Re: Trying to learn to Work with Text without using J,K,H,L and arrow keys

On 2016-09-13 08:23, Amit Christian wrote:
> I find it still difficult to go to next lines or browsing up or
> down through the text. Can any one please help me with efficient
> use of working with text without a usual j,k,h,l use? Are there
> resources or help on internet? What are your strategies to work
> with text?

Depends on what you're trying to do.

For basic reading, I usually read about half a screen-full at a time,
so I tend to use ctrl+U and ctrl+D to scroll by half a screen. You
might also find setting 'scrolloff' to a big number helps. In such a
case, I don't have any issues with using j/k because I *am* reading
one line at a time.

For code, I tend to use things like ]] to navigate by code units.
Jump to the beginning/end of the next block/function/section. Vim
has a rich set of features (and plugins for additional features) that
allow you to jump around code with more refined motions.

Also, it would depend on whether you're trying to *read* the content,
or *edit* the content. Rather than moving to the start, going
visual, and moving to the end, the use of "text objects" are one of
Vim's killer features. You can address conceptual objects from
anywhere within them.

:help text-objects

-tim



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