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21991 | 1 *motion.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Aug 24 |
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
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6 | |
7 Cursor motions *cursor-motions* *navigation* | |
8 | |
9 These commands move the cursor position. If the new position is off of the | |
10 screen, the screen is scrolled to show the cursor (see also 'scrolljump' and | |
11 'scrolloff' options). | |
12 | |
13 1. Motions and operators |operator| | |
14 2. Left-right motions |left-right-motions| | |
15 3. Up-down motions |up-down-motions| | |
16 4. Word motions |word-motions| | |
17 5. Text object motions |object-motions| | |
18 6. Text object selection |object-select| | |
19 7. Marks |mark-motions| | |
20 8. Jumps |jump-motions| | |
21 9. Various motions |various-motions| | |
22 | |
23 General remarks: | |
24 | |
25 If you want to know where you are in the file use the "CTRL-G" command | |
26 |CTRL-G| or the "g CTRL-G" command |g_CTRL-G|. If you set the 'ruler' option, | |
27 the cursor position is continuously shown in the status line (which slows down | |
28 Vim a little). | |
29 | |
30 Experienced users prefer the hjkl keys because they are always right under | |
31 their fingers. Beginners often prefer the arrow keys, because they do not | |
32 know what the hjkl keys do. The mnemonic value of hjkl is clear from looking | |
33 at the keyboard. Think of j as an arrow pointing downwards. | |
34 | |
35 The 'virtualedit' option can be set to make it possible to move the cursor to | |
36 positions where there is no character or halfway a character. | |
37 | |
38 ============================================================================== | |
39 1. Motions and operators *operator* | |
40 | |
41 The motion commands can be used after an operator command, to have the command | |
42 operate on the text that was moved over. That is the text between the cursor | |
43 position before and after the motion. Operators are generally used to delete | |
44 or change text. The following operators are available: | |
45 | |
46 |c| c change | |
47 |d| d delete | |
48 |y| y yank into register (does not change the text) | |
49 |~| ~ swap case (only if 'tildeop' is set) | |
50 |g~| g~ swap case | |
51 |gu| gu make lowercase | |
52 |gU| gU make uppercase | |
53 |!| ! filter through an external program | |
54 |=| = filter through 'equalprg' or C-indenting if empty | |
55 |gq| gq text formatting | |
16808 | 56 |gw| gw text formatting with no cursor movement |
7 | 57 |g?| g? ROT13 encoding |
58 |>| > shift right | |
59 |<| < shift left | |
60 |zf| zf define a fold | |
3713 | 61 |g@| g@ call function set with the 'operatorfunc' option |
7 | 62 |
63 If the motion includes a count and the operator also had a count before it, | |
64 the two counts are multiplied. For example: "2d3w" deletes six words. | |
65 | |
66 After applying the operator the cursor is mostly left at the start of the text | |
67 that was operated upon. For example, "yfe" doesn't move the cursor, but "yFe" | |
68 moves the cursor leftwards to the "e" where the yank started. | |
69 | |
70 *linewise* *characterwise* | |
71 The operator either affects whole lines, or the characters between the start | |
72 and end position. Generally, motions that move between lines affect lines | |
73 (are linewise), and motions that move within a line affect characters (are | |
74 characterwise). However, there are some exceptions. | |
75 | |
76 *exclusive* *inclusive* | |
456 | 77 A character motion is either inclusive or exclusive. When inclusive, the |
78 start and end position of the motion are included in the operation. When | |
79 exclusive, the last character towards the end of the buffer is not included. | |
80 Linewise motions always include the start and end position. | |
7 | 81 |
456 | 82 Which motions are linewise, inclusive or exclusive is mentioned with the |
83 command. There are however, two general exceptions: | |
7 | 84 1. If the motion is exclusive and the end of the motion is in column 1, the |
85 end of the motion is moved to the end of the previous line and the motion | |
86 becomes inclusive. Example: "}" moves to the first line after a paragraph, | |
87 but "d}" will not include that line. | |
20 | 88 *exclusive-linewise* |
7 | 89 2. If the motion is exclusive, the end of the motion is in column 1 and the |
90 start of the motion was at or before the first non-blank in the line, the | |
91 motion becomes linewise. Example: If a paragraph begins with some blanks | |
92 and you do "d}" while standing on the first non-blank, all the lines of | |
93 the paragraph are deleted, including the blanks. If you do a put now, the | |
94 deleted lines will be inserted below the cursor position. | |
95 | |
96 Note that when the operator is pending (the operator command is typed, but the | |
97 motion isn't yet), a special set of mappings can be used. See |:omap|. | |
98 | |
99 Instead of first giving the operator and then a motion you can use Visual | |
100 mode: mark the start of the text with "v", move the cursor to the end of the | |
101 text that is to be affected and then hit the operator. The text between the | |
102 start and the cursor position is highlighted, so you can see what text will | |
103 be operated upon. This allows much more freedom, but requires more key | |
104 strokes and has limited redo functionality. See the chapter on Visual mode | |
105 |Visual-mode|. | |
106 | |
107 You can use a ":" command for a motion. For example "d:call FindEnd()". | |
4229 | 108 But this can't be repeated with "." if the command is more than one line. |
7 | 109 This can be repeated: > |
110 d:call search("f")<CR> | |
111 This cannot be repeated: > | |
112 d:if 1<CR> | |
113 call search("f")<CR> | |
114 endif<CR> | |
4229 | 115 Note that when using ":" any motion becomes characterwise exclusive. |
7 | 116 |
15281 | 117 *forced-motion* |
7 | 118 FORCING A MOTION TO BE LINEWISE, CHARACTERWISE OR BLOCKWISE |
119 | |
120 When a motion is not of the type you would like to use, you can force another | |
121 type by using "v", "V" or CTRL-V just after the operator. | |
122 Example: > | |
123 dj | |
124 deletes two lines > | |
125 dvj | |
126 deletes from the cursor position until the character below the cursor > | |
127 d<C-V>j | |
128 deletes the character under the cursor and the character below the cursor. > | |
129 | |
130 Be careful with forcing a linewise movement to be used characterwise or | |
131 blockwise, the column may not always be defined. | |
132 | |
133 *o_v* | |
134 v When used after an operator, before the motion command: Force | |
135 the operator to work characterwise, also when the motion is | |
136 linewise. If the motion was linewise, it will become | |
137 |exclusive|. | |
138 If the motion already was characterwise, toggle | |
139 inclusive/exclusive. This can be used to make an exclusive | |
140 motion inclusive and an inclusive motion exclusive. | |
141 | |
142 *o_V* | |
143 V When used after an operator, before the motion command: Force | |
144 the operator to work linewise, also when the motion is | |
145 characterwise. | |
146 | |
147 *o_CTRL-V* | |
148 CTRL-V When used after an operator, before the motion command: Force | |
149 the operator to work blockwise. This works like Visual block | |
150 mode selection, with the corners defined by the cursor | |
151 position before and after the motion. | |
152 | |
153 ============================================================================== | |
154 2. Left-right motions *left-right-motions* | |
155 | |
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156 These commands move the cursor to the specified column in the current line. |
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157 They stop at the first column and at the end of the line, except "$", which |
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158 may move to one of the next lines. See 'whichwrap' option to make some of the |
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7 | 161 h or *h* |
162 <Left> or *<Left>* | |
163 CTRL-H or *CTRL-H* *<BS>* | |
164 <BS> [count] characters to the left. |exclusive| motion. | |
165 Note: If you prefer <BS> to delete a character, use | |
166 the mapping: | |
167 :map CTRL-V<BS> X | |
168 (to enter "CTRL-V<BS>" type the CTRL-V key, followed | |
169 by the <BS> key) | |
170 See |:fixdel| if the <BS> key does not do what you | |
171 want. | |
172 | |
173 l or *l* | |
174 <Right> or *<Right>* *<Space>* | |
175 <Space> [count] characters to the right. |exclusive| motion. | |
6823 | 176 See the 'whichwrap' option for adjusting the behavior |
177 at end of line | |
7 | 178 |
179 *0* | |
180 0 To the first character of the line. |exclusive| | |
1121 | 181 motion. |
7 | 182 |
183 *<Home>* *<kHome>* | |
184 <Home> To the first character of the line. |exclusive| | |
1121 | 185 motion. When moving up or down next, stay in same |
186 TEXT column (if possible). Most other commands stay | |
187 in the same SCREEN column. <Home> works like "1|", | |
188 which differs from "0" when the line starts with a | |
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189 <Tab>. |
7 | 190 |
191 *^* | |
192 ^ To the first non-blank character of the line. | |
193 |exclusive| motion. | |
194 | |
195 *$* *<End>* *<kEnd>* | |
196 $ or <End> To the end of the line. When a count is given also go | |
11160 | 197 [count - 1] lines downward. |inclusive| motion. |
7 | 198 In Visual mode the cursor goes to just after the last |
199 character in the line. | |
200 When 'virtualedit' is active, "$" may move the cursor | |
201 back from past the end of the line to the last | |
202 character in the line. | |
203 | |
204 *g_* | |
205 g_ To the last non-blank character of the line and | |
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206 [count - 1] lines downward |inclusive|. |
7 | 207 |
208 *g0* *g<Home>* | |
209 g0 or g<Home> When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the first character of | |
210 the screen line. |exclusive| motion. Differs from | |
211 "0" when a line is wider than the screen. | |
212 When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the leftmost | |
213 character of the current line that is on the screen. | |
214 Differs from "0" when the first character of the line | |
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215 is not on the screen. |
7 | 216 |
217 *g^* | |
218 g^ When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the first non-blank | |
219 character of the screen line. |exclusive| motion. | |
220 Differs from "^" when a line is wider than the screen. | |
221 When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the leftmost | |
222 non-blank character of the current line that is on the | |
223 screen. Differs from "^" when the first non-blank | |
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224 character of the line is not on the screen. |
7 | 225 |
226 *gm* | |
227 gm Like "g0", but half a screenwidth to the right (or as | |
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228 much as possible). |
7 | 229 |
18489 | 230 *gM* |
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231 gM Like "g0", but to halfway the text of the line. |
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232 With a count: to this percentage of text in the line. |
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233 Thus "10gM" is near the start of the text and "90gM" |
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7 | 236 *g$* *g<End>* |
237 g$ or g<End> When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the last character of | |
238 the screen line and [count - 1] screen lines downward | |
239 |inclusive|. Differs from "$" when a line is wider | |
240 than the screen. | |
241 When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the rightmost | |
242 character of the current line that is visible on the | |
243 screen. Differs from "$" when the last character of | |
244 the line is not on the screen or when a count is used. | |
245 Additionally, vertical movements keep the column, | |
246 instead of going to the end of the line. | |
5220 | 247 When 'virtualedit' is enabled moves to the end of the |
248 screen line. | |
7 | 249 |
250 *bar* | |
251 | To screen column [count] in the current line. | |
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252 |exclusive| motion. Ceci n'est pas une pipe. |
7 | 253 |
254 *f* | |
255 f{char} To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right. The | |
256 cursor is placed on {char} |inclusive|. | |
257 {char} can be entered as a digraph |digraph-arg|. | |
258 When 'encoding' is set to Unicode, composing | |
259 characters may be used, see |utf-8-char-arg|. | |
260 |:lmap| mappings apply to {char}. The CTRL-^ command | |
261 in Insert mode can be used to switch this on/off | |
262 |i_CTRL-^|. | |
263 | |
264 *F* | |
265 F{char} To the [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the left. | |
456 | 266 The cursor is placed on {char} |exclusive|. |
7 | 267 {char} can be entered like with the |f| command. |
268 | |
269 *t* | |
270 t{char} Till before [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the | |
271 right. The cursor is placed on the character left of | |
272 {char} |inclusive|. | |
273 {char} can be entered like with the |f| command. | |
274 | |
275 *T* | |
276 T{char} Till after [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the | |
277 left. The cursor is placed on the character right of | |
456 | 278 {char} |exclusive|. |
7 | 279 {char} can be entered like with the |f| command. |
280 | |
281 *;* | |
2925 | 282 ; Repeat latest f, t, F or T [count] times. See |cpo-;| |
7 | 283 |
284 *,* | |
285 , Repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite direction | |
2925 | 286 [count] times. See also |cpo-;| |
7 | 287 |
288 ============================================================================== | |
289 3. Up-down motions *up-down-motions* | |
290 | |
291 k or *k* | |
292 <Up> or *<Up>* *CTRL-P* | |
293 CTRL-P [count] lines upward |linewise|. | |
294 | |
295 j or *j* | |
296 <Down> or *<Down>* | |
297 CTRL-J or *CTRL-J* | |
298 <NL> or *<NL>* *CTRL-N* | |
299 CTRL-N [count] lines downward |linewise|. | |
300 | |
301 gk or *gk* *g<Up>* | |
302 g<Up> [count] display lines upward. |exclusive| motion. | |
303 Differs from 'k' when lines wrap, and when used with | |
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304 an operator, because it's not linewise. |
7 | 305 |
306 gj or *gj* *g<Down>* | |
307 g<Down> [count] display lines downward. |exclusive| motion. | |
308 Differs from 'j' when lines wrap, and when used with | |
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309 an operator, because it's not linewise. |
7 | 310 |
311 *-* | |
312 - <minus> [count] lines upward, on the first non-blank | |
313 character |linewise|. | |
314 | |
315 + or *+* | |
316 CTRL-M or *CTRL-M* *<CR>* | |
317 <CR> [count] lines downward, on the first non-blank | |
318 character |linewise|. | |
319 | |
320 *_* | |
321 _ <underscore> [count] - 1 lines downward, on the first non-blank | |
322 character |linewise|. | |
323 | |
324 *G* | |
325 G Goto line [count], default last line, on the first | |
326 non-blank character |linewise|. If 'startofline' not | |
327 set, keep the same column. | |
16023 | 328 G is one of the |jump-motions|. |
7 | 329 |
330 *<C-End>* | |
331 <C-End> Goto line [count], default last line, on the last | |
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332 character |inclusive|. |
7 | 333 |
334 <C-Home> or *gg* *<C-Home>* | |
335 gg Goto line [count], default first line, on the first | |
336 non-blank character |linewise|. If 'startofline' not | |
337 set, keep the same column. | |
338 | |
3750 | 339 *:[range]* |
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340 :[range] Set the cursor on the last line number in [range]. |
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342 or ":'m". |
2152 | 343 In contrast with |G| this command does not modify the |
344 |jumplist|. | |
7 | 345 *N%* |
346 {count}% Go to {count} percentage in the file, on the first | |
347 non-blank in the line |linewise|. To compute the new | |
348 line number this formula is used: | |
349 ({count} * number-of-lines + 99) / 100 | |
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350 See also 'startofline' option. |
7 | 351 |
352 :[range]go[to] [count] *:go* *:goto* *go* | |
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353 [count]go Go to [count] byte in the buffer. Default [count] is |
7 | 354 one, start of the file. When giving [range], the |
355 last number in it used as the byte count. End-of-line | |
356 characters are counted depending on the current | |
357 'fileformat' setting. | |
2908 | 358 Also see the |line2byte()| function, and the 'o' |
359 option in 'statusline'. | |
7 | 360 {not available when compiled without the |
361 |+byte_offset| feature} | |
362 | |
363 These commands move to the specified line. They stop when reaching the first | |
364 or the last line. The first two commands put the cursor in the same column | |
365 (if possible) as it was after the last command that changed the column, | |
366 except after the "$" command, then the cursor will be put on the last | |
367 character of the line. | |
368 | |
161 | 369 If "k", "-" or CTRL-P is used with a [count] and there are less than [count] |
370 lines above the cursor and the 'cpo' option includes the "-" flag it is an | |
371 error. |cpo--|. | |
372 | |
7 | 373 ============================================================================== |
374 4. Word motions *word-motions* | |
375 | |
376 <S-Right> or *<S-Right>* *w* | |
377 w [count] words forward. |exclusive| motion. | |
378 | |
379 <C-Right> or *<C-Right>* *W* | |
380 W [count] WORDS forward. |exclusive| motion. | |
381 | |
382 *e* | |
383 e Forward to the end of word [count] |inclusive|. | |
1621 | 384 Does not stop in an empty line. |
7 | 385 |
386 *E* | |
387 E Forward to the end of WORD [count] |inclusive|. | |
1621 | 388 Does not stop in an empty line. |
7 | 389 |
390 <S-Left> or *<S-Left>* *b* | |
391 b [count] words backward. |exclusive| motion. | |
392 | |
393 <C-Left> or *<C-Left>* *B* | |
394 B [count] WORDS backward. |exclusive| motion. | |
395 | |
396 *ge* | |
397 ge Backward to the end of word [count] |inclusive|. | |
398 | |
399 *gE* | |
400 gE Backward to the end of WORD [count] |inclusive|. | |
401 | |
402 These commands move over words or WORDS. | |
403 *word* | |
404 A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a | |
405 sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces, | |
625 | 406 tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line |
407 is also considered to be a word. | |
7 | 408 *WORD* |
409 A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white | |
625 | 410 space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD. |
7 | 411 |
412 A sequence of folded lines is counted for one word of a single character. | |
413 "w" and "W", "e" and "E" move to the start/end of the first word or WORD after | |
414 a range of folded lines. "b" and "B" move to the start of the first word or | |
415 WORD before the fold. | |
416 | |
417 Special case: "cw" and "cW" are treated like "ce" and "cE" if the cursor is | |
418 on a non-blank. This is because "cw" is interpreted as change-word, and a | |
16610 | 419 word does not include the following white space. |
7 | 420 |
421 Another special case: When using the "w" motion in combination with an | |
422 operator and the last word moved over is at the end of a line, the end of | |
423 that word becomes the end of the operated text, not the first word in the | |
424 next line. | |
425 | |
426 The original Vi implementation of "e" is buggy. For example, the "e" command | |
427 will stop on the first character of a line if the previous line was empty. | |
428 But when you use "2e" this does not happen. In Vim "ee" and "2e" are the | |
429 same, which is more logical. However, this causes a small incompatibility | |
430 between Vi and Vim. | |
431 | |
432 ============================================================================== | |
433 5. Text object motions *object-motions* | |
434 | |
435 *(* | |
436 ( [count] sentences backward. |exclusive| motion. | |
437 | |
438 *)* | |
439 ) [count] sentences forward. |exclusive| motion. | |
440 | |
441 *{* | |
442 { [count] paragraphs backward. |exclusive| motion. | |
443 | |
444 *}* | |
445 } [count] paragraphs forward. |exclusive| motion. | |
446 | |
447 *]]* | |
448 ]] [count] sections forward or to the next '{' in the | |
20 | 449 first column. When used after an operator, then also |
450 stops below a '}' in the first column. |exclusive| | |
451 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 452 |
453 *][* | |
454 ][ [count] sections forward or to the next '}' in the | |
20 | 455 first column. |exclusive| |
456 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 457 |
458 *[[* | |
459 [[ [count] sections backward or to the previous '{' in | |
20 | 460 the first column. |exclusive| |
461 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 462 |
463 *[]* | |
464 [] [count] sections backward or to the previous '}' in | |
20 | 465 the first column. |exclusive| |
466 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 467 |
468 These commands move over three kinds of text objects. | |
469 | |
470 *sentence* | |
471 A sentence is defined as ending at a '.', '!' or '?' followed by either the | |
472 end of a line, or by a space or tab. Any number of closing ')', ']', '"' | |
473 and ''' characters may appear after the '.', '!' or '?' before the spaces, | |
474 tabs or end of line. A paragraph and section boundary is also a sentence | |
475 boundary. | |
476 If the 'J' flag is present in 'cpoptions', at least two spaces have to | |
477 follow the punctuation mark; <Tab>s are not recognized as white space. | |
478 The definition of a sentence cannot be changed. | |
479 | |
480 *paragraph* | |
481 A paragraph begins after each empty line, and also at each of a set of | |
482 paragraph macros, specified by the pairs of characters in the 'paragraphs' | |
1621 | 483 option. The default is "IPLPPPQPP TPHPLIPpLpItpplpipbp", which corresponds to |
484 the macros ".IP", ".LP", etc. (These are nroff macros, so the dot must be in | |
485 the first column). A section boundary is also a paragraph boundary. | |
164 | 486 Note that a blank line (only containing white space) is NOT a paragraph |
487 boundary. | |
488 Also note that this does not include a '{' or '}' in the first column. When | |
489 the '{' flag is in 'cpoptions' then '{' in the first column is used as a | |
490 paragraph boundary |posix|. | |
7 | 491 |
492 *section* | |
493 A section begins after a form-feed (<C-L>) in the first column and at each of | |
494 a set of section macros, specified by the pairs of characters in the | |
495 'sections' option. The default is "SHNHH HUnhsh", which defines a section to | |
496 start at the nroff macros ".SH", ".NH", ".H", ".HU", ".nh" and ".sh". | |
497 | |
21991 | 498 The "]]" and "[[" commands stop at the '{' in the first column. This is |
499 useful to find the start of a function in a C program. To search for a '}' in | |
500 the first column, the end of a C function, use "][" (forward) or "[]" | |
501 (backward). Note that the first character of the command determines the | |
502 search direction. | |
7 | 503 |
504 If your '{' or '}' are not in the first column, and you would like to use "[[" | |
505 and "]]" anyway, try these mappings: > | |
506 :map [[ ?{<CR>w99[{ | |
507 :map ][ /}<CR>b99]} | |
508 :map ]] j0[[%/{<CR> | |
509 :map [] k$][%?}<CR> | |
510 [type these literally, see |<>|] | |
511 | |
512 ============================================================================== | |
513 6. Text object selection *object-select* *text-objects* | |
514 *v_a* *v_i* | |
515 | |
516 This is a series of commands that can only be used while in Visual mode or | |
517 after an operator. The commands that start with "a" select "a"n object | |
518 including white space, the commands starting with "i" select an "inner" object | |
519 without white space, or just the white space. Thus the "inner" commands | |
520 always select less text than the "a" commands. | |
521 | |
522 These commands are not available when the |+textobjects| feature has been | |
523 disabled at compile time. | |
3713 | 524 Also see `gn` and `gN`, operating on the last search pattern. |
525 | |
7 | 526 *v_aw* *aw* |
527 aw "a word", select [count] words (see |word|). | |
528 Leading or trailing white space is included, but not | |
529 counted. | |
530 When used in Visual linewise mode "aw" switches to | |
531 Visual characterwise mode. | |
532 | |
533 *v_iw* *iw* | |
534 iw "inner word", select [count] words (see |word|). | |
535 White space between words is counted too. | |
536 When used in Visual linewise mode "iw" switches to | |
537 Visual characterwise mode. | |
538 | |
539 *v_aW* *aW* | |
540 aW "a WORD", select [count] WORDs (see |WORD|). | |
541 Leading or trailing white space is included, but not | |
542 counted. | |
543 When used in Visual linewise mode "aW" switches to | |
544 Visual characterwise mode. | |
545 | |
546 *v_iW* *iW* | |
547 iW "inner WORD", select [count] WORDs (see |WORD|). | |
548 White space between words is counted too. | |
549 When used in Visual linewise mode "iW" switches to | |
550 Visual characterwise mode. | |
551 | |
552 *v_as* *as* | |
553 as "a sentence", select [count] sentences (see | |
554 |sentence|). | |
555 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
556 | |
557 *v_is* *is* | |
558 is "inner sentence", select [count] sentences (see | |
559 |sentence|). | |
560 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
561 | |
562 *v_ap* *ap* | |
563 ap "a paragraph", select [count] paragraphs (see | |
564 |paragraph|). | |
565 Exception: a blank line (only containing white space) | |
566 is also a paragraph boundary. | |
567 When used in Visual mode it is made linewise. | |
568 | |
569 *v_ip* *ip* | |
570 ip "inner paragraph", select [count] paragraphs (see | |
571 |paragraph|). | |
572 Exception: a blank line (only containing white space) | |
573 is also a paragraph boundary. | |
574 When used in Visual mode it is made linewise. | |
575 | |
576 a] *v_a]* *v_a[* *a]* *a[* | |
577 a[ "a [] block", select [count] '[' ']' blocks. This | |
578 goes backwards to the [count] unclosed '[', and finds | |
579 the matching ']'. The enclosed text is selected, | |
580 including the '[' and ']'. | |
581 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
582 | |
583 i] *v_i]* *v_i[* *i]* *i[* | |
584 i[ "inner [] block", select [count] '[' ']' blocks. This | |
585 goes backwards to the [count] unclosed '[', and finds | |
586 the matching ']'. The enclosed text is selected, | |
587 excluding the '[' and ']'. | |
588 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
589 | |
590 a) *v_a)* *a)* *a(* | |
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7 | 592 ab "a block", select [count] blocks, from "[count] [(" to |
593 the matching ')', including the '(' and ')' (see | |
594 |[(|). Does not include white space outside of the | |
595 parenthesis. | |
596 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
597 | |
598 i) *v_i)* *i)* *i(* | |
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599 i( *vib* *v_ib* *v_i(* *ib* |
7 | 600 ib "inner block", select [count] blocks, from "[count] [(" |
601 to the matching ')', excluding the '(' and ')' (see | |
602 |[(|). | |
603 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
604 | |
605 a> *v_a>* *v_a<* *a>* *a<* | |
606 a< "a <> block", select [count] <> blocks, from the | |
607 [count]'th unmatched '<' backwards to the matching | |
608 '>', including the '<' and '>'. | |
609 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
610 | |
611 i> *v_i>* *v_i<* *i>* *i<* | |
612 i< "inner <> block", select [count] <> blocks, from | |
613 the [count]'th unmatched '<' backwards to the matching | |
614 '>', excluding the '<' and '>'. | |
615 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
616 | |
422 | 617 *v_at* *at* |
618 at "a tag block", select [count] tag blocks, from the | |
619 [count]'th unmatched "<aaa>" backwards to the matching | |
620 "</aaa>", including the "<aaa>" and "</aaa>". | |
621 See |tag-blocks| about the details. | |
622 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
623 | |
624 *v_it* *it* | |
625 it "inner tag block", select [count] tag blocks, from the | |
626 [count]'th unmatched "<aaa>" backwards to the matching | |
627 "</aaa>", excluding the "<aaa>" and "</aaa>". | |
628 See |tag-blocks| about the details. | |
629 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
630 | |
7 | 631 a} *v_a}* *a}* *a{* |
632 a{ *v_aB* *v_a{* *aB* | |
633 aB "a Block", select [count] Blocks, from "[count] [{" to | |
634 the matching '}', including the '{' and '}' (see | |
635 |[{|). | |
636 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
637 | |
638 i} *v_i}* *i}* *i{* | |
639 i{ *v_iB* *v_i{* *iB* | |
640 iB "inner Block", select [count] Blocks, from "[count] [{" | |
641 to the matching '}', excluding the '{' and '}' (see | |
642 |[{|). | |
643 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
644 | |
12 | 645 a" *v_aquote* *aquote* |
646 a' *v_a'* *a'* | |
647 a` *v_a`* *a`* | |
648 "a quoted string". Selects the text from the previous | |
849 | 649 quote until the next quote. The 'quoteescape' option |
650 is used to skip escaped quotes. | |
651 Only works within one line. | |
12 | 652 When the cursor starts on a quote, Vim will figure out |
653 which quote pairs form a string by searching from the | |
654 start of the line. | |
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12 | 657 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. |
658 Repeating this object in Visual mode another string is | |
659 included. A count is currently not used. | |
660 | |
661 i" *v_iquote* *iquote* | |
662 i' *v_i'* *i'* | |
663 i` *v_i`* *i`* | |
664 Like a", a' and a`, but exclude the quotes and | |
665 repeating won't extend the Visual selection. | |
527 | 666 Special case: With a count of 2 the quotes are |
667 included, but no extra white space as with a"/a'/a`. | |
12 | 668 |
7 | 669 When used after an operator: |
670 For non-block objects: | |
671 For the "a" commands: The operator applies to the object and the white | |
672 space after the object. If there is no white space after the object | |
673 or when the cursor was in the white space before the object, the white | |
674 space before the object is included. | |
675 For the "inner" commands: If the cursor was on the object, the | |
676 operator applies to the object. If the cursor was on white space, the | |
677 operator applies to the white space. | |
678 For a block object: | |
679 The operator applies to the block where the cursor is in, or the block | |
680 on which the cursor is on one of the braces. For the "inner" commands | |
681 the surrounding braces are excluded. For the "a" commands, the braces | |
682 are included. | |
683 | |
684 When used in Visual mode: | |
685 When start and end of the Visual area are the same (just after typing "v"): | |
686 One object is selected, the same as for using an operator. | |
687 When start and end of the Visual area are not the same: | |
688 For non-block objects the area is extended by one object or the white | |
689 space up to the next object, or both for the "a" objects. The | |
690 direction in which this happens depends on which side of the Visual | |
691 area the cursor is. For the block objects the block is extended one | |
692 level outwards. | |
693 | |
694 For illustration, here is a list of delete commands, grouped from small to big | |
695 objects. Note that for a single character and a whole line the existing vi | |
696 movement commands are used. | |
697 "dl" delete character (alias: "x") |dl| | |
698 "diw" delete inner word *diw* | |
699 "daw" delete a word *daw* | |
700 "diW" delete inner WORD (see |WORD|) *diW* | |
701 "daW" delete a WORD (see |WORD|) *daW* | |
3713 | 702 "dgn" delete the next search pattern match *dgn* |
7 | 703 "dd" delete one line |dd| |
704 "dis" delete inner sentence *dis* | |
705 "das" delete a sentence *das* | |
706 "dib" delete inner '(' ')' block *dib* | |
707 "dab" delete a '(' ')' block *dab* | |
708 "dip" delete inner paragraph *dip* | |
709 "dap" delete a paragraph *dap* | |
710 "diB" delete inner '{' '}' block *diB* | |
711 "daB" delete a '{' '}' block *daB* | |
712 | |
713 Note the difference between using a movement command and an object. The | |
714 movement command operates from here (cursor position) to where the movement | |
715 takes us. When using an object the whole object is operated upon, no matter | |
716 where on the object the cursor is. For example, compare "dw" and "daw": "dw" | |
717 deletes from the cursor position to the start of the next word, "daw" deletes | |
718 the word under the cursor and the space after or before it. | |
719 | |
422 | 720 |
721 Tag blocks *tag-blocks* | |
722 | |
723 For the "it" and "at" text objects an attempt is done to select blocks between | |
724 matching tags for HTML and XML. But since these are not completely compatible | |
725 there are a few restrictions. | |
726 | |
727 The normal method is to select a <tag> until the matching </tag>. For "at" | |
728 the tags are included, for "it" they are excluded. But when "it" is repeated | |
853 | 729 the tags will be included (otherwise nothing would change). Also, "it" used |
730 on a tag block with no contents will select the leading tag. | |
422 | 731 |
732 "<aaa/>" items are skipped. Case is ignored, also for XML where case does | |
733 matter. | |
734 | |
735 In HTML it is possible to have a tag like <br> or <meta ...> without a | |
736 matching end tag. These are ignored. | |
737 | |
738 The text objects are tolerant about mistakes. Stray end tags are ignored. | |
739 | |
7 | 740 ============================================================================== |
741 7. Marks *mark-motions* *E20* *E78* | |
742 | |
743 Jumping to a mark can be done in two ways: | |
744 1. With ` (backtick): The cursor is positioned at the specified location | |
745 and the motion is |exclusive|. | |
746 2. With ' (single quote): The cursor is positioned on the first non-blank | |
747 character in the line of the specified location and | |
748 the motion is linewise. | |
749 | |
750 *m* *mark* *Mark* | |
751 m{a-zA-Z} Set mark {a-zA-Z} at cursor position (does not move | |
752 the cursor, this is not a motion command). | |
753 | |
754 *m'* *m`* | |
755 m' or m` Set the previous context mark. This can be jumped to | |
756 with the "''" or "``" command (does not move the | |
757 cursor, this is not a motion command). | |
758 | |
759 *m[* *m]* | |
760 m[ or m] Set the |'[| or |']| mark. Useful when an operator is | |
761 to be simulated by multiple commands. (does not move | |
762 the cursor, this is not a motion command). | |
763 | |
3682 | 764 *m<* *m>* |
765 m< or m> Set the |'<| or |'>| mark. Useful to change what the | |
766 `gv` command selects. (does not move the cursor, this | |
767 is not a motion command). | |
768 Note that the Visual mode cannot be set, only the | |
769 start and end position. | |
770 | |
7 | 771 *:ma* *:mark* *E191* |
9 | 772 :[range]ma[rk] {a-zA-Z'} |
773 Set mark {a-zA-Z'} at last line number in [range], | |
7 | 774 column 0. Default is cursor line. |
775 | |
776 *:k* | |
9 | 777 :[range]k{a-zA-Z'} Same as :mark, but the space before the mark name can |
7 | 778 be omitted. |
779 | |
780 *'* *'a* *`* *`a* | |
1121 | 781 '{a-z} `{a-z} Jump to the mark {a-z} in the current buffer. |
7 | 782 |
783 *'A* *'0* *`A* *`0* | |
1121 | 784 '{A-Z0-9} `{A-Z0-9} To the mark {A-Z0-9} in the file where it was set (not |
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7 | 786 |
787 *g'* *g'a* *g`* *g`a* | |
788 g'{mark} g`{mark} | |
789 Jump to the {mark}, but don't change the jumplist when | |
790 jumping within the current buffer. Example: > | |
791 g`" | |
792 < jumps to the last known position in a file. See | |
9 | 793 $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim. |
794 Also see |:keepjumps|. | |
7 | 795 |
796 *:marks* | |
797 :marks List all the current marks (not a motion command). | |
798 The |'(|, |')|, |'{| and |'}| marks are not listed. | |
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802 :marks {arg} List the marks that are mentioned in {arg} (not a | |
803 motion command). For example: > | |
804 :marks aB | |
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7 | 806 |
24 | 807 *:delm* *:delmarks* |
856 | 808 :delm[arks] {marks} Delete the specified marks. Marks that can be deleted |
24 | 809 include A-Z and 0-9. You cannot delete the ' mark. |
810 They can be specified by giving the list of mark | |
811 names, or with a range, separated with a dash. Spaces | |
812 are ignored. Examples: > | |
813 :delmarks a deletes mark a | |
814 :delmarks a b 1 deletes marks a, b and 1 | |
815 :delmarks Aa deletes marks A and a | |
816 :delmarks p-z deletes marks in the range p to z | |
817 :delmarks ^.[] deletes marks ^ . [ ] | |
818 :delmarks \" deletes mark " | |
819 | |
820 :delm[arks]! Delete all marks for the current buffer, but not marks | |
821 A-Z or 0-9. | |
822 | |
7 | 823 A mark is not visible in any way. It is just a position in the file that is |
824 remembered. Do not confuse marks with named registers, they are totally | |
825 unrelated. | |
826 | |
827 'a - 'z lowercase marks, valid within one file | |
828 'A - 'Z uppercase marks, also called file marks, valid between files | |
829 '0 - '9 numbered marks, set from .viminfo file | |
830 | |
831 Lowercase marks 'a to 'z are remembered as long as the file remains in the | |
832 buffer list. If you remove the file from the buffer list, all its marks are | |
833 lost. If you delete a line that contains a mark, that mark is erased. | |
834 | |
835 Lowercase marks can be used in combination with operators. For example: "d't" | |
836 deletes the lines from the cursor position to mark 't'. Hint: Use mark 't' for | |
837 Top, 'b' for Bottom, etc.. Lowercase marks are restored when using undo and | |
838 redo. | |
839 | |
16610 | 840 Uppercase marks 'A to 'Z include the file name. You can use them to jump from |
841 file to file. You can only use an uppercase mark with an operator if the mark | |
842 is in the current file. The line number of the mark remains correct, even if | |
843 you insert/delete lines or edit another file for a moment. When the 'viminfo' | |
844 option is not empty, uppercase marks are kept in the .viminfo file. See | |
845 |viminfo-file-marks|. | |
7 | 846 |
847 Numbered marks '0 to '9 are quite different. They can not be set directly. | |
848 They are only present when using a viminfo file |viminfo-file|. Basically '0 | |
849 is the location of the cursor when you last exited Vim, '1 the last but one | |
850 time, etc. Use the "r" flag in 'viminfo' to specify files for which no | |
851 Numbered mark should be stored. See |viminfo-file-marks|. | |
852 | |
853 | |
854 *'[* *`[* | |
855 '[ `[ To the first character of the previously changed | |
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858 *']* *`]* | |
859 '] `] To the last character of the previously changed or | |
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862 After executing an operator the Cursor is put at the beginning of the text | |
863 that was operated upon. After a put command ("p" or "P") the cursor is | |
864 sometimes placed at the first inserted line and sometimes on the last inserted | |
865 character. The four commands above put the cursor at either end. Example: | |
866 After yanking 10 lines you want to go to the last one of them: "10Y']". After | |
867 inserting several lines with the "p" command you want to jump to the lowest | |
868 inserted line: "p']". This also works for text that has been inserted. | |
869 | |
870 Note: After deleting text, the start and end positions are the same, except | |
871 when using blockwise Visual mode. These commands do not work when no change | |
872 was made yet in the current file. | |
873 | |
874 *'<* *`<* | |
1698 | 875 '< `< To the first line or character of the last selected |
876 Visual area in the current buffer. For block mode it | |
877 may also be the last character in the first line (to | |
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7 | 879 |
880 *'>* *`>* | |
1698 | 881 '> `> To the last line or character of the last selected |
882 Visual area in the current buffer. For block mode it | |
883 may also be the first character of the last line (to | |
884 be able to define the block). Note that 'selection' | |
856 | 885 applies, the position may be just after the Visual |
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888 *''* *``* | |
36 | 889 '' `` To the position before the latest jump, or where the |
890 last "m'" or "m`" command was given. Not set when the | |
7 | 891 |:keepjumps| command modifier was used. |
892 Also see |restore-position|. | |
893 | |
894 *'quote* *`quote* | |
895 '" `" To the cursor position when last exiting the current | |
896 buffer. Defaults to the first character of the first | |
897 line. See |last-position-jump| for how to use this | |
898 for each opened file. | |
899 Only one position is remembered per buffer, not one | |
900 for each window. As long as the buffer is visible in | |
901 a window the position won't be changed. | |
902 | |
903 *'^* *`^* | |
904 '^ `^ To the position where the cursor was the last time | |
42 | 905 when Insert mode was stopped. This is used by the |
906 |gi| command. Not set when the |:keepjumps| command | |
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909 *'.* *`.* | |
910 '. `. To the position where the last change was made. The | |
911 position is at or near where the change started. | |
912 Sometimes a command is executed as several changes, | |
913 then the position can be near the end of what the | |
914 command changed. For example when inserting a word, | |
915 the position will be on the last character. | |
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918 *'(* *`(* | |
919 '( `( To the start of the current sentence, like the |(| | |
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922 *')* *`)* | |
923 ') `) To the end of the current sentence, like the |)| | |
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926 *'{* *`{* | |
927 '{ `{ To the start of the current paragraph, like the |{| | |
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7 | 929 |
930 *'}* *`}* | |
931 '} `} To the end of the current paragraph, like the |}| | |
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7 | 933 |
934 These commands are not marks themselves, but jump to a mark: | |
935 | |
936 *]'* | |
937 ]' [count] times to next line with a lowercase mark below | |
938 the cursor, on the first non-blank character in the | |
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7 | 940 |
941 *]`* | |
942 ]` [count] times to lowercase mark after the cursor. {not | |
943 in Vi} | |
944 | |
945 *['* | |
946 [' [count] times to previous line with a lowercase mark | |
947 before the cursor, on the first non-blank character in | |
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948 the line. |
7 | 949 |
950 *[`* | |
951 [` [count] times to lowercase mark before the cursor. | |
952 | |
953 | |
16944 | 954 :loc[kmarks] {command} *:loc* *:lock* *:lockmarks* |
7 | 955 Execute {command} without adjusting marks. This is |
956 useful when changing text in a way that the line count | |
957 will be the same when the change has completed. | |
958 WARNING: When the line count does change, marks below | |
959 the change will keep their line number, thus move to | |
960 another text line. | |
961 These items will not be adjusted for deleted/inserted | |
962 lines: | |
963 - lower case letter marks 'a - 'z | |
964 - upper case letter marks 'A - 'Z | |
965 - numbered marks '0 - '9 | |
966 - last insert position '^ | |
967 - last change position '. | |
18639 | 968 - last affected text area '[ and '] |
7 | 969 - the Visual area '< and '> |
970 - line numbers in placed signs | |
971 - line numbers in quickfix positions | |
972 - positions in the |jumplist| | |
973 - positions in the |tagstack| | |
974 These items will still be adjusted: | |
975 - previous context mark '' | |
976 - the cursor position | |
977 - the view of a window on a buffer | |
978 - folds | |
979 - diffs | |
980 | |
16944 | 981 :kee[pmarks] {command} *:kee* *:keep* *:keepmarks* |
7 | 982 Currently only has effect for the filter command |
983 |:range!|: | |
984 - When the number of lines after filtering is equal to | |
985 or larger than before, all marks are kept at the | |
986 same line number. | |
987 - When the number of lines decreases, the marks in the | |
9 | 988 lines that disappeared are deleted. |
7 | 989 In any case the marks below the filtered text have |
990 their line numbers adjusted, thus stick to the text, | |
991 as usual. | |
992 When the 'R' flag is missing from 'cpoptions' this has | |
993 the same effect as using ":keepmarks". | |
994 | |
995 *:keepj* *:keepjumps* | |
996 :keepj[umps] {command} | |
9 | 997 Moving around in {command} does not change the |''|, |
998 |'.| and |'^| marks, the |jumplist| or the | |
999 |changelist|. | |
1000 Useful when making a change or inserting text | |
1001 automatically and the user doesn't want to go to this | |
1002 position. E.g., when updating a "Last change" | |
1003 timestamp in the first line: > | |
1004 | |
586 | 1005 :let lnum = line(".") |
9 | 1006 :keepjumps normal gg |
1007 :call SetLastChange() | |
1008 :keepjumps exe "normal " . lnum . "G" | |
1009 < | |
1010 Note that ":keepjumps" must be used for every command. | |
1011 When invoking a function the commands in that function | |
856 | 1012 can still change the jumplist. Also, for |
85 | 1013 ":keepjumps exe 'command '" the "command" won't keep |
1014 jumps. Instead use: ":exe 'keepjumps command'" | |
7 | 1015 |
1016 ============================================================================== | |
1017 8. Jumps *jump-motions* | |
1018 | |
14347 | 1019 A "jump" is a command that normally moves the cursor several lines away. If |
1020 you make the cursor "jump" the position of the cursor before the jump is | |
16023 | 1021 remembered. You can return to that position with the "''" and "``" commands, |
14347 | 1022 unless the line containing that position was changed or deleted. The |
1023 following commands are "jump" commands: "'", "`", "G", "/", "?", "n", "N", | |
1024 "%", "(", ")", "[[", "]]", "{", "}", ":s", ":tag", "L", "M", "H" and the | |
15033 | 1025 commands that start editing a new file. |
7 | 1026 |
1027 *CTRL-O* | |
1028 CTRL-O Go to [count] Older cursor position in jump list | |
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7 | 1031 |
1032 <Tab> or *CTRL-I* *<Tab>* | |
1033 CTRL-I Go to [count] newer cursor position in jump list | |
1034 (not a motion command). | |
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7 | 1036 |
1037 *:ju* *:jumps* | |
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1043 {not available without the |+jumplist| feature} |
7 | 1044 |
1045 *jumplist* | |
1046 Jumps are remembered in a jump list. With the CTRL-O and CTRL-I command you | |
1047 can go to cursor positions before older jumps, and back again. Thus you can | |
1048 move up and down the list. There is a separate jump list for each window. | |
1049 The maximum number of entries is fixed at 100. | |
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1050 {not available without the |+jumplist| feature} |
7 | 1051 |
1052 For example, after three jump commands you have this jump list: | |
1053 | |
2681 | 1054 jump line col file/text ~ |
7 | 1055 3 1 0 some text ~ |
1056 2 70 0 another line ~ | |
1057 1 1154 23 end. ~ | |
1058 > ~ | |
1059 | |
2681 | 1060 The "file/text" column shows the file name, or the text at the jump if it is |
7 | 1061 in the current file (an indent is removed and a long line is truncated to fit |
1062 in the window). | |
1063 | |
1064 You are currently in line 1167. If you then use the CTRL-O command, the | |
1065 cursor is put in line 1154. This results in: | |
1066 | |
2681 | 1067 jump line col file/text ~ |
7 | 1068 2 1 0 some text ~ |
1069 1 70 0 another line ~ | |
1070 > 0 1154 23 end. ~ | |
1071 1 1167 0 foo bar ~ | |
1072 | |
1073 The pointer will be set at the last used jump position. The next CTRL-O | |
1074 command will use the entry above it, the next CTRL-I command will use the | |
1075 entry below it. If the pointer is below the last entry, this indicates that | |
1076 you did not use a CTRL-I or CTRL-O before. In this case the CTRL-O command | |
1077 will cause the cursor position to be added to the jump list, so you can get | |
1078 back to the position before the CTRL-O. In this case this is line 1167. | |
1079 | |
1080 With more CTRL-O commands you will go to lines 70 and 1. If you use CTRL-I | |
1081 you can go back to 1154 and 1167 again. Note that the number in the "jump" | |
1082 column indicates the count for the CTRL-O or CTRL-I command that takes you to | |
1083 this position. | |
1084 | |
1085 If you use a jump command, the current line number is inserted at the end of | |
1086 the jump list. If the same line was already in the jump list, it is removed. | |
1087 The result is that when repeating CTRL-O you will get back to old positions | |
1088 only once. | |
1089 | |
1090 When the |:keepjumps| command modifier is used, jumps are not stored in the | |
836 | 1091 jumplist. Jumps are also not stored in other cases, e.g., in a |:global| |
5220 | 1092 command. You can explicitly add a jump by setting the ' mark with "m'". Note |
1093 that calling setpos() does not do this. | |
7 | 1094 |
1095 After the CTRL-O command that got you into line 1154 you could give another | |
1096 jump command (e.g., "G"). The jump list would then become: | |
1097 | |
2681 | 1098 jump line col file/text ~ |
7 | 1099 4 1 0 some text ~ |
1100 3 70 0 another line ~ | |
1101 2 1167 0 foo bar ~ | |
1102 1 1154 23 end. ~ | |
1103 > ~ | |
1104 | |
1105 The line numbers will be adjusted for deleted and inserted lines. This fails | |
1106 if you stop editing a file without writing, like with ":n!". | |
1107 | |
1108 When you split a window, the jumplist will be copied to the new window. | |
1109 | |
1110 If you have included the ' item in the 'viminfo' option the jumplist will be | |
1111 stored in the viminfo file and restored when starting Vim. | |
1112 | |
1113 | |
1114 CHANGE LIST JUMPS *changelist* *change-list-jumps* *E664* | |
1115 | |
1116 When making a change the cursor position is remembered. One position is | |
1117 remembered for every change that can be undone, unless it is close to a | |
1118 previous change. Two commands can be used to jump to positions of changes, | |
1119 also those that have been undone: | |
1120 | |
1121 *g;* *E662* | |
1122 g; Go to [count] older position in change list. | |
1123 If [count] is larger than the number of older change | |
1124 positions go to the oldest change. | |
1125 If there is no older change an error message is given. | |
1126 (not a motion command) | |
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7 | 1128 |
1129 *g,* *E663* | |
1130 g, Go to [count] newer cursor position in change list. | |
236 | 1131 Just like |g;| but in the opposite direction. |
7 | 1132 (not a motion command) |
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7 | 1134 |
1135 When using a count you jump as far back or forward as possible. Thus you can | |
1136 use "999g;" to go to the first change for which the position is still | |
1137 remembered. The number of entries in the change list is fixed and is the same | |
1138 as for the |jumplist|. | |
1139 | |
1140 When two undo-able changes are in the same line and at a column position less | |
1141 than 'textwidth' apart only the last one is remembered. This avoids that a | |
1142 sequence of small changes in a line, for example "xxxxx", adds many positions | |
1143 to the change list. When 'textwidth' is zero 'wrapmargin' is used. When that | |
1144 also isn't set a fixed number of 79 is used. Detail: For the computations | |
1145 bytes are used, not characters, to avoid a speed penalty (this only matters | |
21991 | 1146 for multibyte encodings). |
7 | 1147 |
1148 Note that when text has been inserted or deleted the cursor position might be | |
1149 a bit different from the position of the change. Especially when lines have | |
1150 been deleted. | |
1151 | |
1152 When the |:keepjumps| command modifier is used the position of a change is not | |
1153 remembered. | |
1154 | |
1155 *:changes* | |
1156 :changes Print the change list. A ">" character indicates the | |
1157 current position. Just after a change it is below the | |
14372 | 1158 newest entry, indicating that `g;` takes you to the |
7 | 1159 newest entry position. The first column indicates the |
1160 count needed to take you to this position. Example: | |
1161 | |
1162 change line col text ~ | |
1163 3 9 8 bla bla bla | |
1164 2 11 57 foo is a bar | |
1165 1 14 54 the latest changed line | |
1166 > | |
1167 | |
14372 | 1168 The `3g;` command takes you to line 9. Then the |
1169 output of `:changes` is: | |
7 | 1170 |
1171 change line col text ~ | |
1172 > 0 9 8 bla bla bla | |
1173 1 11 57 foo is a bar | |
1174 2 14 54 the latest changed line | |
1175 | |
1176 Now you can use "g," to go to line 11 and "2g," to go | |
1177 to line 14. | |
1178 | |
1179 ============================================================================== | |
1180 9. Various motions *various-motions* | |
1181 | |
1182 *%* | |
1183 % Find the next item in this line after or under the | |
1184 cursor and jump to its match. |inclusive| motion. | |
1185 Items can be: | |
1186 ([{}]) parenthesis or (curly/square) brackets | |
1187 (this can be changed with the | |
1188 'matchpairs' option) | |
1189 /* */ start or end of C-style comment | |
1190 #if, #ifdef, #else, #elif, #endif | |
1191 C preprocessor conditionals (when the | |
1192 cursor is on the # or no ([{ | |
1193 following) | |
1194 For other items the matchit plugin can be used, see | |
1621 | 1195 |matchit-install|. This plugin also helps to skip |
1196 matches in comments. | |
7 | 1197 |
1198 When 'cpoptions' contains "M" |cpo-M| backslashes | |
1199 before parens and braces are ignored. Without "M" the | |
1200 number of backslashes matters: an even number doesn't | |
1201 match with an odd number. Thus in "( \) )" and "\( ( | |
1202 \)" the first and last parenthesis match. | |
1621 | 1203 |
7 | 1204 When the '%' character is not present in 'cpoptions' |
1205 |cpo-%|, parens and braces inside double quotes are | |
1206 ignored, unless the number of parens/braces in a line | |
1207 is uneven and this line and the previous one does not | |
1208 end in a backslash. '(', '{', '[', ']', '}' and ')' | |
1209 are also ignored (parens and braces inside single | |
1210 quotes). Note that this works fine for C, but not for | |
1211 Perl, where single quotes are used for strings. | |
1621 | 1212 |
1213 Nothing special is done for matches in comments. You | |
1214 can either use the matchit plugin |matchit-install| or | |
1215 put quotes around matches. | |
1216 | |
1217 No count is allowed, {count}% jumps to a line {count} | |
1218 percentage down the file |N%|. Using '%' on | |
7 | 1219 #if/#else/#endif makes the movement linewise. |
1220 | |
1221 *[(* | |
1222 [( go to [count] previous unmatched '('. | |
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7 | 1224 |
1225 *[{* | |
1226 [{ go to [count] previous unmatched '{'. | |
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7 | 1228 |
1229 *])* | |
1230 ]) go to [count] next unmatched ')'. | |
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7 | 1232 |
1233 *]}* | |
1234 ]} go to [count] next unmatched '}'. | |
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7 | 1236 |
1237 The above four commands can be used to go to the start or end of the current | |
1238 code block. It is like doing "%" on the '(', ')', '{' or '}' at the other | |
1239 end of the code block, but you can do this from anywhere in the code block. | |
1240 Very useful for C programs. Example: When standing on "case x:", "[{" will | |
1241 bring you back to the switch statement. | |
1242 | |
1243 *]m* | |
1244 ]m Go to [count] next start of a method (for Java or | |
1245 similar structured language). When not before the | |
1246 start of a method, jump to the start or end of the | |
1247 class. When no '{' is found after the cursor, this is | |
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7 | 1249 *]M* |
1250 ]M Go to [count] next end of a method (for Java or | |
1251 similar structured language). When not before the end | |
1252 of a method, jump to the start or end of the class. | |
1253 When no '}' is found after the cursor, this is an | |
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7 | 1255 *[m* |
1256 [m Go to [count] previous start of a method (for Java or | |
1257 similar structured language). When not after the | |
1258 start of a method, jump to the start or end of the | |
1259 class. When no '{' is found before the cursor this is | |
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7 | 1261 *[M* |
1262 [M Go to [count] previous end of a method (for Java or | |
1263 similar structured language). When not after the | |
1264 end of a method, jump to the start or end of the | |
1265 class. When no '}' is found before the cursor this is | |
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7 | 1267 |
1268 The above two commands assume that the file contains a class with methods. | |
1269 The class definition is surrounded in '{' and '}'. Each method in the class | |
1270 is also surrounded with '{' and '}'. This applies to the Java language. The | |
1271 file looks like this: > | |
1272 | |
1273 // comment | |
1274 class foo { | |
1275 int method_one() { | |
1276 body_one(); | |
1277 } | |
1278 int method_two() { | |
1279 body_two(); | |
1280 } | |
1281 } | |
1282 Starting with the cursor on "body_two()", using "[m" will jump to the '{' at | |
1283 the start of "method_two()" (obviously this is much more useful when the | |
1284 method is long!). Using "2[m" will jump to the start of "method_one()". | |
1285 Using "3[m" will jump to the start of the class. | |
1286 | |
1287 *[#* | |
1288 [# go to [count] previous unmatched "#if" or "#else". | |
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7 | 1290 |
1291 *]#* | |
1292 ]# go to [count] next unmatched "#else" or "#endif". | |
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7 | 1294 |
1295 These two commands work in C programs that contain #if/#else/#endif | |
1296 constructs. It brings you to the start or end of the #if/#else/#endif where | |
1297 the current line is included. You can then use "%" to go to the matching line. | |
1298 | |
1299 *[star* *[/* | |
1300 [* or [/ go to [count] previous start of a C comment "/*". | |
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7 | 1302 |
1303 *]star* *]/* | |
1304 ]* or ]/ go to [count] next end of a C comment "*/". | |
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1307 | |
1308 *H* | |
1309 H To line [count] from top (Home) of window (default: | |
1310 first line on the window) on the first non-blank | |
1311 character |linewise|. See also 'startofline' option. | |
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1312 Cursor is adjusted for 'scrolloff' option, unless an |
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1313 operator is pending, in which case the text may |
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1314 scroll. E.g. "yH" yanks from the first visible line |
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1315 until the cursor line (inclusive). |
7 | 1316 |
1317 *M* | |
1318 M To Middle line of window, on the first non-blank | |
1319 character |linewise|. See also 'startofline' option. | |
1320 | |
1321 *L* | |
1322 L To line [count] from bottom of window (default: Last | |
1323 line on the window) on the first non-blank character | |
1324 |linewise|. See also 'startofline' option. | |
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1325 Cursor is adjusted for 'scrolloff' option, unless an |
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1326 operator is pending, in which case the text may |
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1327 scroll. E.g. "yL" yanks from the cursor to the last |
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1328 visible line. |
7 | 1329 |
1330 <LeftMouse> Moves to the position on the screen where the mouse | |
36 | 1331 click is |exclusive|. See also |<LeftMouse>|. If the |
7 | 1332 position is in a status line, that window is made the |
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1333 active window and the cursor is not moved. |
7 | 1334 |
14421 | 1335 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |