nvim-jqx VS hop.nvim

nvim-jqx is your neovim interface to json and yaml files1: in the last release I have fixed a few bugs introduced by the latest changes in `yq` grammar and have added treesitter syntax highlight to the floating buffer (invoked when querying the json or yaml keys, why I had not done it before already is beyond my memory :p):

browse json files content (nvim-jqx)

As far as I know there is no other plugin at the moment that interfaces neovim with json files, and more often than not we see questions here where people suggest to reformat json files via python or some other :%!. Well, with jqx you have it all in one place, so you may find it useful: have a look at the repository and feel free to open up issues with improvements or suggestions!

Have you tried nvim-jqx?

By the way, nvim-jqx can come to your rescue.

...or you can use nvim-jqx (neovim only though) :p

P. S. If you are using neovim nvim-jqx is a jq wrapper that populates entries in the quickfix window. Spoiler alert: I am the author (so in this case you can shoot the messenger :p)!

Potentially related: nvim-jqx wraps around yq to populate the quickfix window with yaml keys, moreover supporting (limited) queries with autocompletion.

nvim-jqx

Personally I like to just hop using the hop plugin: https://github.com/phaazon/hop.nvim

I am using hop.nvim and hop.nvim works great most of the time except when I'm on an empty line. Suppose I'm editing this snippet and ^ represents my cursor

I waas thinking about something ala https://github.com/phaazon/hop.nvim to do fast selections, f.e.: -Entering visual mode or a specific mode -Search for f.e. 2 characters -Getting "hints" (like in vimium) for the matches -Being able to select and copy the hinted matches and being able to chose to either yank a line, a word, a url... etc

So I was previously using a bunch of plugins to be able to move between frequently used block delimiters "(){}...", things like Vim-matchup or Nvim-treesitter-textobjects. However, i had the sudden realization that what I was really doing was hopping between block delimiters most of the time, so I uninstalled all of them and created a keymap that works faster and requires only one plugin Hop.nvim, which I already use to obtain EasyMotion like movements. Here's the keymap, you can customize it to your liking to add common characters where you hop to (be careful as it is not a regular regex expression):

I prefer to use Hop with :HopWord. It just highlight every word in buffer. f({char}) ({char})

If you are interested in a plugin solution, there is HopPattern in https://github.com/phaazon/hop.nvim