Regarding the difference between the apostrophe and back tick, I couldn't figure out when I would need the apostrophe version, so I also mapped the apostrophe to the back tick:
map ' ` -- Salman On Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 12:38 meine <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I read about the 'unimpaired.vim' plugin and its nifty feature to add a > blank line below or above the line you're on. Quite often needed when > editing the final layout of your document. > > But why with a plugin? As I want to learn Vim the 'less comfortable' > way, I tried some things and made just two lines in my .vimrc that do > just the same. The challenge was to return the cursor to the original > position (line and column) after the new line was made. > > " add a line below or above without moving > noremap <Leader>o mpo<Esc>`p > noremap <Leader>O mpO<Esc>`p > > 'mp' marks the position (just chose p because I don't use that edge of > my keyboard often) > > 'o' or 'O' adds an empty line below or above > > <Esc> gets back to Normal mode > > `p gets back to the previous position (mind the backtick!) > > Probably no higer Vim skills or rocket science, but I am happy to have > solved this instead of just downloading a plugin. Also learned the > difference between an apostrophe and backtick when going to a mark :-) > > //meine > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/YF9fexRFHtyzYvfI%40trackstand. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CANuxnEcfcrdvQUOLPB7yC_MCDUmaPDtZ371DPmSVHE%3Df9HmGAw%40mail.gmail.com.
