Questions tagged [movement]
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Undo an 'f' movement (or in general, any movement that Ctrl-O doesn't undo)
I just accidentally did f], how do I return the cursor to where it previously was?
Ctrl-O doesn't work of course because f is not regarded as a jump.
, doesn't work because I wasn't on a ] previously.
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How to move a selection horizontally whilst retaining the selection?
I want to select some characters on a line, then be able to move them by one character forward/backward (i.e to the right/left) as many times as desired whilst retaining the selection as it moves.
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Override a plugin to restore movement key?
I'm using the pencil plugin which remaps the jk movement buttons to go up/down by row (text is soft wrapped) rather than line, which is usually helpful. But at times I want to have the normal behavior ...
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Does a plugin exist which allows moving (across) the windows and split them without having to press Ctrl+w before each action?
I'm kind of fine with moving across windows using Ctrl+w followed by (sometimes a counter and) h, j, k, l, p, t, b, and I'm also fine with the similar key combinations to split the windows or to move ...
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jump to files on puppet include function
On a particular init.pp file, I have the following definition:
class temp_executor {
if $::fqdn =~ /host.*01/ {
include ::temp_executor::deploy
}
}
deploy.pp is on the same folder as init.pp.
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Bottom Padding In Vim?
My (n)vim window looks like this:
Line 91 is the end of the document, and it's flush with the document name at the bottom (essentially the bottom of the screen). How do I "move" that line ...
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Vimrc syntax move up and down a certain line continously
So I am new to Vim and I am trying to understand the language of vimrc. I have this in my vimrc:
map <F8> <C-E>: sleep 100m<CR>j<F8>
This would automatically move the cursor ...
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What is a “section” in vim?
I'm trying to improve my ability to move around inside files in vim, especially using built-in mappings/commands. I edit a lot of different types, including shell, markdown, Python, etc. I'm familiar ...
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Is it possible to prevent a mapping from being repeated with a prefix number (vim range)?
Sometimes it is possible to accidentally hit some numeric keys. I have a lot of binds and for most of them there is nothing to be gained by allowing them to repeat with a prefix. Let's suppose that ...
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How to (more reliably) recognize the end of sentences in LaTeX?
Movement and actions using ) and ( are very powerful: I use them all the time. However, when writing and editing LaTeX, I have run into the following problem: vim cannot recognize the end of some ...
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Why do arrow keys behave differently in insert mode than in other modes?
Background
I would like to disable arrow keys in all modes. This is what I tried:
"EDIT: added remap for <esc> as per the comments
inoremap <esc> <nop>
inoremap <up> <nop&...
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“[[” and “]]” jump to top and bottom of file instead of expected behavior
I'm trying to utilize section movement via [[, ]] and friends, but I'm not seeing the behavior I'm expecting given my understanding of the documentation.
A section begins after a form-feed () in ...
