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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.editors
Subject: Re: 'Vi' cursor movement
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Date: 9 Feb 90 21:17:13 GMT
References: <5220001@hpmwetg.HP.COM>
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In article <5220001@hpmwetg.HP.COM>,
	dondd@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Don Dillon) writes:
\...	Is it  possible  to map some keys such that they  would act just
\like the h-j-k-l  cursor  movement keys, but would move the cursor while
\in the insert mode?  [...]

----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------
map! ^H ^[i
map! ^L ^[la
map! ^K ^[kli
map! ^V
 ^[jli
----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------

...where ^X stands for control-X (^[ is escape).
If you want to enter a control character literally, in vi you have to
precede it with ^V.

\...
\#	map the cntl-h key to move cursor left while in insert mode
\...

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