Questions tagged [cursor-motions]
Commands that moves the cursor. A motion command is used after an operator command to move over the text that is to be operated upon.
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Is there a text object for the entire buffer?
I often find myself typing commands like gg"+yG or ggdG and would like a more efficient way to do this without having to move the cursor twice. Is there any command that I can use e.g. y[movement] to ...
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What's the difference between a text object and a motion?
I've been using vim for a while and consider myself moderately proficient. I've also built custom text objects, primarily using the fantastic vim-textobj-user rather than natively, as well as using ...
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Run macro over a visual selection with line movements
I can find an answer to a similar problem here, however although I can get that example to function I can't get what I want to do to work.
Here is the example text to be edited, a partial section of ...
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Selector for line of text?
To grab a full word from anywhere in the word I can do:
viw
And to grab an entire line from start to finish I can do:
V
However, is there a section that grabs all text from the first char to the ...
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Does vim's ex command line support (readline-like) motions? [duplicate]
tldr
Moving in ex command line is slow because common readline motions (like in bash) are not supported. Are there any improvements for this?
I often find myself with an ex command in the command ...
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custom mapping to make dge consistent with dw, de, and db?
Situation
Recently I was investigating the behaviour of word motions in vim and to me it seems like ge is grossly inconsistent with the other 3. Here is an example with ^ showing the cursor:
word1 ...
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How do I get matchit to work with '/>' (self-closed tags)?
I really like to jump from one <el> to the end of </el> with matchit. I am using it for jsx, but it does not seem to work if I have an element that is declared with />, does anybody ...
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Unexpected behavior with feedkeys
Consider the following code snippet, which aims to provide y without moving the cursor.
function! Yank_fixed_cursor()
let save_cursor = getcurpos()
call feedkeys("y", 'nitx')
call setpos('...
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Delete to the end of a paragaph, including all of the current line
I'd like to redefine the { and } motions to operate "linewise" when used with the c and d operators.
To be concrete, given the following:
The quick brown
fox j|umps over
the lazy dog
If I press d}, ...
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delete brackets and select region
Is there a quick way to delete brackets ( some string ) and then select "some string"?
ds( deletes them (using the surround plugin). vi( selects but only when they exist.
looking for normal mode.
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Change <up>/<down> to gk/gj in insert mode
I want to replace the default behavior of the arrows in insert mode, so that they behave like gk and gj, I have used:
inoremap <up> <Esc>gka
inoremap <down> <Esc>gja
But this ...
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Is there a way to "move to the beginning of the next text object"?
Suppose I have a defined text object. For example, I have a ii text block which defines all the contiguous lines around the cursor at the same level of indentation or deeper. I know what it means to, ...
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Repeat last "change inside text object" command without the inserted text
Is there some way to repeat something like cit and be left in insert mode instead of automatically repeating the previously entered text?
For example, suppose I have the following lines:
<th>...
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Create a motion?
I find it very strange that I can't find this question anywhere...
I made a mapping nnoremap <leader>C /\u<CR> to go to the next capital letter. I thought it would be useful to edit ...
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How to search & replace the word under cursor without changing position?
This question is related to Do a forward slash search but don't have vim immediately jump to the string? but is not a dup.
I recently updated my Linux box (clicked on the "install updates" button ...
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Last char on the line is being "left out" in many situations
For example, wanting to delete the last 3 words from the current line, I press $d3b but I still have the last char from that line not deleted. Is that normal? Is there a better way to achieve what I'm ...
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viw breaks when i is remapped
I have the following in my init.vim (neovim):
nnoremap i k
nnoremap j h
nnoremap k j
xnoremap i k
xnoremap j h
xnoremap k j
nnoremap h i
nnoremap H I
I find this arrow key-like configuration much ...
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How to create new operator by using existing operator with current motion?
function! OperatorFunc(type, ...)
" how to call another operator with current motion?
" do other stuff
endfunction
Is it possible to get motion text? such as get iw from yiw
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(how) can I use di< / di> to delete inner block of xml
What would be the best way to delete / change the inner block of an xml element? I could use df< when my cursor is inside the block, i.e. when I have:
<elem>foo bar<\elem>
^
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Vim changing the text objects of " in a single line with less number of keystrokes?
Consider this situation, which I often follow in python and consider that my cursor is on the letter a of args:
args = ap.add_argument("-i", "--texture", type = str, required=True, help="path of the ...
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How to go back after accidentally hitting H in visual mode?
While selecting in visual mode I often accidentally hit H or L instead of h or l due to having used Shift for some previous command (like e.g. V to start selection by line) and not yet released it ...
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Register CursorMoved on certain key press and disable when move to new line
I'm trying to write a function that will highlight searches performed with the f and F keys.
I currently have a solution here thanks to @filbranden, but would like to further improve it to only ...
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Remapping motion keys [duplicate]
I recently found the awesome plugin named CamelCaseMotion which is awesome. I used their suggested mappings in my .vimrc for the plugin like this:
map <silent> w <Plug>CamelCaseMotion_w
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Change the cursor shape in operator pending mode
My cursor in Gvim:
My cursor in Gvim after pressing d:
Is there any way I can change the cursor in terminal Vim when in operator pending mode? It doesn't have to look exactly like the screenshots.
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How to end selection at an occurrence of a word?
Let's say I have this text with | as my cursor:
<<<<<<< HEAD
hi
=======
hello
======
>>>>>> XXXX GGg|
Now, I'd like to select from >>>> to say second=== or ...
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How do I get the text that is chosen by some motion?
I'm wanting to write a simple plugin that allows using a motion to choose some text and then processes that text. I'm trying to find out how to get the text that a motion results in. So far I haven't ...
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A version of `w` which skips to the next underscore
I frequently work with code style which asks that many non-class symbols use snake_case -- Python, Ruby, and C especially. If I have a symbol like longfirstpart_longsecondpart, I'd like to be able to ...
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Different behavior when selecting quote blocks vs. selecting parentheses blocks [duplicate]
When I have a line of code such as:
result = function(myVar);
then I can delete the text "myVar" with the command di( only if my cursor is already positioned inside the parentheses. However, when I'...
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Can I select and paste with a single operation?
Here's my use case. I have the following text:
This is a [hyperlink](http://someurl.com).
Now I want to replace the http://someurl.com text with a new URL in the default register (something I've ...
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How to wrap a command which can handle a text object?
The scenario is that the plugin I use (iron.nvim) has a mapping crt which handle text objects. Ultimately, this mapping is based on a command <Plug>(iron-send-motion). I would like to create a ...
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visual line mode is ended by inner block motion
When I do Vi{y to select inside a { block and yank it, it doesn't paste how I expect.
I noticed that after V (which puts me into VISUAL-LINE mode), the i{ object takes me into VISUAL mode.
Here's a ...
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text object for highlighted text
If I have a file that contains
this_is_the_first_underscore_phrase
this_is_the_first_underscore_phrase
I search for "first" /first and my cursor is placed onto the start of the word "first".
I know ...
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navigate within nerdtree
I wonder how folks navigate efficiently with in a nerdtree window, for example if I'm in a folder like this:
├── m1.py
├── m1.pyc
├── m2.py
├── m2.py.bak
├── m2.pyc
├── main.py
├── matplotdemo.py
├── ...
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Highlight everything inside (, [, and { and expand outwards
Suppose I have a line of text of the form (123[456{789}abc]def) and the cursor is inside the curly braces. In sublime text, we can use ctrl-shift-m repeatedly to jump to highlighting 789, {789}, 456{...
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How does Ctrl-I works?
I have completely clean vimrc, no plugins, and the following test file:
foo bar baz baz baz baz baz baz
baz baz
Now, I press / to start search, then type baz, press Enter, press n twice. It will ...
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Number in the beginning vs. number in the end
Yes, I know that d2e and 2de are two different commands and therefore works slightly different, though it's not visible to the eyes.
Let's call them "number-in-the-middle" (nim) and "number-in-the-...
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Select characters in Visual mode (works differently than Normal mode)
I'm trying to understand the difference in character counting between Normal and Visual modes.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
The task is to copy everything from ...
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Delete with search motion in normal command
I am attempting to delete from start of line until string foo. In normal mode, 0d/foo accomplishes this. Now, I would like to do this for every line in my buffer. Reading documentation and SO it ...
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How can you turn off text highlighting (hlsearch) with custom text objects?
I am implementing a custom text object in visual mode, but this text object uses regular expressions to find the beginning and ending of the selection. However, when I do this, other parts of the text ...
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Is there a text object or motion for non-comment lines are not separated from comment lines by blank lines? E.g., in git commit messages
Consider the text
A
B
# C
# D
Is there a text object or motion that will select lines A and B if the cursor is on either, but not select lines C and D? ap or ip with the cursor on any of those four ...
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textobj-user: must the patterns be different?
I'm trying to make a text-object that is a paragraph surrounded by lines containing %. To test something simpler, I tried:
call textobj#user#plugin('pc', {
\ 'code': {
\ 'pattern': ['%<', '%'...
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change inner backslashed quotes
I know the ci" motion and others :changes, but I need something like a ci\" in order to change inner a backslashed quotes. Assuming * as the cursor position:
a = "message says: \"fo*o bar\""
I would ...
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Rectangular regions as text objects?
Is it possible to define a text object in vim that will act on a rectangular region?
For instance, suppose I have vertically aligned columns of text, like this:
column 1 co column 2 col
lumn 1 ...
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Motion to jump back one level of indentation, not including blank lines
I've been authoring a lot of F# in Vim lately. Like Python it is pretty strictly indentation-based. However, unlike Python mode for Vim, it does not appear that the standard F# Vim plugin supports any ...
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Repeat previous square bracket command [duplicate]
I am using the ] commands (e.g. ]]) a lot and have a bunch of custom ones too.
Is there a command that repeats the last such command, similar to how . repeats the last edit?
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]m moves to class definitions not method definitions inside nested classes
I am editing a java file.
]m takes me from one class to the next, instead of to the next method definition.
How do I get it to take me between methods?
Example:
public class Baz {
public class ...
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Automatically jump to text object during `ci(`
Suppose my cursor is at the beginning of the line of code:
def f(a, b, c, d, e):
If I want to change inside the parenthesis using the text object command ci(, I need to first navigate to some ...
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Why is :execute required in this --remote-silent command?
Let's say I want to jump to a particular position in a file in an existing Vim server:
This command jumps to the correct line, but not the correct column, leaving the cursor at the start of the line:
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Simplest way to delete a "composite" word?
Apologies if "composite" is not the technical term. I mean the following:
Hi, I-am-a-composite-word and we are not
I would like to delete only the composite word. In command mode, if I move the ...
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Control - Arrow to Skip Over Text
I am new to Vim, however I am learning to love it. As a former/current Windows user, there is one shortcut that I depend on and would like to configure in Vim.
On windows I can use ctrl-arrow left ...
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