Questions tagged [insert-mode]
The mode in Vi and Vim in which you can insert text to the open document.
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Temporary normal mode doesn't wait for the command
When I press C-o in insert mode, the expected behaviour is that vim will wait for me to execute a single command and then returns to insert mode. Usually, after pressing C-o I have all the time in the ...
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Automate breaking of history in insert mode
I started to learn ViM one month ago, so I'm not a ViM expert.
My question is: if I make some changes in insert mode (let's say I type some text, then I delete the last two words and finally type ...
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Get correct indentation when entering insert mode [duplicate]
When I enter insert mode using o or O when programming, the cursor appears at the correct level of indentation. In this example below, X is the place where I press o and Y is where my cursor appears. ...
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Visual block mode insert/append not working in vim on RHEL/CentOS?
I was trying to append some text to multiple lines in vi on a RHEL 6 system, however I could not get it to work. I press Control + V to get into visual block mode, select the lines I need, but when I ...
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Don’t start in insert mode when opening a shell script
How can I prevent vi from starting in insert mode when opening a "test.sh"-like file with the vi-plugin "bash-support" v4.3 ?
When I vim test.sh it opens in insert mode
When I vim .vimrc it opens in ...
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How do I map a sequence of letters in insert mode?
After trying to make this work:
Map a sequence of letters in insert mode
I can’t get the correct answer to work. Is it still working? Can anyone post a working .vimrc file?
I want to get this:
When ...
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How can I remap the arrow buttons in insert mode when Pencil is enabled
I use vim to write text, and that’s why I often use it in combination with the Pencil plugin. The plugin creates significant delay in the movement of the cursor when in insert mode. I have tried to ...
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Backspace + keypress adds a character of a different language in neovim with neomutt on my mac
I am a user of neomutt and I use neovim as my default editor.
However, when I delete a character via backspace, and then type the correct character, I sometimes get a strange character from a ...
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How can I get vim to type continuously, rather than holding in place for keymappings?
For the purpose of this question, imagine that I have set
iab phil philosopher
In vim, as far as I know, the default display pattern when typing out the characters "phil" at the start of the word is ...
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Change the behavior of CTRL-X submode key bindings
I wanted to change the behavior of some keys in the :h i_CTRL-X submode. For example, I wanted to use the following:
inoremap <expr> <C-f> pumvisible() ? "\<C-x>\<C-f>" : "<...
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nnoremap conflicts with i_CTRL-O
I added two normal mode mappings so that the cursor doesn't move when changing case
nnoremap gUiw m0gUiw`0
nnoremap guiw m0guiw`0
Recently I had to uppercase a word and I tried like this:
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How to put a word into like as if in R (type over) mode? [duplicate]
What I need to do is yank a word (yw) and then move my cursor to a diffent location and "paste" the word over whatever follows the cursor without disturbing the other characters in the line
"yw"
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How to show the left-hand side of insert mode mappings while invoking them in Neovim
Much like what was asked in this question:
I want Neovim to show what I type, and keep recognising it as a mapping in progress even if I use Backspace or Delete. This is actually a very useful ...
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“--INSERT--” doesn't go away with a remapped escape key
I remapped the Esc key to jj as follows:
inoremap jj <esc>l
If I only put <esc> the cursor is always one letter to the right, however once I add the l the notification message --INSERT -...
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Vim doesn't extend Roxygen R comments
I'd like it if, when filling out my Roxygen comment snippet,
#' Title
#'
#' @param
#'
#' @return
#'
#' @examples
#'
#'
#' @export ...
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May I have a Vim session report its “Mode” in its “Window Title”?
Clarification of the moving parts
First, let me clarify what I mean by "Window Title", and what I expect to achieve
On Windows OS, GUI programs will have three attributes: its Window Title texts, ...
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Exiting and entering insert mode again with key-binding
I'd like to experiment one of the tip by Drew Neil in his Vimcast, that is to "escape" regularly, so that it gives more granularity to the "undo" command.
For example, I write one short sentence. ...
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How to enter insert mode on the next line without creating a new line?
If my cursor is at position * below, how can I enter insert mode at the beginning of the next line without creating a newline? o does what I want, except that it adds an additional unwanted line into ...
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Insert comma on new line in array
I like to format my arrays like this:
myArray = [ "lorem"
, "ipsum"
, "dolor"
, "sit"
, "amet"
];
If I open a new line below the "amet" line, I ...
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How to copy all non-alphanumeric characters at the begining of the line to the next line?
I want to implement something similar to Org mode M-RET into neovim. In Org mode it creates new list item or heading depending on what line the point is on.
I'm thinking of a mapping in neovim that ...
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Editing diffs in-line in vim
I want to be able to make the changes that I’m making to certain files a lot more visible while I’m editing them.
Does any plugin or functionality of vim allow for viewing the editing history of the ...
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i<c-e> and i<c-y> copy to end of line
In insert mode <c-e> and <c-y> copy a character at a time from the above line.
I generally use these when working with aligned bits of text inside a program and want to copy to the end of ...
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Make conditional imap to text being enclosed in certain characters
How can I create mappings that work only if the cursor is enclosed by certain characters?
As an example, I want to map ja to \alpha if the cursor is enclosed by $$ or by \[\] so as to make
This jar ...
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Insert Page break ^L automatically after specific number of lines/characters?
How could VIM (script?) insert ^L (page break) and /r on an empty line, automatically after every 30 Lines OR 1800 characters while writing? Any ideas?
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How to light the Caps Lock LED when in insert mode (on GNU/Linux)?
On Xubuntu LTS, I already managed to remap CapsLock to Esc.
However, now I discovered some Vim users are lighting the Scroll Lock LED, Caps Lock LED or even the entire keyboard to indicate that (g)...
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How to make this work in insert/edit mode too?
I want to switch between tabs, but this works only in command mode. Is it possible to make this work in edit (insert?) mode too?
noremap <C-k> :tabprevious<CR>
noremap <C-l> :...
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How to stop “tab” key indenting whole line
In one version of VIM that I run, when I hit the "tab" key in insert mode, it indents the whole line, regardless of the cursors position in the line.
Here is what I believe to be the only modified ...
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How to source an Ex file and automatically go to Insert mode
I want to have a simple alias to take quick notes. Each note starts with the current date and time (ISO 8601). The alias should:
Start vim
Add the current date and time
Position the cursor in the ...
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How do I find commands that're available in insert mode?
I know of 4 commands I can use in Vim's insert mode.
C-w delete word
C-k delete line
C-d delete one 'shiftwidth' worth of indent
C-t add one 'shiftwidth' worth of indent
C-O begin a quick command.
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Substitute an insert-mode input immediately
I would like to type begin! in insert mode and having it immediately replaced by:
begin [cursor here] end
I considered mappings:
:inoremap begin! begin end<Left><Left><Left><...
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remap keybinding for vim gocode autocomplete feature? (remap keybinding in insert mode) [duplicate]
So I installed vim-go and gocode and Blackrush/vim-gocode.git (the latter because I use pathogen).
So far so good! I am fine, I can type <C-x><C-o> in insert mode and I get completion ...
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Scroll view up or down while in insert mode
I really like Ctrl-E and Ctrl-Y in normal mode, which expose additional lines at the bottom or top of the screen (respectively) without moving the cursor.
I'd like to do the same thing in insert mode ...
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How to invoke mapped `i_CTRL-W` in function
First I will describe what I am trying to achieve:
In general I use set iskeyword+=- as I see this more usable (one should always put spaces around operators when needed). This is quite helpful, but ...
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Going to the start of insert command on exit
Hi Vi StackExchange,
A Picture of what I want
Say I have the following in my buffer:
foo("a", "bar")
And I am in normal mode with my point on b in bar.
Now I want to insert some characters, say ...
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how to edit the command when copy into conque
I am using conque plugin in Vim.
When I copy some content into conque, it seems only possible to edit at the end of the command. What I wish to do is to copy something into conque and change a little ...
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Is there a prepend insert mode?
I was trying to write a string with all chars from z to a and I thought this would be much easier if I could write backwards.
The idea would be like an INSERT mode in which the cursor doesn't step ...
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Is there possibly something wrong with (i)mapping the left bracket?
I've been using the vim-surround plugin for as long as I can remember and have grown accustomed to typing <c-g>s ) when I want to insert text between brackets. I was writing with the atom editor ...
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Make backspace delete character and enter insert mode when in normal mode
I want the backspace to behave the same in normal mode as insert mode and it should also enter insert mode.
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Is there something like '5s' for replacing words (instead of letters)?
Given the following line
this is a testing line
When my cursor is on "a" and then I type 2s, it becomes
this is testing line
My cursor is on "t" of testing, and I am in insert mode.
Is there ...
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How to not trigger InsertLeave inside an imap?
When you want to leave insert mode, it's possible to avoid to trigger the InsertLeave event by
pressing Ctrl-C instead of Esc.
But when I try to use this method inside an insert mapping, it still ...
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How to replace ) by <left> when closing bracket [config]
I have the following in my .vimrc, it permits to automatically close brackets.
ino " ""<left>
ino ( ()<left>
ino ' ''<left>
ino [ []<left>
ino { {}<left>
What I would ...
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Insert position
Recently insert position becomes strange.
i can change insert position. Sometimes insert to the left of current cursor, sometimes to the right.
Caps is not activated. VIM 8.0 1-586
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How to print the filename with parent directory in insert mode?
I know that I can print whole path by Ctrlr = expand('%:p') in insert mode. I can also print head/tail with expand('%:h'), expand('%:t').
I want to print the filename with it's parent directory. ...
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Using getcompletion function for insert mode autocompletion
I recently became aware of the getcompletion function which can return autocompletion options for a variety of different things (shell commands, vim autocommand events, files, etc.). Many of the ...
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Use Python to change to normal mode
I'm writing a function that uses Vim's Python API. The function runs while I'm in insert mode and I want this function to set my mode to normal mode.
I tried a few things, like for example, this
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Fish-like autosuggestions depending on 'completeopt'
I describe this as Fish-like as it is referenced as such by zsh-autocomplete, and I would define it as follows:
The appearance of a (temporary) automatically inserted completion match, that is ...
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What is Lang-Arg in vim?
I was seeing the docs in :help map-mode where I saw that map! works for Insert and Command-line modes while lmap works on Insert, Command-line, Lang-Arg But I've never heard of Lang-Arg mode. Can you ...
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Backspace over newline [duplicate]
In Vim the Backspace key only works on the current line of text.
This creates a problem if I am entering multiple lines of text and notice an error on the previous line. I have no apparent way to ...
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Replace text and move cursor to end of replacement in insert mode
How can I perform a search-and-replace and leave the cursor at the end of the replacement? I want to replace $...$ with \(...\) as I type in insert mode.
Notice that I can't use an abbreviation, ...
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Linux gvim - toggle/retain insert-select mode while Shift key is pressed
I noticed using evim that when I press Shift key plus any direction key (so <S-Up>, <S-Down> etc., the editor automatically switches to insert-select mode, letting me select the text block ...
