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GoingMyWay
GoingMyWay

Reputation: 17468

vim how to cut text and insert into a new line

I want to do this:

1 printf("hello world\n");
2 bool func() //I want to cut the comment and insert between line 1 and line 2
3 {
4     //to do
5 }

And, I want to cut the comment after // and to insert between line 1 and line 2. As I know, by using Ctrl+v, vim is transformed into VISUAL mode, and you can select the text, and by pressing d, you can cut the text, but How can I insert the text that be cutted and insert into a new line? Is there any command?

And I think after cutting the text, and you can press o and press esc and press p to paste, but it seems to tedious. Are there any better command?

Thank you in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 240

Answers (2)

Neaţu Ovidiu Gabriel
Neaţu Ovidiu Gabriel

Reputation: 903

Another solution beside the one suggested by FDinoff:

D at the first slash(cuts the comment until end of line)

And run:pu! (put the content above the current line.)

Upvotes: 1

FDinoff
FDinoff

Reputation: 31419

If you want to save keystrokes you can insert the " register in insert mode by using <c-r>".

Also you can delete from the cursor to the end of the line with D, which places the deleted section in the " register.

So if your cursor was on the first character of the comment you can use 

DO<c-r>"

to transfrom 

printf("hello world\n");
bool func() //I want to cut the comment and insert between line 1 and line 2
{
    //to do
}

Into

printf("hello world\n");
//I want to cut the comment and insert between line 1 and line 2
bool func() 
{
    //to do
}

All you have to do is clean up the trailing white space after func().

Take a look at :help i_CTRL-R to learn more about <c-r> in insert mode.

Upvotes: 5

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