Tim Chase wrote:
>> f(dib
>>
>> f: jump onto the given character which is
>> (:
>> d: delete all characters touched by the next movement
>> ib: the "inner block" surrounded by ()
>>
>> If you want to read more abnout that try
>> :h text-objects
>
> Meino beat me to hitting <send> on my reply, but I'll add that I
> usually use
>
> di( or di[ or di{
>
> instead of
>
> dib
>
> because I want to be sure I know what I'm deleting, and as such
> tend to be more explicit. My mind muddles what constitutes a
> *b*lock object.
>
> If you want to delete the parens too, you can change the above to
>
> dab
> da(
> da[
> da{
>
> or you can just use
>
> d%
>
> to delete from the current opening-paren/bracket/brace to the
> matching close-paren/bracket/brace.
>
> Vim's text objects...I'm awfully fond of them! :-)
Thanks Meino & Tim for both of your very detailed explanations.
Cheers!
Steve
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