Make arrows behave in VIM like in a GUI text editor
This is wholly heretic to VIM purists, but I find it very useful for people who do use ↑ and ↓ keys and do not intend to use them as a replacement for k and j. Just add in your ~/.vimrc:
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| " make arrows behave like gui text editor | |
| nnoremap <up> gk | |
| nnoremap <down> gj | |
| inoremap <up> <C-O>gk | |
| inoremap <down> <C-O>gj | |
| vnoremap <up> gk | |
| vnoremap <down> gj |