On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 15/04/11 16:50, Eric Weir wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
>>
>>> While Tim Gray mentioned mappings for gj/gk, I also notice your list omits
>>> the f/F/t/T/;/, motions as well as the sentence "(" and ")" motions. I use
>>> the fFtT;, motions *ALL* the time, to the point where I almost never use
>>> h/l to move horizontally. For prose (rather than code), the parens are
>>> useful for jumping sentence-wise. Additionally the w/W/b/B/e/E motions
>>> will speed up your horizontal movement.
>>
>> Thanks for bringing these to my attention, Tim -- and for the other
>> suggestions. I get "(" and ")" and w/W/b/B/e/E, but f/F/t/T are eluding me
>> at the moment. I can't tell what they do.
>
> Well, look them up:
>
> :help f
> :help F
> :help t
> :help T
>
> and see what happens when you use them as a motion, e.g. after setting
> characterwise-visual. (Each of them takes a one-character argument, like r
> etc.)
Thanks, Tony. I'll get better about that. The basic configurations I've got now
have made basic tasks much less awkward for me. I'm going to be able to *use*
Vim, not just practice on it. And I will try to make good use of the Manual,
help, etc.
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA USA
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