On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015-01-29 14:56, Ethan Hereth wrote:
> >> dvj
> >> cvj
> >
> > May I ask, how is functionally different that dd or cc? Is there a
> > side effect? AFAIKT dvj does the same thing as dd and cvj does the
> > same think as cc. Am I missing something?
>
> "dd" deletes the current line. "dvj" and "vjd" delete characterwise
> from the current position to the same column in the next line. Same
> goes for "c". AFAIK, "dvj" and "vjd" behave identically (same with
> "dVl" and "Vld", as well as "d^V/term<cr>" and "^V/term<cr>d").
>
> Ah, bingo. I must have been trying these at the beginning of a line as I
could see no difference between them and the dd/cc versions. I see and
understand the difference now between them; it is obvious if you run dvj
from somewhere in the middle of the line.
> Various motions default to behaving {character,line,block}wise, so the
> use of the v/V/^V infix notation in operator-pending mode allows you
> to override that. For example, in the following paragraph:
>
> It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious
> stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by
> three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous
>
> with the cursor on the "C" in "Castle", compare the results of an
> unmodified "d/talk<cr>" with "dv/talk<cr>", "dV/talk<cr>", and
> "d^V/talk<cr>". In this case, because a search-as-motion is
> characterwise, it's the same as the first one, but the behavior
> differs in the 2nd two. Likewise, try "dj" vs. "dvj" vs. "dVj"
>
Great example, thanks!
>
> -tim
>
>
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