Hi,
Insert mode is to insert something in your text. If you want to move
again, just hit ESC and you'll be back in motion mode.
The idea behind using h/j/k/l is to avoid moving your hand/wrist too
often while going back and forth between your keyboard and the arrow set
(although the use of h/j/k/l might have originated for other reasons
back in the old 'vi' days).
If you touchtype, just hit ESC and stick with h/j/k/l as often as you
can, using arrows will waste your time. If you don't touchtype, you
won't really 'get' how great h/j/k/l is so don't worry too much about it
and use the arrows whenever you want it.
Laurent
Yakov Lerner wrote:
On 2/20/07, Pavel Shevaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can you clarify which costs you are willing to
> pay/sacrifice to avoid use of arrows ?
Actually I'm just trying to follow the best vim practices and it's
really hard for me to get used to h/j/k/l combination after working
with some other text editors. That's why I'm asking how vim gurus work
the most efficient way in insert mode...
BTW, i type English symbols without looking at the keyboard(we call it
"blind typing" in Russia) and the basic position of my right hand is
on j/k/l/; buttons, that's why it's kinda hard to get used to switch
to h/j/k/l position. I wonder if anybody remaps h/j/k/l => j/k/l/; and
; => h ;)
If you ask me, I advise you to feel free to use arrows in any mode.
"Arrows not working in insert mode" was the worst annoyance
of the original vi, as far as I remember.
Yakov
Yakov
