Re: Preferred vim method to put xml tags around selected text

Hi,

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:49:31 PM UTC+2, russur wrote:
> At my work, i am having to put specialized xml tags around selected text. So for example i might have:
>
>
> The quick brown fox, jumps over the lazy dog.
>
> Now i would have to put:
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> The quick <Node arch="386, 486, 586">brown </Node> fox, jumps over the lazy dog.
>
> What is the best/elegant way to do this in Vim?

You could use surround.vim:

https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround

Place your cursor on 'brown' and type

ysiw<Node arch="386, 486, 586">

Mnemonic for this command: 'you surround' inner word.


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David

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