created September 3, 2005 · complexity basic · author Christopher Auer · version 5.7
As you all may know with 'o' or 'O' you can insert a new line before/after the current line. But both commands enter the insert mode, which may sometimes not what you want. I put this in my vimrc-file to insert a new-line after the current line by pressing Enter (Shift-Enter for inserting a line before the current line):
map <S-Enter> O<Esc> map <CR> o<Esc>
If you want to stay in the line where you have been before use the following maps:
map <S-Enter> O<Esc>j map <CR> o<Esc>k
Comments
It's also a nice idea to map something like
nnoremap <C-J> a<CR><Esc>k$
because it's the opposite of Shift-J. A more sophisticated solution would be
nnoremap <C-J> ciW<CR><Esc>:if match( @", "^\\s*$") < 0<Bar>exec "norm P-$diw+"<Bar>endif<CR>
For whatever reason, I was unable to get the suggest mapping with <S-Enter> and <CR> to work properly (both ended up inserting below). So I did:
map <F8> o<Esc> map <F9> O<Esc>
Which works fine for me.