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An idea spawned by this HackerNews comment. The idea is basically that when a buffer is empty enter insert mode automatically, if it isn't empty then nothing happens, you're still in Normal mode.
It is important to note that it only works on buffers that have a physical location linked to them as well. In other words, only works on buffers that are associated with a file in the file system.
I realize that this is probably a better solution to this problem: https://github.com/kana/vim-skeleton
Unless you're a cool DIY person (like myself).
Use your favorite plugin manager.
I prefer vim-plug:
- Add
Plug 'Greduan/vim-empty-insert'to your.vimrcfile. - Run
:PlugInstall
This particular Vim plugin you can just install and it'll do its magic. :)
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