On Friday, September 27, 2013 7:27:27 PM UTC+2, glts wrote:
> On Friday, September 27, 2013 3:01:52 PM UTC+2, Codie Codemonkey wrote:
> > Object selections have become one of my favorite Vim features. (See :help
> > object-select for some context for this request.) It took me awhile to
> > discover them, but now that I have I use them constantly.
> >
> > I'd like to see a new one (or actually two considering the a and i forms)
> > to select comma separated items in a list.
> >
> > In the simplest use case, comma object selection would include text
> > starting at the previous comma or '(' to the next comma or ')'.
> >
> > a, - Select the current parameter in a C-style parameter list. Any
> > previous whitespace will be included, as well as any trailing ','.
> > Whitespace after the trailing ',' will not be included. If the parameter
> > is the last in the parameter list, the ending delimiter will not be
> > selected.
> >
> > i, - Same as a, except that leading whitespace and a trailing ',' (if
> > present) will not be part of the selection.
> >
> > Other bracketing delimeters should work in addition to '(' and ')',
> > including '[' and ']', '{' and '}' and possibly '<' and '>'.
> >
> > Examples:
> >
> > Consider this line of programming code:
> > func( a, b(c, d[0]), "this, is a test")
> >
> > In normal mode with the cursor on the first parameter, "da," would change
> > this to:
> > func( b(c, d[0]), "this, is a test")
> >
> > Or, if the cursor is on 'b' in the second parameter, "da," would yield:
> > func( a, "this, is a test")
> > (Note the ignored ')' and ']' characters.)
> >
> > Or if the cursor was in the string of the third parameter, "da," would
> > yield:
> > func( a, b(c, d[0]), )
> > (Note that the ',' in the string was not a delimiter because it was nested
> > between quotes.)
> >
> > Some filetypes have other needs. For example in a CDF file, <C-R> is a
> > bracketing character. To accommodate this I suggest some accompanying
> > options:
> >
> > listsep - Characters used to separate items in a list. Default: ',;'
> > liststart - Characters used to start a list (if not nested in quotes or
> > balanced bracketed strings). Default: '({[<'.
> > listend - Characters used to end a list (if not nested in quotes or
> > balanced bracketed strings). Default: ')}]>'.
>
> this is a common and very reasonable request.
>
> And since it is so common, talented people have already thought of a
> solution many years ago :) ... The most popular framework for creating
> custom text objects is
>
> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2100
> https://github.com/kana/vim-textobj-user
>
> and what's even better, is that there is already a wealth of text
> objects made with that framework. See (especially textobj-parameter!):
>
> https://github.com/kana/vim-textobj-user/wiki
Also see
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2699
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4171
https://github.com/b4winckler/vim-angry
(And please do search vim.org/scripts, everything's there.)
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