41–42 of 42 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting. How long have you been using Vim?
Around 2 years I think. Often switching mode to move around is just more effort than moving my hand a little, at least on the laptops I've used lately.
Well, technically it is. But don't think of it as one.
I'm a rather advanced Vim user (10 years, vimrc with custom vimscript, use many shortcuts for movement), but I find it unproductive to NOT use arrows in insert mode. Example: inserting 'x' two characters before current position. With arrows: x Without arrows: hix lli It also much depends on a keyboard design, the laptop-like often have arrows under ENTER and using them doesn't require hand movement.
(I'm assuming your situation is a typo while you're inserting a short string, rather than just defaulting to insert mode)