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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by Rainymood on Monday October 23, 2017 @09:06AM (#15532863)
>I've used vim quite a bit

>pgup/pgdn and arrow key

Then you should start learning how to use Vim, properly ;).

Start from the basics, work your way up. From your post it is painfully obvious that you don't really use Vim to it's fullest potential. Vim requires a completely different way of thinking than regular text editors, and, it requires time to learn.

Only use up down with kj for fine movements. Large movements happen with gg, G, preset marks, and <C-d> and <C-u> which are half screens down and up for me respectively. That covers vertical movement. Most of my horizontal movement is done with either f or vim-seek (which is like f but takes 2 characters!)

Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by sevensor on Monday October 23, 2017 @09:16AM (#15532924)
Also very useful is setting "number" and using :123 to jump to line 123. This helps the most with compiler errors, but it can also help if you've got a lot of lines on the screen.
Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by nothrabannosir on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:22AM (#15533812)
123G (saves you one “return”, which is an annoying key.)
Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by mythrwy on Monday October 23, 2017 @07:49PM (#15537950)
123gg saves a shift :)