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Iury O. G. Figueiredo edited this page Aug 24, 2016 · 4 revisions

JUMP_NEXT mode

There are circumstance that some keycommands wouldn't work well to place the cursor at the desired position. This mode will solve the problem.

When vy is in JUMP_NEXT mode and you press some key then the cursor will be placed on the next char that corresponds such a key.

Switch to JUMP_NEXT mode

Turn the NORMAL mode on, then press:

<Key-v>

It will appear JUMP_NEXT in the statusbar mode field.

Press some key that maps to a printable character that is ahead of the cursor position then the cursor will jump to the corresponding char.

Switch to INSERT mode from JUMP_NEXT mode

When in JUMP_NEXT mode it is possible to switch to INSERT mode by pressing:

<BackSpace>

It spares some time in some occasions.

Select a range of text in JUMP_NEXT mode

When in JUMP_NEXT mode it is possible to press:

<Tab>

It will select the range of text between the initial cursor position to the current cursor position. It drops a range selection mark when it enters JUMP_NEXT mode.

JUMP_BACK mode

This mode performs the opposite of the JUMP_NEXT, it places the cursor on the previous occurrence of a char.

Switch to JUMP_BACK mode

Switch to NORMAL mode then press:

<Key-c>

Vy will be in JUMP_BACK mode. Press some key that maps to a printable char then the cursor will jump to the previous occurrence of the char.

Switch to INSERT mode from JUMP_BACK mode

In order to spare some time when in JUMP_BACK mode it is possible to press:

<BackSpace>

Then get in INSERT mode.

Select a range of text in JUMP_BACK mode

When in JUMP_BACK mode it is possible to press:

<Tab>

It will select the range of text between the initial cursor position to the current cursor position. It drops a range selection mark when it enters JUMP_BACK mode.

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