Re:Some Excel users pop F1 off their keyboards (2012)
by keeganpoppen on Friday September 22, 2017 @04:48PM
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i also remap caps -> ctrl, but have bindings for `fj` & `jf` in insert mode to exit back to normal mode, on the theory that you basically never have to type either of those letter combos (it has come up maybe twice in the five years i've had it set up). and even if you do have to type one of those letter combos, all you have to do is wait for ~half second between keystrokes and it works fine.
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Re:Some Excel users pop F1 off their keyboards (2012)
by eridius on Friday September 22, 2017 @04:49PM
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Same, but I use `jk`, which only requires one hand.
Re:Some Excel users pop F1 off their keyboards (2012)
by dogecoinbase on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:16PM
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A similar binding once nearly drove me insane trying to copy/paste an api key.
Re:Some Excel users pop F1 off their keyboards (2012)
by eridius on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:20PM
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Vim should disable all mappings during a paste. And if it's not, you should be able to hit F8 (or `:set paste`) to toggle paste mode.
Re:Some Excel users pop F1 off their keyboards (2012)
by dogecoinbase on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:28PM
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Ideally, yes. I don't recall all the details -- I typically run fairly lightweight in terms of vim customizations as I'm often multiple SSH sessions deep, sometimes on systems with vi but no vim (they exist!), so automatic pastetoggle is usually off the table regardless.