Start with the help on ":behave" there is selectmode and other changes tucked into that command.
> On Aug 28, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (vim) <v...@nedharvey.com> > wrote: > > In MacVim, if you put your cursor in the middle of some text document, and > you hold shift and press the left, right, up, or down arrow keys, it has the > effect of extending your selection by words to the left or right, or to the > beginning or end of the document up or down. This is not standard mac > behavior. For comparison, try doing the same thing in TextEdit, or basically > any other text editor on any platform. If you hold shift and use arrow keys, > you expect the arrow keys to move the cursor as usual (one character left or > right, one line up or down) and the selection will be extended from the > cursor's original location to the new cursor location. > > This is the one and only thing I find frustrating about using MacVim. Is > there any way to improve up on it? > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_mac" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
