VI Editor: Move to EOL instead of last character

Question

I\'m most often finding myself having to work with plain old vi on minimalistic terminals that tend to act differently than the vim on big distros, and so the behavior trips me

Answer 1

I am guessing you want to use o to "open" a new line. However I have provided some ways to insert text via vi

Insert commands

It should be noted that vi/vim's cursor sets on top of a character not between character like most editors.

• i insert text before the cursor
• a append text after the cursor
• I insert text before the first non-blank in the line
• A append text to the end of a line
• o begin a new line below the current one and start insert mode
• O begin a new line above the current one and start insert mode
• S/cc delete the current line and start insert.
• c{motion} delete {motion} and start insert mode. Read as change
• C Delete from current position to end of line and start insert mode
• s remove character under cursor and start insert mode
• r replace one character
• R start replace mode. Think of it as overwrite

For help on any of these command type :h {command} so help on A would be :h A