LV4AD/Ch/03 Getting Around/02 Scrolling the Screen

• 3.2 Scrolling the Screen
  • Half- and full-page scroll — see vim/Keyshort/Scroll/Page and Half Page
  • 3.2.1 Z Mode — zt / zb / zz reposition the cursor line on screen
  • LV4AD/Ch/03 Getting Around/02 Scrolling the Screen/Half Page Scroll Keyshorts

    • 1. What Keyshort scrolls the window down half a screen, and 2. what Keyshort scrolls up half a screen? card

      • 1. <C-d> — down; cursor stays in the same spot relative to the window
      • 2. <C-u> — up; same relative cursor position as half-page down
  • LV4AD/Ch/03 Getting Around/02 Scrolling the Screen/Full Page Scroll Keyshorts

    • 1. What Keyshort scrolls forward a full page, and 2. what Keyshort scrolls backward a full page? card

      • 1. <C-f> — forward one screen; accepts a count (e.g. 5<C-f> for five pages)
      • 2. <C-b> — backward one screen; also count-prefixable unlike half-page scroll in the book's emphasis
  • LV4AD/Ch/03 Getting Around/02 Scrolling the Screen/Single Line Scroll Keyshorts

    • 1. What Keyshort scrolls the window down one line, and 2. what Keyshort scrolls up one line? card

      • 1. <C-e> — scrolls the window down one line (cursor moves only if it would scroll off screen)
      • 2. <C-y> — scrolls the window up one line; same cursor-stays-put advantage for subtle repositioning
  • LV4AD/Ch/03 Getting Around/02 Scrolling the Screen/Z Mode Line Position Keyshorts

    • 1. What Keyshort moves the cursor line to the top of the screen, 2. what moves it to the bottom, and 3. what moves it to the middle? card

      • 1. zt — top of screen (leaves a few lines of context above)
      • 2. zb — bottom of screen (context below)
      • 3. zz — middle of screen (double letter for easy typing)