How do I map the goto match command to v in vim? Effiencent moving in vim

I notice that I use the goto match bracket key a ton in vim and it is really inconvenient to have it bound to the % key. Since I don't use visual mode that often (and if I do I'm manually transitioned to it when I use my mouse) I would like to map this开发者_高级运维 command to my v key.

As a side question does anyone have their ^ (go to beginning of line) and $ (go to end of line) mapped to different more convenient keys?

I guess the main problem that I'm having is that I use ^ % $ very frequently and I would like them to be mapped to more convenient keys so that I can move around more efficiently.

Thanks

What's the deal? Use

map v %

In this way you can also map ^ and $ keys. For example, I prefer to map ^ to the Home key:

nmap <Home> ^
imap <Home> <Esc>I