Re: get better copy backwards

i'm saying that: backward yank doesn't include the ] where your cursor currently is

so i always lose that one last character. 

i already have easymotion plugin, and that's why i just use 'f', even tought i'm familiar with F for backwards, but just want to do less keystrokes, that's whole point right?

i understand, that pointer needs to be in that position, in order to be able to insert before and after cursor , with i and a . 

but why can't it copy that one front char in front of it if it's last char in a word? 

what happens when i try to copy is i lose that last char from word. 

and that alone, is making Vim useless for speedy work (tought, i wouldn't complain about other features, just that, this slows me down very much)

On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 5:51:09 PM UTC+1 Salman Halim wrote:

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 11:17 AM Igor Lerinc <igor.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

imagine i have line of text:

echo "Zdravo, " . $_GET["ime"] . " " . $_GET["prezime"] . "." . "<br/><br/>";

my cursor is █

echo █"Zdravo, " . $_GET["ime"] . " " . $_GET["prezime"] . "." . "<br/><br/>";

and then, i move cursor to ] with f

it will go before last character in word

echo "Zdravo, " . $_GET["ime"] . " " . $_GET["prezime"█] . "." . "<br/><br/>";

and if i want to yank it backwards to $

i need to move my cursor to left and only then yank it backwards

i really hate that 'feature', why cursor can't just sit and go to the last character in word?

Igor,

It's possible I didn't fully understand the problem you're facing. Are you saying that you aren't sure about how to yank backwards or are you saying that the backward yank doesn't include the ] where your cursor currently is?

If the first, then just as 'f' and 't' move forward to a given character, 'F' and 'T' move backward. In your case, you could just do 'y2F$' (all without the quotes, of course).

Additionally, you could use the EasyMotion plugin (https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3526) if you have a lot of $ signs and don't want to try to count them before issuing the command.

If the second, then, yes, you have first move over a single character before doing the yank. Perhaps you could create a mapping that moves you over and does the yank?

Hope this helps,

Salman

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