Justine SmithiesMay 28
I've a question for folk that use the vi keys h,j,k,l in everything including their window manager.
What do you then use the arrow keys for ?
I'm only asking as a h,j,k,l user as it seems like a waste.
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@justine Ctrl-Left or Ctrl-Right move cursor by words in the shell. #my2cents 😬
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Show threadJustine SmithiesMay 28
cursor movement by words you say. πŸ™ƒ

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@justine yep, like "next word" / "prev word" for commandline editing. Although that probably implies set -o emacs which breaks the whole vi.
Show threadJustine SmithiesMay 28
In ksh vi mode you can use:

w move cursor to begin of next word
b move cursor to begin of previous word

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@justine yes, indeed. In vi, I would have thought of it. Although I can’t edit a file in anything but vi, I must admit I could never stand this mode in the shell 😬
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I love vi mode in my shell.

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@[email protected] as much as i hate macs, i once tried some program that implemented vi mode in most text fields on mac; i only played with a demo and never paid for the full version (i don't own macs, tried on a company's) but i loved the hell out of it :-/ i've been hoping someone would do that on linux and or *bsd :-|