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user590028
user590028

Reputation: 11728

vim repeat last T movement does not include count

When invoking ; to repeat last T movement that included a count, the repeat does not repeat the count. ex:

 test:  # comment: test
                       ^
                       +-- cursor is here

Type: 2T;

 test:  # comment: test
      ^
      +-- cursor is here

Make edit, move to next line with the same text, and press ;, but the movement stops at the first colon

 test:  # comment: test
                  ^
                  +-- cursor is here after hitting ;

I was surprised that ; did not repeat the count. Is there something I'm misundertanding?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 145

Answers (1)

Ben
Ben

Reputation: 8905

Think of ; and , like the equivalent of n/N commands after a search. They just jump to the next match, nothing more. But you can give these commands themselves a count as well.

This is especially useful for getting to the right place, if you guess wrong the first time. E.g. if you really want to jump to the 3rd 'e' character, but you miscount and type 2fe, then you can simply use ; to get to the correct location.

Upvotes: 1

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