Jump far: gg G %

Move across the whole file and between brackets.

Park on either parenthesis and % throws you to its partner — and back again. gg and G are the same idea vertically: one key, the far end of the file.

intermediate » Jump back to the first line.

goal

one

two

three

scratch.txt

1 one

2 two

3 three

-- NORMAL -- 3,1

keys

your keystrokes appear here as you press them

NORMAL ~/learn/vim-motions · 1/3 · gg real vim keys trail · always esc in-editor

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