Re: 'w' command to actually move to the next word

Antony Scriven wrote:
> On 26 March 2010 00:42, AK wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to get vim's 'w' command (and similar)
> > to move from word to word?
> >
> > E.g.: tar <foo bar="jar">
> >
> > I want vim to see this as 4 words separated by non-words
> > (i.e. whitespace and punctuation). After all, tar, foo,
> > bar and jar are words and =" is certainly not a word! And
> > that's how I want vim to behave. I want to be on 't' and
> > hitting '3w' should take me to 'j'.
>
> Hmm, that's a good question; I wouldn't mind knowing that
> myself. The following will work for your example.
>
> :nmap w /\i\+<CR>
>
> But it will need refinement to work well. Let me know if
> there's an elegant solution! --Antony
>
>

Thanks, that's actually pretty good.. I'll use it unless somebody finds
a better way! -ak

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