Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:48:09 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> Cc: Seth Hieronymus <sethh@principia.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi question Message-ID: <20020307154809.A1642@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <E16j4bb-0001cW-00@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net>; from BobGiesen@earthlink.net on Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:34:51PM -0600 References: <OE136NoNBpsiLEMv9TL00016cbd@hotmail.com> <E16j4bb-0001cW-00@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:34:51PM -0600, Bob Giesen wrote: > On Thursday 07 March 2002 01:11 pm, Seth Hieronymus wrote: > > Is there any way to stop vi from going back into command mode when > > I arrow over to the first column (while in insert mode)? > > I don't think so. You could use Vim, instead; this seems to work > as you'd like it to. > More to the point is that you're using arrow keys in vi, which is > optimized for fast typing (little wasted motion and little need for > Ctrl- or Alt-key combinations). Personally, I find it faster to just > switch between command and insert modes and use the h,j,k, and l keys > instead of the arrow keys... Ymmv, of course, but you might want to > give it a chance, if you haven't already. Why not just press '0' in command mode to get to the first column? mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "AND IN CONCLUSION TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE FLAVOR OF ARCTIC CIRCLE CANDY AND MAKES MILK GO SOUR!!!" - Mr. Nutty from "A TOWN MEETING" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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