Re: Some basic Vim commands

Julius Hamilton <julkhami@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can jump to the beginning of some text on a line that begins with
> whitespace with v, w, h, d. Is there a single command to delete all initial
> whitespace on a line?

I'd typically do that in either of two ways:

: {range} s/^[ TAB]*//

With a {range} like ".", ".+2", "1,.", ".,$" or "'a,'e" (my standard
begin and end range marks).

Or without using ex mode commands "^" to jumpt to first non-whitespace on
the line and then "d0" to delete to first column.

> I then wanted to jump over a few words to the next number (in brackets). Is
> there any command to the effect of "find the next number"?

Save search pattern then use next:

/[0-9]/
n

> Then I wanted to say: take this word and the next two words, and send them
> down 3 newlines. Would there be a way to do that?

I'm unclear in particular what this is asking for. Maybe "d3w3jp" ?

Elijah

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