On 02/03/10 20:29, Gary Johnson wrote:
On 2010-03-02, Jorge Timón wrote:
I don't think I'm going to use i, c, R, a and A: I'll probably just
use i and A (maybe I'm wrong).
Once you get beyond just inserting text at a particular point (i, a
and A), and starting learning about Vim's text objects (see ":help
04.8"), you'll find c extremely useful.
I don't use a or R very often, but in some situations they are
exactly the right tool and it's good to know them and have them
available.
Regards,
Gary
The advantage of a is that (if nothing else moves the cursor, and except
when inserting at start-of-line) alternating <Esc> with a keeps the
cursor in the same place: Esc moves the cursor one step left as it goes
to Normal mode while a moves it one step right as it goes to Insert mode.
c is indeed very useful with text objects: ciw "change inner word", ciW
"change inner WORD" ("inner" because we keep the surrounding blanks), or
even cc (change current line).
R goes straight to Replace mode; with the "side" keys you would need to
hit <Insert> twice to do the same (once to go from Normal to Insert and
then again to toggle between Insert and Replace).
As for Jorge's wish to swap j and k it is possible but IMHO confusing.
If you don't remember which is which, one mnemotechnical trick is that j
has a tail below it while k has a tail above.
Best regards,
Tony.
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