Vim commands for moving around
Basics commands in Vim
Sometimes, it's good to go back to the basics.
In command mode, typing :help usr_02.txt
(or simplier something like :h usr_<TAB>02<TAB><ENTER>
), you learn the letters for navigating a file:
these letters are
HJKL
- glad it works on an international keyboard.letters on the borders (
HL
) are for horizontal movements- obviouslyH
for left,L
for rightletters on the inside are for vertical movements -
J
for down,K
for up; a nice feature is that these keys are now quite widely used in the community, take for example in the gmail interface when switching to the next message.
I was still using the arrows keys, but taking this habit makes thinks easier, especially when switching often keyboards.
Simalarly, to scroll the text - you can use:
<CTRL-U>
to scroll a half-page up<CTRL-D>
to scroll a half-page down
Here, the :h ctrl-u
page will give you more info (or :help usr_03.txt
).
Note that to follow a link (think "searching a tag"), you can press * (or # to go backwards).