Re: How to get to EOF, not last line ???

On 2013-01-13, Aggelos Kolaitis wrote:
> Hey, I 'm trying to implement a "control all" mapping with the
> following command at my .vimrc
>
> :map <c-a> <esc>ggvG
>
> (The escape is to get out of insert mode if needed).
>
> However, that way the last line of the file is not selected, which
> apparently is how G works. So, is there a key to use instead of G
> to reach the end of the file (EOF)?

G does move to the last line. The problem is probably that you're
using v (characterwise) instead of V (linewise). Try this:

:map <c-a> <esc>ggVG

If for some reason you would rather select characterwise, you could
use this:

:map <c-a> <esc>gg^vG$

Regards,
Gary

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