Vim cursor setup
Let's say I have this line in Vim and I click $ to reach EOL.
Hello Worl*d
The asterisk marks the place of the cursor, i.e. 
Let's say now that I wanted to delete backwards until the space, so I use dT<Space>. This leaves me with:
Hello *d
The problem is that the cursor is actually between the l and the d.
Another option in this case would diw (or diW if the word contained hyphens etc), but I like to be able to use the motion that first pops up in my head, and sometimes it's more obvious to do a motion until a character.
Is there any workaround here? One idea is to have the cursor moved to the right of the cursor block, instead of the left. I haven't found anything on this.
vim
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
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Let's say I have this line in Vim and I click $ to reach EOL.
Hello Worl*d
The asterisk marks the place of the cursor, i.e.
Let's say now that I wanted to delete backwards until the space, so I use dT<Space>. This leaves me with:
Hello *d
The problem is that the cursor is actually between the l and the d.
Another option in this case would diw (or diW if the word contained hyphens etc), but I like to be able to use the motion that first pops up in my head, and sometimes it's more obvious to do a motion until a character.
Is there any workaround here? One idea is to have the cursor moved to the right of the cursor block, instead of the left. I haven't found anything on this.
vim
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
Where do you see a/?
– harrymc
Jan 30 at 11:23
Not slash, I cursivated the l and d in World. I fix it so we avoid misunderstandings.
– Max
Jan 30 at 12:29
add a comment |
Let's say I have this line in Vim and I click $ to reach EOL.
Hello Worl*d
The asterisk marks the place of the cursor, i.e.
Let's say now that I wanted to delete backwards until the space, so I use dT<Space>. This leaves me with:
Hello *d
The problem is that the cursor is actually between the l and the d.
Another option in this case would diw (or diW if the word contained hyphens etc), but I like to be able to use the motion that first pops up in my head, and sometimes it's more obvious to do a motion until a character.
Is there any workaround here? One idea is to have the cursor moved to the right of the cursor block, instead of the left. I haven't found anything on this.
vim
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
Let's say I have this line in Vim and I click $ to reach EOL.
Hello Worl*d
The asterisk marks the place of the cursor, i.e.
Let's say now that I wanted to delete backwards until the space, so I use dT<Space>. This leaves me with:
Hello *d
The problem is that the cursor is actually between the l and the d.
Another option in this case would diw (or diW if the word contained hyphens etc), but I like to be able to use the motion that first pops up in my head, and sometimes it's more obvious to do a motion until a character.
Is there any workaround here? One idea is to have the cursor moved to the right of the cursor block, instead of the left. I haven't found anything on this.
vim
vim
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
edited Jan 30 at 12:29
Max
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
asked Jan 30 at 10:26
MaxMax
479
479
Where do you see a/?
– harrymc
Jan 30 at 11:23
Not slash, I cursivated the l and d in World. I fix it so we avoid misunderstandings.
– Max
Jan 30 at 12:29
add a comment |
Where do you see a/?
– harrymc
Jan 30 at 11:23
Not slash, I cursivated the l and d in World. I fix it so we avoid misunderstandings.
– Max
Jan 30 at 12:29
Where do you see a
/?– harrymc
Jan 30 at 11:23
Where do you see a
/?– harrymc
Jan 30 at 11:23
Not slash, I cursivated the l and d in World. I fix it so we avoid misunderstandings.
– Max
Jan 30 at 12:29
Not slash, I cursivated the l and d in World. I fix it so we avoid misunderstandings.
– Max
Jan 30 at 12:29
add a comment |
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I understand that the problem is to delete the last word in the line when the EOL
character immediately follows this word, when your preferred shortcut leaves
the last character without deleting it.
The problem might be because Vim makes a distinction between inclusive and exclusive
motions. Using v toggles the "inclusiveness" or "exclusiveness" of a motion.
So you may use this combination:
d+v+T+Space
See :help inclusive for an explication.
If this is too long, you may record a
macro
for it.
You could also use the following shortcuts:
daw : delete the word under the cursor (includes spaces before the next word)
caw : same and puts you in insert mode
diw : delete entire word without touching whitespace around it
daW : delete all characters between two whitespaces
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
Just what I was looking for. Will use thevcommand a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
add a comment |
- With
:set virtualedit=onemore, you can move the cursor to the right of the last character, and your command would work:$ldT<Space>
- As you've mentioned, the natural motion would be
iwin this case. - Instead of
T<Space>, you could also usebhere. - I probably would use
bDhere. - If
dT<Space>is what first comes to your mind, you can correct the missed character withx. As long as you don't use the deleted contents or undo, this doesn't matter.
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to togglevinclusiveness.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
add a comment |
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I understand that the problem is to delete the last word in the line when the EOL
character immediately follows this word, when your preferred shortcut leaves
the last character without deleting it.
The problem might be because Vim makes a distinction between inclusive and exclusive
motions. Using v toggles the "inclusiveness" or "exclusiveness" of a motion.
So you may use this combination:
d+v+T+Space
See :help inclusive for an explication.
If this is too long, you may record a
macro
for it.
You could also use the following shortcuts:
daw : delete the word under the cursor (includes spaces before the next word)
caw : same and puts you in insert mode
diw : delete entire word without touching whitespace around it
daW : delete all characters between two whitespaces
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
Just what I was looking for. Will use thevcommand a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
add a comment |
I understand that the problem is to delete the last word in the line when the EOL
character immediately follows this word, when your preferred shortcut leaves
the last character without deleting it.
The problem might be because Vim makes a distinction between inclusive and exclusive
motions. Using v toggles the "inclusiveness" or "exclusiveness" of a motion.
So you may use this combination:
d+v+T+Space
See :help inclusive for an explication.
If this is too long, you may record a
macro
for it.
You could also use the following shortcuts:
daw : delete the word under the cursor (includes spaces before the next word)
caw : same and puts you in insert mode
diw : delete entire word without touching whitespace around it
daW : delete all characters between two whitespaces
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
Just what I was looking for. Will use thevcommand a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
add a comment |
I understand that the problem is to delete the last word in the line when the EOL
character immediately follows this word, when your preferred shortcut leaves
the last character without deleting it.
The problem might be because Vim makes a distinction between inclusive and exclusive
motions. Using v toggles the "inclusiveness" or "exclusiveness" of a motion.
So you may use this combination:
d+v+T+Space
See :help inclusive for an explication.
If this is too long, you may record a
macro
for it.
You could also use the following shortcuts:
daw : delete the word under the cursor (includes spaces before the next word)
caw : same and puts you in insert mode
diw : delete entire word without touching whitespace around it
daW : delete all characters between two whitespaces
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
I understand that the problem is to delete the last word in the line when the EOL
character immediately follows this word, when your preferred shortcut leaves
the last character without deleting it.
The problem might be because Vim makes a distinction between inclusive and exclusive
motions. Using v toggles the "inclusiveness" or "exclusiveness" of a motion.
So you may use this combination:
d+v+T+Space
See :help inclusive for an explication.
If this is too long, you may record a
macro
for it.
You could also use the following shortcuts:
daw : delete the word under the cursor (includes spaces before the next word)
caw : same and puts you in insert mode
diw : delete entire word without touching whitespace around it
daW : delete all characters between two whitespaces
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
264k14272581
answered Jan 30 at 13:13
harrymcharrymc
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Just what I was looking for. Will use thevcommand a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
add a comment |
Just what I was looking for. Will use thevcommand a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
Just what I was looking for. Will use the
v command a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
Just what I was looking for. Will use the
v command a lot, for sure. Thanks for the options as well.– Max
Jan 30 at 14:28
add a comment |
- With
:set virtualedit=onemore, you can move the cursor to the right of the last character, and your command would work:$ldT<Space>
- As you've mentioned, the natural motion would be
iwin this case. - Instead of
T<Space>, you could also usebhere. - I probably would use
bDhere. - If
dT<Space>is what first comes to your mind, you can correct the missed character withx. As long as you don't use the deleted contents or undo, this doesn't matter.
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to togglevinclusiveness.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
add a comment |
- With
:set virtualedit=onemore, you can move the cursor to the right of the last character, and your command would work:$ldT<Space>
- As you've mentioned, the natural motion would be
iwin this case. - Instead of
T<Space>, you could also usebhere. - I probably would use
bDhere. - If
dT<Space>is what first comes to your mind, you can correct the missed character withx. As long as you don't use the deleted contents or undo, this doesn't matter.
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to togglevinclusiveness.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
add a comment |
- With
:set virtualedit=onemore, you can move the cursor to the right of the last character, and your command would work:$ldT<Space>
- As you've mentioned, the natural motion would be
iwin this case. - Instead of
T<Space>, you could also usebhere. - I probably would use
bDhere. - If
dT<Space>is what first comes to your mind, you can correct the missed character withx. As long as you don't use the deleted contents or undo, this doesn't matter.
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
- With
:set virtualedit=onemore, you can move the cursor to the right of the last character, and your command would work:$ldT<Space>
- As you've mentioned, the natural motion would be
iwin this case. - Instead of
T<Space>, you could also usebhere. - I probably would use
bDhere. - If
dT<Space>is what first comes to your mind, you can correct the missed character withx. As long as you don't use the deleted contents or undo, this doesn't matter.
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
answered Jan 30 at 13:05
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
17.8k22646
17.8k22646
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to togglevinclusiveness.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
add a comment |
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to togglevinclusiveness.
– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to toggle
vinclusiveness.– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
Thanks for the clarification and the possible solutions, I read up some one "onemore" and it seems that it may break some plugins etc, so I'll opt for the solution to toggle
vinclusiveness.– Max
Jan 30 at 14:26
add a comment |
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Where do you see a
/?– harrymc
Jan 30 at 11:23
Not slash, I cursivated the l and d in World. I fix it so we avoid misunderstandings.
– Max
Jan 30 at 12:29