> You have misunderstood the issue. No one is attempting to
> reconfigure vim in any way. No one is attempting to avoid
> the normal mode. It is just that while in insert mode, there
> is often a need to do something quick in normal mode and get
> back to insert mode -- the creator of Vim himself recognized
> this need and provided the feature of i_ctrl-o (:help
> i_ctrl-o). The mappings merely enhance Vim's built in
> feature of i_ctrl-o.
Good, but the tip needs to have a few explanations for people
such as myself who misunderstand it.
Also, a brief outline of the internals would be good. I'm
thinking of the following:
"The fundamental mapping that makes full-screen editing possible
imap <A-o> <C-o>
imap <A-;> <C-o>:
> I do not see the name "Fritzophrenic" on the wiki page in question.
> By "the concerns raised by Fritzophrenic (who added the "dodgy"
> tag)" do you mean the following?:
>
> "Not enough explanation. What is the purpose of each set of
> mappings, and what do they accomplish? What problem is being
> solved?"
Yes. After clicking "history" at the top of the page at
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Mappings_to_facilitate_the_creation_of_text
it is possible to work out that Fritzophrenic added that tag in
August 2009 (Fritzophrenic has a user page telling people he is
Ben Fritz, a frequent contributor here).
John
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