Re: Why doesn't the cursor go beyond the last character in Vim when in command mode?

2011-02-25 Thread Gerardo Marset
On 24/02/11 22:52, Ben Schmidt wrote: On 25/02/11 10:06 AM, Gerardo Marset wrote: I'm quite new at Vim and I love it already, but this question just won't let me sleep. Why is it that the cursor doesn't go beyond the last character when in command mode? I find it kind of wierd, and because of

Re: Why doesn't the cursor go beyond the last character in Vim when in command mode?

2011-02-24 Thread Ben Schmidt
On 25/02/11 10:06 AM, Gerardo Marset wrote: I'm quite new at Vim and I love it already, but this question just won't let me sleep. Why is it that the cursor doesn't go beyond the last character when in command mode? I find it kind of wierd, and because of that I have to use either a or A to

Re: Why doesn't the cursor go beyond the last character in Vim when in command mode?

2011-02-24 Thread AK
On 02/24/2011 06:06 PM, Gerardo Marset wrote: I'm quite new at Vim and I love it already, but this question just won't let me sleep. Why is it that the cursor doesn't go beyond the last character when in command mode? I find it kind of wierd, and because of that I have to use either a or A to

RE: Why doesn't the cursor go beyond the last character in Vim when in command mode?

2011-02-24 Thread John Beckett
Gerardo Marset wrote: Why is it that the cursor doesn't go beyond the last character when in command mode? I find it kind of wierd, and because of that I have to use either a or A to append something to a line (instead of i). There is also: :set virtualedit=all :help virtualedit One

Re: Why doesn't the cursor go beyond the last character in Vim when in command mode?

2011-02-24 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 09:06:48PM -0200, Gerardo Marset wrote: I find it kind of wierd, and because of that I have to use either a or A to append something to a line (instead of i). Just one thought, in addition to the others: A major benefit of using 'A' is that you can do it from anywhere