Navigating to the ends of the line
We’re not just interested in jumping to specific lines; we also want to navigate within that line.
We could just use h and l (or the arrow keys) to move left and right one
character at a time, but there are better ways. Helix gives us a few tools for
navigating horizontally in the line, and this step covers the two simplest.
They live in the goto menu from the last step: gh jumps to the start of the
line and gl to the end. There are also I and A, which do the same thing
but automatically drop you into insert mode. That’s useful if you want to
quickly insert some new text at the start or end of the line.
Work through the checklist below — and have a play with I and A on your
own while you’re there (remember Escape to get back out).