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forward-word(2)
forward-word(2)forward-word - Move the cursor to the next word
backward-word - Move the cursor to the previous word
n forward-word (esc f)
n backward-word (esc b)
forward-word places the cursor at the end of the nth word from the current position; the default is 1.
backward-word places the cursor at the beginning of the nth previous word, default 1.
Words are distinguished by non-alphanumeric characters and need not be white space such as spaces and tabs.
A character is considered to be part of a word if it is in the $buffer-mask(5) character set. The default setting for $buffer-mask is "luh" which gives a word character set of the alphanumeric characters, i.e. 0-9, A-Z, a-z, this may be changed by setting the $buffer-mask variable. The character sets (including 4 user character sets 1-4) may be altered by using the command set-char-mask(2).
backward-line(2), backward-paragraph(2), forward-line(2), forward-paragraph(2), $buffer-mask(5), set-char-mask(2).
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Last Modified: 1999/03/25
Generated On: 1999/12/01