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The jump list: CTRL-O and CTRL-I

Walk back (and forward) through the places you jumped from.

?how it works

Every jump (G, gg, {n}G, %, {, }, (, ), H, M, L, searches and mark jumps) records where you jumped from. CTRL-O walks back through those places, like a browser's back button, and CTRL-I (or <Tab>) walks forward again.

Small moves such as j, w or f are not jumps, so they don't clutter the list. Neither is :{n}. When you jump from a line that's already in the list, the older entry is dropped, so CTRL-O visits each place once.

Counts work: 2 CTRL-O goes back two places. :jumps shows the whole list, with > marking where you are.

CTRL-O goes to an Older position; CTRL-I, right next to it on the keyboard, goes the other way.

⌨keys

`<C-o>`	back to an older position in the jump list
`<C-i>`	forward to a newer position in the jump list
`<Tab>`	same as CTRL-I
`:jumps`	show the jump list (:ju for short)

Nin neovim

Neovim adds the 'jumpoptions' option. :set jumpoptions+=stack makes the list behave like browser history: jump somewhere new from the middle of the list and the newer entries are dropped. view also restores the scroll position when you jump back. And in terminals that support it, CTRL-I and <Tab> can be mapped separately.

2 drills

Back out with CTRL-O: Fix the first or last line (see the target), then go back to where you started with CTRL-O.
Two jumps back: Fix the first line and the last line, then go back two jumps to where you started, with CTRL-O twice or 2 CTRL-O.

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