How to move the screen without moving the cursor in Vim?
I recently discovered Ctrl + E and Ctrl + Y shortcuts for Vim that respectively move the screen up and down with a one line step, without moving the cursor. Do you know any command that leaves the cursor where it is but moves the screen so that the line which has the cursor becomes…
What’s the best way to move lines in Vim?
Jump backward 10 lines. Jump to the top of the screen. Jump to the middle of the screen. Jump to the bottom of the screen. Move 10 pages up. Move 5 pages down. Jump to end of file. Jump x screen lines in direction (up,down,left,right) – useful for moving through a long, wrapped line of text.
Why is Ctrl-F the default key for Vim?
CTRL-F is a vital keystroke to control vim – it provides the page-down behavior and without that I have to find the actual page-down key which takes my fingers off the home row. Giving some way of easily configuring this for those that want to use CTRL-F for find is great, but don’t make it the default.
How to jump to the beginning of a file in Vim?
Jump to beginning of file (same as gg ). Jump to line 50. Set mark x at the current cursor position. Jump to the beginning of the line of mark x. Jump to the cursor position of mark x. Return to the line where the cursor was before the latest jump. (Two single quotes.)
Are there any commands that move the cursor?
Do you know any command that leaves the cursor where it is but moves the screen so that the line which has the cursor becomes the first line? (having a command for the last line would be a nice bonus).
Is there a way to move the screen without moving the cursor?
I recently discovered Ctrl + E and Ctrl + Y shortcuts for Vim that respectively move the screen up and down with a one line step, without moving the cursor.
How to move cursor to last line in file?
The best way to go to the last column in the line is with $. This will move the cursor to the last column of the current line. So just by doing G$ you get to the end of the file and the last line.