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diff --git a/weblog/better-current-word-search-vim.md b/weblog/better-current-word-search-vim.md index fa06126..44cc443 100644 --- a/weblog/better-current-word-search-vim.md +++ b/weblog/better-current-word-search-vim.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ post_date: 2022-07-03 --- +> Note: This was ported from my old gemini capsule, still served on gemini at `gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp` + # Better current word search in vim I noticed something when I was refactoring my vim configs for the Nth time last week, which [I wrote about in a bit more detail here](./neovim-lua.md). It's a bit of vim configuration that I've been copying forward without thinking about it for years and years, never even remotely considering pruning it because it's so useful. I also came up with it myself but havne't ever really put any effort into sharing it, so here we are. @@ -24,5 +26,3 @@ The mappings above copy that behavior (perform it as you would do it directly, e You see by the default naive cword search, any larger words which fully contain your search term would also show up as results. Try searching for a single letter variable that way and you'll have a bad time. I think of this as a fantastic example of the utility of programmatic configuration (the sort that's made all the more powerful by using lua over VimL) - you're free to make the editor better in a hundred minor ways to smooth out your editing workflows, and in a way which is itself very much like maintaining code: build yourself a useful abstraction and don't have to think about it too much any more. - -> Note: This was ported from my old gemini capsule, still served on gemini at `gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp` |