Re: Redefining paragraph text object?

Hi Gary!

On Sa, 22 Sep 2012, Gary Johnson wrote:

> On 2012-09-22, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Mappings will work to change the behavior of { and }, but by "other
> operations regarding paragraph text object," I assumed the OP was
> referring to commands using ap and ip. There is no way that I know
> of to change the behavior of commands using those.

Yes, but you could omap those text-objects as well. The wiki has
something on that:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Creating_new_text_objects

> I think that's what's addressed by this todo item:
>
> - Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'.
> Combine the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)

That would be nice as well. I already thought about a patch, but never
really got around in implementing that (and it probably takes a very
long time, until Bram includes it. Look into the todo-list, how many
patches are lying around.)

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian

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