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How do you quickly navigate inside a source file using emacs ? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am a C++ dev. I am now able to follow up symbols or files using LSP,/projectile/ivy/transient aso... but inside one file, I have difficulties going quickly up function by function, or by if/for statement. Do you know a convenient way to do this ? I am interested in any navigation tips as well ! Thanks for your help !

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You can go to the next/previous function with C-M-a and C-M-e. With evil mode it's ] m and [ m. You can use imenu. You can make keybindings to scroll forwards/backwards several lines at a time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That one is great !!! What if I want to navigate through statements of the same type ? Like if instructions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what that means, but forward-sexp, backward-sexp, and backward-up-list are good for navigating across and within balanced expressions.

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