Questions tagged [cursor-movement]
Moving the cursor another place in the buffer.
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I want to improve my cursor movement [on hold]
The thing that slows me down the most when using VIM is getting my cursor to where I want it to be.
How should I practise improving this? Are there tools that teach you movement tricks and force you ...
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Is there any `setvirtcol()`?
I'm looking for a way to precisely set the cursor position given a virtual column.
Is there only :exe "normal! ".vcol."|"?
NB: I need virtual columns as they're the only thing that I'm able to ...
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How to jump to a character offset in a buffer?
Vim has the command :goto to go to a byte offset in a buffer.
Is there an equivalent for a character offset? If not, is there a better way to implement it than repeatedly testing the cursor's ...
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What is the difference between ^ and _ for cursor movement
They both seem to move the cursor to the first non-blank character of the current line and I wonder what was the reason for duplicating this functionality
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How to show cursor in the middle of the window despite being at the end of the file?
I am editing at the bottom of a file, but I want the line I'm editing to appear in the middle of the screen. Is this possible without adding a bunch of spurious newlines at the end of the file?
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In visual mode, how can I select to either the next section or the end of the file?
I'm having trouble selecting sections in a file in a visual mode macro to separately perform some action on each section. Here's an example file:
[insert introduction here] ...
....
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section .....
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cmake movement plugin
I'm wondering, if there's a way to move with % in CMakeLists.txt files between foreach and endforeach, if and endif, function and endfunction, …
googeling I only found plugins that allow calling ...
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why ctrl-h and ctrl-l behaves differently in normal mode?
In normal mode, I tried CTRL-H and CTRL-L, and I found that the former worked while the latter didn't do anything at all.
I wonder why their behaviors are not the same?
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Why is Vim pasting after the cursor?
I don't understand why is Vim pasting after the cursor; for example in this example (where the cursor is at the start):
|The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
^
I would like to exchange fox and ...
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Moving to an outer block
Does anybody know the command for moving to an outer block of brackets/parentheses?
Lets say that my cursor is in the innermost bracket. I know that % moves to a matching bracket, but is there a ...
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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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Template plugin(?) to jump to next occurance of '<++>'
I just noticed that my current box with vim is missing a crucial feature, but I am unable to bring it back.
A long time ago I had a vim setup where I could press Ctrl+J (IIRC) and then my cursor ...
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Same multi-line edit at different columns
I have searched multiple times to find how to do this however I couldn't. I am sure someone out there wrote about it but maybe I am not using the right keywords when searching for it.
Consider the ...
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How to remove a line and paste it at the beginning of a range
How to remove a line and paste it at the beginning of a range?
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
xxxxxxxx
For example, here I want to remove the 5th line and paste it before the first two lines, to change ...
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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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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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Why is using arrow keys in normal mode considered bad practice?
I have read it in many articles (e.g.) that it's a bad practice to use arrow keys in normal mode. Could somebody explain why is it considered a wrong practice, if at all?
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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 enable disabled movement keys in netrw?
Recently I started using and learning Vim. I turned off movement keys in my .vimrc file like this:
noremap <Up> <NOP>
noremap <Down> <NOP>
noremap <Left> <NOP>
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How do I make Vim preserve column position when moving between lines?
I'm using one of Vim distribution called SpaceVim and everything is good enough except some details. How do I make spacevim to preserve column position when moving between lines? For instance - move ...
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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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How to go to end/get out of the parenthesis of a line in vim?
I read the solution answered in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11037825/vim-get-out-of-parenthesis-brackets-etc. That is nothing but command A that takes away you in the end of line.
But, my ...
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Make ctrl-j and ctrl-k work like they do in less?
I would like to use ctrl-k and ctrl-j to not only move the cursor up or down (by lines), but also to scroll the portion of the document that is visible. Effectively, leave the cursor where it is and ...
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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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Movement over visual lines [duplicate]
So, I have 2 real lines in my document but visually I have 3 lines. Movement will bring me at first and third visual line and my question:
Is it possible to move over visual lines?
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Why does gUw keep cursor in same position but gUb moves it to the start of the word?
For example: if my cursor is on c in abcde and I do gUw then the result is abCDE with the cursor on C, while gUb results in ABcde with the cursor on A. Is this the expected behaviour? It seems that ...
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Relative line number colouring
I have relative numbering turned on. There's no immediate way of telling which direction I want to move, however. For example, sometimes I see line number "7" and move 7j (7 lines down) when I really ...
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Replace text and move cursor to end of replacement in insert mode
How can I perform a search-and-replace and leave the cursor at the end of the replacement? I want to replace $...$ with \(...\) as I type in insert mode.
Notice that I can't use an abbreviation, ...
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Move cursor to new line character
When in visual mode you can select the new line character. E.g.:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.⏎
In visual mode you can select both the period and the (invisible) carriage return, or ...
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Prevent viewport from jumping to the right
As soon as I put the cursor on column 79 or beyond, the Vim viewport jumps to make sure the cursor is put in the middle of the viewport. I find it massively disturbing, but could not navigate my way ...
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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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How can a mapping have behavior dependent on the presence of a count?
I have this mapping to move by visible line when wrap is enabled
nnoremap <silent> j gj
nnoremap <silent> k gk
But when I use a count (like 10 j), I expect to move by actual lines
How ...
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How to move to same indentation as previous line
Suppose I have many lines of various indentations. E.g.
qqqq
wwwwwwww
eeeeee
rrrrrrr
tttttt
yyyyyyy
If I am anywhere on the fourth line above which is blank. Is there a ...
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Is there a % equivalent for editing python code?
When I edit C-style languages, I can use % to jump between pairs of square brackets, braces, and parenthesis. If there an equivalent between for, while, def, if and the last indented line for the ...
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What do matchit.vim's [%, ]%, a% do?
matchit's %/g% are simple enough to use, but I'm having trouble understanding the other mappings, which sound potentially useful but don't seem to work in any understandable way.
]% Go to [count] ...
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Removing trailing spaces with the substitute command changes the cursor position
From http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Remove_unwanted_spaces
function TrimWhiteSpace()
%s/\s\+$//e
endfunction
autocmd FileWritePre * call TrimWhiteSpace()
autocmd FileAppendPre * call TrimWhiteSpace()
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Go to column number?
I often use something like :80 to quickly go to a line (80 for example).
I'm in a unique situation where I want to go to column 80, to see if lines are too long in files.
Any quick way to do this in ...
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How can I undo an entire command (e.g. d4b), including the motions?
Say I do d4b, then realize I only needed d3b. If I hit u, it'll only undo the d part, and I'll still be 4 words back as if I just did 4b. I'd like to end up exactly where I was before I executed d4b.
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Jump from tag-to-tag in xml?
I'm using emmet-vim which says that it can work in xml files but I can't seem to navigate between tags.
Say I have this structure:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google</groupId>
&...
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Move cursor after yank according to direction
I want to use yt<anyChar> for yanking and for jumping, so that cursor moves to the first char before <anyChar>. For backward moving this is working by default (after yT<anyChar> ...
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Prevent W from jumping to next line
Pressing W (as in Shift+w) when there is only one word in front of the cursor causes the cursor to immediately jump to the next line. This is unlike what happens when doing the reverse with B, where ...
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Extend visual selection til the last character on the line (excluding the new line character)
In the visual mode the $ extends selection til the end of the line including the new line character at the end, so I need to press an additional h to exclud the new line character.
Is it possible to ...
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How to make vim automatically do a CTRL+D after jumping to a tag?
When I use CTRL+] to jump to a tag, the cursor will be placed at the center of the window. How can I make it stop at the top of the window? Now I do this by pressing CTRL+D after each jump. I was ...
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Column-based w command?
From a given cursor position, how can I move vertically to the next non-whitespace character (in the same column), whether up or down?
Since I highly doubt this is a built-in motion command (if it is ...
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Indent Lines Up Without Moving
I frequently use the >8j and >8k commands to indent several lines at once. Using j, the lines are indented and my cursor stays at the first line.
When I use k, the lines are indented, but my cursor ...
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How to “find” or “till” a bigram?
I have to do a lot of hopping in lines.
Often times I want to hop to a t in a line, and promptly press ft, only to discover that I have to do it 7 times before I can actually make it to my ...
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How do I enable Bash keyboard shortcuts while in Insert mode?
I like using the Bash shortcuts while at the command line to move around and edit text. A sample of some commands from the link can be seen below:
Ctrl + a Go to the beginning of the line (Home)
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Keystroke to move cursor to the last character of a highlight?
In Visual Mode, you can do this using the o keystroke.
However with search highlighting, ie ? or / -- I have a whole selection, but I want to move specifically to the last character of the highlight....
