samitj wrote:
Hi,
I am a new vi user switching from emacs. Is it possible to use
up-down-left-right,backspace and delete in Vi in insert mode. I find it hard
to go out of insert mode just to edit my typos while typing.
Yes, it is. Didn't you try? If arrow keys don't work, maybe the
termcap/terminfo on your system is buggy, or your $TERM set to a wrong value.
If backspace and delete don't work, see also ":help :fixdel"
Secondly, I also wanrted to have Vi commands to be carried over to the
previous line. e.g., "db" should carry over to the previous line to delete
words. Similary backspace, left-right should also carry to previous line.
But it seems Vi does not allow anything to go past the <newline>.
thanks,
Samit
see
:help 'backspace'
:help 'whichwrap'
Again, did you try? Here, repeating db deletes successive words backwards,
carrying over line breaks. Of course, a _single_ db won't delete letters both
after and before a line break, unless there is a count, because such letters
aren't part of the same word.
Best regards,
Tony.
