Easymotion Vim cheatsheat

• ref:
  • https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion

The default leader has been changed to <Leader><Leader> to avoid conflicts with other plugins you may have installed. This can easily be changed back to pre-1.3 behavior by rebinding the leader in your vimrc:

    Default Mapping      | Details
    ---------------------|----------------------------------------------
    <Leader>f{char}      | Find {char} to the right. See |f|.
    <Leader>F{char}      | Find {char} to the left. See |F|.
    <Leader>t{char}      | Till before the {char} to the right. See |t|.
    <Leader>T{char}      | Till after the {char} to the left. See |T|.
    <Leader>w            | Beginning of word forward. See |w|.
    <Leader>W            | Beginning of WORD forward. See |W|.
    <Leader>b            | Beginning of word backward. See |b|.
    <Leader>B            | Beginning of WORD backward. See |B|.
    <Leader>e            | End of word forward. See |e|.
    <Leader>E            | End of WORD forward. See |E|.
    <Leader>ge           | End of word backward. See |ge|.
    <Leader>gE           | End of WORD backward. See |gE|.
    <Leader>j            | Line downward. See |j|.
    <Leader>k            | Line upward. See |k|.
    <Leader>n            | Jump to latest "/" or "?" forward. See |n|.
    <Leader>N            | Jump to latest "/" or "?" backward. See |N|.
    <Leader>s            | Find(Search) {char} forward and backward.
                         | See |f| and |F|.

Basic EasyMotion Commands

Word Navigation

• Jump to beginning of words:

  <Leader>w
  

  Highlights the beginnings of words forward from the cursor.

• Jump to end of words:

  <Leader>e
  

  Highlights the end of words forward from the cursor.

• Jump to a specific word (backward):

  <Leader>b
  

  Highlights the beginnings of words backward from the cursor.

Character Search

• Jump to a specific character (forward):

  <Leader>f{char}
  

  Highlights all instances of {char} forward from the cursor.

• Jump to a specific character (backward):

  <Leader>F{char}
  

  Highlights all instances of {char} backward from the cursor.

• Jump to a specific character (2-character search):

  <Leader>t{char1}{char2}
  

  Highlights occurrences of the two-character sequence {char1}{char2}.

Line Navigation

• Jump to a specific line (forward):

  <Leader>j
  

  Highlights all lines forward from the cursor.

• Jump to a specific line (backward):

  <Leader>k
  

  Highlights all lines backward from the cursor.

Line Column Navigation

• Jump to any column in the current line:

  <Leader>l
  

  Highlights each column on the current line.

Search Within a Motion

Combine EasyMotion with standard Vim motions:

• Search within a word motion:

  <Leader>/
  

  Enter a search term and use EasyMotion to jump to matches.

Mark Jump

• Jump to a specific mark:

  <Leader>m
  

  Highlights all marks visible in the file.

Customizations

Set EasyMotion leader key

If you want a custom leader (e.g., ,):

let g:EasyMotion_leader_key = ','

Change highlighting colors

Customize the colors for better visibility:

highlight EasyMotionTarget ctermbg=red ctermfg=white
highlight EasyMotionShade ctermbg=none ctermfg=gray

Control key bindings

Disable default mappings and create custom ones:

let g:EasyMotion_do_mapping = 0
nmap <Leader><Leader>w <Plug>(easymotion-w)