> <file file_id="myid">c:\test.txt</file>
>
> When the cursor is on the 'm' of 'myid' and I press 'vw',
> a word is selected in visual mode. However, the " at the
> end of 'myid' is also selected. How do I change the list
> of 'word separators'?
Well, the answer to your question is that there's a setting
called 'iskeyword' to which you can add and from which you
can remove characters. However, by default, it doesn't
include the double-quote character. What you're seeing is
an expression of that range from the drop-point "m" *up to,
but not including* where the cursor is (on the quote). If
you follow your "vw" example with "y" to yank it, and then
paste it elsewhere, you'll see that the selection was
accurately just "myid", not "myid""
> On a related note, when I have 'myid' selected and I want
> to replace it with the contents of the yank buffer, I
> press 'p'. But the original contents of the yank buffer
> are then replaced my 'myid', i.e. the text that was
> replaced in the paste operation. How do I change this
> behaviour?
The best solution I know is to use
"_p
instead of just "p". This sends the deleted text (the
stuff you previously had highlighted) into the "black-hole
register", leaving your default register untouched.
Alternatively, register 0 is the "last yanked text"
register, which is unaffected by such deletes--only yanks.
Thus, you could use (and easily map)
"0p
to always paste the last thing you yanked. This has two
side effects of which it's best to be aware: It does change
your default (unnamed) register to the most recently
replaced text; and if you delete something (rather than yank
something) with the intent to use it later for overwriting a
visual block, you'll get unexpected results, as you're
pasting the last *yanked* thing, rather than the last
*deleted* thing.
For more info, you can read at
:help "_
:help "0
:help v_p
Hope this helps you find a solution to what you're trying to
do.
-tim
