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In vim, how can I move the cursor down (or up) to the first line
containing a non-blank character in the same column ?



For example, in the following text:



item1

    item2

    item3

item4

    item5

    item6


If the cursor is on the e in item1, move the cursor to the e in item4.



If on the m in item3, move to the m in item5.



FYI, I'm looking for a quick and efficient way to navigate formatted text.



(P.S. Those are spaces not tabs.)






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    In vim, how can I move the cursor down (or up) to the first line
    containing a non-blank character in the same column ?



    For example, in the following text:



    item1
    
    item2
    
    item3
    
item4
    
    item5
    
    item6


    If the cursor is on the e in item1, move the cursor to the e in item4.



    If on the m in item3, move to the m in item5.



    FYI, I'm looking for a quick and efficient way to navigate formatted text.



    (P.S. Those are spaces not tabs.)






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      In vim, how can I move the cursor down (or up) to the first line
      containing a non-blank character in the same column ?



      For example, in the following text:



      item1
      
    item2
      
    item3
      
item4
      
    item5
      
    item6


      If the cursor is on the e in item1, move the cursor to the e in item4.



      If on the m in item3, move to the m in item5.



      FYI, I'm looking for a quick and efficient way to navigate formatted text.



      (P.S. Those are spaces not tabs.)






      vim







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      In vim, how can I move the cursor down (or up) to the first line
      containing a non-blank character in the same column ?



      For example, in the following text:



      item1
      
    item2
      
    item3
      
item4
      
    item5
      
    item6


      If the cursor is on the e in item1, move the cursor to the e in item4.



      If on the m in item3, move to the m in item5.



      FYI, I'm looking for a quick and efficient way to navigate formatted text.



      (P.S. Those are spaces not tabs.)






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          You could use the following mappings to do this. (There might be some edge cases I didn't think of)



          nnoremap <leader>d m':exec '/%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n
          
nnoremap <leader>u m':exec '?%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n


          The important part is :exec '/%' . col(".") . 'c' This matches the current column. This is taken directly from :h %c. Then I added a S to match non whitespace. m' and `` is used to store the current position and restore it around the execute statement. This is necessary since using the execute places us at the start of the line which could lead to erratic behavior (skipping too many lines in some cases). After executing this I go to the first match with n. The only difference between the up and down version is which direction we search / for down and ? for up.



          If you instead wanted to do this with virtual columns (i.e. tabs) replace %c with %v.






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            That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

            – Lqueryvg
            May 16 '14 at 17:59








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            @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

            – FDinoff
            May 16 '14 at 18:00











          • Even better ! Thanks again!!

            – Lqueryvg
            May 16 '14 at 18:06



















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          My JumpToVerticalOccurrence plugin provides ]| and [| mappings that provide just that, supporting [count] and without clobbering the current search pattern.






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          • Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

            – Lqueryvg
            May 20 '14 at 8:43



















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          If you want this for code or configuration files with a defined indentation system (assuming that falls under "formatted text"), jeetsukumaran/vim-indentwise works well for relative, absolute, or block-scope movements across indented blocks.






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            You could use the following mappings to do this. (There might be some edge cases I didn't think of)



            nnoremap <leader>d m':exec '/%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n
            
nnoremap <leader>u m':exec '?%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n


            The important part is :exec '/%' . col(".") . 'c' This matches the current column. This is taken directly from :h %c. Then I added a S to match non whitespace. m' and `` is used to store the current position and restore it around the execute statement. This is necessary since using the execute places us at the start of the line which could lead to erratic behavior (skipping too many lines in some cases). After executing this I go to the first match with n. The only difference between the up and down version is which direction we search / for down and ? for up.



            If you instead wanted to do this with virtual columns (i.e. tabs) replace %c with %v.






            share|improve this answer





















            • 1





              That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 17:59








            • 1





              @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

              – FDinoff
              May 16 '14 at 18:00











            • Even better ! Thanks again!!

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 18:06
















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            You could use the following mappings to do this. (There might be some edge cases I didn't think of)



            nnoremap <leader>d m':exec '/%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n
            
nnoremap <leader>u m':exec '?%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n


            The important part is :exec '/%' . col(".") . 'c' This matches the current column. This is taken directly from :h %c. Then I added a S to match non whitespace. m' and `` is used to store the current position and restore it around the execute statement. This is necessary since using the execute places us at the start of the line which could lead to erratic behavior (skipping too many lines in some cases). After executing this I go to the first match with n. The only difference between the up and down version is which direction we search / for down and ? for up.



            If you instead wanted to do this with virtual columns (i.e. tabs) replace %c with %v.






            share|improve this answer





















            • 1





              That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 17:59








            • 1





              @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

              – FDinoff
              May 16 '14 at 18:00











            • Even better ! Thanks again!!

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 18:06














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            You could use the following mappings to do this. (There might be some edge cases I didn't think of)



            nnoremap <leader>d m':exec '/%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n
            
nnoremap <leader>u m':exec '?%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n


            The important part is :exec '/%' . col(".") . 'c' This matches the current column. This is taken directly from :h %c. Then I added a S to match non whitespace. m' and `` is used to store the current position and restore it around the execute statement. This is necessary since using the execute places us at the start of the line which could lead to erratic behavior (skipping too many lines in some cases). After executing this I go to the first match with n. The only difference between the up and down version is which direction we search / for down and ? for up.



            If you instead wanted to do this with virtual columns (i.e. tabs) replace %c with %v.






            share|improve this answer















            You could use the following mappings to do this. (There might be some edge cases I didn't think of)



            nnoremap <leader>d m':exec '/%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n
            
nnoremap <leader>u m':exec '?%' . col(".") . 'cS'<CR>``n


            The important part is :exec '/%' . col(".") . 'c' This matches the current column. This is taken directly from :h %c. Then I added a S to match non whitespace. m' and `` is used to store the current position and restore it around the execute statement. This is necessary since using the execute places us at the start of the line which could lead to erratic behavior (skipping too many lines in some cases). After executing this I go to the first match with n. The only difference between the up and down version is which direction we search / for down and ? for up.



            If you instead wanted to do this with virtual columns (i.e. tabs) replace %c with %v.







            share|improve this answer














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            answered May 16 '14 at 17:17









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            • 1





              That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 17:59








            • 1





              @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

              – FDinoff
              May 16 '14 at 18:00











            • Even better ! Thanks again!!

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 18:06














            • 1





              That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 17:59








            • 1





              @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

              – FDinoff
              May 16 '14 at 18:00











            • Even better ! Thanks again!!

              – Lqueryvg
              May 16 '14 at 18:06








            1




            1





            That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

            – Lqueryvg
            May 16 '14 at 17:59







            That's superb; it's exactly what I was looking for! I think I will map these to <leader>j and <leader>k respectively. The only thing I will add is :noh to the end of each to clear highlights. I also note this would clobber any previous search or highlights that may have been in place, but this essentially does what I wanted. Thanks !

            – Lqueryvg
            May 16 '14 at 17:59






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            1





            @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

            – FDinoff
            May 16 '14 at 18:00





            @Lqueryvg while it does clobber the search register you can still use n and N to move up and down the column.

            – FDinoff
            May 16 '14 at 18:00













            Even better ! Thanks again!!

            – Lqueryvg
            May 16 '14 at 18:06





            Even better ! Thanks again!!

            – Lqueryvg
            May 16 '14 at 18:06













            2














            My JumpToVerticalOccurrence plugin provides ]| and [| mappings that provide just that, supporting [count] and without clobbering the current search pattern.






            share|improve this answer
























            • Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

              – Lqueryvg
              May 20 '14 at 8:43
















            2














            My JumpToVerticalOccurrence plugin provides ]| and [| mappings that provide just that, supporting [count] and without clobbering the current search pattern.






            share|improve this answer
























            • Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

              – Lqueryvg
              May 20 '14 at 8:43














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            My JumpToVerticalOccurrence plugin provides ]| and [| mappings that provide just that, supporting [count] and without clobbering the current search pattern.






            share|improve this answer













            My JumpToVerticalOccurrence plugin provides ]| and [| mappings that provide just that, supporting [count] and without clobbering the current search pattern.







            share|improve this answer












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            Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat

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            • Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

              – Lqueryvg
              May 20 '14 at 8:43



















            • Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

              – Lqueryvg
              May 20 '14 at 8:43

















            Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

            – Lqueryvg
            May 20 '14 at 8:43





            Thanks for this. I will explore the plugin as well as the "one-liner" solution.

            – Lqueryvg
            May 20 '14 at 8:43











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            If you want this for code or configuration files with a defined indentation system (assuming that falls under "formatted text"), jeetsukumaran/vim-indentwise works well for relative, absolute, or block-scope movements across indented blocks.






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              If you want this for code or configuration files with a defined indentation system (assuming that falls under "formatted text"), jeetsukumaran/vim-indentwise works well for relative, absolute, or block-scope movements across indented blocks.






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                If you want this for code or configuration files with a defined indentation system (assuming that falls under "formatted text"), jeetsukumaran/vim-indentwise works well for relative, absolute, or block-scope movements across indented blocks.






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                If you want this for code or configuration files with a defined indentation system (assuming that falls under "formatted text"), jeetsukumaran/vim-indentwise works well for relative, absolute, or block-scope movements across indented blocks.







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