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by jolmg 2771 days ago
> "change forward" [...] 'cf'

"change find", you mean.
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edanm 2771 days ago
Interesting! I'd always thought of it as "f"orward.

Is there any official reference to it standing for find? Googling has found a few unofficial references, but help doesn't appear to say either way.

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jolmg 2771 days ago
In vim's usr_03.txt manual file, it says:

> One of the most useful movement commands is the single-character search command. The command "fx" searches forward in the line for the single character x. Hint: "f" stands for "Find".

That seems official.

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