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I think he means instead of using a colon to begin Vim commands, he begins by typing a space. I started using Caps Lock as an extra Ctrl a couple months ago. I
by ryanthejuggler 13y ago
I think he means instead of using a colon to begin Vim commands, he begins by typing a space.
I started using Caps Lock as an extra Ctrl a couple months ago. It's great, except now I can't use other people's computers because I end up in caps-lock shout mode.
E.g. instead of "ctrl+l" in my browser to visit a site, it ends up:
CTRL+SHOUT+L BROWSER TAKE ME TO FACEBOOK I COMMAND THEE
- normalocity 13y agolol - yeah, I have the same problem. I recently did some pairing on someone else's computer and it took me a good 20 minutes to start reaching for the intended key instead.
- publicfig 13y agoLeader is actually a different key than the colon in Vim. Here's a nice description of it: http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/06.html http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/06.ht...
- ChronosKey 13y agocolon is used to enter Ex mode. Leader is a separate key (used as an extra modifier like the Meta key in Emacs) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1764263/what-is-the-leader-in-a-vimrc-file http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1764263/what-is-the-leade...