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Life & fun · January 26, 2013

A New Basic Vim Motion

Seek makes navigating long lines effortless, acting like f but taking two characters. - goldfeld/vim-seek

A New Basic Vim Motion launched on January 26, 2013 with 110 votes, #18 of 526 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

Seek is a Vim plugin that improves navigation on long lines by functioning like the native f command but matching two characters instead of one. This allows users to jump to specific locations more precisely and with fewer keystrokes. The plugin is designed for Vim users who frequently work with lengthy lines of code or text and want a faster way to position their cursor at particular points within those lines.

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