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adam0215
adam0215

Reputation: 11

move cursor in insert mode from line2 head to line1 tail in vim

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In insert mode,if I want to move cursor from 5 to 4 please tell me what should I do? I dont want to change to normal mode and press k$ Is there some way to do it in Insert mode? Something like using <- key to move it.

If I want to use <- to do this ,what should I do?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 147

Answers (3)

Ross Presser
Ross Presser

Reputation: 6255

Another thing to remember is that Ctrl-O puts you in normal mode for one command only. So Ctrl-O k Ctrl-O $ would put you at the tail of the previous line, still in insert mode.

Upvotes: 2

Erms
Erms

Reputation: 365

You can use the Ctrl key with the Arrow keys :

Ctrl+Arrow rightArrow up

Upvotes: 1

sidyll
sidyll

Reputation: 59287

The usual Vim way would be indeed to switch back to normal mode. You can then do kA, bA, for example. If you want your arrow keys to work across lines, have a look in the whichwrap option, :h whichwrap. For the arrows to work in insert mode, try use this (you can add in .vimrc):

set whichwrap+=[,]

It is usual to make the arrows work in normal and visual too:

set ww+=<,>,[,]

Upvotes: 2

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