On 05/07/12 20:08, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 07/05/12 13:02, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>> With i( Vim knows that the ( has to be before the cursor and ) after it.
>> With i" there is no such criterion, especially in languages where line
>> breaks are legal inside a string. So Vim looks for the nearest (or, with
>> a count, nth-nearest) quote on either side of the cursor.
>
> the only problem is that
>
> ci"
>
> doesn't work on multi-line strings, e.g. this Python:
>
> foo = """
> my cursor
> --> X <--
> is here between
> the arrows
> """
>
> And I'd consider *that* a bug :-) (or at least an un-feature)
>
> -tim
>
>
>
>
I checked (unlike for my preceding post), and sure enough, it is
documented (under :help a" ): "Only works within one line".
Best regards,
Tony.
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