can I do something like vim-subversive, vim-exchange or substitute.nvim ?

[convers39]

https://github.com/gbprod/substitute.nvim?tab=readme-ov-file

the ideal movement may be:

yib -> sib, when you yank from a block and then substitute the content in another block with the yanked text.

and this should be repeatable with .

why not use the native %s ?

personally the movement like yiw -> siw makes more sense in a vim way which utilizes the text objects, which means this movement is much more extensible when you combine with textobjects support like nvim-treesitter-textobjects.

[5brian]

I believe there is vim-exchange not bounded by default:

#24678
https://zed.dev/docs/vim#supported-plugins

The vim-exchange feature does not have a default binding for visual mode, as the shift-x binding conflicts with the default shift-x binding for visual mode (vim::VisualDeleteLine). To assign the default vim-exchange binding, add the following keybinding to your keymap:

{
  "context": "vim_mode == visual",
  "bindings": {
    "shift-x": "vim::Exchange"
  }
}

[convers39]

thank you, I have tried this but it seems vim::Exchange is not an option, and I have tried the default cx keybindings but seems nothing happened (cxiw will just enter insert mode)

using the latest version

[5brian]

Ah sorry, I just checked and it was just merged into main a few days ago. It will wont be out in Stable for a week but it will be in tomorrow's preview release.

[convers39]

sure, looking forward to the release! thank you!