Comments on: Selecting element content with Vim http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/2010/05/27/selecting-element-content-with-vim/ (a Weblog by Jason Diamond) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Diamond http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/2010/05/27/selecting-element-content-with-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Jason Diamond Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:06:31 +0000 http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/?p=99#comment-358 Hi Mike. I've been using Vim for years and still think I only know a small fraction of what it can do. I'm glad you found the tip useful! Hi Mike. I’ve been using Vim for years and still think I only know a small fraction of what it can do. I’m glad you found the tip useful!

]]> By: Michael(tm) smith http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/2010/05/27/selecting-element-content-with-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Michael(tm) smith Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:43:50 +0000 http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/?p=99#comment-357 Despite thinking I'm some kind of relatively experienced Vim user, I'm embarrassed to say I had no clue bout any of the ci*, vi*, or yi* stuff before, and had never used any of them at all. But now that I've found out a bit, I'm can see I'm absolutely going to be using this stuff all the time (though I've got a bit more reading up of the docs and trying out to do first…). Anyway, thanks immensely for taking the time to post this tip. Despite thinking I’m some kind of relatively experienced Vim user, I’m embarrassed to say I had no clue bout any of the ci*, vi*, or yi* stuff before, and had never used any of them at all. But now that I’ve found out a bit, I’m can see I’m absolutely going to be using this stuff all the time (though I’ve got a bit more reading up of the docs and trying out to do first…).

Anyway, thanks immensely for taking the time to post this tip.

]]> By: Jason Diamond http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/2010/05/27/selecting-element-content-with-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Jason Diamond Fri, 28 May 2010 18:56:29 +0000 http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/?p=99#comment-336 Hi Jan. After I posted my tip, I found myself using ci' and ci(. Don't know how I lived withot them before. I just skimmed through the first dozen slides of the talk you linked and I can tell I'll learn a lot from it. Thanks! Hi Jan. After I posted my tip, I found myself using ci’ and ci(. Don’t know how I lived withot them before.

I just skimmed through the first dozen slides of the talk you linked and I can tell I’ll learn a lot from it. Thanks!

]]> By: Jan! http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/2010/05/27/selecting-element-content-with-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Jan! Fri, 28 May 2010 09:28:10 +0000 http://jason.diamond.name/weblog/?p=99#comment-335 Ah, yes. Good old inner/outer motions. As a quick reminder, use <code>cat</code> to change everything including the opening and closing tag ("outerHTML", anyone?), <code>vit</code> to select the inner contents, <code>yit</code> to copy the contents, etc. The motions also work for quotes (<code>ci"</code>) and the like. I learned a lot from "VIM for PHP programers": http://zmievski.org/2007/02/vim-for-php-programmers-slides-and-resources – it is not limited to PHP. Ah, yes. Good old inner/outer motions. As a quick reminder, use cat to change everything including the opening and closing tag (“outerHTML”, anyone?), vit to select the inner contents, yit to copy the contents, etc.

The motions also work for quotes (ci") and the like.

I learned a lot from “VIM for PHP programers”: http://zmievski.org/2007/02/vim-for-php-programmers-slides-and-resources – it is not limited to PHP.

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