A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

Re:A Vim Guide for Advanced Users by Skunkleton on Saturday February 27, 2021 @03:28PM (#26287865)

This might be the right audience for this little vimrc tidbit:

    "Press space to highlight current word
    nnoremap <silent><space>
        \ :let @/='\<<C-R>=expand("<cword>")<CR>\>'<CR>:set hls<CR>

This works just like *, except that it leaves your cursor where it is. You can then use n/p/whatever as normal.

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Re:A Vim Guide for Advanced Users by lucb1e on Saturday February 27, 2021 @03:43PM (#26287963)

> like * but leaves your cursor where it is

Ooooh that is great! I use *# every time and am then annoyed when the n key goes backwards instead of forwards and then I try to remember to do #* instead and pff... ^^ This will solve those issues!

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Re:A Vim Guide for Advanced Users by revscat on Saturday February 27, 2021 @04:19PM (#26288278)

This is useful enough that I wonder why you chose not to just map it to *. Is there a reason you did not?

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Re:A Vim Guide for Advanced Users by Skunkleton on Saturday February 27, 2021 @07:18PM (#26289471)

Because <space> is even easier to hit :)

Edit: also because I try and keep my keybinds as close to default as I can, and <space> is oddly underused.

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