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multani on Jan 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vim: ZZ and zz: Do you know the difference?

I use ZZ all the time, but it's so wired into my memory muscle that i had to read the article to realize I was actually using it.

Also, zz is _so_ practical, it's probably the shortcut I miss the most when I'm not using a vi-compatible editor...

apetrovic on Jan 9, 2023 | [–]

Most editors have zz functionality. Ctrl+L for VSCode, JetBrains tools, and SublimeText, for example.

quanticle on Jan 9, 2023 | | [–]

All of whom copied it, in turn, from emacs :)

michaelteter on Jan 9, 2023 | [–]

And somehow after 30 years of vi use, I never knew of or used zz.

I use ma, mb, etc and ‘a ‘b and ‘’ to mark and jump around, beyond the other options.

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