Questions tagged [cursor-movement]
Moving the cursor another place in the buffer.
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Best way to move cursor to start of variable declaration?
There are a lot of times were I have something like int x = someFunction(a, b, c); If my cursor is somewhere after the equals sign, is there a good way to put the cursor on the “s” in someFunction?
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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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Text object for a field between tabs
I'd like to define a text object for tab-delimited fields in a tsv file. So far, I have
vnoremap af :<C-U>silent! normal! T<Tab>vf<Tab><CR>
omap af :normal Vat<CR>
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Can I use feedkeys() inside of a keyloop implemented by getchar()
I implemented a fuzzy filter, which
accept a list argument,
open a window with a scratch buffer whose content set to the list, then
waiting for use input and do filtering.
Here is why I ask this ...
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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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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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Why C-0(zero) in insert mode is not working?
I have mapped some shortcuts to help me in insert mode and one of them is not working.
" Go to end of line on insert mode
inoremap <C-e> <C-o>$
" Go to beggining of line on ...
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How to bind these keys to prevent recursive binding in Vim?
I have been trying to do :noremap j k and :noremap k j which works but instead of going up it goes slanted up and down. I want j to move up and k to move down which is opposite in vim. I also tried :...
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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 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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Vim bind ctrl arrow key not working on osx
I know they have many topics about that, but i no one of them works.
My configuration worked before to switch between split window, but my session has been re-init and i lost my osx config and it's ...
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how to move to the end of a string / beginning of string for a macro
i want to write a makro and need to know how i can move to the end and to the beginning of a string, respektively i want to visually select the link so that i can surround it with brackets.
my line ...
