… and if you don’t like that horrible subversion of what a vi-user might expect to be the search feature*, there’s also Meta-G, which is slightly more similar to vi’s usage.
You can also nano +L[,C] filename on the command line replacing L and C with respective line and column number, which I believe is a feature borrowed from vi.
*The search feature is Ctrl-W for “where is”. Firefox users use this in the wrong window at their peril (it closes the current window). Find and replace is on Ctrl-\, which is even more of a subversion.
Firefox users use this in the wrong window at their peril (it closes the current window)
Not just firefox. Also chrome, and a lot of other programs that implement tabs like file managers and things like that. It’s one of those almost universal shortcuts, like Ctrl+F or Ctrl+L
If someone sits down to properly learn all of vim, They become this uber powerful wizard of editing on any Linux distro that exists.
The problem is, I’ve only ever met a few people who are capable of using all of vim, I’ve been using it for 15 years and I still feel like I’m not quite worthy.
How do I jump down to a particular line?
I prefer vim
Ctrl-
/… and if you don’t like that horrible subversion of what a
vi-user might expect to be the search feature*, there’s also Meta-G, which is slightly more similar tovi’s usage.You can also
nano +L[,C] filenameon the command line replacingLandCwith respective line and column number, which I believe is a feature borrowed fromvi.*The search feature is Ctrl-
Wfor “where is”. Firefox users use this in the wrong window at their peril (it closes the current window). Find and replace is on Ctrl-\, which is even more of a subversion.I can use
vi, but still prefernano.Not just firefox. Also chrome, and a lot of other programs that implement tabs like file managers and things like that. It’s one of those almost universal shortcuts, like Ctrl+F or Ctrl+L
If someone sits down to properly learn all of vim, They become this uber powerful wizard of editing on any Linux distro that exists.
The problem is, I’ve only ever met a few people who are capable of using all of vim, I’ve been using it for 15 years and I still feel like I’m not quite worthy.