Re: [vile] under-cursor

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:41:52PM -0400, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 07:08:52PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > 
> > Since it's a writable mode, you could in principle redefine it.  The only
> > gotcha is that it starts from the current position, so you would get
> > interesting matches.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the implications of this comment. It starts
> from the current position right now correct? So the behavior would be
> the same I think.

yes - I was partly thinking aloud, trying to recall which uses would
search back to the beginning of the word (tags do).  It might be nice
to have the option to use that behavior in macros.
 
> I was kinda hoping for the ability to map another key that calls another
> function that uses a different delimiter variable so I had the option to
> use both. I suppose I could dynamically reassign the variable in a
> function? I guess I was assuming that "the word under the cursor" was

yes - the binding for ^X-, maps to a macro for instance (next-cur-identifier).

> identified according the vi's motion command 'w' and I was looking for
> something to be picked up similar to the 'W' motion command. But looking
> at the help file has cleared things up.
> 
> Thanks

no problem

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