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I'm new to Vim and install that in windows 10.
I write this instructions in Vim then in normal mode pressed u and all the instructions disappeared.
console.log(899) hello you can write some simple Javascript instructions here....
But when I use VsCode and press Ctrl-z all the instructions will not disappear. VsCode deletes word by word where Vim deletes all the things.
How can I set this behavior in Vim?
The undo action is per-line if you write a bunch of lines in insert-mode. This is natural as most languages use 1 statement per line (usally).
To override this behavior while in insert mode use Ctrl-g u to manually add an undo point.
i<multiple lines of text><esc>, then u removes all text, since the action was a single insert.
<enter> in insert-mode; try vim --clean
vim --clean gives the behavior as you said. Must be something in my config/plugin that changed that behavior.
Jan 26 at 12:26
One way to get a behavior to want you want is to have the following mapping:
inoremap <space> <C-g>u<space>
It create a new undo operation each time you insert a space.
uis to undo the last action in a whole. Here, the action was to put a full line (not a word.) The undo will work as you expect if you insert one word a time… However, you can delete a word the cursor is on withdiw