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From: jerry@talos.npri.com (Jerry Gitomer)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: line moving while in insert mode
Keywords: line moving while in insert mode
Message-ID: <2042@talos.npri.com>
Date: 25 Apr 91 12:52:38 GMT
References: <6219@beryl12.UUCP> <1991Apr22.031302.5020@cbfsb.att.com>
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Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA
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rosen@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (steven.b.rosen) writes (in response to another
article):

|	The only movement I know of while in insert mode is ^W (control W).
|	This will back you up one word. You can type this as many times as
|	you want, but you cant back up beyond your initial insert point. If
|	you find any commands, please post them here.


The following map commands allow me to use my cursor keys to move around
while in insert mode.  (If you right arrow to the last character in a line
you will get bounced out of insert mode, but otherwise they work as
expected.)

map! OA ka
map! OB ja
map! OC lli
map! OD i

|	PS: Does anyone have any constructive comments about the "elvis"
|		gnu vi clone? I'd like to have vi on my pc, and free is a good
|		price. But I dont want to waste my time downloading & compiling
|		if it's not worth it.

I am using elvis and like it.  I use vi throughout the day and find that
elvis is close enough to vi to fool me.  A bonus, IMHO, is that since I
have the source I can add (or strip out) features as the spirit moves me.

			Jerry

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