expand-region.el
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expand-region.el
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Question for Meow users
I don't use Meow, so this may be wildly off the mark (no pun) here. But I use and really like expand-region for selection and marking. With modal editing, I imagine it would be extremely fast and intuitive.
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ts-movement: a package to navigate the tree-sitter syntax tree (supports multiple-cursors)
I think the following packages would fit your wishlist, as it is very similar to mine. As mentioned in the replies, there is (https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el) and (https://github.com/mickeynp/combobulate). I regularly use (https://github.com/Fuco1/smartparens).
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What packages do I need to for the best elisp editing environment?
Paredit, Speed-of-thought lisp, Helm, perhaps Lispy but I am not using it myself. I found expand-region to work really well when writing and modifying elisp. lisp-extra-font-lock if you want some more blink (and font-lock-studio). Helpful is very good to have instead of built-in help, it displays the source code by default as well as symbol properties. It is a very informative learning experience to see how built-in stuff is implemented. I am quite lazy to press extra in built-in help to see the source code, but with Helpful, you get it auto in the same window, whicih is great for learning. Seeing symbol properties is sometimes a time saver so you don't have to M-: and type an Elisp function to see the symbol properties when debugging. Learn Edebug, it is very useful built-in application for Emacs Lisp development.
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vanish.el: hide parts of a buffer
Exactly. Consider you have point in a table definition. You can programmatically find which org element you are in, at least for org-mode. Or in a defun for elisp-mode, a sentence or paragraf in plain text and so on. You could just press a shortcut, and based on major-mode you could find boundaries of the element and put it in hidden-list. It would be really fast to work that way. I don't know if it already exists in some package. Or you could go for somewhat easier version, and just check if a region is active, and if it is, hide region, and if not, hide current line, or based on mode, hide element at point. That way we can easily expand/contract region with er/expand-region and press a key to temporary hide/unhide it. It is not difficult to write a function to do that based on text properties. Thing-at-point might be useful here too.
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Why not use Evil in 2022?
https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el is your friend. I use the built-in equivalent of it in IntelliJ all the time. it's a bit like a vi text objects in the simplest possible way.
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Paredit Mnemonics for Slurping and Barfing Lisp Symbolic Expressions
Thanks, I will give paredit a shot.
I'm a regular emacs user, but I normally use expand-region[1] and cut/paste to edit lisp code. Expand-region usually knows what I want to move around after just one or two calls, only requires one key binding, and has visual feedback. And it works great in every language I have used.
https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el
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Sharing my first emacs extension: csharpto.el
One thing that I always missed is the ability to select a whole function in C#, but I thought I just didn't know the right package or it was something trivial to do ad-hoc. Surprisingly, up to these days I still couldn't find anything. I bumped into the expand-region package at some point, which is awesome, but still something was missing. After going through the Emacs Lisp Intro tutorial, I learned a bit how to search things in a buffer, and I was also editing csharp files every day, so I decided to try to implement the functions myself. Fast forward some weeks, here I am, with a smile on my face :)
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Is there a way to highlight the content inside parenthesis like Kate does?
The package for growing the selection is the excellent expand-region by Magnar Sveen
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Looking for evil-mode resources for non vim users emacs beginners
If you want to try out some third-party packages in the beginning, I think the most "bang-for-your-buck" you'll get is with Avy. Also, expand-region. And specifically for writing: olivetti-mode, flyspell, dictionary, and Nicolas Rougier's Nano and Elegant Emacs setups.
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Effective and efficient text editing using Emacs (Alternative to Evil)
You will probably like expand-region.el. It is fantastic for selecting inside brackets, quotes, etc.
avy
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Is there an Obsidian plugin similar to AceJump for IntelliJ IDEs or avy for Emacs?
What I'm looking for is something like AceJump for IntelliJ IDEs or avy for Emacs. These tools let you navigate to some part of the visible text with just a few keystrokes. Here's the behavior I would like in Obsidian, copied from AceJump's page:
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Vim-like “jump” cursor for Mac OS Window Management
For my emacs friends, here's a wonderful package that provides the same functionality: https://github.com/abo-abo/avy
And, if you're interested in some historical context for this "type characters and jump to point" functionality, the Canon Cat: https://youtu.be/o_TlE_U_X3c
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Kill until next char preceding space | Uppercase | underscore
Personally I've learned to do things the "Emacs way" and got used to its killing behavior. For multi-line stuff I would mark the region and then use navigation commands to get the point where I want it. For more complex scenarios I use either C-s/C-r or just use avy to get the point where it needs to be. For single line stuff I think M-z works well. Maybe this package could be useful to you as well? Just some ideas, I think there are actually many options here (including going over to evil ;) and it depends on your preferences and needs.
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Today Is International Mouse Arm Day. Do you use the mouse in Emacs?
I make extensive use of avy for these kinds of situations.
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org-metadown in regular text!
Avy (avy-move-line) can do it very nicely and interactively for you, see this video.
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[Spacemacs] Is bidirectional easy motion possible in spacemacs?
It sounds like avy is what you're looking for?
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Navigate to positions within long words
Perhaps avy. I would use the commandavy-goto-char-2 then type N a and the corresponding jump key (if it appears). avy-goto-subword-1 is a bit more niche but might also work well.
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Leap.nvim: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse
I'm jumping around on the screen using -> https://github.com/abo-abo/avy#avy-goto-char
This UX does not break my flow (it doesn't require focus/conscious thought):
1. Press + while looking at the place I want to jump to
- Nested/conditional keybindings to navigate in text
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How to combine evil operator keys + isearch?
I installed a package called avy which can do anything I have no issues whatsoever. If you're interested here is my very simple config. There are several options, I like the one with the timer.
What are some alternatives?
evil-guide - Draft of a guide for using emacs with evil
evil-snipe - 2-char searching ala vim-sneak & vim-seek, for evil-mode
meow - Yet another modal editing on Emacs / 猫态编辑
.emacs.d - My current Emacs setup.
elegant-emacs - A very minimal but elegant emacs (I think)
leap.nvim - Neovim's answer to the mouse 🦘
whole-line-or-region - In Emacs, operate on current line if no region is active
consult - :mag: consult.el - Consulting completing-read
easy-kill - Kill & Mark Things Easily in Emacs
vim-easymotion - Vim motions on speed!