Pressing “Home” in Vim on an Indented Line

Question

I have a bad habit of using the \'home\' key to go back to the beginning of a line. As I recently started using vim I noticed that when I press the home key on a lined that is i

Answer 1

There are two usual ways to go to the "beginning" of a line in Vim:

• 0 (zero) go to the first column of text
• ^ go to the first non-whitespace on the line

I find that using 0w is usually the most convenient way for me to go to the first nonblank character on a line, it's the same number of keys as ^ and is easier to reach. (Of course, if there are no leading spaces on the line, don't press w.)