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From: shore@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore)
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Subject: Re: line moving while in insert mode
Keywords: line moving while in insert mode
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Date: 22 Apr 91 13:35:23 GMT
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In article <1991Apr22.031302.5020@cbfsb.att.com> rosen@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (steven.b.rosen) writes:
>	The only movement I know of while in insert mode is ^W (control W).
>	This will back you up one word.

It will *delete* the previous word you typed on that line during
the current insert/append spree.  That's not the same as backing
up one word.
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                    Software longa, hardware brevis
Melinda Shore - Cornell Information Technologies - shore@theory.tn.cornell.edu