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		arooaroo on June 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I can’t stop using Vim I know this is a minor point but using 'gg' to move to the first line is easier than '1G'.

adolph on June 29, 2014 [–]

The author started in vi, which has no gig as far as I can tell.

a3n on June 29, 2014 | [–]

And I use :0, which is consistent with :N to get to the Nth line, which I also use. (I know, :1 same, just my habit.) And I could use :% to get to the last line, for more consistency, but G is my habit there.

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