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Mastering Vim

You're reading from   Mastering Vim Build a software development environment with Vim and Neovim

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789341096
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ruslan Osipov Ruslan Osipov
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced Editing and Navigation 3. Follow the Leader - Plugin Management 4. Understanding the Text 5. Build, Test, and Execute 6. Refactoring Code with Regex and Macros 7. Making Vim Your Own 8. Transcending the Mundane with Vimscript 9. Neovim 10. Where to Go from Here 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Navigating text

We've covered some basic movements (by characters, words, and paragraphs), but Vim supports a lot more options for navigation.

Check the following if you want some movement within the current line:

  • As you already know, h and l move the cursor left and right, respectively
  • t (until) followed by a character allows you to search the line for that character and place the cursor before the character, while T allows you to search backward
  • f (find) followed by a character allows you to search the current line for that character and move the cursor to the character, while F allows you to search backward
  • _ takes you to the beginning of the line and $ takes you to the end of the line
A word consists of numbers, letters, and underscores. A WORD consists of any characters except for whitespace (like spaces, tabs, or newlines). This distinction helps with more precise...
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