Starting Gvim in insert mode

richard92m · 2009-02-17 02:00:08

Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to start Gvim (or even vim for that matter) in insert mode. And no, I'm not talking about evim, I want to start as if I had opened Gvim and pressed "i". If this is even possible I would be grateful for any help. Thanks in advance!

BetterLeftUnsaid · 2009-02-17 03:47:21

Putting:

:start

In vimrc seems to do it for me.

Last edited by BetterLeftUnsaid (2009-02-17 03:47:38)

richard92m · 2009-02-17 04:11:19

BetterLeftUnsaid wrote:

Putting:
:start
In vimrc seems to do it for me.

Thanks, it worked (for vim at least)

Last edited by richard92m (2014-08-08 03:57:01)

thayer · 2009-02-17 04:58:22

It'll work if you put it in .gvimrc as well. Or, better yet, just create a symlink to .vimrc:

ln -s ~/.vimrc ~/.gvimrc

richard92m · 2009-02-17 05:17:17

thayer wrote:

It'll work if you put it in .gvimrc as well. Or, better yet, just create a symlink to .vimrc:
ln -s ~/.vimrc ~/.gvimrc

hhmmm... didn't seem to work when I use gvim. It still acts as though I'm running evim.

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#1 2009-02-17 02:00:08

Starting Gvim in insert mode

#2 2009-02-17 03:47:21

Re: Starting Gvim in insert mode

#3 2009-02-17 04:11:19

Re: Starting Gvim in insert mode

#4 2009-02-17 04:58:22

Re: Starting Gvim in insert mode

#5 2009-02-17 05:17:17

Re: Starting Gvim in insert mode

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