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Q&A Treat underscores as word boundaries in terminal using vim mode

Question How do you specify underscores as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh? MWE w on this_word should place the cursor on the underscore. A second w should place th...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by r~~‭

Question bash zsh vim
#5: Post edited by user avatar mcp‭ · 2023-02-08T17:36:53Z (almost 2 years ago)
Add headers
  • How do you specify underscores as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore. A second `w` should place the cursor on the 'w' of "word".
  • # Question
  • How do you specify underscores as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • # MWE
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore. A second `w` should place the cursor on the 'w' of "word".
#4: Post edited by user avatar mcp‭ · 2023-02-08T17:35:57Z (almost 2 years ago)
Remove typo
  • How do you specify underscores and as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore. A second `w` should place the cursor on the 'w' of "word".
  • How do you specify underscores as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore. A second `w` should place the cursor on the 'w' of "word".
#3: Post edited by user avatar mcp‭ · 2023-02-07T22:30:46Z (almost 2 years ago)
Expand on example
  • How do you specify underscores and as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore.
  • How do you specify underscores and as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore. A second `w` should place the cursor on the 'w' of "word".
#2: Post edited by user avatar mcp‭ · 2023-02-07T22:29:37Z (almost 2 years ago)
Add example
  • How do you specify underscores and as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • How do you specify underscores and as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?
  • `w` on `this_word` should place the cursor on the underscore.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar mcp‭ · 2023-02-07T22:25:42Z (almost 2 years ago)
Treat underscores as word boundaries in terminal using vim mode
How do you specify underscores and as Vim word boundaries when using vim mode in either bash or zsh?