Questions tagged [insert-mode]
The mode in Vi and Vim in which you can insert text to the open document.
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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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Vim observe text edits in insert mode
I'm building a program that analyzes text in real time or live while the user is editing. The idea is to send all changes or text edits from insert mode to a separate process. The separate process is ...
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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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Vim waits for more input after “O” in normal mode [duplicate]
If I use small o in normal mode, vim inserts a new line below the current one and places me in insert mode without delay.
For a while now vim behaves strangely when using big O.
Instead of directly ...
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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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`au BufNewFile * startinsert` slows opening new files down a lot
If I want to always start in insert mode in new files, I can do so with this line in my rc.
au BufNewFile * startinsert
Doing so when starting a new instance of VIM works quite well. But if I open a ...
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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 ...
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Vim is in read-only mode [duplicate]
I'm using vim for scripting and configs and noticed that I sometimes forget to open file with sudo and therefore when I made some editings I got the error:
E45: 'readonly' option is set (add ! to ...
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Using a no-op key in insert mode, can't use key after using no-op mapping
I have the following bindings in my ~/.vimrc to make it easier to "disengage" some of my insert-mode key-bindings.
Here's an example. ` for <Nop> and `` to enter a literal `.
inoremap ` <...
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What does CTRL-K do in insertion mode?
When I press ^K in my vim while I'm in insertion mode a '?' appears and then if I press a and then another character some strange characters appear the following are a few of the characters I could ...
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Insert text automatically surrounded by other text
For easy typesetting of song sheets using the leadsheets LaTeX package I want to make a shortcut for vim.
Using the leadsheets package, chords are inserted into the lyrics like this:
^{Am7}Sunny
So ...
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Start Vim in insert mode for new files
I mostly use Vim to edit configuration files so I understand why it starts in normal mode. But I also use vi mode for the REPL (bash, zsh, ipython, etc.) and the shell always starts in insert mode (...
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Map autocomplete word in normal mode?
I want to map , in normal mode to function as autocompleting a word <c-n> in insert mode. Also, I want to keep pressing , in normal mode to cycle through the list and then finally when I finish ...
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How to make `i_ctrl-o` unaffected by the mode from which we entered insert mode?
By default, C-o allows to execute a normal command from insert mode. Example:
foo bar| baz
^ represents the cursor
The current mode being insert mode, and the cursor being after the word bar, ...
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Deleting and inserting in a single visual block selection
I'm trying to understand how the visual-block mode deals with Backspace and Delete, and if it is possible to vertically select a column of text, delete some characters, then insert new ones in a ...
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Problem with Esc(or Ctrl-[) navigation and insert mode
I'm having a weird problem lately when I'm coming out of Insert Mode to navigate in Normal Mode after just one navigation command (w,b, etc) vim sets me into Insert Mode Again, I'm not using the ...
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Have backspace delete whole tabs
Under regular conditions, the tab key will insert a tab character and backspacing that tab deletes the whole tab character.
I have set up expandtab and softtabstop=4 so that when I hit tab it will ...
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Case-insensitive abbreviations
I use abbreviations extensively to make writing in languages other than English easier. For example, I have something like this set up for when I'm writing in Italian:
inoreabbrev perche' perché
...
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Automatically change interface colors for normal(visual) vs input mode
I have found a related question here:
Automatically set the 'number' option in Vim when entering Ex mode, set 'nonumber' in visual mode
Still I am not sure that I can follow those ...
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How do I keep accidentally creating a no break space before opening curly brace?
I am conscious this is a strange question, and this might not even be the right forum to post it. But this has been a problem for several years.
From time to time, let's say once a month, when I ...
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How can I insert text at the end of a group of lines?
Let's say I had a block of text...
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor
Lorem ipsum dolor sit
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
...and I wanted to insert a . at the end of each line. What would the best approach ...
