Note: This site is currently "Under construction". I'm migrating to a new version of my site building software. Lots of things are in a state of disrepair as a result (for example, footnote links aren't working). It's all part of the process of building in public. Most things should still be readable though.

Check To See What Hotkey Keymaps Do What In Neovim

There are sooooo many keymappings in Neovim. I frequenly see folks post one without any explination of what the command is called or what it actually does. I knew how to use `:map`` to get a listing of my custom keymaps. Took me a bit to figure out that the help docs work for built in commands.

For example, use this in Normal mode figure out what Ctrl O does:

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:h Ctrl-O

I feel silly for not realizing that the docs would have it so directly. It's a nice reminder to myself to head to them whenever a question comes up.

For when you're wondering what pressing the button will do