Jump to next white space
VimVim Problem Overview
Instead of using w to jump to the beginning of the next word or using e to jump to the end of the next word I want to have a shortcut which jumps to the next whitespace between words.
Vim Solutions
Solution 1 - Vim
- Use f and then space. See
:help fand:help tfor that. - Alternatively use
/[[:space:]]or/\sif you want to also match tab. - otherwise El will do it (capital e and lowercase L).
Following a suggested edit that was rejected, here is how to do it backwards (jump to previous space):
- Use F and then space. See
:help Fand:help Tfor that. - Alternatively use
?[[:space:]]or?\sif you want to also match tab. - otherwise Bh will do it (capital b and lowercase h).
Solution 2 - Vim
On the same line :
fSpace will work.
Generally, f+<char> allows you to jump on the next character on the same line.
See :help f for more information.
Solution 3 - Vim
as mentioned: you can use f and then Space but then use ; to hop to all the remaining spaces.
My sequence is then often:
f<Space>;;;;
The semicolon is a repetition for the f-key (find char in Line)