vim 101 hacks

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Vim 101 Hacks
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jump line col file/text
3 484 19 /home/ramesh/scsi-list.txt
2 5 0 /etc/passwd
1 6 19 /etc.yp.conf
> 0 16 51 John Smith
1 10 7 /etc/sudoers
2 4 3 /etc/group
3 204 3 /home/ramesh/my-projects.txt
• In this example :jump was executed when user was editing names.txt
file
• The current location will be marked with location#0 and > in front of
it. There will be numbers above and below location#0.
• In this example, Current location#0 is “> 0 16 51 John Smith” in the
current file names.txt
• To jump to /etc/password, which is location#2 above current
location, press 2CTRL-O
• To jump to /etc/group, which is location#2 below current location,
press 2CTRL-I
Hack 13. Navigate Within a Very Long Line
When you have a very long line without any newline, Vim treats it as single
line. So, when you execute j on that line, it will jump to next line. However
you’ll get a feeling that it has skipped lot of lines. But in reality it is just only
long line.
Visual Line: Let us assume that a very long line is wrapped down into 5 visual
lines. Let us call each and every individual line as visual lines for the
discussion purpose.
The following shortcuts can help in navigating a very long line effectively.
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