substitute.nvim VS mini.ai

https://github.com/gbprod/substitute.nvim https://github.com/smjonas/duplicate.nvim

Try this https://github.com/gbprod/substitute.nvim

That one - https://github.com/gbprod/substitute.nvim . It is two plugins in one technically, substitute and exchange.

I use substitute.nvim for this purpose, which adds the "substitute" verb that you can apply to a text object to paste over it (without modifying your register).

I know you can accomplish this with vanilla vim motions, but I use a plugin for substituting textobjects with what's in my registers called substitute.nvim. vim-subversive and vim-exchange are other alternatives.

I would recommend substitute.nvim. It lets you input text over a text-object, and doesn't affect your " register

vim-subversive/substitute.nvim

Very cool! I think there is also https://github.com/gbprod/substitute.nvim

For neovim users -> gbprod/substitute.nvim sxiw jump to another word and press dot

Taking it one step further, mini.ai adds a useful alias q to all the quote variations (',",`). So you can just do ciq or yiq to change and yank in quotes. For jumping to beginning or end of any quote textobject: g[q and g]q.

Could you share an insight about why 'mini.nvim' and all its standalone modules (like 'mini.ai') are not in the list of plugins?

I think mini.ai intentionally overrides those.. Should be fine.

Also you can combine the repeat with a plugin like mini.ai to do things like suin] (substitute in next bracket), and when repeating with . you will automatically jump to the next pair of brackets and substitute there.

These are the problem. I have no issue with vanilla vim inside/around motions with nnoremap mi vi, but I can't use all extra inside/around motion plugins like mini.ai and nvim-treesitter-textobjects.