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patch 9.0.1188: return value of type() for class and object unclear
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patch 9.0.1188: return value of type() for class and object unclear
Problem: Return value of type() for class and object unclear.
Solution: Add v:t_object and v:t_class.
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30547 | 1 *motion.txt* For Vim version 9.0. Last change: 2022 Sep 26 |
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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 | |
28379 | 36 positions where there is no character or within a multi-column character (like |
37 a tab). | |
7 | 38 |
39 ============================================================================== | |
40 1. Motions and operators *operator* | |
41 | |
42 The motion commands can be used after an operator command, to have the command | |
43 operate on the text that was moved over. That is the text between the cursor | |
44 position before and after the motion. Operators are generally used to delete | |
45 or change text. The following operators are available: | |
46 | |
47 |c| c change | |
48 |d| d delete | |
49 |y| y yank into register (does not change the text) | |
50 |~| ~ swap case (only if 'tildeop' is set) | |
51 |g~| g~ swap case | |
52 |gu| gu make lowercase | |
53 |gU| gU make uppercase | |
54 |!| ! filter through an external program | |
55 |=| = filter through 'equalprg' or C-indenting if empty | |
56 |gq| gq text formatting | |
16808 | 57 |gw| gw text formatting with no cursor movement |
7 | 58 |g?| g? ROT13 encoding |
59 |>| > shift right | |
60 |<| < shift left | |
61 |zf| zf define a fold | |
3713 | 62 |g@| g@ call function set with the 'operatorfunc' option |
24911 | 63 *motion-count-multiplied* |
7 | 64 If the motion includes a count and the operator also had a count before it, |
65 the two counts are multiplied. For example: "2d3w" deletes six words. | |
24911 | 66 *operator-doubled* |
67 When doubling the operator it operates on a line. When using a count, before | |
68 or after the first character, that many lines are operated upon. Thus `3dd` | |
69 deletes three lines. A count before and after the first character is | |
70 multiplied, thus `2y3y` yanks six lines. | |
7 | 71 |
72 After applying the operator the cursor is mostly left at the start of the text | |
73 that was operated upon. For example, "yfe" doesn't move the cursor, but "yFe" | |
74 moves the cursor leftwards to the "e" where the yank started. | |
75 | |
76 *linewise* *characterwise* | |
77 The operator either affects whole lines, or the characters between the start | |
78 and end position. Generally, motions that move between lines affect lines | |
79 (are linewise), and motions that move within a line affect characters (are | |
80 characterwise). However, there are some exceptions. | |
81 | |
82 *exclusive* *inclusive* | |
456 | 83 A character motion is either inclusive or exclusive. When inclusive, the |
84 start and end position of the motion are included in the operation. When | |
85 exclusive, the last character towards the end of the buffer is not included. | |
86 Linewise motions always include the start and end position. | |
7 | 87 |
456 | 88 Which motions are linewise, inclusive or exclusive is mentioned with the |
89 command. There are however, two general exceptions: | |
7 | 90 1. If the motion is exclusive and the end of the motion is in column 1, the |
91 end of the motion is moved to the end of the previous line and the motion | |
92 becomes inclusive. Example: "}" moves to the first line after a paragraph, | |
93 but "d}" will not include that line. | |
20 | 94 *exclusive-linewise* |
7 | 95 2. If the motion is exclusive, the end of the motion is in column 1 and the |
96 start of the motion was at or before the first non-blank in the line, the | |
97 motion becomes linewise. Example: If a paragraph begins with some blanks | |
98 and you do "d}" while standing on the first non-blank, all the lines of | |
99 the paragraph are deleted, including the blanks. If you do a put now, the | |
100 deleted lines will be inserted below the cursor position. | |
101 | |
102 Note that when the operator is pending (the operator command is typed, but the | |
103 motion isn't yet), a special set of mappings can be used. See |:omap|. | |
104 | |
105 Instead of first giving the operator and then a motion you can use Visual | |
106 mode: mark the start of the text with "v", move the cursor to the end of the | |
107 text that is to be affected and then hit the operator. The text between the | |
108 start and the cursor position is highlighted, so you can see what text will | |
109 be operated upon. This allows much more freedom, but requires more key | |
110 strokes and has limited redo functionality. See the chapter on Visual mode | |
111 |Visual-mode|. | |
112 | |
113 You can use a ":" command for a motion. For example "d:call FindEnd()". | |
4229 | 114 But this can't be repeated with "." if the command is more than one line. |
7 | 115 This can be repeated: > |
116 d:call search("f")<CR> | |
117 This cannot be repeated: > | |
118 d:if 1<CR> | |
119 call search("f")<CR> | |
120 endif<CR> | |
4229 | 121 Note that when using ":" any motion becomes characterwise exclusive. |
7 | 122 |
15281 | 123 *forced-motion* |
7 | 124 FORCING A MOTION TO BE LINEWISE, CHARACTERWISE OR BLOCKWISE |
125 | |
126 When a motion is not of the type you would like to use, you can force another | |
127 type by using "v", "V" or CTRL-V just after the operator. | |
128 Example: > | |
129 dj | |
130 deletes two lines > | |
131 dvj | |
132 deletes from the cursor position until the character below the cursor > | |
133 d<C-V>j | |
134 deletes the character under the cursor and the character below the cursor. > | |
135 | |
136 Be careful with forcing a linewise movement to be used characterwise or | |
137 blockwise, the column may not always be defined. | |
138 | |
139 *o_v* | |
140 v When used after an operator, before the motion command: Force | |
141 the operator to work characterwise, also when the motion is | |
142 linewise. If the motion was linewise, it will become | |
143 |exclusive|. | |
144 If the motion already was characterwise, toggle | |
145 inclusive/exclusive. This can be used to make an exclusive | |
146 motion inclusive and an inclusive motion exclusive. | |
147 | |
148 *o_V* | |
149 V When used after an operator, before the motion command: Force | |
150 the operator to work linewise, also when the motion is | |
151 characterwise. | |
152 | |
153 *o_CTRL-V* | |
154 CTRL-V When used after an operator, before the motion command: Force | |
155 the operator to work blockwise. This works like Visual block | |
156 mode selection, with the corners defined by the cursor | |
157 position before and after the motion. | |
158 | |
159 ============================================================================== | |
160 2. Left-right motions *left-right-motions* | |
161 | |
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162 These commands move the cursor to the specified column in the current line. |
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163 They stop at the first column and at the end of the line, except "$", which |
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164 may move to one of the next lines. See 'whichwrap' option to make some of the |
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165 commands move across line boundaries. |
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7 | 167 h or *h* |
168 <Left> or *<Left>* | |
169 CTRL-H or *CTRL-H* *<BS>* | |
170 <BS> [count] characters to the left. |exclusive| motion. | |
171 Note: If you prefer <BS> to delete a character, use | |
172 the mapping: | |
173 :map CTRL-V<BS> X | |
174 (to enter "CTRL-V<BS>" type the CTRL-V key, followed | |
175 by the <BS> key) | |
176 See |:fixdel| if the <BS> key does not do what you | |
177 want. | |
178 | |
179 l or *l* | |
180 <Right> or *<Right>* *<Space>* | |
181 <Space> [count] characters to the right. |exclusive| motion. | |
6823 | 182 See the 'whichwrap' option for adjusting the behavior |
183 at end of line | |
7 | 184 |
185 *0* | |
186 0 To the first character of the line. |exclusive| | |
1121 | 187 motion. |
7 | 188 |
189 *<Home>* *<kHome>* | |
190 <Home> To the first character of the line. |exclusive| | |
1121 | 191 motion. When moving up or down next, stay in same |
192 TEXT column (if possible). Most other commands stay | |
193 in the same SCREEN column. <Home> works like "1|", | |
194 which differs from "0" when the line starts with a | |
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195 <Tab>. |
7 | 196 |
197 *^* | |
198 ^ To the first non-blank character of the line. | |
22723 | 199 |exclusive| motion. Any count is ignored. |
7 | 200 |
201 *$* *<End>* *<kEnd>* | |
202 $ or <End> To the end of the line. When a count is given also go | |
22723 | 203 [count - 1] lines downward, or as far is possible. |
25056 | 204 |inclusive| motion. If a count of 2 or larger is |
22723 | 205 given and the cursor is on the last line, that is an |
25056 | 206 error and the cursor doesn't move. |
7 | 207 In Visual mode the cursor goes to just after the last |
208 character in the line. | |
209 When 'virtualedit' is active, "$" may move the cursor | |
210 back from past the end of the line to the last | |
211 character in the line. | |
212 | |
213 *g_* | |
214 g_ To the last non-blank character of the line and | |
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215 [count - 1] lines downward |inclusive|. |
7 | 216 |
217 *g0* *g<Home>* | |
218 g0 or g<Home> When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the first character of | |
219 the screen line. |exclusive| motion. Differs from | |
220 "0" when a line is wider than the screen. | |
221 When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the leftmost | |
222 character of the current line that is on the screen. | |
223 Differs from "0" when the first character of the line | |
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224 is not on the screen. |
7 | 225 |
226 *g^* | |
227 g^ When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the first non-blank | |
228 character of the screen line. |exclusive| motion. | |
229 Differs from "^" when a line is wider than the screen. | |
230 When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the leftmost | |
231 non-blank character of the current line that is on the | |
232 screen. Differs from "^" when the first non-blank | |
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233 character of the line is not on the screen. |
7 | 234 |
235 *gm* | |
236 gm Like "g0", but half a screenwidth to the right (or as | |
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237 much as possible). |
7 | 238 |
18489 | 239 *gM* |
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240 gM Like "g0", but to halfway the text of the line. |
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241 With a count: to this percentage of text in the line. |
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242 Thus "10gM" is near the start of the text and "90gM" |
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7 | 245 *g$* *g<End>* |
246 g$ or g<End> When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the last character of | |
247 the screen line and [count - 1] screen lines downward | |
248 |inclusive|. Differs from "$" when a line is wider | |
249 than the screen. | |
250 When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the rightmost | |
251 character of the current line that is visible on the | |
252 screen. Differs from "$" when the last character of | |
253 the line is not on the screen or when a count is used. | |
254 Additionally, vertical movements keep the column, | |
255 instead of going to the end of the line. | |
5220 | 256 When 'virtualedit' is enabled moves to the end of the |
257 screen line. | |
7 | 258 |
259 *bar* | |
260 | To screen column [count] in the current line. | |
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261 |exclusive| motion. Ceci n'est pas une pipe. |
7 | 262 |
263 *f* | |
264 f{char} To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right. The | |
265 cursor is placed on {char} |inclusive|. | |
266 {char} can be entered as a digraph |digraph-arg|. | |
267 When 'encoding' is set to Unicode, composing | |
268 characters may be used, see |utf-8-char-arg|. | |
269 |:lmap| mappings apply to {char}. The CTRL-^ command | |
270 in Insert mode can be used to switch this on/off | |
271 |i_CTRL-^|. | |
272 | |
273 *F* | |
274 F{char} To the [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the left. | |
456 | 275 The cursor is placed on {char} |exclusive|. |
7 | 276 {char} can be entered like with the |f| command. |
277 | |
278 *t* | |
279 t{char} Till before [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the | |
280 right. The cursor is placed on the character left of | |
281 {char} |inclusive|. | |
282 {char} can be entered like with the |f| command. | |
283 | |
284 *T* | |
285 T{char} Till after [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the | |
286 left. The cursor is placed on the character right of | |
456 | 287 {char} |exclusive|. |
7 | 288 {char} can be entered like with the |f| command. |
289 | |
290 *;* | |
2925 | 291 ; Repeat latest f, t, F or T [count] times. See |cpo-;| |
7 | 292 |
293 *,* | |
294 , Repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite direction | |
2925 | 295 [count] times. See also |cpo-;| |
7 | 296 |
297 ============================================================================== | |
298 3. Up-down motions *up-down-motions* | |
299 | |
300 k or *k* | |
301 <Up> or *<Up>* *CTRL-P* | |
302 CTRL-P [count] lines upward |linewise|. | |
303 | |
304 j or *j* | |
305 <Down> or *<Down>* | |
306 CTRL-J or *CTRL-J* | |
307 <NL> or *<NL>* *CTRL-N* | |
308 CTRL-N [count] lines downward |linewise|. | |
309 | |
310 gk or *gk* *g<Up>* | |
311 g<Up> [count] display lines upward. |exclusive| motion. | |
312 Differs from 'k' when lines wrap, and when used with | |
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313 an operator, because it's not linewise. |
7 | 314 |
315 gj or *gj* *g<Down>* | |
316 g<Down> [count] display lines downward. |exclusive| motion. | |
317 Differs from 'j' when lines wrap, and when used with | |
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318 an operator, because it's not linewise. |
7 | 319 |
320 *-* | |
321 - <minus> [count] lines upward, on the first non-blank | |
322 character |linewise|. | |
323 | |
324 + or *+* | |
325 CTRL-M or *CTRL-M* *<CR>* | |
326 <CR> [count] lines downward, on the first non-blank | |
327 character |linewise|. | |
328 | |
329 *_* | |
330 _ <underscore> [count] - 1 lines downward, on the first non-blank | |
331 character |linewise|. | |
332 | |
333 *G* | |
334 G Goto line [count], default last line, on the first | |
335 non-blank character |linewise|. If 'startofline' not | |
336 set, keep the same column. | |
16023 | 337 G is one of the |jump-motions|. |
7 | 338 |
339 *<C-End>* | |
340 <C-End> Goto line [count], default last line, on the last | |
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341 character |inclusive|. |
7 | 342 |
343 <C-Home> or *gg* *<C-Home>* | |
344 gg Goto line [count], default first line, on the first | |
345 non-blank character |linewise|. If 'startofline' not | |
346 set, keep the same column. | |
347 | |
3750 | 348 *:[range]* |
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349 :[range] Set the cursor on the last line number in [range]. |
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351 or ":'m". |
2152 | 352 In contrast with |G| this command does not modify the |
353 |jumplist|. | |
7 | 354 *N%* |
355 {count}% Go to {count} percentage in the file, on the first | |
356 non-blank in the line |linewise|. To compute the new | |
357 line number this formula is used: | |
358 ({count} * number-of-lines + 99) / 100 | |
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359 See also 'startofline' option. |
7 | 360 |
361 :[range]go[to] [count] *:go* *:goto* *go* | |
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362 [count]go Go to [count] byte in the buffer. Default [count] is |
7 | 363 one, start of the file. When giving [range], the |
364 last number in it used as the byte count. End-of-line | |
365 characters are counted depending on the current | |
366 'fileformat' setting. | |
2908 | 367 Also see the |line2byte()| function, and the 'o' |
368 option in 'statusline'. | |
7 | 369 {not available when compiled without the |
370 |+byte_offset| feature} | |
371 | |
372 These commands move to the specified line. They stop when reaching the first | |
373 or the last line. The first two commands put the cursor in the same column | |
374 (if possible) as it was after the last command that changed the column, | |
375 except after the "$" command, then the cursor will be put on the last | |
376 character of the line. | |
377 | |
161 | 378 If "k", "-" or CTRL-P is used with a [count] and there are less than [count] |
379 lines above the cursor and the 'cpo' option includes the "-" flag it is an | |
380 error. |cpo--|. | |
381 | |
7 | 382 ============================================================================== |
383 4. Word motions *word-motions* | |
384 | |
385 <S-Right> or *<S-Right>* *w* | |
386 w [count] words forward. |exclusive| motion. | |
387 | |
388 <C-Right> or *<C-Right>* *W* | |
389 W [count] WORDS forward. |exclusive| motion. | |
26438 | 390 If <C-Right> does not work, check out |
391 |arrow_modifiers|. | |
7 | 392 |
393 *e* | |
394 e Forward to the end of word [count] |inclusive|. | |
1621 | 395 Does not stop in an empty line. |
7 | 396 |
397 *E* | |
398 E Forward to the end of WORD [count] |inclusive|. | |
1621 | 399 Does not stop in an empty line. |
7 | 400 |
401 <S-Left> or *<S-Left>* *b* | |
402 b [count] words backward. |exclusive| motion. | |
403 | |
404 <C-Left> or *<C-Left>* *B* | |
405 B [count] WORDS backward. |exclusive| motion. | |
26438 | 406 If <C-Left> does not work, check out |
407 |arrow_modifiers|. | |
7 | 408 |
409 *ge* | |
410 ge Backward to the end of word [count] |inclusive|. | |
411 | |
412 *gE* | |
413 gE Backward to the end of WORD [count] |inclusive|. | |
414 | |
415 These commands move over words or WORDS. | |
416 *word* | |
417 A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a | |
418 sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces, | |
625 | 419 tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line |
420 is also considered to be a word. | |
7 | 421 *WORD* |
422 A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white | |
625 | 423 space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD. |
7 | 424 |
425 A sequence of folded lines is counted for one word of a single character. | |
426 "w" and "W", "e" and "E" move to the start/end of the first word or WORD after | |
427 a range of folded lines. "b" and "B" move to the start of the first word or | |
428 WORD before the fold. | |
429 | |
430 Special case: "cw" and "cW" are treated like "ce" and "cE" if the cursor is | |
431 on a non-blank. This is because "cw" is interpreted as change-word, and a | |
16610 | 432 word does not include the following white space. |
7 | 433 |
434 Another special case: When using the "w" motion in combination with an | |
435 operator and the last word moved over is at the end of a line, the end of | |
436 that word becomes the end of the operated text, not the first word in the | |
437 next line. | |
438 | |
439 The original Vi implementation of "e" is buggy. For example, the "e" command | |
440 will stop on the first character of a line if the previous line was empty. | |
441 But when you use "2e" this does not happen. In Vim "ee" and "2e" are the | |
442 same, which is more logical. However, this causes a small incompatibility | |
443 between Vi and Vim. | |
444 | |
445 ============================================================================== | |
446 5. Text object motions *object-motions* | |
447 | |
448 *(* | |
28379 | 449 ( [count] |sentence|s backward. |exclusive| motion. |
7 | 450 |
451 *)* | |
28379 | 452 ) [count] |sentence|s forward. |exclusive| motion. |
7 | 453 |
454 *{* | |
28379 | 455 { [count] |paragraph|s backward. |exclusive| motion. |
7 | 456 |
457 *}* | |
28379 | 458 } [count] |paragraph|s forward. |exclusive| motion. |
7 | 459 |
460 *]]* | |
28379 | 461 ]] [count] |section|s forward or to the next '{' in the |
20 | 462 first column. When used after an operator, then also |
463 stops below a '}' in the first column. |exclusive| | |
464 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 465 |
466 *][* | |
28379 | 467 ][ [count] |section|s forward or to the next '}' in the |
20 | 468 first column. |exclusive| |
469 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 470 |
471 *[[* | |
28379 | 472 [[ [count] |section|s backward or to the previous '{' in |
20 | 473 the first column. |exclusive| |
474 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 475 |
476 *[]* | |
28379 | 477 [] [count] |section|s backward or to the previous '}' in |
20 | 478 the first column. |exclusive| |
479 Note that |exclusive-linewise| often applies. | |
7 | 480 |
481 These commands move over three kinds of text objects. | |
482 | |
483 *sentence* | |
484 A sentence is defined as ending at a '.', '!' or '?' followed by either the | |
485 end of a line, or by a space or tab. Any number of closing ')', ']', '"' | |
486 and ''' characters may appear after the '.', '!' or '?' before the spaces, | |
487 tabs or end of line. A paragraph and section boundary is also a sentence | |
488 boundary. | |
489 If the 'J' flag is present in 'cpoptions', at least two spaces have to | |
490 follow the punctuation mark; <Tab>s are not recognized as white space. | |
491 The definition of a sentence cannot be changed. | |
492 | |
493 *paragraph* | |
494 A paragraph begins after each empty line, and also at each of a set of | |
495 paragraph macros, specified by the pairs of characters in the 'paragraphs' | |
1621 | 496 option. The default is "IPLPPPQPP TPHPLIPpLpItpplpipbp", which corresponds to |
497 the macros ".IP", ".LP", etc. (These are nroff macros, so the dot must be in | |
498 the first column). A section boundary is also a paragraph boundary. | |
164 | 499 Note that a blank line (only containing white space) is NOT a paragraph |
500 boundary. | |
501 Also note that this does not include a '{' or '}' in the first column. When | |
502 the '{' flag is in 'cpoptions' then '{' in the first column is used as a | |
503 paragraph boundary |posix|. | |
7 | 504 |
505 *section* | |
506 A section begins after a form-feed (<C-L>) in the first column and at each of | |
507 a set of section macros, specified by the pairs of characters in the | |
508 'sections' option. The default is "SHNHH HUnhsh", which defines a section to | |
509 start at the nroff macros ".SH", ".NH", ".H", ".HU", ".nh" and ".sh". | |
510 | |
21991 | 511 The "]]" and "[[" commands stop at the '{' in the first column. This is |
512 useful to find the start of a function in a C program. To search for a '}' in | |
513 the first column, the end of a C function, use "][" (forward) or "[]" | |
514 (backward). Note that the first character of the command determines the | |
515 search direction. | |
7 | 516 |
517 If your '{' or '}' are not in the first column, and you would like to use "[[" | |
518 and "]]" anyway, try these mappings: > | |
519 :map [[ ?{<CR>w99[{ | |
520 :map ][ /}<CR>b99]} | |
521 :map ]] j0[[%/{<CR> | |
522 :map [] k$][%?}<CR> | |
523 [type these literally, see |<>|] | |
524 | |
525 ============================================================================== | |
526 6. Text object selection *object-select* *text-objects* | |
527 *v_a* *v_i* | |
528 | |
529 This is a series of commands that can only be used while in Visual mode or | |
530 after an operator. The commands that start with "a" select "a"n object | |
531 including white space, the commands starting with "i" select an "inner" object | |
532 without white space, or just the white space. Thus the "inner" commands | |
533 always select less text than the "a" commands. | |
534 | |
3713 | 535 Also see `gn` and `gN`, operating on the last search pattern. |
536 | |
7 | 537 *v_aw* *aw* |
538 aw "a word", select [count] words (see |word|). | |
539 Leading or trailing white space is included, but not | |
540 counted. | |
541 When used in Visual linewise mode "aw" switches to | |
542 Visual characterwise mode. | |
543 | |
544 *v_iw* *iw* | |
545 iw "inner word", select [count] words (see |word|). | |
546 White space between words is counted too. | |
547 When used in Visual linewise mode "iw" switches to | |
548 Visual characterwise mode. | |
549 | |
550 *v_aW* *aW* | |
551 aW "a WORD", select [count] WORDs (see |WORD|). | |
552 Leading or trailing white space is included, but not | |
553 counted. | |
554 When used in Visual linewise mode "aW" switches to | |
555 Visual characterwise mode. | |
556 | |
557 *v_iW* *iW* | |
558 iW "inner WORD", select [count] WORDs (see |WORD|). | |
559 White space between words is counted too. | |
560 When used in Visual linewise mode "iW" switches to | |
561 Visual characterwise mode. | |
562 | |
563 *v_as* *as* | |
564 as "a sentence", select [count] sentences (see | |
565 |sentence|). | |
566 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
567 | |
568 *v_is* *is* | |
569 is "inner sentence", select [count] sentences (see | |
570 |sentence|). | |
571 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
572 | |
573 *v_ap* *ap* | |
574 ap "a paragraph", select [count] paragraphs (see | |
575 |paragraph|). | |
576 Exception: a blank line (only containing white space) | |
577 is also a paragraph boundary. | |
578 When used in Visual mode it is made linewise. | |
579 | |
580 *v_ip* *ip* | |
581 ip "inner paragraph", select [count] paragraphs (see | |
582 |paragraph|). | |
583 Exception: a blank line (only containing white space) | |
584 is also a paragraph boundary. | |
585 When used in Visual mode it is made linewise. | |
586 | |
587 a] *v_a]* *v_a[* *a]* *a[* | |
588 a[ "a [] block", select [count] '[' ']' blocks. This | |
589 goes backwards to the [count] unclosed '[', and finds | |
590 the matching ']'. The enclosed text is selected, | |
591 including the '[' and ']'. | |
592 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
593 | |
594 i] *v_i]* *v_i[* *i]* *i[* | |
595 i[ "inner [] block", select [count] '[' ']' blocks. This | |
596 goes backwards to the [count] unclosed '[', and finds | |
597 the matching ']'. The enclosed text is selected, | |
598 excluding the '[' and ']'. | |
599 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
600 | |
601 a) *v_a)* *a)* *a(* | |
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602 a( *vab* *v_ab* *v_a(* *ab* |
7 | 603 ab "a block", select [count] blocks, from "[count] [(" to |
604 the matching ')', including the '(' and ')' (see | |
605 |[(|). Does not include white space outside of the | |
606 parenthesis. | |
607 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
608 | |
609 i) *v_i)* *i)* *i(* | |
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610 i( *vib* *v_ib* *v_i(* *ib* |
7 | 611 ib "inner block", select [count] blocks, from "[count] [(" |
612 to the matching ')', excluding the '(' and ')' (see | |
29756 | 613 |[(|). If the cursor is not inside a () block, then |
614 find the next "(". | |
7 | 615 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. |
616 | |
617 a> *v_a>* *v_a<* *a>* *a<* | |
618 a< "a <> block", select [count] <> blocks, from the | |
619 [count]'th unmatched '<' backwards to the matching | |
620 '>', including the '<' and '>'. | |
621 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
622 | |
623 i> *v_i>* *v_i<* *i>* *i<* | |
624 i< "inner <> block", select [count] <> blocks, from | |
625 the [count]'th unmatched '<' backwards to the matching | |
626 '>', excluding the '<' and '>'. | |
627 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
628 | |
422 | 629 *v_at* *at* |
630 at "a tag block", select [count] tag blocks, from the | |
631 [count]'th unmatched "<aaa>" backwards to the matching | |
632 "</aaa>", including the "<aaa>" and "</aaa>". | |
633 See |tag-blocks| about the details. | |
634 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
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422 | 636 |
637 *v_it* *it* | |
638 it "inner tag block", select [count] tag blocks, from the | |
639 [count]'th unmatched "<aaa>" backwards to the matching | |
640 "</aaa>", excluding the "<aaa>" and "</aaa>". | |
641 See |tag-blocks| about the details. | |
642 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
643 | |
7 | 644 a} *v_a}* *a}* *a{* |
645 a{ *v_aB* *v_a{* *aB* | |
646 aB "a Block", select [count] Blocks, from "[count] [{" to | |
647 the matching '}', including the '{' and '}' (see | |
648 |[{|). | |
649 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
650 | |
651 i} *v_i}* *i}* *i{* | |
652 i{ *v_iB* *v_i{* *iB* | |
653 iB "inner Block", select [count] Blocks, from "[count] [{" | |
654 to the matching '}', excluding the '{' and '}' (see | |
655 |[{|). | |
656 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. | |
657 | |
12 | 658 a" *v_aquote* *aquote* |
659 a' *v_a'* *a'* | |
660 a` *v_a`* *a`* | |
661 "a quoted string". Selects the text from the previous | |
849 | 662 quote until the next quote. The 'quoteescape' option |
663 is used to skip escaped quotes. | |
664 Only works within one line. | |
12 | 665 When the cursor starts on a quote, Vim will figure out |
666 which quote pairs form a string by searching from the | |
667 start of the line. | |
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12 | 670 When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise. |
671 Repeating this object in Visual mode another string is | |
672 included. A count is currently not used. | |
673 | |
674 i" *v_iquote* *iquote* | |
675 i' *v_i'* *i'* | |
676 i` *v_i`* *i`* | |
677 Like a", a' and a`, but exclude the quotes and | |
678 repeating won't extend the Visual selection. | |
527 | 679 Special case: With a count of 2 the quotes are |
680 included, but no extra white space as with a"/a'/a`. | |
12 | 681 |
7 | 682 When used after an operator: |
683 For non-block objects: | |
684 For the "a" commands: The operator applies to the object and the white | |
685 space after the object. If there is no white space after the object | |
686 or when the cursor was in the white space before the object, the white | |
687 space before the object is included. | |
688 For the "inner" commands: If the cursor was on the object, the | |
689 operator applies to the object. If the cursor was on white space, the | |
690 operator applies to the white space. | |
691 For a block object: | |
692 The operator applies to the block where the cursor is in, or the block | |
693 on which the cursor is on one of the braces. For the "inner" commands | |
694 the surrounding braces are excluded. For the "a" commands, the braces | |
695 are included. | |
696 | |
697 When used in Visual mode: | |
698 When start and end of the Visual area are the same (just after typing "v"): | |
699 One object is selected, the same as for using an operator. | |
700 When start and end of the Visual area are not the same: | |
701 For non-block objects the area is extended by one object or the white | |
702 space up to the next object, or both for the "a" objects. The | |
703 direction in which this happens depends on which side of the Visual | |
704 area the cursor is. For the block objects the block is extended one | |
705 level outwards. | |
706 | |
707 For illustration, here is a list of delete commands, grouped from small to big | |
708 objects. Note that for a single character and a whole line the existing vi | |
709 movement commands are used. | |
710 "dl" delete character (alias: "x") |dl| | |
711 "diw" delete inner word *diw* | |
712 "daw" delete a word *daw* | |
713 "diW" delete inner WORD (see |WORD|) *diW* | |
714 "daW" delete a WORD (see |WORD|) *daW* | |
3713 | 715 "dgn" delete the next search pattern match *dgn* |
7 | 716 "dd" delete one line |dd| |
717 "dis" delete inner sentence *dis* | |
718 "das" delete a sentence *das* | |
719 "dib" delete inner '(' ')' block *dib* | |
720 "dab" delete a '(' ')' block *dab* | |
721 "dip" delete inner paragraph *dip* | |
722 "dap" delete a paragraph *dap* | |
723 "diB" delete inner '{' '}' block *diB* | |
724 "daB" delete a '{' '}' block *daB* | |
725 | |
726 Note the difference between using a movement command and an object. The | |
727 movement command operates from here (cursor position) to where the movement | |
728 takes us. When using an object the whole object is operated upon, no matter | |
729 where on the object the cursor is. For example, compare "dw" and "daw": "dw" | |
730 deletes from the cursor position to the start of the next word, "daw" deletes | |
731 the word under the cursor and the space after or before it. | |
732 | |
422 | 733 |
734 Tag blocks *tag-blocks* | |
735 | |
736 For the "it" and "at" text objects an attempt is done to select blocks between | |
737 matching tags for HTML and XML. But since these are not completely compatible | |
738 there are a few restrictions. | |
739 | |
740 The normal method is to select a <tag> until the matching </tag>. For "at" | |
741 the tags are included, for "it" they are excluded. But when "it" is repeated | |
853 | 742 the tags will be included (otherwise nothing would change). Also, "it" used |
743 on a tag block with no contents will select the leading tag. | |
422 | 744 |
745 "<aaa/>" items are skipped. Case is ignored, also for XML where case does | |
746 matter. | |
747 | |
748 In HTML it is possible to have a tag like <br> or <meta ...> without a | |
749 matching end tag. These are ignored. | |
750 | |
751 The text objects are tolerant about mistakes. Stray end tags are ignored. | |
752 | |
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754 7. Marks *mark-motions* *E20* *E78* | |
755 | |
756 Jumping to a mark can be done in two ways: | |
757 1. With ` (backtick): The cursor is positioned at the specified location | |
758 and the motion is |exclusive|. | |
759 2. With ' (single quote): The cursor is positioned on the first non-blank | |
760 character in the line of the specified location and | |
761 the motion is linewise. | |
762 | |
763 *m* *mark* *Mark* | |
764 m{a-zA-Z} Set mark {a-zA-Z} at cursor position (does not move | |
765 the cursor, this is not a motion command). | |
766 | |
767 *m'* *m`* | |
768 m' or m` Set the previous context mark. This can be jumped to | |
769 with the "''" or "``" command (does not move the | |
770 cursor, this is not a motion command). | |
771 | |
772 *m[* *m]* | |
773 m[ or m] Set the |'[| or |']| mark. Useful when an operator is | |
774 to be simulated by multiple commands. (does not move | |
775 the cursor, this is not a motion command). | |
776 | |
3682 | 777 *m<* *m>* |
778 m< or m> Set the |'<| or |'>| mark. Useful to change what the | |
779 `gv` command selects. (does not move the cursor, this | |
780 is not a motion command). | |
781 Note that the Visual mode cannot be set, only the | |
782 start and end position. | |
783 | |
7 | 784 *:ma* *:mark* *E191* |
9 | 785 :[range]ma[rk] {a-zA-Z'} |
786 Set mark {a-zA-Z'} at last line number in [range], | |
7 | 787 column 0. Default is cursor line. |
788 | |
789 *:k* | |
9 | 790 :[range]k{a-zA-Z'} Same as :mark, but the space before the mark name can |
7 | 791 be omitted. |
26779 | 792 This command is not supported in |Vim9| script, |
793 because it is too easily confused with a variable | |
794 name. | |
7 | 795 |
796 *'* *'a* *`* *`a* | |
1121 | 797 '{a-z} `{a-z} Jump to the mark {a-z} in the current buffer. |
7 | 798 |
799 *'A* *'0* *`A* *`0* | |
1121 | 800 '{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 | 802 |
803 *g'* *g'a* *g`* *g`a* | |
804 g'{mark} g`{mark} | |
805 Jump to the {mark}, but don't change the jumplist when | |
806 jumping within the current buffer. Example: > | |
807 g`" | |
808 < jumps to the last known position in a file. See | |
9 | 809 $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim. |
810 Also see |:keepjumps|. | |
7 | 811 |
812 *:marks* | |
813 :marks List all the current marks (not a motion command). | |
814 The |'(|, |')|, |'{| and |'}| marks are not listed. | |
843 | 815 The first column has number zero. |
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7 | 817 *E283* |
818 :marks {arg} List the marks that are mentioned in {arg} (not a | |
819 motion command). For example: > | |
820 :marks aB | |
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821 < to list marks 'a' and 'B'. |
7 | 822 |
24 | 823 *:delm* *:delmarks* |
856 | 824 :delm[arks] {marks} Delete the specified marks. Marks that can be deleted |
24 | 825 include A-Z and 0-9. You cannot delete the ' mark. |
826 They can be specified by giving the list of mark | |
827 names, or with a range, separated with a dash. Spaces | |
828 are ignored. Examples: > | |
829 :delmarks a deletes mark a | |
830 :delmarks a b 1 deletes marks a, b and 1 | |
831 :delmarks Aa deletes marks A and a | |
832 :delmarks p-z deletes marks in the range p to z | |
833 :delmarks ^.[] deletes marks ^ . [ ] | |
834 :delmarks \" deletes mark " | |
835 | |
836 :delm[arks]! Delete all marks for the current buffer, but not marks | |
837 A-Z or 0-9. | |
838 | |
7 | 839 A mark is not visible in any way. It is just a position in the file that is |
840 remembered. Do not confuse marks with named registers, they are totally | |
841 unrelated. | |
842 | |
843 'a - 'z lowercase marks, valid within one file | |
844 'A - 'Z uppercase marks, also called file marks, valid between files | |
845 '0 - '9 numbered marks, set from .viminfo file | |
846 | |
847 Lowercase marks 'a to 'z are remembered as long as the file remains in the | |
848 buffer list. If you remove the file from the buffer list, all its marks are | |
849 lost. If you delete a line that contains a mark, that mark is erased. | |
850 | |
851 Lowercase marks can be used in combination with operators. For example: "d't" | |
852 deletes the lines from the cursor position to mark 't'. Hint: Use mark 't' for | |
853 Top, 'b' for Bottom, etc.. Lowercase marks are restored when using undo and | |
854 redo. | |
855 | |
16610 | 856 Uppercase marks 'A to 'Z include the file name. You can use them to jump from |
857 file to file. You can only use an uppercase mark with an operator if the mark | |
858 is in the current file. The line number of the mark remains correct, even if | |
859 you insert/delete lines or edit another file for a moment. When the 'viminfo' | |
860 option is not empty, uppercase marks are kept in the .viminfo file. See | |
861 |viminfo-file-marks|. | |
7 | 862 |
863 Numbered marks '0 to '9 are quite different. They can not be set directly. | |
864 They are only present when using a viminfo file |viminfo-file|. Basically '0 | |
865 is the location of the cursor when you last exited Vim, '1 the last but one | |
866 time, etc. Use the "r" flag in 'viminfo' to specify files for which no | |
867 Numbered mark should be stored. See |viminfo-file-marks|. | |
868 | |
869 | |
870 *'[* *`[* | |
871 '[ `[ To the first character of the previously changed | |
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874 *']* *`]* | |
875 '] `] To the last character of the previously changed or | |
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878 After executing an operator the Cursor is put at the beginning of the text | |
879 that was operated upon. After a put command ("p" or "P") the cursor is | |
880 sometimes placed at the first inserted line and sometimes on the last inserted | |
881 character. The four commands above put the cursor at either end. Example: | |
882 After yanking 10 lines you want to go to the last one of them: "10Y']". After | |
883 inserting several lines with the "p" command you want to jump to the lowest | |
884 inserted line: "p']". This also works for text that has been inserted. | |
885 | |
886 Note: After deleting text, the start and end positions are the same, except | |
887 when using blockwise Visual mode. These commands do not work when no change | |
888 was made yet in the current file. | |
889 | |
890 *'<* *`<* | |
1698 | 891 '< `< To the first line or character of the last selected |
892 Visual area in the current buffer. For block mode it | |
893 may also be the last character in the first line (to | |
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7 | 895 |
896 *'>* *`>* | |
1698 | 897 '> `> To the last line or character of the last selected |
898 Visual area in the current buffer. For block mode it | |
899 may also be the first character of the last line (to | |
900 be able to define the block). Note that 'selection' | |
856 | 901 applies, the position may be just after the Visual |
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902 area. |
7 | 903 |
904 *''* *``* | |
36 | 905 '' `` To the position before the latest jump, or where the |
906 last "m'" or "m`" command was given. Not set when the | |
7 | 907 |:keepjumps| command modifier was used. |
908 Also see |restore-position|. | |
909 | |
910 *'quote* *`quote* | |
911 '" `" To the cursor position when last exiting the current | |
912 buffer. Defaults to the first character of the first | |
913 line. See |last-position-jump| for how to use this | |
914 for each opened file. | |
915 Only one position is remembered per buffer, not one | |
916 for each window. As long as the buffer is visible in | |
917 a window the position won't be changed. | |
918 | |
919 *'^* *`^* | |
920 '^ `^ To the position where the cursor was the last time | |
42 | 921 when Insert mode was stopped. This is used by the |
922 |gi| command. Not set when the |:keepjumps| command | |
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7 | 924 |
925 *'.* *`.* | |
926 '. `. To the position where the last change was made. The | |
927 position is at or near where the change started. | |
928 Sometimes a command is executed as several changes, | |
929 then the position can be near the end of what the | |
930 command changed. For example when inserting a word, | |
931 the position will be on the last character. | |
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7 | 933 |
934 *'(* *`(* | |
935 '( `( To the start of the current sentence, like the |(| | |
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7 | 937 |
938 *')* *`)* | |
939 ') `) To the end of the current sentence, like the |)| | |
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7 | 941 |
942 *'{* *`{* | |
943 '{ `{ To the start of the current paragraph, like the |{| | |
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7 | 945 |
946 *'}* *`}* | |
947 '} `} To the end of the current paragraph, like the |}| | |
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7 | 949 |
950 These commands are not marks themselves, but jump to a mark: | |
951 | |
952 *]'* | |
953 ]' [count] times to next line with a lowercase mark below | |
954 the cursor, on the first non-blank character in the | |
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7 | 956 |
957 *]`* | |
24278 | 958 ]` [count] times to lowercase mark after the cursor. |
7 | 959 |
960 *['* | |
961 [' [count] times to previous line with a lowercase mark | |
962 before the cursor, on the first non-blank character in | |
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963 the line. |
7 | 964 |
965 *[`* | |
966 [` [count] times to lowercase mark before the cursor. | |
967 | |
968 | |
16944 | 969 :loc[kmarks] {command} *:loc* *:lock* *:lockmarks* |
7 | 970 Execute {command} without adjusting marks. This is |
971 useful when changing text in a way that the line count | |
972 will be the same when the change has completed. | |
973 WARNING: When the line count does change, marks below | |
974 the change will keep their line number, thus move to | |
975 another text line. | |
976 These items will not be adjusted for deleted/inserted | |
977 lines: | |
978 - lower case letter marks 'a - 'z | |
979 - upper case letter marks 'A - 'Z | |
980 - numbered marks '0 - '9 | |
981 - last insert position '^ | |
982 - last change position '. | |
18639 | 983 - last affected text area '[ and '] |
7 | 984 - the Visual area '< and '> |
985 - line numbers in placed signs | |
986 - line numbers in quickfix positions | |
987 - positions in the |jumplist| | |
988 - positions in the |tagstack| | |
989 These items will still be adjusted: | |
990 - previous context mark '' | |
991 - the cursor position | |
992 - the view of a window on a buffer | |
993 - folds | |
994 - diffs | |
995 | |
16944 | 996 :kee[pmarks] {command} *:kee* *:keep* *:keepmarks* |
7 | 997 Currently only has effect for the filter command |
998 |:range!|: | |
999 - When the number of lines after filtering is equal to | |
1000 or larger than before, all marks are kept at the | |
1001 same line number. | |
1002 - When the number of lines decreases, the marks in the | |
9 | 1003 lines that disappeared are deleted. |
7 | 1004 In any case the marks below the filtered text have |
1005 their line numbers adjusted, thus stick to the text, | |
1006 as usual. | |
1007 When the 'R' flag is missing from 'cpoptions' this has | |
1008 the same effect as using ":keepmarks". | |
1009 | |
1010 *:keepj* *:keepjumps* | |
1011 :keepj[umps] {command} | |
9 | 1012 Moving around in {command} does not change the |''|, |
1013 |'.| and |'^| marks, the |jumplist| or the | |
1014 |changelist|. | |
1015 Useful when making a change or inserting text | |
1016 automatically and the user doesn't want to go to this | |
1017 position. E.g., when updating a "Last change" | |
1018 timestamp in the first line: > | |
1019 | |
586 | 1020 :let lnum = line(".") |
9 | 1021 :keepjumps normal gg |
1022 :call SetLastChange() | |
27903 | 1023 :keepjumps exe "normal " .. lnum .. "G" |
9 | 1024 < |
1025 Note that ":keepjumps" must be used for every command. | |
1026 When invoking a function the commands in that function | |
856 | 1027 can still change the jumplist. Also, for |
85 | 1028 ":keepjumps exe 'command '" the "command" won't keep |
1029 jumps. Instead use: ":exe 'keepjumps command'" | |
7 | 1030 |
1031 ============================================================================== | |
1032 8. Jumps *jump-motions* | |
1033 | |
14347 | 1034 A "jump" is a command that normally moves the cursor several lines away. If |
1035 you make the cursor "jump" the position of the cursor before the jump is | |
16023 | 1036 remembered. You can return to that position with the "''" and "``" commands, |
14347 | 1037 unless the line containing that position was changed or deleted. The |
1038 following commands are "jump" commands: "'", "`", "G", "/", "?", "n", "N", | |
1039 "%", "(", ")", "[[", "]]", "{", "}", ":s", ":tag", "L", "M", "H" and the | |
15033 | 1040 commands that start editing a new file. |
7 | 1041 |
1042 *CTRL-O* | |
1043 CTRL-O Go to [count] Older cursor position in jump list | |
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7 | 1045 |
1046 <Tab> or *CTRL-I* *<Tab>* | |
1047 CTRL-I Go to [count] newer cursor position in jump list | |
1048 (not a motion command). | |
1049 | |
24278 | 1050 NOTE: In the GUI and in a terminal supporting |
1051 |modifyOtherKeys|, CTRL-I can be mapped separately | |
1052 from <Tab>, on the condition that CTRL-I is | |
1053 mapped before <Tab>, otherwise the mapping applies to | |
1054 both. | |
1055 | |
7 | 1056 *:ju* *:jumps* |
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1060 :cle[arjumps] Clear the jump list of the current window. |
7 | 1061 |
1062 *jumplist* | |
1063 Jumps are remembered in a jump list. With the CTRL-O and CTRL-I command you | |
1064 can go to cursor positions before older jumps, and back again. Thus you can | |
1065 move up and down the list. There is a separate jump list for each window. | |
1066 The maximum number of entries is fixed at 100. | |
1067 | |
1068 For example, after three jump commands you have this jump list: | |
1069 | |
24278 | 1070 jump line col file/text ~ |
1071 3 1 0 some text ~ | |
1072 2 70 0 another line ~ | |
1073 1 1154 23 end. ~ | |
1074 > ~ | |
7 | 1075 |
2681 | 1076 The "file/text" column shows the file name, or the text at the jump if it is |
7 | 1077 in the current file (an indent is removed and a long line is truncated to fit |
1078 in the window). | |
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7 | 1083 You are currently in line 1167. If you then use the CTRL-O command, the |
1084 cursor is put in line 1154. This results in: | |
1085 | |
24278 | 1086 jump line col file/text ~ |
1087 2 1 0 some text ~ | |
1088 1 70 0 another line ~ | |
1089 > 0 1154 23 end. ~ | |
1090 1 1167 0 foo bar ~ | |
7 | 1091 |
1092 The pointer will be set at the last used jump position. The next CTRL-O | |
1093 command will use the entry above it, the next CTRL-I command will use the | |
1094 entry below it. If the pointer is below the last entry, this indicates that | |
1095 you did not use a CTRL-I or CTRL-O before. In this case the CTRL-O command | |
1096 will cause the cursor position to be added to the jump list, so you can get | |
1097 back to the position before the CTRL-O. In this case this is line 1167. | |
1098 | |
1099 With more CTRL-O commands you will go to lines 70 and 1. If you use CTRL-I | |
1100 you can go back to 1154 and 1167 again. Note that the number in the "jump" | |
1101 column indicates the count for the CTRL-O or CTRL-I command that takes you to | |
1102 this position. | |
1103 | |
1104 If you use a jump command, the current line number is inserted at the end of | |
1105 the jump list. If the same line was already in the jump list, it is removed. | |
1106 The result is that when repeating CTRL-O you will get back to old positions | |
1107 only once. | |
1108 | |
1109 When the |:keepjumps| command modifier is used, jumps are not stored in the | |
836 | 1110 jumplist. Jumps are also not stored in other cases, e.g., in a |:global| |
5220 | 1111 command. You can explicitly add a jump by setting the ' mark with "m'". Note |
1112 that calling setpos() does not do this. | |
7 | 1113 |
1114 After the CTRL-O command that got you into line 1154 you could give another | |
1115 jump command (e.g., "G"). The jump list would then become: | |
1116 | |
24278 | 1117 jump line col file/text ~ |
1118 4 1 0 some text ~ | |
1119 3 70 0 another line ~ | |
1120 2 1167 0 foo bar ~ | |
1121 1 1154 23 end. ~ | |
1122 > ~ | |
7 | 1123 |
1124 The line numbers will be adjusted for deleted and inserted lines. This fails | |
1125 if you stop editing a file without writing, like with ":n!". | |
1126 | |
1127 When you split a window, the jumplist will be copied to the new window. | |
1128 | |
1129 If you have included the ' item in the 'viminfo' option the jumplist will be | |
1130 stored in the viminfo file and restored when starting Vim. | |
1131 | |
1132 | |
1133 CHANGE LIST JUMPS *changelist* *change-list-jumps* *E664* | |
1134 | |
1135 When making a change the cursor position is remembered. One position is | |
1136 remembered for every change that can be undone, unless it is close to a | |
1137 previous change. Two commands can be used to jump to positions of changes, | |
1138 also those that have been undone: | |
1139 | |
1140 *g;* *E662* | |
1141 g; Go to [count] older position in change list. | |
1142 If [count] is larger than the number of older change | |
1143 positions go to the oldest change. | |
1144 If there is no older change an error message is given. | |
1145 (not a motion command) | |
1146 | |
1147 *g,* *E663* | |
30547 | 1148 g, Go to [count] newer position in change list. |
236 | 1149 Just like |g;| but in the opposite direction. |
7 | 1150 (not a motion command) |
1151 | |
1152 When using a count you jump as far back or forward as possible. Thus you can | |
1153 use "999g;" to go to the first change for which the position is still | |
1154 remembered. The number of entries in the change list is fixed and is the same | |
1155 as for the |jumplist|. | |
1156 | |
1157 When two undo-able changes are in the same line and at a column position less | |
1158 than 'textwidth' apart only the last one is remembered. This avoids that a | |
1159 sequence of small changes in a line, for example "xxxxx", adds many positions | |
1160 to the change list. When 'textwidth' is zero 'wrapmargin' is used. When that | |
1161 also isn't set a fixed number of 79 is used. Detail: For the computations | |
1162 bytes are used, not characters, to avoid a speed penalty (this only matters | |
21991 | 1163 for multibyte encodings). |
7 | 1164 |
1165 Note that when text has been inserted or deleted the cursor position might be | |
1166 a bit different from the position of the change. Especially when lines have | |
1167 been deleted. | |
1168 | |
24278 | 1169 When the `:keepjumps` command modifier is used the position of a change is not |
7 | 1170 remembered. |
1171 | |
1172 *:changes* | |
1173 :changes Print the change list. A ">" character indicates the | |
1174 current position. Just after a change it is below the | |
14372 | 1175 newest entry, indicating that `g;` takes you to the |
7 | 1176 newest entry position. The first column indicates the |
1177 count needed to take you to this position. Example: | |
1178 | |
1179 change line col text ~ | |
1180 3 9 8 bla bla bla | |
1181 2 11 57 foo is a bar | |
1182 1 14 54 the latest changed line | |
1183 > | |
1184 | |
14372 | 1185 The `3g;` command takes you to line 9. Then the |
1186 output of `:changes` is: | |
7 | 1187 |
1188 change line col text ~ | |
1189 > 0 9 8 bla bla bla | |
1190 1 11 57 foo is a bar | |
1191 2 14 54 the latest changed line | |
1192 | |
1193 Now you can use "g," to go to line 11 and "2g," to go | |
1194 to line 14. | |
1195 | |
1196 ============================================================================== | |
1197 9. Various motions *various-motions* | |
1198 | |
1199 *%* | |
1200 % Find the next item in this line after or under the | |
1201 cursor and jump to its match. |inclusive| motion. | |
1202 Items can be: | |
1203 ([{}]) parenthesis or (curly/square) brackets | |
1204 (this can be changed with the | |
1205 'matchpairs' option) | |
1206 /* */ start or end of C-style comment | |
1207 #if, #ifdef, #else, #elif, #endif | |
1208 C preprocessor conditionals (when the | |
1209 cursor is on the # or no ([{ | |
24278 | 1210 is following) |
7 | 1211 For other items the matchit plugin can be used, see |
1621 | 1212 |matchit-install|. This plugin also helps to skip |
1213 matches in comments. | |
7 | 1214 |
1215 When 'cpoptions' contains "M" |cpo-M| backslashes | |
1216 before parens and braces are ignored. Without "M" the | |
1217 number of backslashes matters: an even number doesn't | |
1218 match with an odd number. Thus in "( \) )" and "\( ( | |
1219 \)" the first and last parenthesis match. | |
1621 | 1220 |
7 | 1221 When the '%' character is not present in 'cpoptions' |
1222 |cpo-%|, parens and braces inside double quotes are | |
1223 ignored, unless the number of parens/braces in a line | |
1224 is uneven and this line and the previous one does not | |
1225 end in a backslash. '(', '{', '[', ']', '}' and ')' | |
1226 are also ignored (parens and braces inside single | |
1227 quotes). Note that this works fine for C, but not for | |
1228 Perl, where single quotes are used for strings. | |
1621 | 1229 |
1230 Nothing special is done for matches in comments. You | |
1231 can either use the matchit plugin |matchit-install| or | |
1232 put quotes around matches. | |
1233 | |
1234 No count is allowed, {count}% jumps to a line {count} | |
1235 percentage down the file |N%|. Using '%' on | |
7 | 1236 #if/#else/#endif makes the movement linewise. |
1237 | |
1238 *[(* | |
24278 | 1239 [( Go to [count] previous unmatched '('. |
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7 | 1241 *[{* |
24278 | 1242 [{ Go to [count] previous unmatched '{'. |
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7 | 1244 *])* |
24278 | 1245 ]) Go to [count] next unmatched ')'. |
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7 | 1247 *]}* |
24278 | 1248 ]} Go to [count] next unmatched '}'. |
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1249 |exclusive| motion. |
7 | 1250 |
1251 The above four commands can be used to go to the start or end of the current | |
1252 code block. It is like doing "%" on the '(', ')', '{' or '}' at the other | |
1253 end of the code block, but you can do this from anywhere in the code block. | |
1254 Very useful for C programs. Example: When standing on "case x:", "[{" will | |
1255 bring you back to the switch statement. | |
1256 | |
1257 *]m* | |
1258 ]m Go to [count] next start of a method (for Java or | |
1259 similar structured language). When not before the | |
1260 start of a method, jump to the start or end of the | |
1261 class. When no '{' is found after the cursor, this is | |
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7 | 1263 *]M* |
1264 ]M Go to [count] next end of a method (for Java or | |
1265 similar structured language). When not before the end | |
1266 of a method, jump to the start or end of the class. | |
1267 When no '}' is found after the cursor, this is an | |
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7 | 1269 *[m* |
1270 [m Go to [count] previous start of a method (for Java or | |
1271 similar structured language). When not after the | |
1272 start of a method, jump to the start or end of the | |
1273 class. When no '{' is found before the cursor this is | |
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7 | 1275 *[M* |
1276 [M Go to [count] previous end of a method (for Java or | |
1277 similar structured language). When not after the | |
1278 end of a method, jump to the start or end of the | |
1279 class. When no '}' is found before the cursor this is | |
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7 | 1281 |
24278 | 1282 The above four commands assume that the file contains a class with methods. |
7 | 1283 The class definition is surrounded in '{' and '}'. Each method in the class |
1284 is also surrounded with '{' and '}'. This applies to the Java language. The | |
1285 file looks like this: > | |
1286 | |
1287 // comment | |
1288 class foo { | |
1289 int method_one() { | |
1290 body_one(); | |
1291 } | |
1292 int method_two() { | |
1293 body_two(); | |
1294 } | |
1295 } | |
24278 | 1296 |
1297 [To try this out copy the text and put it in a new buffer, the help text above | |
1298 confuses the jump commands] | |
1299 | |
7 | 1300 Starting with the cursor on "body_two()", using "[m" will jump to the '{' at |
1301 the start of "method_two()" (obviously this is much more useful when the | |
1302 method is long!). Using "2[m" will jump to the start of "method_one()". | |
1303 Using "3[m" will jump to the start of the class. | |
1304 | |
1305 *[#* | |
24278 | 1306 [# Go to [count] previous unmatched "#if" or "#else". |
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1309 *]#* | |
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7 | 1312 |
1313 These two commands work in C programs that contain #if/#else/#endif | |
1314 constructs. It brings you to the start or end of the #if/#else/#endif where | |
1315 the current line is included. You can then use "%" to go to the matching line. | |
1316 | |
1317 *[star* *[/* | |
24278 | 1318 [* or [/ Go to [count] previous start of a C comment "/*". |
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7 | 1320 |
1321 *]star* *]/* | |
24278 | 1322 ]* or ]/ Go to [count] next end of a C comment "*/". |
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1323 |exclusive| motion. |
7 | 1324 |
1325 | |
1326 *H* | |
1327 H To line [count] from top (Home) of window (default: | |
1328 first line on the window) on the first non-blank | |
1329 character |linewise|. See also 'startofline' option. | |
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1330 Cursor is adjusted for 'scrolloff' option, unless an |
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1331 operator is pending, in which case the text may |
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1332 scroll. E.g. "yH" yanks from the first visible line |
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1333 until the cursor line (inclusive). |
7 | 1334 |
1335 *M* | |
1336 M To Middle line of window, on the first non-blank | |
1337 character |linewise|. See also 'startofline' option. | |
1338 | |
1339 *L* | |
1340 L To line [count] from bottom of window (default: Last | |
1341 line on the window) on the first non-blank character | |
1342 |linewise|. See also 'startofline' option. | |
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1343 Cursor is adjusted for 'scrolloff' option, unless an |
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1344 operator is pending, in which case the text may |
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1345 scroll. E.g. "yL" yanks from the cursor to the last |
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1346 visible line. |
7 | 1347 |
1348 <LeftMouse> Moves to the position on the screen where the mouse | |
36 | 1349 click is |exclusive|. See also |<LeftMouse>|. If the |
7 | 1350 position is in a status line, that window is made the |
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1351 active window and the cursor is not moved. |
7 | 1352 |
14421 | 1353 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |