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Re:Vim 101: How to Start Using the Text Editor for Developers by imjasonmiller on Thursday October 24, 2019 @04:28PM (#21348815)
According to the documentation:

  :help [I
> Display all lines that contain the keyword under the cursor. Filenames and line numbers are displayed for the found lines. The search starts at the beginning of the file.

  :help [_CTRL-I
> Jump to the first line that contains the keyword under the cursor.

Both "] I" and "] CTRL-I" will start at the current cursor position instead.

I did not know about these, but now I am wondering how to reverse "] CTRL-I" and go to the previous result, as it seems quite useful.

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Re:Vim 101: How to Start Using the Text Editor for Developers by thekingofh on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:15PM (#21357085)
The key is that it recursively searches (for instance in C++) header files for the word under the cursor and brings you to the first result. To go backward 'CTRL-O' jumps back in the jump list. I've not yet found a way to go to the next item in the '] CTRL-I' list. so I 'CTRL-O' then '2 [ CTRL-I', etc.
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