Questions tagged [operator]
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Get motion used within operatorfunction?
How can I make a custom operator function that can programmatically reuse the motion that the user called it with?
E.g. I want to map the operator m so that miw goes to the start of the file and then ...
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How to make dot replay embedded normal command? e.g in insert mode: <c-o>ysiw>Some<esc>
For example:
OpRef
^- cursor
I press <c-o>ysiw>Option<esc> in insert mode to get:
Option<OpRef>
I want to repeat this command with dot operator, but when I press dot it only ...
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On string concatenation, what's the difference between . and .. (single dot and double dot)?
From the :execute help (:h :exe):
*:exe* *:execute*
:exe[cute] {expr1} .. Executes the string that results from the evaluation
of {expr1} as an Ex command.
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Make j and k act character-wise when used with operators
When I use j or k with operators, they make the operator act line-wise - acting over two whole lines, as if I had used Vj/Vk. I want them to act character-wise so that they act until the current ...
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Keep cursor from moving when using operators
I'm trying to implement a custom operator following :h :map-operator.
The operator works just fine but has the side effect of moving the cursor position!
For example the code defining the <F4> ...
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Creating custom text objects via omap - How to run functions after the motion
I've done extensive reading including :h omap-info and Vim the hardway operator pending mode, this part is espcially good:
A good way to keep the multiple ways of creating operator-pending
mappings ...
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Why doesn't d_ delete to the first non-blank character on the line?
v^ and v_ both select to the first non-blank character on the line.
d^ deletes to the first non-blank character on the line, but d_ deletes the entire line.
Why is this? Is there any reason to use ...
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Operator Modifier
I have been using vim mode for atom for quite a while,
recently I've been trying to switch to nvim, but I can't seem to find a way to replicate the operator modifiers behaviour, which I've come to ...
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Find out last used text object
I'm trying to figure out a way to make a repeatable operator insert. To do so I'm trying to make use of tpope/repeat. My idea is to set a repeatable call that repeats the last operation, repeating the ...
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Making operator insert and append repeatable
Is there an insert and append operation that can be followed by a text-object? I've found this plugins:
https://github.com/deris/vim-operator-insert
https://github.com/mwgkgk/vim-operator-insert
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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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