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Vim

Vim

A lightweight text editor featuring modal operation, unlocking true productivity with overwhelming editing speed once mastered

Shortcuts for advanced navigation techniques by word, line, and screen to freely navigate even large files

w
Next word
Moves to the beginning of next word.
💡 Hint: word
🎯 Move forward by word for efficient text navigation
b
Previous word
Moves to the beginning of previous word.
💡 Hint: backward
🎯 Move backward by word to quickly reach target position
0
Beginning of line
Moves to the beginning of line (column 0).
💡 Hint: 0 is start position
🎯 Instantly move to line beginning to set text editing starting point
$
End of line
Moves to the end of line.
💡 Hint: $ represents end
🎯 Quickly move to line end for efficient editing at line termination
g+g
Go to top
Goes to the first line of file.
💡 Hint: go go to top
🎯 Instantly go to file top to grasp the whole content
G
Go to bottom
Goes to the last line of file.
💡 Hint: Capital G for last
🎯 Go to file bottom to check latest content
%
Matching bracket
Moves to matching bracket.
💡 Hint: % represents pair
🎯 Jump to matching bracket to understand code structure
Ctrl+d
Half page down
Scrolls half page down.
💡 Hint: down
🎯 Scroll by half page for efficient browsing
z+z
Center cursor
Scrolls to center cursor line on screen.
💡 Hint: zoom to center
🎯 Center cursor line on screen to create optimal editing environment
:+数字
Go to line
Goes to specified line number.
💡 Hint: :line number to go
🎯 Go directly to specified line number for quick access to error locations