created by

Dominique Pellé

script type

utility

description

This plugin provides cursor motion by syntax highlighting groups in normal and visual mode: - type  \<right>  (actually <Leader><right>) to move the cursor forward to   the end of the syntax group where cursor is located. - type  \<left>  (actually <Leader><right>) to move the cursor forward to   the beginning of the syntax group where cursor is located. For example, when inside a string, pressing  \<right>  moves to the end of the string.  When inside a comment, pressing  \<left>  moves to the beginning of the comment.  You can extrapolate this behavior to any kind of syntax group. Repeating the motion multiple times will move to the next syntax highlighting group (forward or backward). A repeat count number can also be given before typing  \<left>  or  \<right>.  For example, typing  3\<left> moves the cursor to the left by 3 syntax elements. Strictly speaking, motion actually moves to the start or end of the text which has the same "color" (rather than same "syntax group") as the color of the text where cursor is originally located. So if your color scheme defines the same colors for multiple syntax groups, motion may actually span multiple consecutive syntax groups if they have the same colors.  Motion is based on syntax highlighting colors rather than syntax highlighting groups to make behavior more intuitive (what you see is what you get) since users see colors on the screen but may not be aware of different syntax highlight groups. Plugin also provides a way to select the text visually around the position of the cursor with the same syntax group as where cursor is located: - type  va<right>  to visually select the text with the same syntax as   where cursor is located, and move the cursor to the end of the selected   text. - type  va<left>  to visually select the text with the same syntax as   where cursor is located, and move the cursor to the beginning of the   selected text. Syntax highlighting must be enabled for the plugin to work. License: The VIM LICENSE applies to SyntaxMotion.vim (see ":help copyright" except use "SyntaxMotion.vim" instead of "Vim"). ToDo: - write a proper help page - provide mapping in operator pending mode

install details

Drop SyntaxMotion.vim into your favorite plugin directory: ~/.vim/plugin/ on Unix, $HOME/vimfiles/plugin or $VIM/vimfiles/plugin on Windows).

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
SyntaxMotion.vim	0.5	2010-02-12	7.0	Dominique Pellé	Bug fix in Visual Selection when cursor was at beginning or end of syntax block
SyntaxMotion.vim	0.4	2010-02-11	7.0	Dominique Pellé	Added mappings to perform visual selection of text which has same syntax as where cursor is located. Use  va<left>  and   va<right>
SyntaxMotion.vim	0.3	2010-02-07	7.0	Dominique Pellé	now work with repeat count  (example: 3\<right>)
SyntaxMotion.vim	0.2	2010-02-07	7.0	Dominique Pellé	now also works in visual mode
SyntaxMotion.vim	0.1	2010-02-07	7.0	Dominique Pellé	Initial upload

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