vim-exchange VS targets.vim

I use the vim-exchange plugin.

not sure that would be the best solution. I would use https://github.com/tommcdo/vim-exchange like this cxiwWW..

It cannot. I sometimes need this feature but I just use an editor plugin (https://github.com/tommcdo/vim-exchange) for this..

A bit of a feedback: - I've never really studied quickfix/loclist capabilities much until recently during writing a slightly updated version of :cnext/:cprev. It is indeed a very nice feature, albeit with a lot of "old Vim" presence to it. The 'fzf.vim' and 'telescope.nvim' were always enough for me. Now I have a small hope of trying to make a "poor man Telescope". - Never really understood the utility of 'vim-subversive'. It seems to be very similar to :s or "Visually select -> hit * -> cgn -> dot repeat until needed". - There is a MiniMisc.zoom() as an alternative to 'vim-maximizer'. - I use 'vim-argwrap' myself and do plan to do its analogue. Although hope to make a more or less simple function in 'mini.misc' instead of the whole module. - I did use 'sideways.vim' but replaced it with combination of "argument" textobject from 'mini.ai' and tommcdo/vim-exchange (which I do plan to rewrite, but not quite soon). Here is how (cxia + cxila; exchange "inner argument" with "last inner argument"). Far from perfect, but works most of the time. - I had 'undotree' in my installed plugins for more than a year and I've never really used it. I've seen an idea here, I think, about "straightening" undo history to become a single line instead of a tree. I currently like this idea better than 'undotree'. - Yes, something with "toggle bools" as functionality might be coming. But not very soon.

I'm using https://github.com/tommcdo/vim-exchange in Vim.

Yeah, I use sideways.vim and vim-exchange. (Not entirely sure which solves what OP is asking about.)

For vim users tommcdo/vim-exchange cxiw jump to another word then press dot

I use vim-exchange for situations like this. Old plugin, but still works fine. You visually select one side, press X, visually select the other side and press X. You can also use cx{motion}, and cx{motion} again if you don't want to use visual mode.

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.