There is also the \zs stuff.
For example /\zs. will set the cursor at the first character after a .
Then n will do it again, and again ...
Or maybe /[^]*\zs.
Or /[^]*\zs[^]\+ that will highlight the tag's content.
As of using fFtT for to move around the line, I find it much safer than repeated
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:42:11AM -0500, Tim Chase wrote:
(c)h1Headline/h1
My cursor is denoted by (c). How can I most quickly jump to the start
of the Headline word?
Pressing w or e isn't any good, I still have to press at least three
times. Not nice, almost as bad as cursor keys.
:help motion.txt
and then you will be on your way to joining the ranks of vim experts.
Some of us are just rank ;)
But yes, Vim's multitude of ways for jumping around a document
quickly are one of the hallmarks of why folks who learn it well
seldom leave for another editor.
-tim
Consider this: I'm editing the HTML:
(c)h1Headline/h1
My cursor is denoted by (c). How can I most quickly jump to the start
of the Headline word?
Pressing w or e isn't any good, I still have to press at least three
times. Not nice, almost as bad as cursor keys.
Dunno how arbitrary your input
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Tim Chase wrote:
[snip]
I've also had times where, while I regularly use the fH varient of matters
to go forward to the first character in the tag, sometimes I get stung, as in
[c] lilook here!/li
(with the cursor on [c]). Using fl (eff ell) in attempt to jump to the
Then again, some might argue that Vim is about thinking before
making a calculated move..
Vim...the chess of editors :)
Vim is an artistic blend of the two. Basic stuff becomes second
nature so that it just comes flying out of the fingers. The more
complex stuff takes a moment of thought
Gerald Lai wrote:
[...]
Then again, some might argue that Vim is about thinking before making a
calculated move..
--
Gerald
IMHO, Vim is about both editing files any way you might think of (and
possibly thinking before you do it), and having (or possibly letting you
make) simple keystrokes
