Use h, j, k, l to move in Normal mode. Esc ends insertion; u undoes an edit. 0 reaches the line start; 2G reaches line 2. A count repeats a movement, so 3l moves three characters right.
Keep the quotation marks. Change what they contain.
Prerequisite: changing and deleting a word. i\" selects the contents of the double-quoted pair containing your cursor; spaces and punctuation inside the pair belong to it. Start inside the intended quotation, especially when the line contains several pairs.
const state = \"not ready\";
From inside “not ready”, ci\", then ready now, then Esc replaces the complete message. di\" empties it. Both preserve the quotes. a\" includes the quotation marks too; that is a different edit.
These exercises use ordinary double-quoted text on one line. Escaped quotes, multiline strings and nested bracket objects need their own later lessons.
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Keep the quotation marks. Change what they contain.
Prerequisite: changing and deleting a word. i\" selects the contents of the double-quoted pair containing your cursor; spaces and punctuation inside the pair belong to it. Start inside the intended quotation, especially when the line contains several pairs.
state = \"not ready\"
From inside “not ready”, ci\", then ready now, then Esc replaces the complete message. di\" empties it. Both preserve the quotes. a\" includes the quotation marks too; that is a different edit.
These exercises use ordinary double-quoted text on one line. Escaped quotes, multiline strings and nested bracket objects need their own later lessons.
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Keep the quotation marks. Change what they contain.
Prerequisite: changing and deleting a word. i\" selects the contents of the double-quoted pair containing your cursor; spaces and punctuation inside the pair belong to it. Start inside the intended quotation, especially when the line contains several pairs.
State: \"not ready\".
From inside “not ready”, ci\", then ready now, then Esc replaces the complete message. di\" empties it. Both preserve the quotes. a\" includes the quotation marks too; that is a different edit.
These exercises use ordinary double-quoted text on one line. Escaped quotes, multiline strings and nested bracket objects need their own later lessons.
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