Jumping long distances

published January 21st, 2012

Holding down 'j' is a vim anti-pattern. Here are some better ways to leap long distances.

Commands mentioned:

• nG - jump to line n ("line 5, Go")
• C-o - jump backwards ("out")
• C-i - jump forwards ("in")
• L - jump to bottom of screen ("low")
• M - jump to middle of screen ("middle")
• H - jump to top of screen ("high")
• zt - put this line at the 't'op of the screen
• zb - put this line at the 'b'ottom of the screen
• zz - put this line at the middle of the screen