Subj : SlyEdit
To   : Gamgee
From : Accession
Date : Sun Nov 30 2025 21:55:32

Hey Gamgee!

On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:11:52 -0600, you wrote:

 > Hahaha, yep.  I use nano for nearly every text-editing task 
 > (including writing this message from within MultiMail).  The one use 
 > I still have for vim is that it can deal with "Ctrl-A" codes in a 
 > SBBS file.  In case it wasn't widely known, you can add a Ctrl-A code 
 > in vim by first doing "Ctrl-V", then "Ctrl-A", then the actual color 
 > code or whatever.  I don't know another "plain" text editor that does 
 > that. Very useful to me every now and then.

I just tested this and it works. You have to be in insert mode, so hit "i" first.

Thanks for that tidbit. That can definitely come in handy! I think I've just used nano by cutting an entire line with the CTRL-A codes on them (using CTRL-K), pasting it again (and again, if needbe, using CTRL-U) so I have a bunch I can change the color codes on. This would definitely make things easier, though. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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