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vim-select-replace : selectively replace or delete the cur. word or selected text in multiple places

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created by
Enno Nagel
 
script type
utility
 
description
By this Vim plug-in, you can:

1. Hit c or d followed by *, #, g* or g# to replace respectively delete the current word. Now either:
  A. Press n/N to skip the next occurrence of this word, or
  B. Press . to repeat the previous move and change or deletion.

1. Hit s or x in visual mode to replace respectively delete the selection under the cursor. Now either:
  A. Press n/N to skip the next occurrence of this selection, or
  B. Press . to repeat the previous move and change or deletion.

# Configuration

To change the default mappings, add your modifications of

omap  *  <plug>(vim-select-replace-star)
omap  g* <plug>(vim-select-replace-g-star)
omap  #  <plug>(vim-select-replace-hash)
omap  g# <plug>(vim-select-replace-g-hash)

xmap  s  <plug>(vim-select-replace-s)
xmap  x  <plug>(vim-select-replace-x)

to your vimrc.

# Hints

To selectively replace by a confirmation dialog the current visual selection
by a string to be supplied on the command-line, add

  xnoremap S "*y<Esc>:<c-u>%substitute/\V<c-r>=substitute(escape(@*, '\/\|'), "\n", '\\n', 'g')<cr>//cg<Left><Left><Left>

to your vimrc!

# Credits

These ideas to make good use of ":help v_gn" have in essence been divulged by Romain Lafourcade.

# Issues

vim-select-replace is developed at

https://github.com/konfekt/vim-select-replace

where issues can be filed.


 
install details
Unzip vim-select-replace.zip into  ~/.vim on Linux or %USERPROFILE%\vimfiles on Windows.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
vim-select-replace.zip 1.2 2021-12-19 7.0 Enno Nagel fix function name
vim-select-replace.zip 1.1 2019-07-10 7.0 Enno Nagel Improve obtention of visual selection
vim-select-replace.zip 1.0 2019-04-27 6.0 Enno Nagel Initial upload
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