Re: Commands from insert mode

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
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> Sorry if it is uncharitable, but I still find it difficult to understand
> how it is possible to write extended prose from scratch without making
> numerous corrections,

The question is *when* (or *if*) those corrections and changes are
being made. Whether writing by hand or with the keyboard, the drafting
stage (or the "at speed" stage, as you put it), doesn't necessarily
involve much in the way of correction or the need to go out of insert
mode in significant ways. If the whole process *stops* at the drafting
stage, then there's a real problem.

I know I'm not the only writer who finds it makes my work weaker if I
don't allow myself this free drafting stage. If I let myself get
caught up in editing at that most creative and fertile point, my
writing is weaker.

The odd thing about Vim in this respect is that editors featuring a
"typewriter mode" for drafting have become commonplace...but this is
essentially what Vim is for beginners...once they get into Insert mode
and aren't sure how to get out.

c
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Chris Lott <chris@chrislott.org>

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