Search for a destination
The technique
What you type shows at the bottom of the editor. Enter jumps; Esc would cancel the search.
Keys in this lesson
- /text
- Search forward. Press Enter to go.
- ?text
- Search backward.
Before this lesson: Reach a line or buffer boundary.
More about this lesson
Finish a forward or backward search and understand wrapping at the buffer edge.
/ starts a forward search; ? searches backward. Type a literal fragment and press Enter. Esc cancels a search in progress. Searching continues beyond the current line and wraps at the buffer edge. Search can match a substring inside a longer word; inspect the destination.
Example
From the top of a note, /agenda then Enter reaches the next agenda. From below it, ?agenda then Enter searches backward. The search prompt is not Insert mode; pressing Enter commits the destination.
Use Reset to try again.