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*usr_03.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2006 Jun 21
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VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar
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Moving around
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Before you can insert or delete text the cursor has to be moved to the right
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place. Vim has a large number of commands to position the cursor. This
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chapter shows you how to use the most important ones. You can find a list of
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these commands below |Q_lr|.
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|03.1| Word movement
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|03.2| Moving to the start or end of a line
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|03.3| Moving to a character
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|03.4| Matching a parenthesis
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|03.5| Moving to a specific line
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|03.6| Telling where you are
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|03.7| Scrolling around
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|03.8| Simple searches
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|03.9| Simple search patterns
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|03.10| Using marks
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Next chapter: |usr_04.txt| Making small changes
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Previous chapter: |usr_02.txt| The first steps in Vim
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Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt|
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==============================================================================
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*03.1* Word movement
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To move the cursor forward one word, use the "w" command. Like most Vim
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commands, you can use a numeric prefix to move past multiple words. For
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example, "3w" moves three words. This figure shows how it works:
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This is a line with example text ~
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--->-->->----------------->
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w w w 3w
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Notice that "w" moves to the start of the next word if it already is at the
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start of a word.
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The "b" command moves backward to the start of the previous word:
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This is a line with example text ~
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<----<--<-<---------<---
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b b b 2b b
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There is also the "e" command that moves to the next end of a word and "ge",
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which moves to the previous end of a word:
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This is a line with example text ~
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<- <--- -----> ---->
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ge ge e e
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If you are at the last word of a line, the "w" command will take you to the
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first word in the next line. Thus you can use this to move through a
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paragraph, much faster than using "l". "b" does the same in the other
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direction.
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A word ends at a non-word character, such as a ".", "-" or ")". To change
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what Vim considers to be a word, see the 'iskeyword' option.
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It is also possible to move by white-space separated WORDs. This is not a
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word in the normal sense, that's why the uppercase is used. The commands for
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moving by WORDs are also uppercase, as this figure shows:
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ge b w e
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<- <- ---> --->
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This is-a line, with special/separated/words (and some more). ~
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<----- <----- --------------------> ----->
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gE B W E
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With this mix of lowercase and uppercase commands, you can quickly move
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forward and backward through a paragraph.
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==============================================================================
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*03.2* Moving to the start or end of a line
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The "$" command moves the cursor to the end of a line. If your keyboard has
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an <End> key it will do the same thing.
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The "^" command moves to the first non-blank character of the line. The "0"
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command (zero) moves to the very first character of the line. The <Home> key
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does the same thing. In a picture:
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^
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<------------
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.....This is a line with example text ~
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<----------------- --------------->
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0 $
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(the "....." indicates blanks here)
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The "$" command takes a count, like most movement commands. But moving to
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the end of the line several times doesn't make sense. Therefore it causes the
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editor to move to the end of another line. For example, "1$" moves you to
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the end of the first line (the one you're on), "2$" to the end of the next
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line, and so on.
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The "0" command doesn't take a count argument, because the "0" would be
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part of the count. Unexpectedly, using a count with "^" doesn't have any
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effect.
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==============================================================================
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*03.3* Moving to a character
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One of the most useful movement commands is the single-character search
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command. The command "fx" searches forward in the line for the single
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character x. Hint: "f" stands for "Find".
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For example, you are at the beginning of the following line. Suppose you
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want to go to the h of human. Just execute the command "fh" and the cursor
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will be positioned over the h:
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To err is human. To really foul up you need a computer. ~
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---------->--------------->
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fh fy
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This also shows that the command "fy" moves to the end of the word really.
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You can specify a count; therefore, you can go to the "l" of "foul" with
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"3fl":
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To err is human. To really foul up you need a computer. ~
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--------------------->
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3fl
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The "F" command searches to the left:
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To err is human. To really foul up you need a computer. ~
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<---------------------
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Fh
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The "tx" command works like the "fx" command, except it stops one character
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before the searched character. Hint: "t" stands for "To". The backward
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version of this command is "Tx".
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To err is human. To really foul up you need a computer. ~
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<------------ ------------->
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Th tn
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These four commands can be repeated with ";". "," repeats in the other
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direction. The cursor is never moved to another line. Not even when the
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sentence continues.
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Sometimes you will start a search, only to realize that you have typed the
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wrong command. You type "f" to search backward, for example, only to realize
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that you really meant "F". To abort a search, press <Esc>. So "f<Esc>" is an
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aborted forward search and doesn't do anything. Note: <Esc> cancels most
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operations, not just searches.
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==============================================================================
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*03.4* Matching a parenthesis
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When writing a program you often end up with nested () constructs. Then the
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"%" command is very handy: It moves to the matching paren. If the cursor is
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on a "(" it will move to the matching ")". If it's on a ")" it will move to
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the matching "(".
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%
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<----->
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if (a == (b * c) / d) ~
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<---------------->
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%
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This also works for [] and {} pairs. (This can be defined with the
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'matchpairs' option.)
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When the cursor is not on a useful character, "%" will search forward to find
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one. Thus if the cursor is at the start of the line of the previous example,
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"%" will search forward and find the first "(". Then it moves to its match:
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if (a == (b * c) / d) ~
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---+---------------->
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%
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==============================================================================
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*03.5* Moving to a specific line
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If you are a C or C++ programmer, you are familiar with error messages such as
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the following:
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prog.c:33: j undeclared (first use in this function) ~
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This tells you that you might want to fix something on line 33. So how do you
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find line 33? One way is to do "9999k" to go to the top of the file and "32j"
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to go down thirty two lines. It is not a good way, but it works. A much
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better way of doing things is to use the "G" command. With a count, this
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command positions you at the given line number. For example, "33G" puts you
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on line 33. (For a better way of going through a compiler's error list, see
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|usr_30.txt|, for information on the :make command.)
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With no argument, "G" positions you at the end of the file. A quick way to
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go to the start of a file use "gg". "1G" will do the same, but is a tiny bit
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more typing.
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| first line of a file ^
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| text text text text |
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| text text text text | gg
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7G | text text text text |
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| text text text text
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| text text text text
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V text text text text |
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text text text text | G
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text text text text |
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last line of a file V
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Another way to move to a line is using the "%" command with a count. For
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example "50%" moves you to halfway the file. "90%" goes to near the end.
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The previous assumes that you want to move to a line in the file, no matter if
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it's currently visible or not. What if you want to move to one of the lines
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you can see? This figure shows the three commands you can use:
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+---------------------------+
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H --> | text sample text |
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| sample text |
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| text sample text |
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| sample text |
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M --> | text sample text |
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| sample text |
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| text sample text |
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| sample text |
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L --> | text sample text |
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+---------------------------+
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Hints: "H" stands for Home, "M" for Middle and "L" for Last.
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==============================================================================
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*03.6* Telling where you are
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To see where you are in a file, there are three ways:
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1. Use the CTRL-G command. You get a message like this (assuming the 'ruler'
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option is off):
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"usr_03.txt" line 233 of 650 --35%-- col 45-52 ~
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This shows the name of the file you are editing, the line number where the
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cursor is, the total number of lines, the percentage of the way through
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the file and the column of the cursor.
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Sometimes you will see a split column number. For example, "col 2-9".
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This indicates that the cursor is positioned on the second character, but
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because character one is a tab, occupying eight spaces worth of columns,
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the screen column is 9.
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2. Set the 'number' option. This will display a line number in front of
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every line: >
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:set number
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<
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To switch this off again: >
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:set nonumber
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<
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Since 'number' is a boolean option, prepending "no" to its name has the
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effect of switching it off. A boolean option has only these two values,
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it is either on or off.
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Vim has many options. Besides the boolean ones there are options with
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a numerical value and string options. You will see examples of this where
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they are used.
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3. Set the 'ruler' option. This will display the cursor position in the
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lower right corner of the Vim window: >
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:set ruler
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Using the 'ruler' option has the advantage that it doesn't take much room,
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thus there is more space for your text.
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==============================================================================
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*03.7* Scrolling around
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The CTRL-U command scrolls down half a screen of text. Think of looking
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through a viewing window at the text and moving this window up by half the
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height of the window. Thus the window moves up over the text, which is
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backward in the file. Don't worry if you have a little trouble remembering
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which end is up. Most users have the same problem.
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The CTRL-D command moves the viewing window down half a screen in the file,
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thus scrolls the text up half a screen.
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+----------------+
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| some text |
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| some text |
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| some text |
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+---------------+ | some text |
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| some text | CTRL-U --> | |
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| | | 123456 |
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| 123456 | +----------------+
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| 7890 |
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| | +----------------+
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| example | CTRL-D --> | 7890 |
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+---------------+ | |
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| example |
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| example |
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| example |
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| example |
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+----------------+
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To scroll one line at a time use CTRL-E (scroll up) and CTRL-Y (scroll down).
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Think of CTRL-E to give you one line Extra. (If you use MS-Windows compatible
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key mappings CTRL-Y will redo a change instead of scroll.)
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To scroll forward by a whole screen (except for two lines) use CTRL-F. The
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other way is backward, CTRL-B is the command to use. Fortunately CTRL-F is
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Forward and CTRL-B is Backward, that's easy to remember.
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A common issue is that after moving down many lines with "j" your cursor is at
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the bottom of the screen. You would like to see the context of the line with
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the cursor. That's done with the "zz" command.
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+------------------+ +------------------+
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| some text | | some text |
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| some text | | some text |
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| some text | | some text |
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| some text | zz --> | line with cursor |
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| some text | | some text |
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| some text | | some text |
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| line with cursor | | some text |
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+------------------+ +------------------+
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The "zt" command puts the cursor line at the top, "zb" at the bottom. There
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are a few more scrolling commands, see |Q_sc|. To always keep a few lines of
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context around the cursor, use the 'scrolloff' option.
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==============================================================================
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*03.8* Simple searches
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To search for a string, use the "/string" command. To find the word include,
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for example, use the command: >
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/include
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You will notice that when you type the "/" the cursor jumps to the last line
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of the Vim window, like with colon commands. That is where you type the word.
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You can press the backspace key (backarrow or <BS>) to make corrections. Use
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the <Left> and <Right> cursor keys when necessary.
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Pressing <Enter> executes the command.
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Note:
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The characters .*[]^%/\?~$ have special meanings. If you want to use
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them in a search you must put a \ in front of them. See below.
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To find the next occurrence of the same string use the "n" command. Use this
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to find the first #include after the cursor: >
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/#include
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And then type "n" several times. You will move to each #include in the text.
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You can also use a count if you know which match you want. Thus "3n" finds
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the third match. Using a count with "/" doesn't work.
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The "?" command works like "/" but searches backwards: >
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?word
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The "N" command repeats the last search the opposite direction. Thus using
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"N" after a "/" command search backwards, using "N" after "?" searches
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forward.
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IGNORING CASE
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Normally you have to type exactly what you want to find. If you don't care
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about upper or lowercase in a word, set the 'ignorecase' option: >
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:set ignorecase
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If you now search for "word", it will also match "Word" and "WORD". To match
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case again: >
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:set noignorecase
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HISTORY
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Suppose you do three searches: >
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/one
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/two
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/three
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Now let's start searching by typing a simple "/" without pressing <Enter>. If
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you press <Up> (the cursor key), Vim puts "/three" on the command line.
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Pressing <Enter> at this point searches for three. If you do not press
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<Enter>, but press <Up> instead, Vim changes the prompt to "/two". Another
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press of <Up> moves you to "/one".
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You can also use the <Down> cursor key to move through the history of
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search commands in the other direction.
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If you know what a previously used pattern starts with, and you want to use it
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again, type that character before pressing <Up>. With the previous example,
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you can type "/o<Up>" and Vim will put "/one" on the command line.
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The commands starting with ":" also have a history. That allows you to recall
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a previous command and execute it again. These two histories are separate.
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SEARCHING FOR A WORD IN THE TEXT
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Suppose you see the word "TheLongFunctionName" in the text and you want to
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find the next occurrence of it. You could type "/TheLongFunctionName", but
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that's a lot of typing. And when you make a mistake Vim won't find it.
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There is an easier way: Position the cursor on the word and use the "*"
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command. Vim will grab the word under the cursor and use it as the search
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string.
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The "#" command does the same in the other direction. You can prepend a
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count: "3*" searches for the third occurrence of the word under the cursor.
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SEARCHING FOR WHOLE WORDS
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If you type "/the" it will also match "there". To only find words that end
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in "the" use: >
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/the\>
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The "\>" item is a special marker that only matches at the end of a word.
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Similarly "\<" only matches at the begin of a word. Thus to search for the
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word "the" only: >
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/\<the\>
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This does not match "there" or "soothe". Notice that the "*" and "#" commands
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use these start-of-word and end-of-word markers to only find whole words (you
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can use "g*" and "g#" to match partial words).
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HIGHLIGHTING MATCHES
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While editing a program you see a variable called "nr". You want to check
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where it's used. You could move the cursor to "nr" and use the "*" command
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and press "n" to go along all the matches.
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There is another way. Type this command: >
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:set hlsearch
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If you now search for "nr", Vim will highlight all matches. That is a very
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good way to see where the variable is used, without the need to type commands.
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To switch this off: >
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:set nohlsearch
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Then you need to switch it on again if you want to use it for the next search
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command. If you only want to remove the highlighting, use this command: >
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:nohlsearch
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This doesn't reset the option. Instead, it disables the highlighting. As
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soon as you execute a search command, the highlighting will be used again.
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Also for the "n" and "N" commands.
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TUNING SEARCHES
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There are a few options that change how searching works. These are the
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essential ones:
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>
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:set incsearch
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This makes Vim display the match for the string while you are still typing it.
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Use this to check if the right match will be found. Then press <Enter> to
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really jump to that location. Or type more to change the search string.
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>
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:set nowrapscan
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This stops the search at the end of the file. Or, when you are searching
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||||
backwards, at the start of the file. The 'wrapscan' option is on by default,
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thus searching wraps around the end of the file.
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INTERMEZZO
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If you like one of the options mentioned before, and set it each time you use
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||||
Vim, you can put the command in your Vim startup file.
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||||
Edit the file, as mentioned at |not-compatible|. Or use this command to
|
||||
find out where it is: >
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||||
:scriptnames
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Edit the file, for example with: >
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:edit ~/.vimrc
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||||
Then add a line with the command to set the option, just like you typed it in
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Vim. Example: >
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Go:set hlsearch<Esc>
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"G" moves to the end of the file. "o" starts a new line, where you type the
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":set" command. You end insert mode with <Esc>. Then write the file: >
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ZZ
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If you now start Vim again, the 'hlsearch' option will already be set.
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==============================================================================
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*03.9* Simple search patterns
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The Vim editor uses regular expressions to specify what to search for.
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Regular expressions are an extremely powerful and compact way to specify a
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search pattern. Unfortunately, this power comes at a price, because regular
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expressions are a bit tricky to specify.
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In this section we mention only a few essential ones. More about search
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patterns and commands in chapter 27 |usr_27.txt|. You can find the full
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explanation here: |pattern|.
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BEGINNING AND END OF A LINE
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The ^ character matches the beginning of a line. On an English-US keyboard
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you find it above the 6. The pattern "include" matches the word include
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anywhere on the line. But the pattern "^include" matches the word include
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only if it is at the beginning of a line.
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The $ character matches the end of a line. Therefore, "was$" matches the
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word was only if it is at the end of a line.
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Let's mark the places where "the" matches in this example line with "x"s:
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the solder holding one of the chips melted and the ~
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xxx xxx xxx
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Using "/the$" we find this match:
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the solder holding one of the chips melted and the ~
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xxx
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And with "/^the" we find this one:
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the solder holding one of the chips melted and the ~
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xxx
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You can try searching with "/^the$", it will only match a single line
|
||||
consisting of "the". White space does matter here, thus if a line contains a
|
||||
space after the word, like "the ", the pattern will not match.
|
||||
|
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MATCHING ANY SINGLE CHARACTER
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|
||||
The . (dot) character matches any existing character. For example, the
|
||||
pattern "c.m" matches a string whose first character is a c, whose second
|
||||
character is anything, and whose the third character is m. Example:
|
||||
|
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We use a computer that became the cummin winter. ~
|
||||
xxx xxx xxx
|
||||
|
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|
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MATCHING SPECIAL CHARACTERS
|
||||
|
||||
If you really want to match a dot, you must avoid its special meaning by
|
||||
putting a backslash before it.
|
||||
If you search for "ter.", you will find these matches:
|
||||
|
||||
We use a computer that became the cummin winter. ~
|
||||
xxxx xxxx
|
||||
|
||||
Searching for "ter\." only finds the second match.
|
||||
|
||||
==============================================================================
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*03.10* Using marks
|
||||
|
||||
When you make a jump to a position with the "G" command, Vim remembers the
|
||||
position from before this jump. This position is called a mark. To go back
|
||||
where you came from, use this command: >
|
||||
|
||||
``
|
||||
|
||||
This ` is a backtick or open single-quote character.
|
||||
If you use the same command a second time you will jump back again. That's
|
||||
because the ` command is a jump itself, and the position from before this jump
|
||||
is remembered.
|
||||
|
||||
Generally, every time you do a command that can move the cursor further than
|
||||
within the same line, this is called a jump. This includes the search
|
||||
commands "/" and "n" (it doesn't matter how far away the match is). But not
|
||||
the character searches with "fx" and "tx" or the word movements "w" and "e".
|
||||
Also, "j" and "k" are not considered to be a jump. Even when you use a
|
||||
count to make them move the cursor quite a long way away.
|
||||
|
||||
The `` command jumps back and forth, between two points. The CTRL-O command
|
||||
jumps to older positions (Hint: O for older). CTRL-I then jumps back to newer
|
||||
positions (Hint: I is just next to O on the keyboard). Consider this sequence
|
||||
of commands: >
|
||||
|
||||
33G
|
||||
/^The
|
||||
CTRL-O
|
||||
|
||||
You first jump to line 33, then search for a line that starts with "The".
|
||||
Then with CTRL-O you jump back to line 33. Another CTRL-O takes you back to
|
||||
where you started. If you now use CTRL-I you jump to line 33 again. And
|
||||
to the match for "The" with another CTRL-I.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
| example text ^ |
|
||||
33G | example text | CTRL-O | CTRL-I
|
||||
| example text | |
|
||||
V line 33 text ^ V
|
||||
| example text | |
|
||||
/^The | example text | CTRL-O | CTRL-I
|
||||
V There you are | V
|
||||
example text
|
||||
|
||||
Note:
|
||||
CTRL-I is the same as <Tab>.
|
||||
|
||||
The ":jumps" command gives a list of positions you jumped to. The entry which
|
||||
you used last is marked with a ">".
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
NAMED MARKS *bookmark*
|
||||
|
||||
Vim enables you to place your own marks in the text. The command "ma" marks
|
||||
the place under the cursor as mark a. You can place 26 marks (a through z) in
|
||||
your text. You can't see them, it's just a position that Vim remembers.
|
||||
To go to a mark, use the command `{mark}, where {mark} is the mark letter.
|
||||
Thus to move to the a mark:
|
||||
>
|
||||
`a
|
||||
|
||||
The command 'mark (single quotation mark, or apostrophe) moves you to the
|
||||
beginning of the line containing the mark. This differs from the `mark
|
||||
command, which moves you to marked column.
|
||||
|
||||
The marks can be very useful when working on two related parts in a file.
|
||||
Suppose you have some text near the start of the file you need to look at,
|
||||
while working on some text near the end of the file.
|
||||
Move to the text at the start and place the s (start) mark there: >
|
||||
|
||||
ms
|
||||
|
||||
Then move to the text you want to work on and put the e (end) mark there: >
|
||||
|
||||
me
|
||||
|
||||
Now you can move around, and when you want to look at the start of the file,
|
||||
you use this to jump there: >
|
||||
|
||||
's
|
||||
|
||||
Then you can use '' to jump back to where you were, or 'e to jump to the text
|
||||
you were working on at the end.
|
||||
There is nothing special about using s for start and e for end, they are
|
||||
just easy to remember.
|
||||
|
||||
You can use this command to get a list of marks: >
|
||||
|
||||
:marks
|
||||
|
||||
You will notice a few special marks. These include:
|
||||
|
||||
' The cursor position before doing a jump
|
||||
" The cursor position when last editing the file
|
||||
[ Start of the last change
|
||||
] End of the last change
|
||||
|
||||
==============================================================================
|
||||
|
||||
Next chapter: |usr_04.txt| Making small changes
|
||||
|
||||
Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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