Vim Motions Notes

Rst Utility Helpers

• yypVr- being on current line will assist with quickly formatting rst files by adding ---- with correct character count

Recording a macro

• qa begin recording macro into register a
• 3j enter command
• q to end recording

To use - @a will repeat command above

Based on notes

Horizontal Nav Motions

• 0: first char
• ^: first non-blank char
• $: end char
• g_: end non-blank char
• f{character}: moves us to that char
• Use ; to get next match and , to get the previous
• t{character}: moves just before next occurrence

Add in Operator to motions

Structured {Operator}{count}{motion}

• df’ delete everything until occurrence of ’
• dtX deletes everything up to X
• dTX deletes everything backward up to X
• d/hello delete everything until hello
• Inputting . allows you to repeat the last change

VI Mode Bash Prompt

set -o vi