Questions tagged [cursor-motions]
Commands that moves the cursor. A motion command is used after an operator command to move over the text that is to be operated upon.
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visual line mode is ended by inner block motion
When I do Vi{y to select inside a { block and yank it, it doesn't paste how I expect.
I noticed that after V (which puts me into VISUAL-LINE mode), the i{ object takes me into VISUAL mode.
Here's a ...
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How does Ctrl-I works?
I have completely clean vimrc, no plugins, and the following test file:
foo bar baz baz baz baz baz baz
baz baz
Now, I press / to start search, then type baz, press Enter, press n twice. It will ...
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Number in the beginning vs. number in the end
Yes, I know that d2e and 2de are two different commands and therefore works slightly different, though it's not visible to the eyes.
Let's call them "number-in-the-middle" (nim) and "number-in-the-...
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Select characters in Visual mode (works differently than Normal mode)
I'm trying to understand the difference in character counting between Normal and Visual modes.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
The task is to copy everything from ...
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Repeat previous square bracket command [duplicate]
I am using the ] commands (e.g. ]]) a lot and have a bunch of custom ones too.
Is there a command that repeats the last such command, similar to how . repeats the last edit?
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(how) can I use di< / di> to delete inner block of xml
What would be the best way to delete / change the inner block of an xml element? I could use df< when my cursor is inside the block, i.e. when I have:
<elem>foo bar<\elem>
^
...
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Modify `iskeyword` for keyword-local completion only
Context
Some time ago, I added the following line to ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/sh.vim to make working with parameter expansions easier:
setlocal iskeyword+=$
This is nice to be able to e.g. ysiw" via ...
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Repeat complicated motions
I know that similar things were asked here several times. I know that to repeat a motion ; works. Unless it doesn't(in case there is count for example), but then repmo.vim usually works. And I know ...
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]m moves to class definitions not method definitions inside nested classes
I am editing a java file.
]m takes me from one class to the next, instead of to the next method definition.
How do I get it to take me between methods?
Example:
public class Baz {
public class ...
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Automatically jump to text object during `ci(`
Suppose my cursor is at the beginning of the line of code:
def f(a, b, c, d, e):
If I want to change inside the parenthesis using the text object command ci(, I need to first navigate to some ...
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Why is :execute required in this --remote-silent command?
Let's say I want to jump to a particular position in a file in an existing Vim server:
This command jumps to the correct line, but not the correct column, leaving the cursor at the start of the line:
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Simplest way to delete a “composite” word?
Apologies if "composite" is not the technical term. I mean the following:
Hi, I-am-a-composite-word and we are not
I would like to delete only the composite word. In command mode, if I move the ...
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How to delete entire function definition (C style)
How can I delete the block
int Test()
{
//
}
when my cursor is before int (or even better when it is anywhere on that line)?
The shortest I could come up with is d<line>G where <line> ...
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Is there a text object or motion for non-comment lines are not separated from comment lines by blank lines? E.g., in git commit messages
Consider the text
A
B
# C
# D
Is there a text object or motion that will select lines A and B if the cursor is on either, but not select lines C and D? ap or ip with the cursor on any of those four ...
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How can I prevent <CR> from moving the cursor downward? [duplicate]
In the vim help doc, it says:
*CTRL-M* *<CR>*
[count] lines downward, on the first non-blank character |linewise|.
That is, in the normal mode, <CR> has the same ...
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How to move a line onto the end of some other line
For example suppose i have
1 the cat jumps
2 over the moon
I would like the result
1 the cat jumps over the moon
In general how can I move line X onto the end of line Y. A solution that would ...
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Delete entire block, with the prefixes before the opening {
My problem
Consider a code block prefixed with a few words (function name, for example). The vim cursor is in the middle of the prefix word. The line ends with a {, which declares a block which spans ...
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change inner backslashed quotes
I know the ci" motion and others :changes, but I need something like a ci\" in order to change inner a backslashed quotes. Assuming * as the cursor position:
a = "message says: \"fo*o bar\""
I would ...
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Unable to set iskeyword for colon ( : ) character
I am using vim to edit LaTeX files.
Throughout the text, there are labels to equations, tables etc. for which an accepted convention among TeX writers is the following
\label{eq:massenergy} , \...
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Changing content within the specified [count] number of braces for each line
I need to change the content within a [count] number of braces for each line in my buffer.
1 {Lorem} ipsum dolor {amet} blah blah {change this text} more blah blah
2 Hello. The {sun} rises in {the} ...
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`0` only moving to first “visible” column
I have a strange trouble with vim (8.0.95). My format options are fo=cq and nowrap. When I have a long line, which does not fit my terminal window, the view of the file does not include the first ...
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Delete from the next character till EOL
My problem
Consider the following line:
I have just pasted @SrvrlessDaysTLVtlv before tlv@serverlessdays.io, and I'd like to delete anything from the small-case t till EOL.
What have I tried
d$ ...
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Jump to next semicolun
I can use fd to jump to the next d character. How can I jump to the next semicolun? f; doesn't seem to work. Also, for other special symbols.
Thanks
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How to indent one line multiple times?
Like doing >>
but 5 times >>>>>>>>>>>>.
I am not trying to indent multiple lines.
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Delete with search motion in normal command
I am attempting to delete from start of line until string foo. In normal mode, 0d/foo accomplishes this. Now, I would like to do this for every line in my buffer. Reading documentation and SO it ...
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Why does “e” move you one character before the actual end of the word?
Maybe it was discussed many times (I strongly believe), but I could not formulate my question properly. So lets imagine we have this sequence of words:
foo bar baz
Applying 3e will move us onto:
...
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How to replace ) by <left> when closing bracket [config]
I have the following in my .vimrc, it permits to automatically close brackets.
ino " ""<left>
ino ( ()<left>
ino ' ''<left>
ino [ []<left>
ino { {}<left>
What I would ...
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Enable %-key jumping/highlighting for backticks (`) and single-quotes (') in M4 files
Background
When working on .c and .h files, I have a couple options turned on, namely:
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on
autocmd BufEnter *.c setlocal tabstop=8 shiftwidth=8 softtabstop=8 ...
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mystery cursor motion
I hope someone can riddle me this one: I have set up the function below to have a slightly more fancy behavior of the End key, moving first to the end of the line, but if the cursor is already at the ...
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Simple modification of behavior of Home, End keys
I'm completely new to Vim scripting, so forgive me if this may seem trivial, but I would like to modify the Behavior of the Home and End keys such that, if the cursor is somewhere between the first ...
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How to make f{char} case insensitive?
Regarding this command:
f{char} To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right. The
cursor is placed on {char} |inclusive|.
{char} ...
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How to change f{char} to search left if no char was found searching right?
Regarding this command:
f{char} To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right. The
cursor is placed on {char} |inclusive|.
{char} ...
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Key binding to select the current paragraph
I'm using the following key binding to visually select the current paragraph.
nnoremap <leader>v }kV{j
Is works as follows:
} Move below the current paragraph.
k Move one line up.
V Start ...
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How to select/delete/yank the contents of only the current fold?
When using foldmethod=marker, how do you select or reference exactly the contents of the current fold? I want to swap the order of two folds. If they were paragraphs, I would do dap { p. However, I ...
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Move to the first/last non-whitespace character of the column (“vertical W/B/E”)
For instance move from (the cursor is on the letter in bold italic, in the second column)
blablabla
blablabla
blablabla
blablabla
bla
bla
bla
bLablabla
l@st
to
blablabla
blablabla
blablabla
...
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Reverse a set of paragraphs
Is there a good way to reverse a set of paragraphs (navigable via cursor motion { and })? My practical use case is reversing the order of blocks of latex code (ie, reversing the order of jobs in a ...
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How do I move by paragraphs, but end up *in* the paragraph?
So I often use repeated invocations of gqip to re-wrap paragraphs of text or comments.
Unfortunately, the quickest way I've memorized for moving between paragraphs, }, lands me between them:
Qui⁁ut ...
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Delete from cursor position to end of text object
I often find myself in this situation:
\foo{\bar abc \baz{def} more stuff}
↑
and I want to change anything from the cursor position to the correct enclosing brace. In simple cases, ct} ...
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:exe moves cursor to first line of buffer
function! DebugC()
let l:debugStr = "printf(\"" . s:debugPrefixStr . s:debugCounter . "\");"
if g:debugstringAlwaysIncludeHeader
let l:incStr = "#include <stdio.h>; "
...
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Delete to next search result?
I often use dt, but that only deletes to a character. Is there something like dt that lets me type in a search instead of a single char? I would want to delete from my current cursor to that first ...
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Why doesn't “normal! lb” on last character of line move to beginning of word?
Let's say I have the text:
foo bar baz
With the cursor on z, I would expect :normal! lb to move the cursor to the first letter of baz. In actual fact the cursor does not move.
However typing :...
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How do I prepend text preserving camelcase
A common process for me is to have a camelCased word that I wish to prepend to. I find the vanilla method a little too cumbersome as I will describe below. What I'm wondering is if there is a better ...
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A version of `w` which skips to the next underscore
I frequently work with code style which asks that many non-class symbols use snake_case -- Python, Ruby, and C especially. If I have a symbol like longfirstpart_longsecondpart, I'd like to be able to ...
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How to move to top/bottom of region delimited by consecutive blank lines
I have two commands for somewhat emulating the Emacs command narrow-to-defun.
I have two commands that move to the top/bottom of the current paragraph
nnoremap <silent> <leader>gt mp{...
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How to get around this common multiple-cursors use case?
I have a lot of difficulty doing things like the following in Vim:
From
1 'apple'
2 'orange'
3 'pear'
4 $fruit1 =
5 $fruit2 =
6 $fruit3 =
To
1
2
3
4 $fruit1 = 'apple';
5 $fruit2 = 'orange';
6 $...
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How to use 'w' to navigate in CamelCase words?
How would I use set iskeyword to be able to use w to count Capital letters as words?
For example for the following sentence,
ThisIsAShortSentence
Pressing w will jump from T -> I -> A -> S -> S
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Highlight everything inside (, [, and { and expand outwards
Suppose I have a line of text of the form (123[456{789}abc]def) and the cursor is inside the curly braces. In sublime text, we can use ctrl-shift-m repeatedly to jump to highlighting 789, {789}, 456{...
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Replace a word in a stream of words separated with underscore
Does anyone know a quick shortcut I can use to replace a word in a series of words connected with underscores?
Given:
Create_in_one_of_these_words
I want to make, where | is cursor:
Create_in_|...
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how to delete a paragraph respecting the folds?
I have a file (filetype=javascript), this is how it looks without folds:
and with folds:
I can move with the { and } motions skipping the empty lines inside the folds (thanks to these question and ...
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Jump to specific character after cursor
What I want to do is jump to the first instance of character < X > after the cursor.
I already know how to achieve this on the current line, but I was wondering if there was a way to apply this to ...
