Re: [vile] under-cursor

[Wayne Cuddy]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 06:32:11PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> 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.

Indeed it would, I find that 99% of time I'd prefer that behavior. I
think it's rare to be searching for a half word.

>  
> > 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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