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Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands
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Jason Earl |
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Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands |
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Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:49:58 -0700 |
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Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@gmail.com> writes:
> On Feb 5, 2:22 pm, Brian Adkins <lojicdot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would like to have the equivalent of vim's o or O commands in emacs.
>> The o command will open a new line below the cursor and position the
>> cursor properly indented (if autoindent is on). The O command does the
>> same but opens the line above the cursor.
>>
>> In emacs, C-o will open a line above the cursor if the cursor is at
>> the beginning of the line (but won't properly indent), but splits the
>> line if the cursor is within some text.
>>
>> This is such a common operation for me, that I would like to bind it
>> to a simple combination instead of requiring C-e C-j.
>>
>> I failed to find a good "emacs for vim users" reference on Google.
>> There are some partial ones that are helpful, but I would like a more
>> complete reference as I consider transitioning from vim to emacs. If
>> anyone knows of one, I'd appreciate a link.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian Adkins
>
> I should have searched the group archives first. I found a
> satisfactory solution from a 2002 posting :)
>
> (defun bja-open-line-below ()
> (interactive)
> (end-of-line)
> (open-line 1)
> (next-line 1)
> (indent-according-to-mode))
>
> (defun bja-open-line-above ()
> (interactive)
> (beginning-of-line)
> (open-line 1)
> (indent-according-to-mode))
>
> (global-set-key [?\C-o] 'bja-open-line-below)
> (global-set-key [?\M-o] 'bja-open-line-above)
>
> Being able to customize emacs with elisp is one of the main reasons
> I'm considering a switch (that and being able to use emacs/slime for
> Lisp programming).
>
> Brian
One of the things that you might consider trying is viper-mode. That
way you don't have to give up your typist friendly keystrokes just to
use Emacs' lisp-scriptable goodness.
Jason
- Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Brian Adkins, 2008/02/05
- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Brian Adkins, 2008/02/05
- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands,
Jason Earl <=
- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Brian Adkins, 2008/02/06
- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/02/06
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- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Brian Adkins, 2008/02/07
- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Samuel Karl Peterson, 2008/02/07
- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/02/07
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- Re: Equivalent of vim's o or O commands, Fabian Braennstroem, 2008/02/09