You might look into the Easymotion plugin. It makes motions on a window of text quite a bit quicker once you get the hang of it. I use it quite regularly.
On Friday, January 11, 2013, Jeroen Budts wrote: > -----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 > -- 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
