vim-textobj-entire VS targets.vim

I agree that ggVG is fine but not with the custom leader to copy to clipboard part. If you're gonna have to remember something might as well use a text object instead, that way you get the full range of actions and not just the hardcoded mapping. I use kana/vim-textobj-entire that provides e for entire buffer, so copying would be yie and life is smooth. There's a bunch of text object plugins, just get one or write it yourself would be my advice.

I like the entire document text object: https://github.com/kana/vim-textobj-entire

You should make your life easier and get the entire text object plugin. This is the easiest way to act one the entire buffer with no surprises, although it still does change the cusror position sometimes, but I still recommend it.

kana/vim-textobj-entire - Make entire buffer available as a text object

I now use entire text object for this with vie, which is more mentally coherent, for me, than ggVG.

kana/vim-textobj-entire adds e as text object for entire buffer

die (delete in entire) with the plugin vim-textobj-entire

I would suggest adding the text object "entire", either by making your own omap, or using a plugin like vim-textobj-entire.

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.