Re: [vile] Rectangular fiddling

[Paul van Tilburg]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 08:29:03AM -0400, Paul Fox wrote:
> tom wrote:
>  > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Paul van Tilburg wrote:
>  > > * If one uses `c' followed by a rectangular selection, vile queries for
>  > >  a string to fill it with.  If the string is shorter than the width
>  > >  of the selection, the rest is filled with NULL-chars instead of
>  > >  spaces.  Is this a feature or a bug?
>  > 
>  > I assume it's a bug (I recall that it's supposed to fill with spaces).
> 
> i agree it's a bug.  and while it may have been intended to fill
> with spaces (after all, i truncates if the replacement string is too
> long), i can't help thinking that it would be more useful if it
> grew or shrank the space to fit the new text.  i usually find myself
> having to do ^A-r and/or d commands to adjust the rectangle to match
> the text.

I was about to suggest that. :) That behaviour is more similar to
what `c' would do in the non-rectangular case.. if it would have
prompted for the new text.  It's nice to keep things analogous
for simplicity (for the mind).

Paul

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