How do I jump forward by sentence in Vim?

Explanation

The ) motion moves the cursor to the beginning of the next sentence. Vim defines a sentence as ending with ., !, or ? followed by whitespace or end of line.

How it works

• ) jumps forward to the start of the next sentence
• Sentence boundaries are periods, exclamation marks, or question marks followed by a space or newline
• Works well in prose text; less predictable in code

Example

This is the first sentence. This is the second. And the third.

With the cursor on T of This is the first, pressing ) jumps to T of This is the second.

Tips

• ( jumps backward to the start of the current/previous sentence
• d) deletes from cursor to end of the sentence
• das deletes around a sentence (including trailing whitespace)
• dis deletes the inner sentence