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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by vulcan01 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:15PM (#27293286)
Instead of counting, you can use :set relativenumber (vim/neovim builtin) to quickly see how far away lines are.

(see https://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/vim-number/)

Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by curriculum on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:33PM (#27293547)
In my opinion the real downside of using <count>j and <count>k to move isn't the counting part, it's the fact that <count>k isn't a jump. That means it doesn't go into the jump list.
Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by tjdevries on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:06PM (#27294719)
You can do something like this:

``` " Does: " For wrapped lines, does gj/gk " For large jumps, adds a spot on the jump list function! tj#jump_direction(letter) let jump_count = v:count

  if jump_count == 0
    call execute(printf('normal! g%s', a:letter))
    return
  endif

  if jump_count > 5
    call execute("normal! m'")
  endif

  call execute(printf('normal! %d%s', jump_count, a:letter))
endfunction ```

and map j and k to this

Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by nobleach on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:46PM (#27295171)
I tried to get into that for awhile. I tend to look at the line number where I want to jump, and do <number>gg instead. It has the benefit of allowing me to look at a file and get an idea of what's on lines 400 through 425 (for example).