I agree with Ben...
I use vim like him.

2009/2/12 Ben Fritz <[email protected]>

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> On Feb 12, 2:26 am, soundphed <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi there, I am wondering if it might be neat to be able to move around
> > in insert mode via the h,j,k,l keys, as in normal mode.
> > Say like with a modifier key, so you could hold down <ctrl> and hjkl
> > would then move the cursor while keeping you in insert mode.
> >
> > Does something of this nature already exist in vim?
> > If not, how does one move the cursor left,right,up,down while in
> > insert mode?
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> I personally avoid moving around in insert mode as much as possible.
> If I need to move any more than a single word away, or move to a
> different line, I ALWAYS leave insert mode first. To me, "insert mode"
> is less of a mode of operation than it is an incomplete command. I
> view "itypesometext<esc>" as a single command, not entering a mode,
> typing text, then leaving the mode. This actually agrees with the way
> Vim treats it, in a way...if you use 'u' to undo after an insert, it
> will remove all text inserted since you pressed the 'i' key in the
> first place. Basically the entire insertion is treated as a single
> operation.
> >
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LAS - Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas
Engenharia de Computação - 2006
Instituto de Computação - UNICAMP

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