While writing a C program in Vim editor, suppose I want to edit the argument list of a function for example:
int show_user_data(float num){ //Some code //more code } My cursor currently blinking on i of the int in
int show_user_data(float num){
How do I bring my cursor directly inside the argument list of the function i.e inside the round brackets so that it is now blinking (better going into insert mode also) at the f of float such that I am ready to edit the argument list already.
The command % will bring you to the next "match item", which is ) in this case (see :h 'matchpairs').
Now, when the cursor is on the right paren, you can do %a to get to the left one and enter insert mode.
So, it takes only 3 keystrokes: %%a
Or you can search for ( character: f(a. Three keystrokes too.
There will be many ways based on user preference and habit. For your example code, I would simply do
ffi f will take you to first character which follows it, here f and i for insert
3w?