[Vimoutliner] How do you use _exe_ ?

Scott Scriven vimoutliner at toykeeper.net
Thu May 22 17:50:53 EDT 2008


* Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> Now, place the cursor ANYWHERE on a line with _exe_ on it, 
> press ,,e and the command line following the _exe_ will be 
> executed.

Personally, I find this awkward.  Why is _exe_ required?

It seems like it would be simpler to just make ,,e execute any 
line, with no particular marker needed.  I mean, just remove the 
leading whitespace and any checkboxes and/or percents on the left 
side, and then run the contents of the line.

It would probably at least clear up confusion about things 
like...

  - move the cursor to a line containing "ls /tmp"
  - type ,,e
  - receive an error, "Not an executable line"
  - scratch head...  "ls /tmp" sure looks executable

I tried a few variations before I found _exe_ in the docs 
somewhere.


-- Scott


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