A common task when navigating code bases is trying to figure out where certain methods are defined, and looking for occurrences of a certain method.
Vim has a built-in feature that allows you to navigate to the definition of a variable in the same file. With the cursor over a word, press gd to go to the declaration of the variable. For instance, open animal_farm.py and position your cursor at the beginning of make_animal on line 26. Press gd, and your cursor will jump to line 13, where the function is defined:
gd will look for a local variable declaration first. There's also gD, which will look for a global declaration (starting at the beginning of at the file instead of the beginning of the current scope).
This feature is not syntax aware, as out-of-the-box Vim does not know how your code is structured semantically. However, Vim supports...
