targets.vim VS vim-swap

targets is nice too.

The thing that has the biggest impact on me is ci”, ca”, da”, etc.. so I suggested getting used to using those.. and then you can get more pedantic with it using https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim

I do recommend getting, targets.vim https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim .. which unlocks the n(ext) and l(ast) verbs(?) ..ahhhh it’s REALLY REALLY good, I use 2in” like a lot

In fact, as /u/Chillbrosaurus_Rex points out, there's a plugin, targets.vim, that expands on Vim's built-in text objects, and one of the things it does is to provide this kind of forward and reverse direction functionality.

Hey, I use targets.vim, how does it compare with that?

You might benefit from targets.vim, it works well with your thought process. It adds a bunch of new really useful editing targets (which should be builtin imo).

https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim

Thanks for the through explanation. I has seen that and considered using it in the past. Can I ask how it compares to https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim? Would you consider mini.ai a replacement or complementary?

This is provided by targets.vim, along with a bunch of other useful text objects.

Only one I use that hasn't been mentioned is a standalone vim-swap replacement. The existing ones all need treesitter (that I know of)

vim-swap provides an easy way to swap delimited items. It also provides textobjects targeting them, so deleting an argument becomes as easy as da,

I use this feature right now, and it simplifies a lot. I use t to open tabmode so I can create or destroy tabs easily. b, which I use more often, opens bufmode so I can switch the buffer in the current window, or delete it while preserving my layout. gs allows me to swap delimited items using hjkl. w is for visually switching between open splits. Etc etc

I recommend machakann/vim-swap. This plugin provides the way to swap function parameters, and text-objects that can be used to select parameters:

I've been using vim-swap for a while and it's simple enough: when on top of a delimited argument, you can hit g> or g< to swap right or left, respectively.