usr_03 Moving around

03.1 Word movement

This is a line with example text  
  --->-->->----------------->
   w  w  w    3w  

This is a line with example text  
<----<--<-<---------<---
   b   b b    2b      b   

This is a line with example text  
   <-   <--- ----->   ---->
   ge    ge     e       e   

:set iskeyword&
ge b w e
<- <- —> —>
This is-a line, with special/separated/words (and some more).
<----- <----- --------------------> ----->
gE B W E

03.2 Moving to the start or end of a line

          ^   
     <------------
.....This is a line with example text 
<-----------------   --------------->
       0                    $   

03.3 Moving to a character

To err is human.  To really foul up you need a computer. 
---------->--------------->
    fh       fy  
To err is human.  To really foul up you need a computer. ~
      --------------------->
           3fl 
To err is human.  To really foul up you need a computer. ~
      <---------------------
            Fh  
To err is human.  To really foul up you need a computer. ~
       <------------  ------------->
        Th      tn  

03.4 Matching a parenthesis

            %   
         <----->
    if (a == (b * c) / d) ~
       <---------------->
            %   

03.5 Moving to a specific line

    |   first line of a file   ^   
    |   text text text text    |   
    |   text text text text    |  gg
7G  |   text text text text    |
    |   text text text text
    |   text text text text
    V   text text text text    |
    text text text text    |  G
    text text text text    |
    last line of a file    V

        +---------------------------+
    H -->   | text sample text      |
        | sample text           |
        | text sample text      |
        | sample text           |
    M -->   | text sample text      |
        | sample text           |
        | text sample text      |
        | sample text           |
    L -->   | text sample text      |
        +---------------------------+

03.6 Telling where you are

1. Use the CTRL-G command.
2. Set the ‘number’ option.
3. Set the ‘ruler’ option.

03.7 Scrolling around

The CTRL-U command scrolls down half a screen of text.
The CTRL-D command scrolls the text up half a screen.
To scroll one line at a time use CTRL-E (scroll up) and CTRL-Y (scroll down).
Fortunately CTRL-F is Forward and CTRL-B is Backward.
±-----------------+ ±-----------------+
| some text | | some text |
| some text | | some text |
| some text | | some text |
| some text | zz --> | line with cursor |
| some text | | some text |
| some text | | some text |
| line with cursor | | some text |
±-----------------+ ±-----------------+

03.8 Simple searches

/include
?word

n N search direction
IGNORING CASE
:set ignorecase
:set noignorecase
HISTORY
SEARCHING FOR A WORD IN THE TEXT

• command

SEARCHING FOR WHOLE WORDS
/<the>
HIGHLIGHTING MATCHES
:set hlsearch
:set nohlsearch
:nohlsearch
TUNING SEARCHES
:set incsearch
:set nowrapscan
INTERMEZZO
:scriptnames
:edit ~/.vimrc

03.9 Simple search patterns

BEGINNING AND END OF A LINE
/^the$
MATCHING ANY SINGLE CHARACTER
c.m
MATCHING SPECIAL CHARACTERS
ter.

03.10 Using marks

``
CTRL-O
CTRL-I
The “:jumps” command gives a list of positions you jumped to.
NAMED MARKS
ma
ms
`a
:marks