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Fujiao Liu
Fujiao Liu

Reputation: 2253

vim command for adding Parentheses efficiently

what is the vim command can put something into Parentheses efficiently and then I can use . to repeat it? ?

for example, data['max'] to (data['max'])

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2038

Answers (4)

Patrick J. Holt
Patrick J. Holt

Reputation: 696

You can use a map in vimrc:

xnoremap <leader>a <ESC>`>a)<ESC>`<i(<ESC>

And use <leader> and a to add parentheses efficiently

Upvotes: 0

romainl
romainl

Reputation: 196476

  1. visually select your text:

    viW

  2. change it with the opening parenthesis, followed by the selected text, followed by the closing parenthesis:

    c(<C-r><C-o>")<Esc>

If you are confident with text-objects, this can be done in one step:

ciW(<C-r><C-o>")<Esc>

which can be repeated with ..

Upvotes: 7

sudo bangbang
sudo bangbang

Reputation: 28169

I'd recommend using two plugins for this. Tim Pope's vim-surround and vim-repeat.

Just follow the links and install those plugins.

Inorder to put parenthesis around a word, just do ysiw)

Otherwise, select text in visual mode, press S(Capital S) and type in paranthesis

Upvotes: 3

SibiCoder
SibiCoder

Reputation: 1496

You can use a map for that.

   :nmap \. I(<ESC>A)

You can put this line in your ~/.vimrc file.

When you press \ and . in normal mode, it will add a opening bracket at the start of the line and closing bracket at the end of the line.

Assuming that you are using a language like Tcl and surround the hash element with a bracket, You can try this by keeping the cursor anywhere on the hash name, 

    : nmap \. bi(<Esc>f]li)

This will surround the expected one with circular braces.

Upvotes: 2

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