Re: end-of-line not working as advertised?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 06:25:12PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Aug 20, 12:36pm, Robin Lee Powell wrote: } 
> } Please cc: me as I'm not on the list.
> } 
> } beginning-of-line works, in that repeated presses take me to
> } successive line beginnings.  end-of-line, not so much.  See video:
> 
> You're using an emacs-mode key binding in vicmd mode.  In vicmd
> mode, the position of the cursor isn't allowed to move beyond the
> last real character on any line, so end-of-line never actually
> reaches (what it defines as) the end of the current line, and
> therefore never advances to the next line.
> 
> If you try it in either actual emacs mode, or in viins mode where
> you have also defined it, it works as documented.
> 
> Nothing is guaranteed to work exactly as documented if you mix the
> widgets from different modes; vicmd mode is especially unlike
> either of the others.

OK, fair enough.

What I actually *wanted*, btw, was a way to get to the beginning or
end of a multi-line command; these were just the best versions I
saw.

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