вт, 7 мар. 2023 г., 10:21 Enan Ajmain <[email protected]>:

> This behavior annoys me as well.  Fortunately I don't need to yank
> backward too often.
>
> To answer your question, vim motions are of two types:
>   - ':h inclusive'
>   - ':h exclusive'
>
> I don't understand that helpdoc well, but I understand that this is the
> reason 'yb' excludes the character the cursor was on.  For fun, try
> 'yge', which is an inclusive motion.  It's not a substitute of 'yb'
> (you'll see why when you try).  It's just to demonstrate the reason why
> 'yb' behaves unintuitively.
>
> It's not gonna be changed upstream, but I bet patching your own copy of
> vim won't be too hard.  If I were using 'yb' as often as you seem to be,
> I would've tried patching it.
>
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Getting exclusive-inclusive difference is easier than it looks at first:
exclusive motions always exclude the rightmost character. This is both
weird and normal at the same time, as driving a car: turning wheel to the
right always turns car to the right, no matter if it goes forward or
backward.

Kind regards,
Matvey

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