nv_bB.md

normal and visual b, B

Vim Reference

:help b
:help B
:help word
:help WORD
:help 'iskeyword'

Short Description

Move the cursor backwards to the beginning of the current or previous word or WORD.

Examples

To understand the difference between b and B we have to understand the difference between word and WORD. WORDs are separated by spaces, and words are separated by what is not listed in iskeyword. The details for iskeyword we will discuss another day, but this I have to mention - the @ character in iskeyword doesn't represent the @ character itself, but it represents all alpha characters a-zA-Z and those with accent and umlauts like áàóòöäüß....

b in normal mode

B in normal mode

b/B in visual mode

Of course in visual mode you can use b and B too to adjust the visually selected text.

Using <counter>b/B

And like for all other motion commands you can prepend with a counter to move several word/WORDs. The same for visual mode.

5B
4b