Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-04 Thread Ivan Vecerina 
Ivan Vecerina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 
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: This is a problem I am occasionally stumbling on:
: as I am done typing some new next in insert mode, I want
: to highlight and erase some text ahead of the insert point.

I'm adding  i_Ctrl-O  to my list of must use commands.
C-OD , C-Ow and C-Of) look like promising timesavers.
 (e.g. I'll be using  C-OD  often for sure

I'm also checking :set inclusive  and  whichwrap+=,


Many thanks for your insights,
Ivan

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How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-03 Thread Ivan Vecerina 
This is a problem I am occasionally stumbling on:
as I am done typing some new next in insert mode, I want
to highlight and erase some text ahead of the insert point.

Best case, I can type:   ESClv
But if I am at the end of the line, this won't work
 (the last character I inserted will be selected as well).

It would be nice if there was a convenient way to go
directly from insert mode to visual mode, while ensuring
that the visual selection starts at the current insertion
point.
Is there an easy way to do so ?

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http://ivan.vecerina.com/

Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-03 Thread Jean-Rene David 
* Ivan Vecerina [2006.10.03 12:15]:
 [...]
 Best case, I can type:   ESClv
 [...]
 Is there an easy way to do so ?

According to 

:h i_esc

there is not builtin way to do this. But you could
use a mapping:

imap F8 esclv

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JR

Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-03 Thread Yakov Lerner 

On 10/3/06, Ivan Vecerina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

This is a problem I am occasionally stumbling on:
as I am done typing some new next in insert mode, I want
to highlight and erase some text ahead of the insert point.

Best case, I can type:   ESClv
But if I am at the end of the line, this won't work
 (the last character I inserted will be selected as well).


I you have 'whichwrap' that includes  and  (as in
set whichwrap=,; see :help 'ww') then you can use
EscRightl

Yakov

Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-03 Thread Dasn 
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 06:05:30PM +0200, Ivan Vecerina wrote:
 This is a problem I am occasionally stumbling on:
 as I am done typing some new next in insert mode, I want
 to highlight and erase some text ahead of the insert point.
 
 Best case, I can type:   ESClv

I prefer using C-Ov or C-\C-Ov to switch to Visual mode
temporarily

 But if I am at the end of the line, this won't work
  (the last character I inserted will be selected as well).
 
 It would be nice if there was a convenient way to go
 directly from insert mode to visual mode, while ensuring
 that the visual selection starts at the current insertion
 point.

:set selection=inclusive

-- 
Dasn

Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-03 Thread cga2000 
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:05:30PM EDT, Ivan Vecerina wrote:
 This is a problem I am occasionally stumbling on:
 as I am done typing some new next in insert mode, I want
 to highlight and erase some text ahead of the insert point.
 
 Best case, I can type:   ESClv
 But if I am at the end of the line, this won't work
  (the last character I inserted will be selected as well).
 
 It would be nice if there was a convenient way to go
 directly from insert mode to visual mode, while ensuring
 that the visual selection starts at the current insertion
 point.
 Is there an easy way to do so ?

I do a Ctrl-O and then the lv commands .. May be convenient or er ..
less so .. depending on where you want to start you visual highlighting.
If you need to prefix three of four movement commands by a Ctrl-O to get
there it may be worth your while to escape back to command mode.

YMMV

Thanks

cga

Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?

2006-10-03 Thread cga2000 
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 05:55:31PM EDT, Dasn wrote:
 On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 06:05:30PM +0200, Ivan Vecerina wrote:
  This is a problem I am occasionally stumbling on:
  as I am done typing some new next in insert mode, I want
  to highlight and erase some text ahead of the insert point.
  
  Best case, I can type:   ESClv
 
 I prefer using C-Ov or C-\C-Ov to switch to Visual mode
 temporarily

Shoot .. this was hidden on the next page and I didn't see it until it
was too late ..

:-( :-( :-(

Oh well .. should convince the OP that this is the way to go.. 

And then it may have the opposite effect...

:-)

Thanks

cga