vim-multiple-cursors VS vim-easy-align

Compare vim-multiple-cursors vs vim-easy-align and see what are their differences.

vim-multiple-cursors

True Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim (by terryma)

vim-easy-align

:sunflower: A Vim alignment plugin (by junegunn)
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vim-multiple-cursors

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-multiple-cursors. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-30.
  • NeoVim Installation and Configuration on Win10/11
    14 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2022
    :set number :set autoindent :set tabstop=5 :set shiftwidth=4 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=4 :set mouse=a call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/pgsql.vim' " PSQL Pluging needs :SQLSetType pgsql.vim Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " For brackets autocompletion " Auto-completion For Javascript, typescript, html, jsx ...etc Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'} " this is for auto complete, prettier and tslinting let g:coc_global_extensions = ['coc-tslint-plugin', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-css', 'coc-html', 'coc-json', 'coc-prettier'] " list of CoC extensions needed Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' "this will auto close ( [ { " these two plugins will add highlighting and indenting to JSX and TSX files. Plug 'yuezk/vim-js' Plug 'HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim' Plug 'maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty' set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nnoremap :call CocActionAsync('jumpDefinition') nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews :colorscheme jellybeans let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " --- Just Some Notes --- " :PlugClean :PlugInstall :UpdateRemotePlugins " " :CocInstall coc-python " :CocInstall coc-clangd " :CocInstall coc-snippets " :CocCommand snippets.edit... FOR EACH FILE TYPE " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 if !exists('g:airline_symbols') let g:airline_symbols = {} endif " airline symbols let g:airline_left_sep = '' let g:airline_left_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_right_sep = '' let g:airline_right_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_symbols.branch = '' let g:airline_symbols.readonly = '' let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '' inoremap pumvisible() ? coc#_select_confirm() : ""
  • vim wishlist
    2 projects | /r/vim | 18 Nov 2022
  • My Neovim Configuration
    11 projects | dev.to | 1 Sep 2022
    call plug#begin('~/.config/nvim/plugged') Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nmap :TagbarToggle let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~"
  • How do I work with Rust Workspaces in Neovim?
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Aug 2022
    call plug#begin() Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'} Plug 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim' Plug 'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim', { 'tag': '0.1.0' } call plug#end()
  • How to do this in Neovim?
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Aug 2022
    In case you want to select multiple variables and change those all at once, you can check out https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors.
  • How to show multiple cursors when inserting from visual block mode?
    1 project | /r/vim | 17 Jul 2022
    You want something like this plugin I'm guessing. My use doesn't need that so I've never used it before.
  • Notepad++ - Unhappy Users' Edition
    9 projects | /r/programming | 8 Jul 2022
    To be precise I'm talking about something like this plugin does
  • Would you be interested in multicursor support for Neovim?
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 27 May 2022
    By the way this is probably my favorite nvim plugin simply because it solves part of this problem https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors. However it doesnt help with the more complex examples, like the one I mentioned above.
  • vim-devicons won't display on Windows Terminal with WSL2.
    11 projects | /r/neovim | 4 Jan 2022
    :set number :set relativenumber :set autoindent :set tabstop=2 :set shiftwidth=2 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=2 :set mouse=a :set guifont=Fira\ Code\ 11 call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " Auto braces & bracket closing set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews set termguicolors :colorscheme onehalfdark " Setting Neovim color theme let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 let g:airline_theme='onehalfdark'
  • Found on internet
    2 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 28 Aug 2021
    There's a brilliant plugin that emulates sublime's way of doing it. https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors There's probably a way to do it using vim's default behaivour but this is easy and it works well for me.

vim-easy-align

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-easy-align. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-05.
  • How to align columns using tabs automatically? (Preferably using `mini.align`)
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Jul 2023
  • In mini.align, is there a way to align by specific occurrence of a character?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 12 Jan 2023
    As part of my journey to moving to Lua, I'm trying to move from vim-easy-align to mini.align.
  • Markdown format table
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 16 Oct 2022
    Not exactly what you are asking for, but table formatting is usually enough with general purpose align plugins: - mini.align - junegunn/vim-easy-align - godlygeek/tabular
  • How to line up columns
    1 project | /r/neovim | 14 Oct 2022
    For aligning text table data I usually used this plugin
  • mini.align - align text interactively (like 'vim-easy-align', but in Lua and slightly different mechanics)
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 22 Sep 2022
    I am happy to announce the release of mini.align - module of mini.nvim for aligning text interactively (with or without live preview). This is mostly designed after junegunn/vim-easy-align, but is implemented in Lua and has slightly different alignment specification and user interaction lifecycle.
  • My Vim Configurations
    3 projects | dev.to | 26 Jul 2022
    call plug#begin() " The default plugin directory will be as follows: " - Vim (Linux/macOS): '~/.vim/plugged' " - Vim (Windows): '~/vimfiles/plugged' " - Neovim (Linux/macOS/Windows): stdpath('data') . '/plugged' " You can specify a custom plugin directory by passing it as the argument " - e.g. `call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')` " - Avoid using standard Vim directory names like 'plugin' " Make sure you use single quotes " Shorthand notation; fetches https://github.com/junegunn/vim-easy-align Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align' " Any valid git URL is allowed Plug 'https://github.com/junegunn/vim-github-dashboard.git' " Multiple Plug commands can be written in a single line using | separators Plug 'SirVer/ultisnips' | Plug 'honza/vim-snippets' " On-demand loading Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree', { 'on': 'NERDTreeToggle' } Plug 'tpope/vim-fireplace', { 'for': 'clojure' } " Using a non-default branch Plug 'rdnetto/YCM-Generator', { 'branch': 'stable' } " Using a tagged release; wildcard allowed (requires git 1.9.2 or above) Plug 'fatih/vim-go', { 'tag': '*' } " Plugin options Plug 'nsf/gocode', { 'tag': 'v.20150303', 'rtp': 'vim' } " Plugin outside ~/.vim/plugged with post-update hook Plug 'junegunn/fzf', { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': './install --all' } " vim-airline " display the statusline at the bottom of the vim Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline' Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes' " ale " check syntax on the contents of text buffers Plug 'dense-analysis/ale' " Initialize plugin system call plug#end() "================ " General settings "================ syntax on set cursorline set backspace=indent,eol,start " Show line numbers " set number " Show command in bottom bar " set showcmd " Visual autocomplete for command menu set wildmenu " Redraw only when necessary, speeds up macros set lazyredraw set hlsearch " system clipboard set clipboard=unnamed " remove all trailing whitepsace " https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Remove_unwanted_spaces au BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e " The NERD Tree noremap 1 1gt noremap 2 2gt noremap 3 3gt noremap 4 4gt noremap 5 5gt noremap 6 6gt noremap 7 7gt noremap 8 8gt noremap 9 9gt noremap 0 :tablast au BufNewFile,BufRead * set expandtab au BufNewFile,BufRead * set shiftwidth=4 au BufNewFile,BufRead * set softtabstop=4 au BufNewFile,BufRead * set tabstop=4 "=========================== " Language specific settings "=========================== " Python au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set expandtab au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set shiftwidth=4 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set softtabstop=4 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set tabstop=4 " Markdown au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set expandtab au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set shiftwidth=4 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set softtabstop=4 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md set tabstop=4
  • Whenever I'm looking for plugins these days [OC]
    29 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Jul 2022
  • what vimL plugins are you still using?
    26 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Jul 2022
    vim-easy-align - I haven't yet found a Lua-based equivalent with the same flexibility.
  • align.nvim - A minimal plugin to align your lines to a certain character, string, or Lua pattern
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Jun 2022
    Also does this plugin support operator-pending mode like vim-easy-align does? For instance doing gaip, ("go align in paragraph; commas) in normal mode aligns all commas in the current paragraph.
  • Aligning text. Prevent lsp.buf.formatting from shifting inline comments?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 19 May 2022
    Regarding your last question, there’s this: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-easy-align

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-multiple-cursors and vim-easy-align you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-treesitter-textobjects

goyo.vim - :tulip: Distraction-free writing in Vim

emmet-vim - emmet for vim: http://emmet.io/

LanguageClient-neovim - Language Server Protocol (LSP) support for vim and neovim.

micro-editor - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

nyoom.nvim - A Neovim framework and doom emacs alternative for the stubborn martian hacker. Powered by fennel and the oxocarbon theme

FiraCode - Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

vim-awesome - Awesome Vim plugins from across the universe

ghc - Mirror of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. Please submit issues and patches to GHC's Gitlab instance (https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc). First time contributors are encouraged to get started with the newcomers info (https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/contributing).

tagbar - Vim plugin that displays tags in a window, ordered by scope

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

vim-visual-star-search - Start a * or # search from a visual block