On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Tim Chase wrote:
> >>>one issue that both of us have is that we create newlines with o or O
> >>>and then go back to normal mode immediately afterwards.
> >>I have this mapping
> >> noremap <Enter> i<cr><esc>
> >>in my vimrc, so I *do* do it with one keystroke
> >>(the Enter in normal mode).
> >That's an idea!
> >I use <CR> a lot in normal mode to move down a line, but I could
> >map the other key which does the same thing, '+'. It is also
> >easy to remember, as meaning, add a line.
> I think you may be the first person I've met who uses the <enter>
> key for that purpose on a regular basis :) [ed: as I typed this,
> a second email came in from another person who uses <enter> ]
> But yes, <enter>, "+" and "-" are keys that mostly duplicate the
> behavior of "j"/"k" keys, so I find them good candidates for
> remapping.
I use j and k a lot, of course. I like to use - and <CR> because
they go to the first non-blank character on the line.
There's also underscore, which I have never used.
_ <underscore> [count] - 1 lines downward, on the first non-blank
character |linewise|.
Perhaps I should try mapping that one.
> I have "+" and "-" remapped to "O" and "o"
> respectively followed by <esc> for adding lines above/below the
> current line.
That's intuitive too.
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