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diff --git a/man/man1/exm.1df b/man/man1/exm.1df new file mode 100644 index 00000000..892ca326 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/exm.1df @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +.TH EXM 1df "March 2017" "Manual page for exm" +.SH NAME +.B exm +\- invoke Vim's ex(1) with a dumb terminal +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B exm +[EX_OPTIONS...] [FILES] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B exm +works around a quirk of Vim that causes it to clear the screen when invoked as +ex(1) interactively. It applies Vim's -T option to force the terminal to the +builtin "dumb" terminal. +.SH CAVEATS +This doesn't work on its first invocation from any given terminal, but does +work thereafter. I haven't yet figured out why. +.P +This breaks switching to visual mode with :visual somewhat, as the terminal +will persist in its dumb state. I'm not sure there's a way to fix this. If +there were a Vim :autocmd for mode switching, it might be possible, or perhaps +by wrapping :visual somehow to :set terminal=$TERM. +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |