Cursor moves stragely and slowly

[pukkancsanyo]

Hi,

I'm so happy that this piece of software is evolving so rapidly. I've recently had, however, a strage issue. If I want to move the cursor in edi_normal, it behaves stragely: it highlights a bunch of text, than moves slowly and puts the cursor to strange places. I also attach a gif, where you can see the problem. First, I hit two e-s, than the rest of the keypresses are w-s.

I also copy here the log file, which clearly shows that there is something on, but I cannot really understand why.

========== System Infomation ==========
[Windows]
Edition: Windows 10 Pro
Version: 23H2
Build Numbers: 10.0.22631
Architecture: x64

[win-vind]
Version: 5.11.3.0

[Message] Version: huge
[Error] Access is denied.
[Error] move_fwd_word failed. An runtime exception occurred: failed opening clipboard (void __cdecl vind::bind::BindedFunc::error_process(const class std::exception &))

Do you have any idea how to resolve this?

Thank you for your time and help.

[pit-ray]

As default settings of word-motion, win-vind employs the behavior-oriented the original Vim. However, the external application cannot get the text strings of other applications without using the UIA or copy. As a result, the default word motion copies some characters and analyzes the text structure.

If you want to prioritize the speed of word motion, you can use the <move_fwd_word_simple> function instead. For example, enmap w <move_fwd_word_simple>.
You can refer to this document in the cheat sheet.
https://pit-ray.github.io/win-vind/cheat_sheet/functions/#move_fwd_word

Thanks.

[gilbh]

Hi,

The strange/slowish movement happens even though I have the move_simple mapping. This happens to me in the latest version 5.11.3. When I switch to my previous version, 5.5.2.0, it behaves fine.

See video:

Document1.-.Word.2024-03-27.19-42-57.mp4

[pit-ray]

@gilbh
I think the reason it is selected even with <move_fwd_word_simple> is because blockstylecaret_mode is set to flex. Please try set blockstylecaret_mode=solid or set noblockstylecaret.

https://pit-ray.github.io/win-vind/cheat_sheet/options/#block-style-caret

[gilbh]

Many thanks.

1. set noblockstylecaret will not have any different in caret style between Edit and Normal -- that makes the work much harder, because no visual indication for the difference between them.

2. set blockstylecaret_mode=solid will show a difference in caret style, but it is fixed width and very difficult to work with on proportional text.

Going back to the issue of slow cursor movement: it seems to me that previous versions (say, 5.8) did not apply text analysis for forward-movement with w, only for end-of-word forward-movement with e. Now text analysis is also applied for w. Is there a specific reason for this? Is it possible to return to the previous behavior of w or perhaps speed up text analysis in current version?

The above issues are major for working in Word, at least in my experience.

Sorry for "creating troubles" -- but just want to keep vind the coolest tool ever for working in Word ...

Thanks for your consideration of the above issues!