Re: How to fix <h1> id strings?

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Using snipMate, <h1> items have id strings that are the same as their
text, meaning the id string has spaces.

        <h1 id="My h1 item">My h1 item</h1>

This is an HTML4 no-no, so I want to create a Vim something or other so
that, when my cursor is between the quotes delineating the id's value,
it replaces all spaces with underscores.

Since you are new to Vim, it is best to start learning some of Vim's motion commands.

:h motion.txt 

And read through the entire thing.

Find a couple that you might think, start using them regularly.

Then read it again, find another one and start using them.

To answer your question, in Vim, you can do this:

        <h1 id="My h1 item">My h1 item</h1>

                          ^ Cursor is here

vi"

v - start character-wise visual mode.

i" - select the text between the quotes (not including the quotes)

Then you can operate on that visual selection.

:'<,'>s/ /_/g

Another, possibly more useful thing I could do, would be to modify
snipMate's <h1> snippet so I type the visible text and the id follows,
instead of vice versa. I know how to do that. But then I'd need to have
the id replace the spaces with underscores realtime, and I don't know
how to do that.

Haven't used snipMate.

Did spend some time on UltiSnips, which apparently can also use snipMates templates. 

HTH,
David

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