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Why can't I insert at the end of a line in vim if there's no whitespace at the end? Let's take for example my SSH config file:
I try to use $, l, e, but I can't seem to get to the end of the word. When I start typing in insert mode, I get the following:
What gives? How do I make sure I can insert at the very end of a line?
What you want is to use is the a command instead of the i command to enter insert mode. Or if you want to jump to the end of the line and start insert mode, use A. Note that I will jump to the beginning of the line and enter insert mode.
I, but l, which look the same :/
May 23, 2015 at 2:06
i command, so I responded accordingly.
You can also put set ve+=onemore into your .vimrc; that'll let you put the cursor onto the "empty" space at the end of every line.
Note that $ will still put you on the last character;
you'll need to use something like $l (lowercase "L"),
/$Enter or
99| (vertical bar).
noremap $ $l seems like a reasonable addition to .vimrc to me :)
May 23, 2020 at 18:21
virtualedit option is set to onemore you can use g$ to put the cursor onto the "empty" space at the end of any line. That is, there is no need to map the $ key to $l.