On 13/07/10 07:22, nooj wrote:
Is there a way to repeat the last cursor movement? Dot (.) repeats last
edit,
is there an analog for motion, so that, for example, if I press zj to
move down
a fold I can just hit some other key to repeat that?
You can always record macros, and bind a key to playback a macro.
This isn't as good. Sometimes you want to repeat something only one or two
times, and recording the macro and playing it back can take more keystrokes
than repeating the movement would. Instead, cleverly positioning the cursor
after an edit allows one to just keep hitting dot (.) for each repetition.
I used a version of vi/vim/gvim which did this, and I have no idea what
version it was or system it ran on.
Recording the macro means doing it once, plus a q and register letter
before and a q afterwards i.e. n+3 keystrokes.
Replaying it once is @ <letter> i.e. 2 keystrokes
Replaying it 2 to 9 times is <digit> @ <letter> i.e. 3 keystrokes.
Replaying it 10 to 99 times is 4 keystrokes.
For this to be disadvantageous, your sequence to be repeated must be no
more than 5 keystrokes if you do it twice (record once, replay once), no
more than 3 if you do it three times, etc. For so short a sequence, you
can afford to repeat it with no recording.
Hitting the dot repeats the last _change_ in Vim, not including
ex-commands. Also the last yank if you are in 'compatible' mode (or if
'cpoptions' includes the y flag; but "repeating a yank" means that the
text previously yanked is "forgotten" from the yank register — not very
useful). @: repeats the last ex-command. n repeats the last search.
Other than that, I don't think there's a built-in keystroke.
Best regards,
Tony.
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