Hi, ok I found my error and fixed it. It was in a bad vmap I had for iw Thank you all, as always, for the info. Now I think 'viw' works well for me in all cases :-) I wish the one char word, when selected, changed colour but not a problem.
take care, -m On Monday, February 3, 2020 at 7:03:18 AM UTC-5, M Kelly wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, thanks. > I was looking for a consistent way to select the whole word the cursor is > on, no matter how many chars it is. > This could then become a new mapping or mouse double-click etc. > > It seems viw, vaw, lbve are all good and work most of the time, but I > cannot seem to find one set of cmds that always works. > It is also weird the difference between my vim and with -u NONE about the > viw. > > thx, > -m > > On Monday, February 3, 2020 at 6:55:32 AM UTC-5, Boyko Bantchev wrote: >> >> On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 13:16, M Kelly <mckel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Is there a way to select a one char word ? >> > lbve or viw or ? All my attempts seem to continue on to the beginning >> (or end) of the next word. >> > Is it that a 'word' cannot be a single char ? >> >> If you are in a normal mode, typing ‘v’ (visually) selects the >> character under the cursor. >> Then, typing ‘y’ will yank that character (and take you back to the >> normal mode). >> Or instead, type ‘yl’ to the same end. >> Either way you will have the character stored in the unnamed register. >> Is this what you need? >> > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/cd2c245d-5af3-4d74-b211-b414828f3242%40googlegroups.com.
