Subj : Re: Vim (Vi Improved)
To   : bcw142
From : Bbsing.Bbs
Date : Thu Aug 01 2019 08:43 pm

-=> bcw142 wrote to All <=-

 bc> Just in case some of you are using vim on Linux/Pi etc. it has built in
 bc> encryption with :X or starting with -x on the command line. It will ask
 bc> for an encryption key which can be one or more characters below I used
 bc> 123

 bc> 00000000   56 69 6D 43 72 79 70 74 7E 30 31 21 28 F5 C4 73
 bc> VimCrypt~01!(..s 00000010   23 EC 46 A6 8D C0 E7 72 55 C2 AA 1F
 bc>     #.F....rU...

 bc> That's the hexedit output of a file called hi. As you can see the first
 bc> 11 characters show you it's Vim encryption. So with Linux/Pi there is
 bc> an easy built-in encryption (if you used vi ;) I learned AT&T Unix back
 bc> in the 1980's working at AT&T so I learned basic vi back then. Vim
 bc> works over any telnet/ssh type shell and the arrow keys work without
 bc> needed to change modes like old vi. All the old commands will work so
 bc> in DD /bin/bash mystic shells the old vi stuff works like HJKL for
 bc> movement even when the arrow keys don't. That mode defaults to about 23
 bc> usable lines per page, the last line repeats forever to make other
 bc> lines, you'll know when you see it.

I like it, but .. synchronous only :( ... I haven't figured out the super easy
way to use gnugp with vim yet. 

Do you have any tips? 


 
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