Getting started with vim Inserting text Movement Macros Split windows Manipulating text Modes - insert, normal, visual, ex Configuring Vim Buffers Vim Options Scrolling Searching in the current buffer Building from vim Tips and tricks to boost productivity Command-line ranges Substitution Find and Replace Key Mappings in Vim Spell checker Extending Vim The dot operator How to Compile Vim Folding Converting text files from DOS to UNIX with vi :global Vim Text Objects Motions and Text Objects Vim Registers Easter Eggs Autocommands Exiting Vim Vimscript Normal mode commands (Editing)Using Python for Vim scripting Normal mode commands Indentation Vim Resources Saving Regular expressions in Ex Mode Regular expressions Useful configurations that can be put in .vimrc Using ex from the command line Filetype plugins Differences between Neovim and Vim Enhanced undo and redo with a undodir Auto-Format Code Whitespace Get :help (using Vim's built-in manual)Ask to create non-existant directories upon saving a new file Solarized Vim Advantages of vim vglobal: Execute commands on lines that do not match globally Plugins

Motions and Text Objects

Remarks:

A text object in Vim is another way to specify a chunk of text to operate on. They can be used with operators or in visual mode, instead of motions.

Changing the contents of a string or parameter list

Let's say you have this line of code:

printf("Hello, world!\n");

Now say you want to change the text to "Program exiting."

Command	Buffer	Mnemonic
`ci"`	`printf("¦");`	change in the ".
`Program exiting.\n<esc>`	`printf("Program exiting.\n");`

Contributors

Topic Id: 4107

Example Ids: 14302

This site is not affiliated with any of the contributors.