Re: Redefining paragraph text object?

Hi Gary!

On Fr, 21 Sep 2012, Gary Johnson wrote:

> On 2012-09-21, Silas Silva wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I was working around a function to map } and { around it. It is useful
> > for file formats that have other definitions of paragraph other than ^$.
> > For DocBook, for instance, it is better to use "<para>" and "</para>".
> >
> > So I thought: it works for navigation, but not for all other operations
> > regarding paragraph text object. Would it be possible to change
> > paragraph text object for my own needs?
> >
> > There is the 'paragraphs' option, but it look too simple, not accepting
> > regexp. I couldn't extend it far from the basic nroff setting.
> >
> > Is it possible?
>
> No.

Not built in, but you can of course map { } to something different.
There are several text-object motion scripts at vim.org, this one here
seems to specifically take care of paragraph motion:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3952

Disclaimer: I don't know the plugin and can't say how well it will work
in your case.

regards,
Christian
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