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Moving the cursor another place in the buffer.

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Restoring cursor to position before delete after Undo

This question is asked multiple places but none have an answer that works for me. I've tried: '' `` g; g, ; , Ctrl+o In a file add: 123456789 Move your cursor over 7 in normal mode, type d4h, press u....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Go to end of last pasted region

Sometimes `] works, but not after inserting some new text somewhere. How can I jump to the end (and/or start) of the last region of text I pasted with some variant of p? `] does not work here: vim --...
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Is there a built-in method to jump to the next character after a tab character?

I am editing tab-delimited data in a plaintext file (that was originally a spreadsheet) and I'd like to quickly jump forward to the next entry, the character after the next "tab" character. ...
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Jump to last change that was farther than X lines away

I'm looking for a command similar to g;, but that ignores changes that are close to the cursor (say, less than 5 lines away). When I'm editing some function in the middle of a file, I sometimes need ...
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