Nvim Quick Reference: Text Object Motions and Pattern Searches

non-blank character |gg| N gg goto line N (default: first line), on the first non-blank character |N%| N % goto line N percentage down in the file; N must be given, otherwise it is the |%| command |gk| N gk up N screen lines (differs from "k" when line wraps) |gj| N gj down N screen lines (differs from "j" when line wraps) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Q_tm* Text object motions |w| N w N words forward |W| N W N blank-separated |WORD|s forward |e| N e forward to the end of the Nth word |E| N E forward to the end of the Nth blank-separated |WORD| |b| N b N words backward |B| N B N blank-separated |WORD|s backward |ge| N ge backward to the end of the Nth word |gE| N gE backward to the end of the Nth blank-separated |WORD| |)| N ) N sentences forward |(| N ( N sentences backward |}| N } N paragraphs forward |{| N { N paragraphs backward |]]| N ]] N sections forward, at start of section |[[| N [[ N sections backward, at start of section |][| N ][ N sections forward, at end of section |[]| N [] N sections backward, at end of section |[(| N [( N times back to unclosed '(' |[{| N [{ N times back to unclosed '{' |[m| N [m N times back to start of method (for Java) |[M| N [M N times back to end of method (for Java) |])| N ]) N times forward to unclosed ')' |]}| N ]} N times forward to unclosed '}' |]m| N ]m N times forward to start of method (for Java) |]M| N ]M N times forward to end of method (for Java) |[#| N [# N times back to unclosed "#if" or "#else" |]#| N ]# N times forward to unclosed "#else" or "#endif" |[star| N [* N times back to start of comment "/*" |]star| N ]* N times forward to end of comment "*/" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Q_pa* Pattern searches |/| N /{pattern}[/[offset]]<CR> search forward for the Nth occurrence of {pattern} |?| N ?{pattern}[?[offset]]<CR> search backward for the Nth occurrence of {pattern} |/<CR>| N /<CR> repeat last search, in the forward direction |?<CR>| N ?<CR> repeat last search, in the backward direction |n| N n repeat last search |N| N N repeat last search, in opposite direction |star| N * search forward for the identifier under the cursor |#| N # search backward for the identifier under the cursor |gstar| N g* like "*", but also find partial matches |g#| N g# like "#", but also find partial matches |gd| gd goto local declaration of identifier under the cursor |gD| gD goto global declaration of identifier under the cursor |pattern| Special characters in search patterns meaning magic nomagic ~ matches any single character . \. matches start of line ^ ^ matches <EOL> $ $ matches start of word \< \< matches end of word \> \> matches a single char from the range [a-z] \[a-z] matches a single char not in the range [^a-z] \[^a-z] matches an identifier char \i \i idem but excluding digits \I \I matches a keyword character \k \k idem but excluding digits \K \K matches a file name character \f \f idem but excluding digits \F \F matches a printable character \p \p idem but excluding digits \P \P matches a white space character \s \s matches a non-white space character \S \S matches <Esc> \e \e matches <Tab> \t \t matches <CR> \r \r matches <BS> \b \b matches 0 or more of the preceding atom * \* matches 1 or more of the preceding atom \+ \+ matches 0 or 1 of the preceding atom \= \= matches 2 to 5 of the preceding atom \{2,5} \{2,5} separates two alternatives \| \| group a pattern into an atom   |search-offset| Offsets allowed after search command [num] [num] lines downwards, in column 1 +[num] [num] lines downwards, in column 1 -[num] [num] lines upwards, in column 1 e[+num] [num] characters to the right of

This section of the Nvim quick reference guide covers text object motions and pattern searches. Text object motions involve commands like 'w', 'W', 'e', 'E', 'b', 'B' for moving by words, sentences, and paragraphs, and commands to navigate sections and methods. Pattern searches include forward ('/') and backward ('?') searches, repeating searches ('n', 'N'), searching for identifiers under the cursor ('*', '#'), and declarations ('gd', 'gD'). The guide also lists special characters used in search patterns, such as '.' for any character, '^' for start of line, '$' for end of line, and various character class matches like '\i' for identifier characters and '\s' for whitespace. Finally, it describes offsets allowed after search commands, enabling precise cursor positioning after a search.