How to move cursor in insert mode?
Ouyang Jiannan
Thank you~
Tim Chase
Depending on the terminal/environment the answer is "probably
not". On a terminal session where your $TERM doesn't support
arrow keys then yes, you have to escape to normal mode and use
hjkl. However, if you're using gvim or a computer/TERM made
after the mid-80's, you should be able to use the arrow keys in
insert-mode. ;-)
Some gross movements (such as by word or screen) can be done in
insert-mode as well (control+left/right, home/end, pgup/dn)
though some may be limited to gvim. For some of the other
vim-specific movements, you can also use control+o ("oh", not
"zero") to temporarily enter normal mode to issue one normal-mode
command such as "%" to move to the matching paren/brace/bracket
or ")" to move to the next sentence. All your typical motions
should work here.
:help i_CTRL-O
:help motion.txt
-tim
pansz
> Thank you~
>
> >
Gene Kwiecinski
Uhh, yeah. Unless you actually want to *enter* [hjkl] as text...
How would you expect 'vim' to tell the difference?
Gene Kwiecinski
>Uhh, yeah. Unless you actually want to *enter* [hjkl] as text...
>How would you expect 'vim' to tell the difference?
Actually, I may have misunderstood your question, do you *not* have
arrow keys on your keyboard?
If you don't, then absolutely, you need to escape to normal mode and
[hjkl] it.
If you *do*, and want to know how to use [hjkl] *instead* of arrow keys
(the question *has* come up here on several occasions, and *still*
bewilders me why someone'd ask), then no, you're out of luck. Unless
you want to 'imap' them to cursor-movements and not be able to ever type
[hjkl] as text.
The control equivalents (^H/^J/^K/^L) should still always work, 'though
I admit I haven't tried them in all modes.
Tim Chase
> I admit I haven't tried them in all modes.
Just a word of caution, ^H in many consoles is the backspace, so
remapping this can cause unexpected weirdnesses.
Assuming your terminal supports alt/meta correctly, you might use
Alt/Meta + hjkl instead.
-tim
Tony Mechelynck
...at least if you never need accented letters.
č (small e-grave) will trigger the mapping for Alt-h
ę (small e-circumflex) will trigger the mapping for Alt-j
ë (small e-diaeresis) will trigger the mapping for Alt-k
ě (small i-grave) will trigger the mapping for Alt-l
and in general, the mapping for the Alt counterpart of any key will be
triggered by any key which produces its upper-ascii counterpart: to Vim,
Alt+nn and (nn+0x80) [where nn is a byte value, 0x00-0x7F] are synonymous.
Best regards,
Tony.
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Ouyang Jiannan
That's my first time to ask question here, and all of you are very nice
I'm sorry about representing my question unclear. Actually, I do have narrow keys, but I'm
wandering how to do that quickly without move my hands.
From the answering above, I think I get several solutions
1) change to normal mode, move with hjkl
2) stay in insert mode, use narrow keys and home/end, pg up/ pg dn...
3) ctrl+o in insert mode, and then input a normal mode command
4) remapping
Am I correct? I think solution 3 is handful... I'll learn that first
Thank you again
...at least if you never need accented letters.
On 07/04/09 19:15, Tim Chase wrote:
>
>> The control equivalents (^H/^J/^K/^L) should still always work, 'though
>> I admit I haven't tried them in all modes.
>
>
> Just a word of caution, ^H in many consoles is the backspace, so
> remapping this can cause unexpected weirdnesses.
>
> Assuming your terminal supports alt/meta correctly, you might use
> Alt/Meta + hjkl instead.
>
> -tim
è (small e-grave) will trigger the mapping for Alt-h
ê (small e-circumflex) will trigger the mapping for Alt-j
ë (small e-diaeresis) will trigger the mapping for Alt-k
ì (small i-grave) will trigger the mapping for Alt-l
Abhishek Gupta
I'm sorry about representing my question unclear. Actually, I do have narrow keys, but I'm
wandering how to do that quickly without move my hands.
You could also map something like jj to <ESC>.
This would get you back to normal mode without moving your hands too much.
And then you can use h,j,k,l to move around :)
For e.g. I have the following in my vimrc:
imap jj <ESC>
Regards,
Abhishek
Ouyang Jiannan
I like it!!
Jason Axelson
> imap jj <ESC>
>
> I like it!!
Another common binding for esc (I believe it is fully portable) is ctrl-[
Jason
Ouyang Jiannan
I didn't know it before...
Thanks
bill lam
> yes, I've try the ctrl+[
> I didn't know it before...
> Thanks
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jason Axelson <boston...@gmail.com>wrote:
I swap the caplock with the esc key but not sured if it works for you.
Btw this list discourages top posting.
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Tony Mechelynck
> Thanks to you all~
> That's my first time to ask question here, and all of you are very nice
>
> I'm sorry about representing my question unclear. Actually, I do have
> narrow keys, but I'm
> wandering how to do that quickly without move my hands.
>
> From the answering above, I think I get several solutions
> 1) change to normal mode, move with hjkl
> 2) stay in insert mode, use narrow keys and home/end, pg up/ pg dn...
> 3) ctrl+o in insert mode, and then input a normal mode command
> 4) remapping
>
> Am I correct? I think solution 3 is handful... I'll learn that first
>
> Thank you again
Yes, you are. Solution 3 is mostly useful when you only need to do one
Normal-mode command (or just a few); it applies to any (single)
Normal-mode command including : / and ?. Of course repeating Ctrl-O h or
Ctrl-O k several times can become a chore, but then Solution 1 comes
into play.
Solution 2 is IMHO the most useful for simple movements or combinations
of them (left/right by characters or to end of page, up/down a line, a
screenful etc.). Its drawback is that you have to move your right hand
to use it.
Solution 1 is the best if you have many Normal-mode commands to do, or
complex ones.
Solution 4 is useful if you're going to often use a given combination of
commands in the future. Due care should be given to which keys (or key
sequences) to use as the {lhs} of your mapping. In Insert mode, I
recommend F keys; in Normal mode, any key on your keyboard which
generates a character above 0x7F can also be used.
Personally I use all four, but not in the same circumstances (and not
all of them for plain left/down/up/right movements).
Best regards,
Tony.
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