Daniel Thau wrote:
> Attached is a patch (in both the unified and context formats) to make
> the discussed "am/im" text-object.
> *** a/runtime/doc/motion.txt
> --- b/runtime/doc/motion.txt
> ***************
> *** 662,667 **** i` *v_i`*
> *i`*
> --- 662,687 ----
> Special case: With a count of 2 the quotes are
> included, but no extra white space as with a"/a'/a`.
>
> + am{char} *v_am* *am*
> + "a matched {char}". Selects the text from the
> + previous {char} until the next {char}.
> + Only works within one line.
> + When the cursor starts on a {char}, Vim will figure
> + out which {char} pairs are desired by searching from
> + the start of the line.
> + Any trailing white space is included, unless there is
> + none, then leading white space is included.
> + When used in Visual mode it is made characterwise.
> + Repeating this object in Visual mode another
> + {char}..{char} range is included. A count is
> + currently not used.
> +
> + im{char} *v_im* *im*
> + Like am{char} but exclude the {char} and
> + repeating won't extend the Visual selection.
> + Special case: With a count of 2 the quotes are
> + included, but no extra white space as with am{char}.
> +
I'm sure users will ask about a multi-line implementation. This
requires defining how Vim decides whether a matching {char} is the start
or the end, but otherwise it should work.
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