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Vim plugin: Create your own text objects
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vim-textobj-user is a Vim plugin to create your own text objects without pain.It is hard to create text objects, because there are many pitfalls to dealwith. This plugin hides such details and provides a declarative way to definetext objects. You can use regular expressions to define simple text objects,or use functions to define complex ones.
Definead/id to select a date such as2013-03-16, anddefineat/it to select a time such as22:04:21:
calltextobj#user#plugin('datetime', {\'date': {\'pattern':'\<\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d\>',\'select': ['ad','id'],\ },\'time': {\'pattern':'\<\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\>',\'select': ['at','it'],\ },\})
DefineaA to select text from<< to the matching>>, anddefineiA to select text inside<< and>>:
calltextobj#user#plugin('braces', {\'angle': {\'pattern': ['<<','>>'],\'select-a':'aA',\'select-i':'iA',\ },\})
Defineal to select the current line, anddefineil to select the current line without indentation:
calltextobj#user#plugin('line', {\'-': {\'select-a-function':'CurrentLineA',\'select-a':'al',\'select-i-function':'CurrentLineI',\'select-i':'il',\ },\})function!CurrentLineA()normal!0let head_pos=getpos('.')normal!$let tail_pos=getpos('.')return ['v', head_pos, tail_pos]endfunctionfunction!CurrentLineI()normal! ^let head_pos=getpos('.')normal! g_let tail_pos=getpos('.')let non_blank_char_exists_p=getline('.')[head_pos[2]-1]!~#'\s'return\non_blank_char_exists_p\? ['v', head_pos, tail_pos]\:0endfunction
Definea( to select text from\left( to the matching\right), anddefinei( to select text inside\left( to the matching\right),butonly for tex files:
calltextobj#user#plugin('tex', {\'paren-math': {\'pattern': ['\\left(','\\right)'],\'select-a': [],\'select-i': [],\ },\})augrouptex_textobjsautocmd!autocmdFileTypetexcalltextobj#user#map('tex', {\'paren-math': {\'select-a':'<buffer> a(',\'select-i':'<buffer> i(',\ },\})augroupEND
You can define your own text objects like the above examples. See alsothe reference manualfor more details.
There are many text objects written with vim-textobj-user.If you want to find useful ones, or to know how they are implemented,seea list of text objects implemented withvim-textobj-user.
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