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Post by mdaniel » Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

rav wrote: post #280

mdaniel wrote: post #276

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> backspace on the start of the line doesn't seem to move the cursor at all. AFAIK that's controlled by "set backspace=" and thus will vary based on one's .vimrc (or the system vimrc, installed by the package manager): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18777705/vim-whats-the-d... One can see the current value of the backspace setting via :echo &backspace

Actually, the 'backspace' setting only governs what the backspace key does in Insert mode. In Normal mode, which is what I was referring to in GP, has the behavior I describe regardless of how 'backspace' is configured.

Post by rav » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 3:18 PM UTC

mdaniel wrote: post #281

rav wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, the 'backspace' setting only governs what the backspace key does in Insert mode. In Normal mode, which is what I was referring to in GP, has the behavior I describe regardless of how 'backspace' is configured.

Ah, my apologies; I had never considered using backspace as a navigation operation. I would guess vim does not offer customization over what the backspace key does for the same reason they don't allow changing how many spaces pressing Tab while in Normal mode moves the cursor forward, either I was inspired by this newfound "using unexpected keys for navigation" discovery and found that (at least in my vim 8.2) holdin…