As someone who uses VO everyday for everything from journals, to to-do
lists, to outlining, I prefer (or am used to) the double comma leaders.
I was not aware that Debian changed it to //. (I *would* like to point
out that ,, is not equally easy on every keyboard layout. I use Dvorak
where ,, is upper-left rather than lower-right, but it is still easier
to find than //.) I would appreciate a Devuan VimOutliner package. Thanks.

-peter

09.01.2018, 09:52, "Steve Litt" <slitt@???>:
> Hi all,
>
> BACKSTORY...
>
> I'm the *originator* of VimOutliner, an outline processor that uses the
> Vim engine. VimOutliner's top priority was authoring speed. That
> priority drove most VimOutliner keyboard commands to begin with a
> double comma (,,), which is both extremely easy to hit from typing home
> position, and very unlikely to happen within written text. I published
> VimOutliner 0.13 June 1 2001.
>
> Several other people used it, liked it, and improved it far beyond my
> capabilities. Several Linux distros acquired VimOutliner packages.
> Unfortunately, the Debian VimOutliner package manager insisted on using
> double backslash (//) instead of double comma (,,) as the first two
> characters of commands. The double backslash is slower, and more
> important, it's a key that appears in different places on different
> keyboards. Use of the double backslash represents a degradation of
> VimOutliner's top priority: Authoring speed.
>
> I'm thinking of making the Devuan VimOutliner package use double comma.
> I'd take the Debian package and replace all appropriate double
> backslashes with double commas.
>
> Please understand, there is no SystemD dependency in the current Debian
> VimOutliner package. It doesn't in any way violate any Devuan policy.
> It simply uses the wrong string for the purposes of outlining.
>
> As mentioned, I'm the originator of VimOutliner, and as such I set the
> priorities, and the top priority has consistently been authoring speed.
> I can either modify the "standard" VimOutliner for my own use, or I can
> make a new, double comma equipped package for Devuan. Anyone have an
> opinion on this?
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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