Changes: Smart home

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created August 14, 2002 · complexity advanced · author Alex A. Naanou · version 5.7

Put the following in your vimrc. When you press the Home key, the cursor will move to the first nonblank character on the line, or, if already at that position, the cursor will move to the first character.

function! SmartHome()
  let s:col = col(".")
  normal! ^
  if s:col == col(".")
    normal! 0
  endif
endfunction
nnoremap <silent> <Home> :call SmartHome()<CR>
inoremap <silent> <Home> <C-O>:call SmartHome()<CR>

Comments

Here is another way to do the same thing: homeLikeVC++.vim

If you don't mind smashing a mark ('h in this case), you can use the map in visual mode, too:

vnoremap <silent> <Home> <Esc>:call <SID>SmartHome()<CR>mhgvg`h

There is no need to smash any mark if we:

return what must be executed instead of played with :normal!
and then use @=

See the latest version of homeLikeVC++ (the link has been updated)

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 ==Comments==
 Here is another way to do the same thing:
-http://hermitte.free.fr/vim/ressources/vimfiles/plugin/homeLikeVC++.vim
+[http://code.google.com/p/lh-vim/source/browse/cpp/trunk/plugin/homeLikeVC++.vim homeLikeVC++.vim]
 ----
 If you don't mind smashing a mark (<code>'h</code> in this case), you can use the map in visual mode, too:
+<pre>
+vnoremap <silent> <Home> <Esc>:call <SID>SmartHome()<CR>mhgvg`h
+</pre>
+----
-<code><nowiki>
+There is no need to smash any mark if we:
-vnoremap <silent> <Home> <Esc>:call SmartHome()<CR>mhgvg`h
+* return what must be executed instead of played with <tt>:normal!</tt>
-</nowiki></code>
+* and then use @=
+See the latest version of homeLikeVC++ (the link has been updated)