Just put this in my .vimrc ro...@novaprospect:~$ more .vimrc inoremap <left> <esc><left> inoremap <right> <esc><right> inoremap <up> <esc><up> inoremap <down> <esc><down> ro...@novaprospect:~$
It does exactly what I want now. It exits insert mode when I hit a cursor key. Thank you so much ! I was about to remove vim from my ubuntu ! Now I don't have to think about the editor when trying to write my thesis. On Aug 14, 2:46 am, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > Птн, 13 Авг 2010, Tim Chase писал(а): > > > > > :inoremap <left> <esc><left> > > :inoremap <right> <esc><right> > > ... > > > to force the behavior you want. > > I guess the old vi does not recognise arrow keys in input mode, pressing > arrow keys will just generate the sequences ^[OC etc. The OP might want a > imap to map all arrow keys to no-op. > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
