> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: ...to shoot into oneelse feet... > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, April 30, 2007 11:36 am > To: vim <[email protected]> > > Hi, > > is it possible to get out of a started > "change command" (dont know, whether this > is this the correct naming...) with a single > key pressed ? > > For example the text is > > Vim is a #eally$nice editor. > > > "#" is marking my cursor position and "$" > is the sign appearing after I have submitted > "cfn" already. > > Since vim is really a nice editor, I do not > want to change anything and pressed "cfn" by > accident. > > Hmmm....<ESC> kills everything between "#" and "$"... > "u" would undo it...but this like "do the wrong thing > and repair it afterwards". > > What I want is to prevent doing wrong things by aborting > them,..not to do them and saying "ooops sorry...my fault" > afterwards and starting repairing the desaster then... :) > > So....how can I _abort_ this ?
Just press ESC followed by u to undo. Or, press ESC follwed by :q! to get out completely.
