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I got into a bit of trouble with a script some months ago, off by a character in a loop...
2023-09-06 · 9 months ago
🐉 gyaradong · 2023-09-06 at 08:15:
I tend to use 'i' or 'a' depending on context, so I don't know why I'd need to keep tapping 'k' after escaping? Having said that, I know the problem and it does make macros a bit error prone sometimes. vi is not very consistent with key choices overall. For example, often a capital letter is the dual of the lowercase letter, but sometimes not. Is it worth chasing that consistency? Not sure. There are new languages / editors which aim for a more consistent modal typing experience.
Off by 1 character — I hate that vim is always off by a character. Let me clarify. When you exit the insert mode, the cursor backs up to the last character entered. So if you insert some text, then delete to the end of the line, vim will eat your last-inserted character unless you move over one. Annoying, right? Or, say you repeatedly enter insert mode then exit back to command line. That is a no-op, right? Wrong: your cursor will move left one character. That seems kind of idiotic. Does...
💬 stack [mod] · 12 comments · 1 like · 2023-09-04 · 9 months ago