Re: MacVim: "ce" and "cw" both seem to do the same thing: Delete the word starting from the cursor to the end of the word and enable Insert mode.

Thank you.

On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 11:39:33 PM UTC+3, Justin M. Keyes wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Bidit Mazumder
> <Bidit Mazumder> wrote:
> > I'm using MacVim (Snapshot 70) and, in Normal mode, "ce" and "cw" both seem to do the same thing: Delete the word starting from the cursor to the end of the word and enable Insert mode.
> >
> > However, the motion "e" moves the cursor to the end of the word; while the motion "w" moves the cursor to the first character of the next word.
> >
> > Also, "de" and "dw" are both working properly:
> >
> > "de" deletes the word starting from the cursor to the end of the word.
> > "dw" deletes the word starting from the cursor to the start of the next word.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
>
>
> It's a long-standing issue. See:
>
> - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_use/aaBqT6ECkA4/42BkI0qV-aAJ
> - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/Dpn3xtUF16I/bSu0KOHDCSUJ
> - http://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/26nut8/why_does_cw_work_like_ce/
>
> Justin M. Keyes

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