Friday, February 25, 2011

Re: Why doesn't the cursor go beyond the last character in Vim when in command mode?

On 24/02/11 22:52, Ben Schmidt wrote:
> On 25/02/11 10:06 AM, Gerardo Marset wrote:
>> I'm quite new at Vim and I love it already, but this question just
>> won't let me
>> sleep.
>> Why is it that the cursor doesn't go beyond the last character when
>> in command mode?
>> I find it kind of wierd, and because of that I have to use either a
>> or A to append
>> something to a line (instead of i).
>
> Put this in your vimrc (I hope you have one and know a little about
> how it works!):
>
> :set virtualedit=onemore
>
> See
>
> :help 'virtualedit'
>
> Ben.
>
>
>

Nice.
Yes, I have a vimrc and I know how it works.

Well, after reading the replies and the help entry for virtualedit, I
think I'll leave it as it is after all.

Thank you and everyone else who helped. :)

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