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How to edit with Vim text objects — ciw, ci", dap, di(
You want to change the thing under the cursor — a word, a quoted string, a paragraph, a bracket block — as one unit.
Almost every entry was run headless in Vim 9.1 and the resulting file checked; the few entries a tiny build cannot run (system clipboard, persistent undo, the sudo save) were verified against Vim's own documentation instead.
ciw " change inner word — the whole word, wherever the cursor sits in it
ci" " change inside the quotes — replaces the quoted text, keeps the quotes
di( " delete inside the parentheses — leaves func() standing
dap " delete a paragraph (the paragraph AND its trailing blank line)Good to know
i = inner (contents only), a = a/around (contents plus the quotes, brackets or blank line).
