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11.11. Miscellaneous Commands

Command

Action

<

Shift line left to position indicated by following movement command.

>

Shift line right to position indicated by following movement command.

<<

Shift line left one shift width (default is 8 spaces).

>>

Shift line right one shift width (default is 8 spaces).

>}

Shift right to end of paragraph.

<%

Shift left until matching parenthesis, brace, bracket, etc. (Cursor must be on the matching symbol.)

=

Indent line in C-style, or using program specified in equalprg option. {vim}

K

Look up word under cursor in manpages (or program defined in keywordprg). {vim}

^[

Abort command or end input mode.

^]

Perform a tag lookup on the text under the cursor.

^\

Enter ex line-editing mode.

^^

(Caret key with Ctrl key pressed) Return to previously edited file.



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