Why?

Navigate by char. The best way to “get” it is to try it.

Interface

Any other key stops jump-char and edits as normal.

key	does
<char>	move to the next match in the current direction.
;	next match forward (towards end of buffer)
,	next match backward (towards beginning of buffer)
C-c C-c	invoke `ace-jump-mode’ if available

ace-jump-mode

C-c C-c switches to ace-jump-mode seamlessly.

iy-go-to-char

The behaviour is strongly modeled after `iy-go-to-char’ with the following differences:

• point always stays before match
• point during search is same as after exiting
• lazy highlighting courtesy of isearch