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Motion Commands
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   Commands for moving around in the current buffer are collected here.
These commands are used as an `argument' for the delete, change and
yank commands to be described in the next section.

`h'
     Move point backward by one character.  Signal error if point is at
     the beginning of buffer, but (unlike Vi) do not complain otherwise
     (`vip-backward-char').

`l'
     Move point backward by one character.  Signal error if point is at
     the end of buffer, but (unlike Vi) do not complain otherwise
     (`vip-forward-char').

`j'
     Move point to the next line keeping the current column.  If point
     is on the last line of the buffer, a new line will be created and
     point will move to that line (`vip-next-line').

`k'
     Move point to the previous line keeping the current column
     (`vip-next-line').

`+'
     Move point to the next line at the first non-white character.  If
     point is on the last line of the buffer, a new line will be
     created and point will move to the beginning of that line
     (`vip-next-line-at-bol').

`-'
     Move point to the previous line at the first non-white character
     (`vip-previous-line-at-bol').

If a count is given to these commands, the commands will be repeated
that many times.

`0'
     Move point to the beginning of line (`vip-beginning-of-line').

`^'
     Move point to the first non-white character on the line
     (`vip-bol-and-skip-white').

`$'
     Move point to the end of line (`vip-goto-eol').

`N |'
     Move point to the N-th column on the line (`vip-goto-col').

Except for the `|' command, these commands neglect a count.

`w'
     Move point forward to the beginning of the next word
     (`vip-forward-word').

`W'
     Move point forward to the beginning of the next word, where a
     "word" is considered as a sequence of non-white characters
     (`vip-forward-Word').

`b'
     Move point backward to the beginning of a word
     (`vip-backward-word').

`B'
     Move point backward to the beginning of a word, where a word is
     considered as a sequence of non-white characters
     (`vip-forward-Word').

`e'
     Move point forward to the end of a word (`vip-end-of-word').

`E'
     Move point forward to the end of a word, where a word is
     considered as a sequence of non-white characters
     (`vip-end-of-Word').

Here the meaning of the word `word' for the `w', `b' and `e' commands
is determined by the "syntax table" effective in the current buffer.
Each major mode has its syntax mode, and therefore the meaning of a
word also changes as the major mode changes.  See GNU Emacs Manual for
details of syntax table.

`H'
     Move point to the beginning of the home (top) line of the window.
     Given a count N, go to the N-th line from top (`vip-window-top').

`M'
     Move point to the beginning of the middle line of the window.
     Given a count N, go to the N-th line from the middle line
     (`vip-window-middle').

`L'
     Move point to the beginning of the lowest (bottom) line of the
     window.  Given count, go to the N-th line from bottom
     (`vip-window-bottom').

These commands can be used to go to the desired line visible on the
screen.

`('
     Move point backward to the beginning of the sentence
     (`vip-backward-sentence').

`)'
     Move point forward to the end of the sentence
     (`vip-forward-sentence').

`{'
     Move point backward to the beginning of the paragraph
     (`vip-backward-paragraph').

`}'
     Move point forward to the end of the paragraph
     (`vip-forward-paragraph').

A count repeats the effect for these commands.

`G'
     Given a count N, move point to the N-th line in the buffer on the
     first non-white character.  Without a count, go to the end of the
     buffer (`vip-goto-line').

`` `'
     Exchange point and mark (`vip-goto-mark').

`` CH'
     Move point to the position stored in the register CH.  CH must be
     a lower-case letter.

`' ''
     Exchange point and mark, and then move point to the first non-white
     character on the line (`vip-goto-mark-and-skip-white').

`' CH'
     Move point to the position stored in the register CH and skip to
     the first non-white character on the line.  CH must be a
     lower-case letter.

`%'
     Move point to the matching parenthesis if point is looking at `(',
     `)', `{', `}', `[' or `]'
     (`vip-paren-match').

The command `G' mark point before move, so that you can return to the
original point by `` `'.  The original point will also be stored in the
mark ring.

   The following commands are useful for moving points on the line.  A
count will repeat the effect.

`f CH'
     Move point forward to the character CH on the line.  Signal error
     if CH could not be found (`vip-find-char-forward').

`F CH'
     Move point backward to the character CH on the line.  Signal error
     if CH could not be found (`vip-find-char-backward').

`t CH'
     Move point forward upto the character CH on the line.  Signal
     error if CH could not be found (`vip-goto-char-forward').

`T CH'
     Move point backward upto the character CH on the line.  Signal
     error if CH could not be found (`vip-goto-char-backward').

`;'
     Repeat previous `f', `t', `F' or `T' command (`vip-repeat-find').

`,'
     Repeat previous `f', `t', `F' or `T' command, in the opposite
     direction (`vip-repeat-find-opposite').