Re: insert mode mapping to move to a column

Salman Halim wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, June 3, 2013 1:31:08 AM UTC-5, sinbad wrote:
> > > On Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:59:52 AM UTC+5:30, sinbad wrote:
> > >
> > > set ve=all is little annoying to be set
> > > all the time, at least i'm not use to it.
> > > how can i temporarily set and unset it.
> > > should i do it in a function. i tried the
> > > following it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > inoremap ,s <C-O>:call Top_align()<CR>
> > >
> > > fun! Top_align()
> > > set ve=all
> > > exec "<Up><C-Right><Down>"
> > > set ve=
> > > endfun
> >
> > One reason this won't work is because you used "exec" when you meant "normal". The :exec command executes ex commands, not commands as typed.
> >
> > I was thinking an expression map might be better (:help :map-<expr>) but I couldn't quickly figure out a good way to make it work.
>
> Also, if you use :normal, you can't use <Up> as is as that would
> behave as if you'd typed four keys: <, U, p and >. You'd have to
> actually do something like :normal <c-v><up> (that's hitting a
> control-V to get a literal character and then hitting UP to actually
> have it insert the character code for the up key).
>
> Your best bet may be something like
>
> :execute "normal \<up>\<c-right>\<down>"
>
> Salman
>

May I suggest using "NORMAL" mode to perform moves ?
In this case : "kwj" is just what you want. No fancy escapes, no
variable toggling, etc...

At least, if you use this move *REALLY* often, consider using a mapping
like :

inoremap <Leader>w <ESC>kwji

And then you're done. :)

regards,

Willy

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