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Generally I'm using 'e' to go forward and 'b' to go backward

• bluebarbet 8mo ago
  Whereas I have always used `w` and did not even know that `e` existed (not that I can see an obvious advantage to it). Ahh, vim.
  • worksonmine 8mo ago
    > (not that I can see an obvious advantage to it). Precision. I use e/E more often than w/W when editing a line or creating macros, but w/W for moving around. But more often i search with f and jump to next match with ; if I didn't hit the target right away. / then n if I'm moving to another line.
  • themadsens 8mo ago
    More often than not you want 'de' or 'ye' rather than 'dw' or 'yw'
  • daotoad 8mo ago
    Do you like your cursor at the beginning or end of words? Most of the time it doesn't really matter. But if you know you want to append to a word you can hit that target immediately by using `e` (`ea`). Or if you want to prepend, you can use `wi`. Note that `i` and `a` have a similar pairing to `w` and `e`.
    • bluebarbet 8mo ago
      As it happens, I do actually use both `i` and `a` already. So, to celebrate my first decade on vim, I'm going to try to add `e` to my repertoire.