created by

Tim Holt

script type

utility

description

A plugin-ification of  the older version of vimtip #1066, with a couple modifications and added documentation. Many consider it a best practice not to use the keyboard’s arrow keys for movement. New users are usually encouraged to use hjkl instead. vimtip #1066 recommends re-mapping the arrow keys’ functionality rather than letting them go to waste. This is a plugin implementation of that tip—in short, the arrow keys now shift lines around by manipulating indentation and blank lines—with modifications from around the web and personal additions, along with documentation.

install details

There are currently two recommended ways to install this plugin, though other plugin managers are likely easily adapted: Pathogen: Navigate to your bundle directory. By default, this will be something like “~/.vim/bundle”. Then decompress the downloaded file into its own folder, or run the command:     “hg clone https://bitbucket.org/atimholt/arrowkeyrepurpose” (minus the quotes) NeoBundle: Add this line to your vimrc (minus the quotes), under the conditions described by the NeoBundle documentation:     “NeoBundle 'bb:atimholt/ArrowKeyRepurpose', {'type': 'hg'}”

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
arrowkeyrepurpose_1.0.tar.gz	1.0release	2014-04-17	7.0	Tim Holt	Fixed bugs & works properly with visual selections & folded text. Added user settings. Sorry about the version number confusion.
arrowkeyrepurpose.1.0.0.tar.gz	1.0.0	2014-03-19	7.0	Tim Holt	Initial upload

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