insert-newline(2)

NAME

insert-newline - Insert new line at cursor position

SYNOPSIS

n insert-newline (C-o) 

DESCRIPTION

insert-newline inserts n new lines at the current cursor position, but does not move the cursor. Any text following the cursor is moved to the newly created line.

insert-newline is the built in key binding for (C-o)  the key binding is typically replaced with open-line(3) which behaves correctly by maintaining the cursor position.

SEE ALSO

newline(2), open-line(3).

Ref: insert-newline(2) File: m2cmd097.2 Date: 2022/06/12

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