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anyhow, i don't use vim anymore but when i do, i'll give it a shot. i know i can't live without seeking, it's such an important part of your arsenal.
Another built-in solution to the problem of mismatches when using the jump commands (f, t, F, T) is the use of ; and , Semicolon will repeat the last jump command, and comma will repeat it in the opposite direction. I find this very useful not only for mismatches that I didn't see, but also for help with quickly formatting text. Along side . to repeat an action, it's incredibly fast to use ; to repeat your last jump…
Try this combination of options to get functionality similar to emacs's C-s:
:set ignorecase :set smartcase :set incsearch
this really is a sorely needed feature. vi/vim's lack of "seeking" was really one of the main reasons why i switched to emacs. emacs has a really nice seek, which is just ctrl+s and type whatever you are searching for w/o you needing to hit enter, and you are there. then ctrl+s again to the next match or ctrl+r for reverse. anyhow, i don't use vim anymore but when i do, i'll give it a shot. i know i can't live withou…
Another built-in solution to the problem of mismatches when using the jump commands (f, t, F, T) is the use of ; and , Semicolon will repeat the last jump command, and comma will repeat it in the opposite direction. I find this very useful not only for mismatches that I didn't see, but also for help with quickly formatting text. Along side . to repeat an action, it's incredibly fast to use ; to repeat your last jump…
It's now some years since I used vim regularly but I recall this regularly annoying me when trying to create visual selections. For example, I'd do "vt," (or whatever) expecting the selection to extend to a given point, and then find myself stuck at a , that I hadn't noticed. And then I'd have to move the cursor by hand to fix things, just like you would in some ordinary text editor.
How is this better or different than incremental search? Incremental search means it jumps to the first match as soon as you start typing after '/': you don't need to press enter. Try this combination of options to get functionality similar to emacs's C-s: :set ignorecase :set smartcase :set incsearch
Another built-in solution to the problem of mismatches when using the jump commands (f, t, F, T) is the use of ; and , Semicolon will repeat the last jump command, and comma will repeat it in the opposite direction. I find this very useful not only for mismatches that I didn't see, but also for help with quickly formatting text. Along side . to repeat an action, it's incredibly fast to use ; to repeat your last jump…
The problem with ; is that it doesn't work with t. It just leaves the cursor in the same place, because that's exactly what your t command would do if you typed it again. It's now some years since I used vim regularly but I recall this regularly annoying me when trying to create visual selections. For example, I'd do "vt," (or whatever) expecting the selection to extend to a given point, and then find myself stuck at…
this really is a sorely needed feature. vi/vim's lack of "seeking" was really one of the main reasons why i switched to emacs. emacs has a really nice seek, which is just ctrl+s and type whatever you are searching for w/o you needing to hit enter, and you are there. then ctrl+s again to the next match or ctrl+r for reverse. anyhow, i don't use vim anymore but when i do, i'll give it a shot. i know i can't live withou…
As I stated in a previous comment, it's called "incremental search" and you can do it in vim. Look here for how: http://linuxcommando.blogspot.com/2008/06/smart-case-insensi...
this really is a sorely needed feature. vi/vim's lack of "seeking" was really one of the main reasons why i switched to emacs. emacs has a really nice seek, which is just ctrl+s and type whatever you are searching for w/o you needing to hit enter, and you are there. then ctrl+s again to the next match or ctrl+r for reverse. anyhow, i don't use vim anymore but when i do, i'll give it a shot. i know i can't live withou…
As I stated in a previous comment, it's called "incremental search" and you can do it in vim. Look here for how: http://linuxcommando.blogspot.com/2008/06/smart-case-insensi...
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