Prompt / force exiting Insert mode if found idling for x seconds

[csessh]

I have struggled for a little while to shake old habits from VSCode days, including navigating mid-edit.

This means I (still) occasionally navigate while in Insert mode, which isn't recommended. Redditors seem to unanimously agree on "Don't navigate in Insert mode, exit as soon as you're done typing/editing".

So that's a shift in mind set I have been working on. I'm happy to submit a PR for this feature if accepted.

The gist of it would be:

• Once entered Insert mode, a timer starts. prompt user after x seconds of inactivity .ie not typing.
• Additionally, this can be added as an optional configuration field to force exit to Normal mode.

Cheers,

[m4xshen]

Hi @csessh, that's an interesting feature. However, hardtime.nvim by default disables the arrow key in insert mode, so I think this is enough for user to quit the habit of navigating in insert mode. Could you please provide some example situation when you still navigate in insert mode?

[csessh]

I haven't used arrow keys in a while now, thanks to hardtime.nvim. re the navigation in Insert: Quite often I found myself do this with brackets/quotes:

foo()j

the j key is my attempt to go back in between ().

Or

config = function()
endk

the k is my attempt to go up a line to write this function.

Or

often times, I find myself just sitting in Insert mode without returning to normal mode. So as soon as I need to navigate, I just do without checking to see if I'm in Normal mode. The requires multiple additional keys pressed to undo before I can resume navigating.

[csessh]

@m4xshen It's a good/fun bit of practice for me anyway, so I created a PR. any feedback would be welcome