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

On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 10:49:23 AM UTC-5, Tim Chase wrote:
> 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

Thanks Tim. I set the scrolloff to high number. its pretty handy. Will explore text-objects.

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