2.5 Viewing the Buffer
In this and next section we discuss commands for moving around
in the buffer. These command do not change the content of the
buffer. The following commands are useful for viewing the content
of the current buffer.
- <SPC>
- C-f
-
Scroll
text of current window upward almost full screen. You can go
forward in the buffer by this command
(
vip-scroll).
- <RET>
- C-b
-
Scroll
text of current window downward almost full screen. You can go
backward in the buffer by this command
(
vip-scroll-back).
- C-d
-
Scroll text of current window upward half screen. You can
go down in the buffer by this command
(
vip-scroll-down).
- C-u
-
Scroll text of current window downward half screen. You can
go up in the buffer by this command
(
vip-scroll-up).
- C-y
-
Scroll text of current window upward by one line
(
vip-scroll-down-one).
- C-e
-
Scroll text of current window downward by one line
(
vip-scroll-up-one).
You can repeat these commands by giving a count. Thus,
2 <SPC> has the same effect as <SPC>
<SPC>.
The following commands reposition point in the window.
- z H
- z <RET>
-
Put
point on the top (home) line in the window. So the
current line becomes the top line in the window. Given a count
n, point will be placed in the n-th line
from top (
vip-line-to-top).
- z M
- z .
-
Put
point on the middle line in the window. Given a count
n, point will be placed in the n-th line
from the middle line
(
vip-line-to-middle).
- z L
- z -
-
Put
point on the bottom line in the window. Given a count
n, point will be placed in the n-th line
from bottom (
vip-line-to-bottom).
- C-l
- Center point in window and redisplay screen
(
recenter).