On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 10:49:23 AM UTC-5, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2016-09-13 08:23, Amit Christian wrote: > > I find it still difficult to go to next lines or browsing up or > > down through the text. Can any one please help me with efficient > > use of working with text without a usual j,k,h,l use? Are there > > resources or help on internet? What are your strategies to work > > with text? > > Depends on what you're trying to do. > > For basic reading, I usually read about half a screen-full at a time, > so I tend to use ctrl+U and ctrl+D to scroll by half a screen. You > might also find setting 'scrolloff' to a big number helps. In such a > case, I don't have any issues with using j/k because I *am* reading > one line at a time. > > For code, I tend to use things like ]] to navigate by code units. > Jump to the beginning/end of the next block/function/section. Vim > has a rich set of features (and plugins for additional features) that > allow you to jump around code with more refined motions. > > Also, it would depend on whether you're trying to *read* the content, > or *edit* the content. Rather than moving to the start, going > visual, and moving to the end, the use of "text objects" are one of > Vim's killer features. You can address conceptual objects from > anywhere within them. > > :help text-objects > > -tim
Thanks Tim. I set the scrolloff to high number. its pretty handy. Will explore text-objects. -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
