replace text :s /text/replace/<flags> I don't quite follow ... will it be possible to replicate vims syntax for searching:
<slash> enters search mode <text> to search for <enter> cursor goes to first occurrence replace <slash> with <?> for search backwards after either one, <n> moves cursor to next occurrence On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: >> in normal mode >> >> dw: delete word, word is the only text object I use, there are many >> http://blog.carbonfive.com/2011/10/17/vim-text-objects-the-definitive-guide/ >> (just discovered diw, useful!) >> >> v, V, ctrl-v : visual select character, line, column >> O open line above current, start insert mode >> y yank (copy) >> p paste after >> P paste before >> ^ goto line start >> $ goto line end > > Excellent . These should be dead easy to add. The framework is > already in place. > > Besides these kinds of commands, which are pretty much > fill-in-the-blanks projects, there are two other important projects: > > 1. The dot doesn't work for insert modes, presumably for a fairly > trivial reason. > > 2. Handling find commands. I just now saw the way forward. > > There are just a few considerations we have to satisfy: > > A. Little or no reliance on control keys. > B. The commands must be repeatable/composable with the dot. > C. The commands must be repeatable with * and #, etc. > > All should be easy to do using Leo's *existing* find machinery. Here's how: > > A. (Most important): train Leo user's to use Leo's minibuffer find :-) > - Invoke the find: Ctrl-F in non-vim mode, something else in vim mode. > B. Just before executing the search, Leo's core find code will call a > vc method to remember/compose the equivalent dot command > C. Do the find as always, using all of Leo's existing machinery. > - Invoke * or # from vim normal mode to repeat searches. > D. Use Leo's existing find commands when replaying the dot. > > This should satisfy points 1 and 2 above, which gives us the power of > vim's search commands without having to redo any real find code. > > Unless I am greatly mistaken, it's a day or two's work. At that > point, we should have most of vim's key features. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
