Re: CTRL-W in insert mode

On Tue, August 28, 2012 08:40, A Loumiotis wrote:
> Thanks Jürgen for your help. I tried your suggestion but I couldn't
> make it work. I'm relatively new user of VIM so I might be doing
> something wrong. I solved my problem though by pressing:
> <esc> u
> after i press <c-w> in insert mode.

The problem when exiting to normal mode and undoing is, that you undo
the complete change (i.e. everything that was typed from when you
started insert mode the last time, including the Ctrl-W or Ctrl-U).
Therefore, you usually lose more than just the Ctrl-W part when you
undo.

A better approach is described in the Wiki:

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Recover_from_accidental_Ctrl-U

regards,
Christian

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