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created June 21, 2004 · complexity basic · author Char · version 5.7


There are at least three different ways to go to a particular line (line 42 for example):

42G
42gg
:42<CR>

if you have a command that execute the line under the cursor as vim command, then the following should work.

exe 42

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To bring line 42 to the top (centre or bottom) of your screen, add zt (z. or zb) to one of the aforementioned commands. Moreover, to navigate to the Higher, Middle or Lower part of your screen, just press H, M or L (which are, respectively, capital H, capital M and capital L).

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