On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 04:04:01AM +0100, Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > From: "Yakov Lerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Scrolling down somehow > Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:54:53 +0200 > > > On 11/11/06, Meino Christian Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a HUGE table of data of shortwave broadcasters > > > (freqs,times,schedules...). > > > The different table entries are only seperated by byte counts > > > horizontally and by newlines vertically. > > > > > > My idea was to make things a little clearer by adding "|" at the > > > right places (byte counts). > > > > > > But there is one thing driving me crazy: > > > > > > I position (for example) the cursor at position 20 horizontally, > > > press CTRL-V for visual block mode and press G to jump to the end > > > of the file. But now th ecursor is somewhere else most of the time > > > something below 20 - say 10, so I can reposition the cursor again. > > > > > > All lines of the table are longer than 200 characters. > > > > > > How can I go straight to the last line of the text without leaving > > > my original horizontal position of the cursor? > > > > Try virtualedit mode (:set ve=all) > > Is last line of the file long enough ? > > > > Yakov > > > > Hi Yakov! :) > > Thank you for your reply ! > > But unfirtunately it does not work... > All lines have the same length. > See my other mail of a similar problem also... > > Keep editing! > mcc
:set startofline :help 'startofline' More generic advice: to explore vim's options, try :options The 'startofline' option is under Section 2. HTH --Benji Fisher
