Re: Vim 8 in edit mode constrains editing and cursor motion - how to disable?

On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 4:39:27 PM UTC+2, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> Hi Ivan!
>
> On Mi, 05 Okt 2016, Ivan Vecerina wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Since I upgraded to Vim 8, I am confronted with a new behavior that I find annoying:
> >
> > According to how I enter insert mode, I am restricted in terms of what I can edit.
> > For instance, if I want to remove the last character of a line, I would type:
> > A <backspace> <Esc>
> > But now, after I enter edit mode with A, I am only able to append text to the end of the line.
> >
> > How can I disable this constraining of the editable range in insert mode?
>
> I am not sure, why this happens for you. Please check the output of
> `:verbose :set bs?`
>
> To fix it, you most likely want something like `:set bs=2` in your
> .vimrc. Read the help at :h 'bs'
>
>
> Best,
> Christian
> --
> Wie glücklich viele Menschen wären, wenn sie sich genausowenig um die
> Angelegenheiten anderer kümmern würden wie um die eigenen.
> -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Indeed - 'backspace' it was.
I added an assignment to it in my vimrc file and all is well.
Many thanks to you (and Ben),
Ivan

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