-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 TL;DR: I often use <count>j and <count>k to jump to other lines (with 'relativenumber' enabled). Is it possible to add those jumps to the jumplist? And/or what are more efficient ways of jumping to lines which are visible on the screen?
Thanks, and my excuses for my previous mail which was obviously too long :) Jeroen On 01/10/2013 05:39 PM, Jeroen Budts wrote: > Hi all, > > Although I have been using Vim now for over two years now as my > main text editor, I often still have the feeling that I'm not very > efficient in navigating through a file, more specifically through > the part of the file which is on my screen. Most of the time when > I can see the line where I want to jump to I will use a count > together with the j or k command. I use 'relativenumber', so I can > easily see the correct count. However, this still feels a little > inefficient, as my eyes first have to find the line I want to jump > to, then carefully (without loosing track of the line) look to the > left to find the correct number, then my fingers have to enter the > correct number and finally I can press j or k. So far the jumplist > has also always felt rather confusing to me. Yesterday I finally > discovered why: I think of the method how I move to specific lines > as being a 'jump', because in fact, the cursor jumps to another > line in the file. However, Vim doesn't think of this as being a > jump. The reason for this is that a j and a k without a count are > obviously not jumps. > > So now I'm wondering what my options are to navigate efficiently > and be able to use the jumplist correctly at the same time? Some > ideas: - maybe I should simply use search a lot more? Just typing > what I want to find is probably equally fast as looking at > linenumbers, and searches are jumps - Make use of H M L to jump > 'near' the line I want and then use j / k? that would at least add > some positions to the jumplist, but feels very inefficient also. - > stop using 'relativenumber' and use a count with the G command. > This fixes the jumplist but then I would have to enter longer > numbers in most cases and I loose the benefits of relativenumber > (for deletions etc). - remap j and k so that they would calculate > the correct linenumber and use the G command instead, but only if > the count is larger then 5 for example? > > Wouldn't it be possible to add a configuration option to Vim to > make the jumplist recognize 'jumps' with j and k? For example > 'minimumjumplines' which can be set to an int. When 0 the > behaviour is as it is now; when set to a value greater than 0, it > will add a position to the jumplist when using j and k to move the > cursor up/down at least that number of lines (when not in operator > pending mode) > > Thanks a lot for any suggestions! Jeroen > - -- website: http://budts.be/ - twitter: @teranex ___________________________________ Registered Linux User #482240 - GetFirefox.com - ubuntu.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQ79UsAAoJEBrqc/v4ufiMslgP/2vRsSUM6bKc2/v1WpBTjEia oYtYfbRReF+oCO0E4FCNGtU/mBLv5V1IAqLNO0DuhLmAW8E0clg4n3aBUK+YQ6Nx bvnvoPQ/eTLs8A2ZCtR2IVN+7elZZReF3dvQ/cMy6fDJu/lWnCHDzI1ig7hV6yas cNsPqFOBnx2Dx5ym9lpOYIGA5CCD3/rKZg0KMSxjXAYanKk/Gcmiy3vpsiPK+yj4 DMGvj3nNHkRkmv9vrBvhDIp1+kUopU1eV6jSc/VgmVMq6wPerDp2RtB58+tfyCCU xDeaSPCtSey+wcSMBIo2MB7dJYN9q/fOXc09CRpdiu8z+x5LGUWfGzE1wXftJiCw m9et+vx2+8Dfkt5hQKTkO7irbVXFQgAfL4EZ4GnAirHxKwX1kQOHOdszLTafRdtt ul24JOs7Iy1ioNnH86sPRyhuEugGR4pgn3sGCzp8HyDrnU9IbuacU19zYe0utL6i 1wtk9UHTD62KAw9xfb/5hVNoqPuYIsDiLWu/ANScNLq/4WRGGvmKILQNKDEsxRuM VvJcjCr1MFnYLG9IM3Y2wH0t72CHDvLm9EfkD2ebQi0QnqQj0K7CVy7BaKslTmxv U8QoJ+xJoeHwH9rYZ0xrijSWjOT5hpltuQ2FrIiaC5YrSTrL+OeceoWFYN90lbDA p0ng4QqlNlbpsYxEDa9X =ph3S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
