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ViEmu/VS and /SQL 2.2.2, with better i’/a’/i”/a” motions

In the search for the perfect 2.2 build before the official announcement, I’ve built version 2.2.2 of both ViEmu/VS and ViEmu/SQL:

http://www.viemu.com/ViEmuVS-2.2.2.msi

http://www.viemu.com/ViEmuSQL-2.2.2.msi

They’ll upgrade whatever ViEmu versions you have installed. They incorporate a new implementation of the i’/a’/i”/a” vim7-style text-object string motions, closer to vim’s behavior: they only work on the current line, when used on a quote they use heuristics to determine whether this is a starting or ending quote, and they ignore quote characters in strings which are escaped with a backslash (\” or \’).

One other thing I want to address in ViEmu/VS before the official announcement is a problem with the RETURN key in certain cases (see http://www.viemu.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=435), although it’s probably due to some other 3rd party add-in as I can’t repro it.

And I also want to address some issues with ViEmu/Word&Outlook yank and paste, which sometimes confuses character-wise and line-wise pastes, before I release an unofficial 1.5 preview including proper i’/a’/i”/a” support (harder than in ViEmu/VS and /SQL, due to smart-quotes). Hopefully, all of this can be clarified this week, and an official release will happen next week!

And as always, I’ll be grateful for any feedback about these builds!

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