How can I delete whitespace backwards until end of previous word?

Question

I want to delete whitespace backwards until end of previous word.

Say, I have the cursor on the character "d" in the word "dog":

horse cat dog

If I press Ctrl-W (Insert mode) or db (Normal mode), then "cat" is deleted, which I don't want.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

In normal mode:

cTt

Then press space

Answer 2

How about hdiw? I.e. move into the space and then delete the "word" formed by the whitespace. That will give you:

horse catdog

To keep 1 space between cat and dog, the best I can think of is ge2ldw, i.e. go to the end of the previous word, move to the second space in the gap, and delete to the start of the next word.

Answer 3

Using Vim's jump to first letter in line can be useful in situations like this.

dTt

delete backwards until you reach letter t, but dont include letter itself.