `screen -ls` it's easier to
>> remember which session is which.  Then you can resume a session with
>> `screen -r session-name` too.
>>

yeah.  this is what i use:

cfp:~ > alias|grep screen
alias s='screen -D -R '
alias sdr='screen -d -r '
alias sl='screen -list '


>> Also great for Vim is the taglist.vim plugin, which lets you see a
>> method/member summary of the file you're editing in a vertical window
>> to the left (or anywhere else through config options).  It works with
>> most languages, including Ruby.
>>

i've tried tags a bit but not lately - should give it another go.   
thanks for the tip.

>> This setup really helps me focus on my work since I can make my
>> terminal fullscreen (and command-tab or alt-tab to Firefox if
>> necessary).   I like how much lighter weight Vim+screen is than a GUI
>> and that I can keep a single screen session going for months on my
>> servers.
>>
>> Great video.
>>
>
> Sorry, just realized that it was Ara's video, so the above response
> was for him...
>

yup, i swear by it.  best thing is that moving to linux, using putty  
on windows, switching to osx, logging into to a solaris box, working  
on fortran, whatever - all use the same 'ide'.  this alone buys a ton  
of time in the medium to long haul.

cheers.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
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