On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:25:48 PM UTC-6, Daniel "paradigm" Thau wrote:
> I noticed a common pattern when using Vim:
> - I want to operate on a text object that is not under/around the cursor
> - The cursor is not over/in a text object of this type.
>
> For example, with the cursor on the "x" and a desire to operate on the
> conditional part of the if-statement:
>
> x = 1;
> ...
> if (...) {
> ...
> }
>
> In these situations I have been moving the cursor to the object then
> selecting the object with something like "/(<cr>vi(" or "5jf(vi(".
>
> However, in that situation the text-object commands don't do anything.
No, in this situation the text object certainly CAN do something, because these
text objects can be nested!
Consider the [ai][{B] text object you mention. Chances are, you're inside a
function when your cursor is on the "x=1" line. So pressing va{ should select
the entire function body. It should not select the next block after the cursor.
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