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The v is redundant unless you want highlighting. You can do yi" directly (or ci" or di"). For more fun, activate vim-surround. E.g. to replace surrounding quot
by KRAKRISMOTT 3y ago
The v is redundant unless you want highlighting. You can do yi" directly (or ci" or di").
For more fun, activate vim-surround. E.g. to replace surrounding quotes with parentheses: cs"(
- riffraff 3y agoit's fun, I have had vim-surround installed for years but keep forgetting how that it exists.
- TonyStr 3y agovi"p or vi"P is a great way to overwrite "" contents with the contents of your unnamed register
- Izkata 3y agoI habitually use visual mode for a lot of stuff like that so quick flash shows me what was affected (in case of typo). If the highlighted part isn't what I expected I instantly know to undo, rather than having to think about the resulting text for a moment.
- williamdclt 3y agoSame. Which shows a weakness of vim, I think it’d be much more usable if it had the verb last: iw would select the word then you can delete, yank, or even extend the selection knowing exactly what you’re going to operate on. I think kakoune works like that, but I don’t have the will to learn another editor and vi is what’s available everywhere anyway
- xigoi 3y agoThe problem with Kakoune-like object-action order is that you need more modifier keys.
- qrio2 3y agosurround and sneak are my desert island vim plugins