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by robotjosh 4788 days ago
Just because people who follow the vim google group want more ide features and python integration doesn't mean thats what most vim users want. Why don't they fix the obvious flaw, mouse integration? (I know, because it would be hard)
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tmhedberg 4788 days ago
New features are voted on not by mailing list/Google group participants but by users who have donated at least €10 to the Ugandan charity that Bram sponsors via Vim development.

Also, I'm not sure in what sense mouse integration is "the obvious flaw", given that (A) it already exists if you use the GUI version, or in the terminal if your terminal supports mouse reporting (see :help mouse-using) and (B) most Vim users tend to actively avoid the mouse anyway.

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keypusher 4788 days ago
Because many, many vim users (majority even?) are running vim on a headless *nix server with no display or display software, let alone a mouse. Anyway, there is already "set mouse=a", or use something like MacVim or another port of vim to graphical UI.
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mpyne 4788 days ago
Mouse integration into a console vim window? It may be obvious to you but it's literally never affected me, I haven't even run GPM in like 10 years.
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UNIXgod 4788 days ago
vi with mouse integration? They have had this for years. Download the source and grok my friend. You probably are running nvi and not vim. Also in either your terminal or x you can simply middle click your mouse if you need to mouse copy/paste. I recommend addressing in ex mode or using the vi visual mode commands to do it. If your really dependent on "drag/drop" gui style editing using ex proper will defeat that. In vim I'm sure a simple script would even bring it to the gui drag/drop concept to the editor by automating addressing from mouse selection. Though it would be slower for the end user and simply not provide the flow and control ed and vi/ex users have had for years.
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mrgoldenbrown 4788 days ago
Wait, what? Since when does being in the google group let you vote? I thought you had to be a paying customer/sponsor to vote.
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keypusher 4788 days ago
A paying vim customer?
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lacksconfidence 4788 days ago
yes you need to donate 10 euro to the ugandan charity Bram chose to support.

http://www.vim.org/sponsor/

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dmayle 4788 days ago
Maybe because mouse integration already works?
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