There are a number of ways of correcting mistakes. The transposition
commands mentioned previously are very useful. If you type
thie instead of thei, you can use C-t to
transpose the two previous characters and correct your mistake, and
continue typing their which will now be correctly spelled.
Also, M-t will transpose the two words to the left and
right of the cursor, and M-T will likewise transpose two
sentences. So, for example, if your text looks like
This is a silly sentence. Word transposition is easy.
^
where the cursor location is indicated by ^, then pressing
M-t will result in
This is a silly Word. sentence transposition is easy.whereas pressing
M-T would instead result in
Word transposition is easy. This is a silly sentence.and if your text looks like
This is a silly sentence. Word transposition is easy.where the cursor is located anywhere on the second line, then pressing
C-M-t ( CONTROL & META & t), the will be
Word transposition is easy. This is a silly sentence.