Re: Newbie question about mapping...

> Does anyone know how I can prevent the cursor from moving when I go from
> INSERT to normal mode...

That's Vim's usual behavior.

> or revise my mapping so that it works regardless
> of where the cursor is within the word when ctrl-d is pressed?

You can use <C-O> instead of going in full normal mode:

inoremap <C-D> <C-O>gUiw

The problem is that you will end up at the beginning of the word, no
matter where you started. Perhaps that's not a problem?

Best,
Paul

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