Chapter 8: Navigate Inside Files with Motions

Chapter Overview

Part III: Getting Around Faster | Tips 46-55

Motions are the vocabulary of Vim navigation.

Tips in This Chapter

Tip Title Mastered

46

Keep Your Fingers on the Home Row

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47

Distinguish Between Real Lines and Display Lines

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48

Move Word-Wise

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49

Find by Character

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50

Search to Navigate

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51

Trace Your Selection with Precision Text Objects

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52

Delete Around, or Change Inside

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53

Mark Your Place and Snap Back to It

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54

Jump Between Matching Parentheses

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Motion Categories

Category Examples

Character

h j k l

Word

w b e ge W B E gE

Line

0 ^ $ g_

Character search

f{char} t{char} F{char} T{char}

Search

/{pattern} ?{pattern} n N

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