Re: Help! how to switch between visual mode and insert mode ?

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 4:10 PM 王子陌 <wangzimo67james@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Help! I want to get to visual mode when I'm in insert mode, the problem is:
>
> if there's a line:
>
> abcdefg
>
> When the cursor is at the end of the line and I use <ESC> to switch to normal mode and use v to visual mode, the cursor goes left, which made me unable to map a command that is universe.
>
> Help!

AFAIK, <Esc> in Insert mode always moves the cursor left by one
column, unless you're already at the left margin. However:
1. If 'virtualedit' is set to "onemore" you can move the cursor to one
column past the last character without leaving Normal mode;
2. Or, regardless of how 'virtualedit' is set, if you're on the last
character of the line in Normal mode, vlol will put you in Visual
mode, with only the end-of-line (which is "one past" the last
character on the line) selected, as follows:
v go to characterwise visual
l move right by one column
o move cursor to the other end of the visual area
l move right by one column

Best regards,
Tony.

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