Thursday, February 24, 2011

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

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 09:06:48PM -0200, Gerardo Marset wrote:
> 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).

Just one thought, in addition to the others: A major benefit of using
'A' is that you can do it from anywhere in the line, without cranking
the cursor all the way there first. (OK, you can pause for a sip of
coffee while waiting for the cursor to run up there, for 'i' to work,
and that may be a counter-benefit. ;-)

And, as said, being able to '.' on other lines can be a big productivity
bonus.

Erik

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The truly lazy person puts in the time & effort to learn how to do
things the easy way and reaps the laziness benefits for years
afterwards. - Craig Sanders, on luv-main ML.

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