Questions tagged [plugin-vim-surround]
surround.vim is a plugin by tpope to ease quoting and parenthesizing
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How to map `""` to `ysiw"` from surround.vim?
I would like to map "" to ysiw" from surround.vim to reduce number of keystrokes needed to surround a word with double quotes.
I have tried :noremap "" ysiw", however it ...
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vim change multiline html tags with vim-surround
I would like, using vim-surround to convert this
<p>
^currsor
Issues reported by users from the
<a href="https://re.fr"> https:...
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How to highlight text between two delimiters / tags?
How do I highlight the block of text between two delimiters / tags / "surroundings"?
(e.g., between matching parentheses ()s, quotes "", html tags (div../div), etc.)
(Or maybe how ...
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Can I remap y key in vim-surround plugin?
I use langmap to be able to use QWERTY-like layout for normal mode, and Bépo to input text.
Key | Usage
y maps to x
ç maps to y
However, I can’t use vim-surround to add ...
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Repeat surroundings commands with dot
I'm using kana/vim-surround plugin to change/delete the surroundings of a word.
How can I use the dot to repeat some command from this plugin?
For example, the word "pineapple" becomes ...
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Vim-surround with "onemore"
I have the following setting on:
set ve+=onemore "allows us to go one-past the last character, emulating ctrl-e in normal programs
This is helpful for a lot of navigations and other commands I ...
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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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How to use surround.vim to quote a single character?
I'm a user of the surround.vim plugin that lets me surround words with quotes, brackets, etc.
I'm facing an issue with surrounding a single character with e.g. quotes, when the character is adjacent ...
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Vim-Surround but not shift+S in visual mode
How do I disable vim-surround in visual (selection) mode?
IE. If I hit shift+S I want to replace all the lines I have currently selected ( the normal vim functionality )
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Surround on tex files
I have both vimtex and surround plugins installed(and ultisnip if matters).
When doing surround in visual mode (using S) on a tex file, and when I press \ next I get immediately \begin. I am not sure ...
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Add surrounding quotes no leading whitespace
my question is simillar to this: How do I surround a quoted string without including leading whitespace?
But not exactly. I am using vim-surround.
I have a string
print he^llo_and_welcome
where ...
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Delete whitespace before and after word
I have some text with two dashes:
This is some text -- with two dashes.
I want to delete the space before and after the dashes:
This is some text--with two dashes.
Is there a way this can be done ...
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Surround part of line with comment /* .. */ [duplicate]
Is it possible to surround a selected part of a line with /* and */?
start COMMENT ME end
start /*COMMENT ME*/ end
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Quoting blocks but ignoring whitespace
Let's say I have
Foo BAR Baz Quxxx Foo
Baar Asd Duxxxxx Bar Foo
Baazzz Kuxx Baz
I would ideally like to be to highlight the first, second, or third column. Then I would ...
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Reclaim cursor shape in operator pending mode of neovim while using vim-surround
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit, the main reason I chose neovim over vim was it's native feature of changing cursor shape in different modes. For example, it uses vertical-bar in insert mode, block-...
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Visual block mode and vim surround?
Let's say I have text like this,
SPAC SPAC - Specific-Purpose Committee Campaign Finance Report
SPAC-SS SPAC-SS - Specific-Purpose Committee Special Session Report
SPAC-T SPAC-T - ...
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surround plug-in within global command
I've been unable to use surround within a global command, For example:
g/^/ norm! yss" seems to do nothing or replaces the entire line by the contents of the clipboard.
This is consistent with ...
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Is there possibly something wrong with (i)mapping the left bracket?
I've been using the vim-surround plugin for as long as I can remember and have grown accustomed to typing <c-g>s ) when I want to insert text between brackets. I was writing with the atom editor ...
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Mapping using tpope/vim-surround only works with command
I have this mapping to surround a Word with jQuery id selector $("#...") and it works fine using a command:
command! JqId normal viwo^[i#^[ysiW"ysiW)i$^[E
nnoremap <Leader>jqid :JqId<CR>
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How can I change mapping for vim-surround plugin?
I don't mind keeping the original mapping, I just want to bind it to something more convenient, so instead of typing ysiw), I could for example do it with Alt(.
I tried just adding nnoremap <M-(&...
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Replace surrounding quotes for < >
Given the string "hello.h", I want to obtain <hello.h>.
I have tried vim-surround, but while it seems to be able to surround with matching
{ }: cs"{
( ): cs"(
[ ]: cs"{
XML tags: cs"<mytag&...
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How do I quote tabulated columns?
Currently, I'm using Vim Surround to make quoting easy on
Multiple whole-lines
Visual blocks
Individual words
However, it doesn't seem to make the job easy on columns, for example. Take this ...
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`s` doesn't trigger surrounding, but substitute (`cl`)
I installed this vimrc configuration (including plugins), and saw that vim-surround was included. With that, the surround-readme tells me I can use things like ds" to delete surrounding quotes.
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How do I surround a quoted string without including leading whitespace?
I have a string like 'foobar', and I want to surround it with parentheses: ('foobar').
With vim-surround, I can do ysi'), which produces '(foobar)'... Not what I want
I can also ysa'), but that will ...
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Why does vim surround add spaces in this example?
Old text Command New text
Hello *world ysiw( Hello ( world )
Hello *world ysiwb Hello (world)
Hello *world ysiw) Hello (world)...
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Surround.vim deletes selection
I'm trying to use surround.vim plugin and make a basic surround with a " sign. Documents states that i need to for example select a word with v and press s". However, i'm not able to use that nor any ...
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surround plugin and TeX quotes `'
Is it possible to make the surround plugin work on `TeX-style quotes' and ``TeX-style double quotes''? (Normally, if `this is quoted'| and `this', va' will select from the first closing mark to the ...
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How can I get vim-surround to automatically indent surrounded HTML code?
I am wanting to wrap the <h2> and the <div> blocks below and surround them both with another <div>
<body>
<h2>Im a heading</h2>
<div class="row">
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delete surrounding eruby tag in rails
When adding a new pair of eruby tag like <%= %> surrounding Time.now, just type below keys:
yss=
It does the job <%= *Time.now %>. I have no idea how to do the opposite by removing it ...
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Disable vim-surround in a netrw buffer
Is there a way to disable a plugin (or a set of keymaps) on a specific filetype? vim-surround causes a delay in netrw when pressing d to create a new directory.
I'm thinking that this might be ...
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How can I surround the lines inside the html tag object?
I have the following piece of HTML:
<div>
<section>
</section>
</div>
I would like to wrap the 2 section tags in a single article like so:
<div>
<article>
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