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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
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Charlie Gibbs wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2024-11-20, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>>
>>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:30:32 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>
>>>> For sheer economy of keystrokes, vi(m) is hard to beat.
>>>
>>> Moving around after inserting text requires n + 1 keystrokes: 1 to exit 
>>> insert mode, and n to move around. Editors which don’t have a separate 
>>> insert mode can do n moves with just n keystrokes.
>>
>> With vim, you can be in insert mode and still move around with the arrow keys.
>>
>> /usr/share/vim/vim91/doc/ contains about 11 megs o' text help files.
>>
>> Actually, one problem with vim is tooooo many ways to do things. :-)
>
> Every now and then I come across some nifty trick I didn't know about.
> One of my favourites is /\<foo\> - which finds the next occurrence of
> "foo" that is a complete word, i.e. it ignores "foobar".

A quick way to do that is to put the cursor on a word and hit "*" (or "#" to
search upward).

    :help *

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