Word motions: w e b (and W E B) — Vim

Same seven characters, two different ideas of "word". Lowercase w breaks on the dot, so foo.bar is three words; uppercase W only breaks on whitespace, so it is one WORD.

Vim Word motions: w e b (and W E B)

beginner » Jump to the start of the next word.

goal

the quick brown fox

scratch.txt

1 the quick brown fox

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keys

your keystrokes appear here as you press them

NORMAL ~/learn/vim-motions · 1/7 · w real vim keys trail · always esc in-editor

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