On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:55:18 PM UTC-5, glts wrote: > 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. >
If you mean my original proposal, while it could certainly be done in script it would be *much* cleaner to do it in vim's source. If you mean Bram's proposed alteration of my proposal, not only would be easy to do, it's been done; someone else in this thread already pointed this one out: https://github.com/thinca/vim-textobj-between/blob/master/doc/textobj-between.txt What I had hoped for was a bit different from that and I don't think could be done nnearly as cleanly in script as it could be in vim, but Bram didn't seem as keen on it. > > 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. I don't really see how this in any way conflicts with that option. > > 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 > Good to know, "i" is out then. -- -- 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.
