Re: VIM MOTION Commands - 67 lines

so yet again i have compiled some motion commands for
a beginner's course in "moving about in some text".
enjoy! :)

Sven

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VIM MOTION Commands - 67 lines - compiled by Sven Guckes [2016-09-14]
moving up+down:
h ← → l jump onto left/right character
j ↓ ↑ k jump onto next/prev line, keeping column (if possible)
gj gk jump onto next/prev *screen* line
jump to start/end of line:
0 $ jump to first column, last column of current line
^ jump to first non-whitespace char of current line
jump to begin/end of words/WORDs:
b w jump to prev/next begin-of-word
B W jump to prev/next begin-of-WORD
e ge jump to next/prev end-of-word
E gE jump to next/prev end-of-WORD
scrolling:
^B ^F page backward/forward by full page
^D ^U page down/up by 1/2 page
^E ^Y scroll up/down by one line
repositioning the cursor/line on screen:
H M L position cursor at home, middle, last line of window
zt zz zb reposition current line at top, middle, bottom line of window
jumping *to* a line by number:
gg G jump to first/last line
:23 jump to line number 23
42G jump to line number 42
searching within the current line:
fX FX jump onto next/prev char 'X' within current line
tX TX jump before next/prev char 'X' within current line
f. f: jump onto next dot/colon.
t( t] jump before next closing parenthesis/bracket.
; repeat latest f,F,t,T command in latest used direction
, repeat latest f,F,t,T command in opposite of latest used direction
searching with patterns and repetitions:
/pattern search forward for next match of "pattern"
?pattern search backward for next match of "pattern"
:0/pattern
* # search for the next/prev match of the current word
g* g# search for the next/prev match of the current word with word boundary
n N search again forward/backward for next match of last used pattern
window commands:
CTRL-W n window new -> open a new window
CTRL-W c window close -> close current window
CTRL-W s window split -> split current window
CTRL-W v window split vertical -> vertically split current window
switching buffers/files:
:bn :bp switch to next/prev buffer (by number)
:b # switch to alternate/previous buffer
:b foo switch to buffer name containing "foo" in dir or file
gf switch to current filename ("under cursor")
jumping by text objects:
{ } jump onto empty line before/after current paragraph
( ) jump to begin/end of current sentence
copy+paste:
dip delete inner paragraph
yip copY inner paragraph
using a number prefix for "repetitions":
6b jump back by six words
3j jump down by 3 lines
9k jump up by 9 lines
23} jump over 23 paragraphs
42) jump over 42 sentences
42G jump onto line number 42
3H jump onto 3rd line from Highest line
5L jump onto 5th line from Lowest line
using marks:
ma mb .. mz mark current line by letter 'a/b/../z'
'a 'b .. 'z jump onto first non-whitespace of marked line 'a/b/../z'
`a `b .. `z jump onto the exact character of marked line 'a/b/../z'

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