How to insert at the very left of the line in vim? -

imagine editing code in vim, , wish comment out bar(); line:

while (foo()) {    bar();    baz(); } 

if press i# while on line, this:

while (foo()) {    #bar();    baz(); } 

however, our coding standards should have done this:

while (foo()) { #   bar();    baz(); } 

i can work around pressing 0i# instead (or putting map 0i in .vimrc more permanent fix) not repeatable . repeats i rather 0i.

many other editors have options make home not "smart" , go column 0 rather trying work indentation. i've tried searching docs, have drawn blank — is there way in vim?

alternatively, there way make bound command atomic, repeating . repeats whole thing rather last command of bound sequence?

thanks

use gi instead of i.

from :help gi :

                                                        gi                 gi                      insert text in column 1 [count] times.  {not in vi}