Go to the last wrapped line with G

Question

In Vim pressing G takes you to the last physical line. But, if the last line is wrapped around G puts the cursor on the first wrapped line in that last line, not the last wrapped line.

So, is there a way to get to the last wrapped line when pressing G without me having to press j or gj a bunch of times?

Answer 1

There are a couple solutions.

1. You could use G$g0, like it was suggested in the comments. For example

   nnoremap G G$g0
   xnoremap G G$g0
   

   You don't really need to provide an omap since G is a line based movement, not a character-based movement. Explanation: G Moves to the last line, and $ moves to the end of that line. Then g0 moves to the beginning of that visual line, e.g. the first column of the last wrap.

2. This is admittedly a pretty strange solution, but you could use a recursive macro. This is essentially the same thing as hitting gj a bunch of times, except that it is only one keystroke and it happens faster. For example:

   nnoremap G :let @g='gj@q'<cr>@g
   xnoremap G :<C-u>let @g='gj@q'<cr>@g
   

   As a side note, this will not move you to the first column, but the same column. You could always add g0 to the end, e.g.

   nnoremap G :let @g='gj@q'<cr>@gg0
   xnoremap G :<C-u>let @g='gj@q'<cr>@gg0
   

I recommend going with the first option.