Re: VI/VIM question

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Author: Mike Hoy
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Subject: Re: VI/VIM question
Thanks that works great too.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Anthony Boynes <> wrote:
> Capital A - that will take you past the last character in the line, and put
> you in Insert mode.
>
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> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Mike Hoy <> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not used to working with either of these programs, but the same
>> problem occurs in both. I use vim in windows and vi in linux. I
>> generally understand the escape mode and the interactive mode. And I
>> can save and quit programs. But I'm having trouble with the cursor.
>> Say I have the following lines:
>>
>> Testing, testing, testing.
>>
>> And I go back to the beginning of the line, make a change to it and
>> come back to the end of the line. The cursor is then stuck on the
>> period after testing, or whatever the last character is. How do I move
>> past that last character, tried arrow keys, but they don't seem to
>> work.
>>
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>> Mike Hoy
>> Saguaro Sports
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