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From: rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian)
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Subject: Re: line moving while in insert mode
Keywords: line moving while in insert mode
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Date: 21 Apr 91 23:53:59 GMT
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In article <6219@beryl12.UUCP> you write:
>In vi:
>
>Can the cursor be moved up/down lines while in insert mode?
Yes, you can use :map! to define keys in the insert mode.  I would
not reommend it though, since it goes against the spirit of vi, and 
any short-term advantages are offset by the long-term handicaps
it causes.

>Also, '0' doesn't work for me all the time. (get to start of line.) Its
>not working for me now (while I'm in nn).  What could be causing this?
>It also does not work when I edit files in my home directory.  It works
>any other time I use vi.  Any ideas?

You won't need to look beyond the first line of your .exrc:
>map 0 mz
It redefines 0 to mz.  Do you mean to do that?  In fact, are the keymap
definitions in your .exrc intentional?  They certainly are strange, and
sub-optimal in my opinion.  I do no see what is gained by overriding the
default definitions of some of vi's most frequently used keys.
I would delete the .exrc file if I were you.

The reason that the strange definitions in your .exrc do not handicap you
in directories other than the home directory, is that your environment
most probably includes a EXINIT variable.  Whenever EXINIT is defined,
vi skips .exrc, except when .exrc is in the current directory.

Hope that this helps.  Should you need further explanation, send me
an email.

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