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| author | Gokul Soumya | 2021-06-22 05:06:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Blaž Hrastnik | 2021-06-22 05:27:51 +0000 |
| commit | 753ed4cbc518774bb0331ed032a833a01f952ad1 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e395f75ac6f7af68247f00d21891eef65dc6784 /book/src | |
| parent | 892c80771a4cbad79fcec89c0af8735c81c336e8 (diff) | |
Add documentation for surround
Diffstat (limited to 'book/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | book/src/keymap.md | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | book/src/usage.md | 25 |
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/book/src/keymap.md b/book/src/keymap.md index 1e159f81..58dcc5fb 100644 --- a/book/src/keymap.md +++ b/book/src/keymap.md @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ | `F` | Find previous char | | `Home` | Move to the start of the line | | `End` | Move to the end of the line | -| `m` | Jump to matching bracket | | `PageUp` | Move page up | | `PageDown` | Move page down | | `Ctrl-u` | Move half page up | @@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ | `Ctrl-o` | Jump backward on the jumplist | | `v` | Enter [select (extend) mode](#select--extend-mode) | | `g` | Enter [goto mode](#goto-mode) | +| `m` | Enter [match mode](#match-mode) | `:` | Enter command mode | | `z` | Enter [view mode](#view-mode) | | `Ctrl-w` | Enter [window mode](#window-mode) (maybe will be remove for spc w w later) | @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ | `Alt-;` | Flip selection cursor and anchor | | `%` | Select entire file | | `x` | Select current line, if already selected, extend to next line | -| `` | Expand selection to parent syntax node TODO: pick a key | +| | Expand selection to parent syntax node TODO: pick a key | | `J` | join lines inside selection | | `K` | keep selections matching the regex TODO: overlapped by hover help | | `Space` | keep only the primary selection TODO: overlapped by space mode | @@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ Jumps to various locations. | `i` | Go to implementation | | `a` | Go to the last accessed/alternate file | +## Match mode + +Enter this mode using `m` from normal mode. See the relavant section +in [Usage](./usage.md#surround) for an explanation about surround usage. + +| Key | Description | +| ----- | ----------- | +| `m` | Goto matching bracket | +| `s` `<char>` | Surround current selection with `<char>` | +| `r` `<from><to>` | Replace surround character `<from>` with `<to>` | +| `d` `<char>` | Delete surround character `<char>` | + ## Object mode TODO: Mappings for selecting syntax nodes (a superset of `[`). diff --git a/book/src/usage.md b/book/src/usage.md index 8f04b05a..e6bd60e2 100644 --- a/book/src/usage.md +++ b/book/src/usage.md @@ -1 +1,26 @@ # Usage + +(Currently not fully documented, see the [keymappings](./keymap.md) list for more.) + +## Surround + +Functionality similar to [vim-surround](https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround) is built into +helix. The keymappings have been inspired from [vim-sandwich](https://github.com/machakann/vim-sandwich): + + + +- `ms` - Add surround characters +- `mr` - Replace surround characters +- `md` - Delete surround characters + +`ms` acts on a selection, so select the text first and use `ms<char>`. `mr` and `md` work +on the closest pairs found and selections are not required; use counts to act in outer pairs. + +It can also act on multiple seletions (yay!). For example, to change every occurance of `(use)` to `[use]`: + +- `%` to select the whole file +- `s` to split the selections on a search term +- Input `use` and hit Enter +- `mr([` to replace the parens with square brackets + +Multiple characters are currently not supported, but planned. |