Comments on: Creating a .htaccess file in Windows http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-02-16/creating-a-htaccess-file-in-windows/ Diary of an Indie Game Developer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Matt http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-02-16/creating-a-htaccess-file-in-windows/#comment-253 Matt Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:16:05 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-02-16/creating-a-htaccess-file-in-windows/#comment-253 Well, I actually use folder view, not Explorer. Same issues. With folder view, I'm already in the correct folder. File->New->type name. Context menu button->open with Vim. Normal action is: Ctrl->whatever to launch vim. Type some crap. :w partofdirectory-tabcomplete-partofdirectory-tabcomplete-partofdirectory-tab tab tab-- and so on. Basically, I've usually already got a folder view open to the folder I want to create .htaccess in, so it saves me the hassle of navigating yet again to the correct folder. I generally use pretty deep directory structures (ugh), and I haven't rigged up any scripts vim-side to set default directories up for new buffers. Well, I actually use folder view, not Explorer. Same issues.

With folder view, I’m already in the correct folder. File->New->type name. Context menu button->open with Vim.

Normal action is: Ctrl->whatever to launch vim. Type some crap. :w partofdirectory-tabcomplete-partofdirectory-tabcomplete-partofdirectory-tab tab tab– and so on.

Basically, I’ve usually already got a folder view open to the folder I want to create .htaccess in, so it saves me the hassle of navigating yet again to the correct folder. I generally use pretty deep directory structures (ugh), and I haven’t rigged up any scripts vim-side to set default directories up for new buffers.

]]> By: transiit http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-02-16/creating-a-htaccess-file-in-windows/#comment-252 transiit Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:10:24 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-02-16/creating-a-htaccess-file-in-windows/#comment-252 Holy cow! Somebody actually uses explorer to create empty files? Really? The intention: Right Click. Find the New Menu. Find the Text Document. Click it. See icon randomly appear on desktop wanting to be named. Rename it. Hit enter. Double click it to enter. Write some text. Hit save. Hit Exit. (or hit exit and say "yes, I did want to save it") The alternative: Open notepad. Write some text. Hit save. Type a file name. Hit enter. Hit exit. The first is supposed to be a shortcut or something? Holy cow! Somebody actually uses explorer to create empty files? Really?

The intention:
Right Click. Find the New Menu. Find the Text Document. Click it. See icon randomly appear on desktop wanting to be named. Rename it. Hit enter. Double click it to enter. Write some text. Hit save. Hit Exit. (or hit exit and say “yes, I did want to save it”)

The alternative:
Open notepad. Write some text. Hit save. Type a file name. Hit enter. Hit exit.

The first is supposed to be a shortcut or something?

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