On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Daniel Thau <dant...@bedrocklinux.org> wrote: > Attached is a patch to add an 'autotextobject' setting which will treat > undefined text-objects like quote text objects, using the provided > character as bounds. For example, with this setting if a user enters > "di," with the cursor between two commas, the text between the commas > will be removed. This is very useful for editing lists. Similarly, if > one is composing TeX being able to quickly operate on the area between > dollar signs is useful. If one is editing snake_case_variables, being > able to do a quick "ci_" is also nice. The key here is that it happens > on-the-fly with all as-of-yet-undefined objects without requiring the > user consider every possible character he/she would be interested in > ahead of time. > > Outside of documentation and adding the setting itself, the it is only a > few additional lines of code. > > I've wanted this feature for a while; if there is anything else I should > do to help get it upstreamed do let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Just to add a dissenting opinion. A feature that is easy to implement isn't necessarily a good addition to core Vim. For me, the proposed functionality is only marginally useful and just cries for a plugin solution. It would be really easy to do, too. Personally, I love to use a solid text object framework like http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2100 and choose for myself which special-case text object I need on top of that. I like that Vim only has a few core text objects and lets me fill in the rest. By the way, "ii" is often used for "inner indent", which selects lines with the same or greater amount of indentation as the current line: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2484 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3037 Best, -- David -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
