https://omarcrosby.com/tags/motions/ Recent content in Motions on Omar Crosby https://omarcrosby.com/images/og.jpg https://omarcrosby.com/images/og.jpg Hugo en-us Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:53:52 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/vim-motions-and-text-objects-the-actual-language/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:53:52 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/vim-motions-and-text-objects-the-actual-language/ Motions and text objects are where Vim's productivity actually lives. This post is a full reference — every motion category, every text object, the counts and repeats that combine with them, and worked examples showing why 'change inside quotes' is the command you'll type ten times a day. Second in a four-post series on Vim, following the modal-editing intro and preceding the deep dives on registers and macros.