Cursor Movements

  As with most screen oriented editors, changes are made based upon the current position of the cursor. So I guess we should start with commands that move the cursor.

h

Left one position,

$\leftarrow$

Left one position,

j

Down one position (line),

$\downarrow$

Down one position,

k

Up one position (line),

$\uparrow$

Up one position,

l

Right one position,

$\to$

Right one position,

w

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word (treating punctuation as separate words),

W

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word (ignoring punctuation),

b

Move backward one word (including punctuation),

B

Move backward one word (ignoring punctuation),

^ F

Move forward one screen (^ F means Control F),

^ D

Move forward one half screen,

^ B

Move backward one screen,

^ U

Move backward one half screen,

H

Goto top line of screen,

M

Goto middle line of screen,

L

Goto last line of screen,

nH

Goto n'th line from top,

nL

Goto n'th line from bottom,

0

Goto beginning of line,

$

Goto end of line,

e

Goto end of word (including punctuation),

E

Goto end of word (ignoring punctuation),

(

Goto beginning of previous sentence,

)

Goto beginning of next sentence,

{

Goto beginning of previous paragraph,

}

Goto beginning of next paragraph,

nG

Goto n'th line

And there are movements based upon searching.