iedit.vim

iedit.nvim is a Neovim plugin inspired from Emacs's iedit mode.

• Installation
• Configuration
• Key Bindings
• Debug
• Self-Promotion
• Feedback

Installation

with nvim-plug

require('plug').add({
  'wsdjeg/iedit.nvim',
  config = function()
    vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>e', "<cmd>lua require('iedit').start()<cr>", { silent = true })
  end,
})

Then use :PlugInstall iedit.nvim to install this plugin.

Configuration

require('iedit').setup({
  highlight = {
    active = {
      guibg = '#3c3836',
      guifg = '#d3869b',
      ctermbg = '',
      ctermfg = 175,
      bold = 1,
    },
    current = {
      guibg = '#3c3836',
      guifg = '#83a598',
      ctermbg = '',
      ctermfg = 109,
      bold = 1,
    },
    inactive = {
      guibg = '#3c3836',
      guifg = '#abb2bf',
      ctermbg = '',
      ctermfg = 145,
      bold = 1,
    },
  },
})

Key Bindings

In iedit-Normal mode:

iedit-Normal mode inherits from Normal mode, the following key bindings are specific to iedit-Normal mode.

Key Binding	Descriptions
<Esc>	go back to Normal mode
i	start iedit-Insert mode after current character
a	start iedit-Insert mode before current character
I	goto the beginning and start iedit-Insert mode
A	goto the end and start iedit-Insert mode
<Left>/h	Move cursor to left
<Right>/l	Move cursor to right
0/<Home>	go to the beginning of the current occurrence
$/<End>	go to the end of the current occurrence
C	delete from the cursor position to the end and start iedit-Insert mode
D	delete the occurrences
s	delete the character under cursor and start iedit-Insert mode
S	delete the occurrences and start iedit-Insert mode
x	delete the character under cursor in all the occurrences
X	delete the character before cursor in all the occurrences
gg	go to first occurrence
G	go to last occurrence
f{char}	To first occurrence of {char} to the right.
n	go to next occurrence
N	go to previous occurrence
p	replace occurrences with last yanked (copied) text
<Tab>	toggle current occurrence
Ctrl-n	forward and active next match
Ctrl-x	inactivate current match and move forward
Ctrl-p	inactivate current match and move backward
e	forward to the end of word
w	forward to the begin of next word
b	move to the begin of current word

In iedit-Insert mode:

Key Bindings	Descriptions
Ctrl-g / <Esc>	go back to iedit-Normal mode
Ctrl-b / <Left>	move cursor to left
Ctrl-f / <Right>	move cursor to right
Ctrl-a / <Home>	moves the cursor to the beginning of the current occurrence
Ctrl-e / <End>	moves the cursor to the end of the current occurrence
Ctrl-w	delete word before cursor
Ctrl-k	delete all words after cursor
Ctrl-u	delete all characters before cursor
Ctrl-h / <Backspace>	delete character before cursor
<Delete>	delete character after cursor

Debug

If you want to read the runtime log of iedit.nvim, you need to install logger.nvim.

require('plug').add({
  {
    'wsdjeg/iedit.nvim',
    depends = {
      {
        'wsdjeg/logger.nvim',
      },
    },
  },
})

Self-Promotion

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Feedback

If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions, please file an issue in the issue tracker