Go to command mode and type Ctrl-f. You will enter the normal mode and try all your editing commandsm
--- Original Message --- From:"Ben Fritz" <[email protected]> Sent:Thu 3/26/09 11:00 am To:"vim_use" <[email protected]> Subj:Re: use vim's command mode when typing commands? On Mar 26, 4:55 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > When I type in comands like ":help something" or ":mak long_filename": > Can I somehow switch to vim's command mode even here, for example to > move the cursor with h, j, k, l or to insert somthing from the buffer > with p etc.? > You have you answer, but for future reference when you are typing in commands like :help, you ARE in "command mode". The mode you want to use commands from is called "normal mode". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
