Advanced text editing commands

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:01:59AM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 4/27/23 03:13, R. H. van der Gaag wrote:
> > Having come from Vim and Obsidian, I find I miss a number of ‘advanced’ text editing commands, like jumping to a particular place in the text with just a few keystrokes,
> Such as?
> > or selecting a sentence.
> 
> I don't know how easy this would be to do in a multi-lingual way.

R. H., to answer your question directly, yes I miss them :). I am used to Vim, and I often wish I could use Vim-like features in LyX. e.g., I love using 'g;' in Vim. I think the first 'g;' in LyX can be down with "Navigate back" ('Ctrl + shift + <' or something like that) but I would love to go through the entire change list as quickly as with 'g;'.

Also, I've requested persistent undo (https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12578), which I've gotten used to in Vim.

I imagine Emacs users have similar desires to use Emacs features in LyX.

That said, without considerable work, I don't see it happening in LyX anytime soon.

Scott
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