This might seem a little too overboard, but I switched to vim and I so happy about the workflow now. I try to discipline myself not to use the arrow keys, as keeping the hands on the alfa-keys all the time is such a big thing when writing. So when I need to navigate I get out of insert mode, move in normal mode and get back in insert mode.
There is an exception where this is actually more disrupting: I use clang complete
with snippets and super tab
which is great. Except every time I get a function auto completed after I fill in the parameters I am left with the cursor before )
so to continue I have to move the cursor one character to the right. As you can imagine this happens very often.
The only options I have (as far as I know) are : Escla or →, and I am not happy about neither of them. The first one makes me hit 3 keys for just a simple 1 character cursor move, the second one makes me move my hand to the arrow keys. A third option would be to map CTRL-L or smth to →.
So what is the best way of doing this?
//snippets (clang complete + supertab):
foo($`param1`, $`param2`)
//after completion:
foo(var1, var2|)
^ ^
| |
I am here |
Need to be here
|
denotes cursor position
Best Answer
Map ) to skip over the exisiting
)
if it is a closing parenthesisTaken from: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Automatically_append_closing_characters
Old Answer
:h i_CTRL-O
execute one command, return to Insert mode.Ctrl-ol will move you one character to the right then return you to insert mode.
Alternatively some of the bracket plugins allow you to just type the closing bracket ) and they will override the existing one.