Tk::Text with Vi; Silly or not?

I had a small project balloon. I started adding vi-like commands to a Tk::Text widget to keep my :w-typing habit in check, added in a few more because df, is so useful, added a few more because :map seemed like an interesting problem. It's now at the point where I have all but a few commands that I absolutely need.

So, two questions:

Is this just silly or would someone else find it useful enough for me to clean up the code?
Is Tk::TextVi (like Tk::TextUndo) or Tk::ViText (like Tk::CodeText) the better name?

tar of the module and a demo script. (Not tested with 5.8, but I don't think I did anything that weird)

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Re: Tk::Text with Vi; Silly or not? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Mar 22, 2008 at 02:40 UTC
Definitely useful. I would say Tk::Text::ViCommands My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]
Re: Tk::Text with Vi; Silly or not? by Muggins (Pilgrim) on Mar 22, 2008 at 13:19 UTC
Silly but superb :) I'm having a shot at adding 'o', 'O', and some other normal mode things ('b', 'e') to your module. Though I don't know Tk::Text all that well. Using (Activestate) 5.8.8 on Windows. Mostly ok thus far - does normal mode 't' do exactly what it should do? Seems to be moving to 2 chars before next occurrence of a letter?	[reply]
Re: Tk::Text with Vi; Silly or not? by zentara (Cardinal) on Mar 22, 2008 at 13:02 UTC
I don't use vi (still a Midnight Commander holdout), but so many people claim it's the best thing going (once you get over the learning curve), that I would say put it out there as a module. Someone will find it useful. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]