When having selected something in visual mode where I want to perform a find-and-replace I always have to run :'<,'>s/foo/bar/g manually. Is there some way so that I can bind it to some key combination that I have to press whilst in visual mode, so that the command automatically appears with the cursor at s/[cursor here] and when I press tab the cursor jumps to s/foo/[jump here]?
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For the first demand you can create a mapping in visual mode.
e.g.:
vnoremap s :s/
In visual mode if you hit s it will make sure the command line is filled with: :'<,'>s/
For the second demand it is unclear how you want foo to be discovered or is it a constant foo.
Remark: If you already searched for foo in the previous search you could also have:
:'<,'>s//bar
as equivalent as:
:'<,'>s/foo/bar
answered Jul 11, 2022 at 20:34
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I don't want it to be discovered, I want that the cursor jumps to the position where I would write the word I want to replace and then jumps to the position where I write the word I want to replace it with– RichardJul 11, 2022 at 20:46
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With my proposition you would: 1. hit
s, 2. type your word (e.g.foo), 3. type/(instead of<tab>) and 4. type the replacing word (e.g.bar). Would that fit the bill? Jul 11, 2022 at 20:49 -
<C-r><C-w>and<C-r><C-a>on the:command-line, to insert the word (WORD) under the cursor.