What Vim command s can be used to quote unquote words

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How can I quickly quote unquote words and change quoting  e g  from   to    in Vim  I know about the surround vim plugin  but I would like to use just Vim

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Quote a word  using single quotes ciw Ctrl r quot    It was easier for me to do it this way ciw    Esc P

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Here are some simple mappings that can be used to quote and unquote a word      quote  a word nnoremap qw  silent  normal mpea  lt Esc gt bi  lt Esc gt  pl   double  quote  a word nnoremap qd  silent  normal mpea  lt Esc gt bi  lt Esc gt  pl   remove quotes from a word nnoremap wq  silent  normal mpeld bhd  ph lt CR gt

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wrap all words with quotes  s    w      quot  1 quot  g  before  aaa bbb ccc  after   quot aaa quot   quot bbb quot   quot ccc quot

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VIM for vscode does it awsomely  It s based one vim-surround if you don t use vscode      Some examples        test  with cursor inside quotes type cs   to end up with  test        test  with cursor inside quotes type ds  to end up with test       test  with cursor inside quotes type cs t and enter 123  to end up   with  lt 123 test      test with cursor on word test type ysaw  to end up with  test

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I don t know any builtin vim command for this  but using r f r  to change from   to   and r f r  to change from   to   works if you stand on the first   or    The command r  replaces whatever character is under your cursor with    and f  moves you forward to the next

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how about this        s      g

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Adding Quotes  I started using this quick and dirty function in my  vimrc   vnoremap q  lt esc gt  call QuickWrap      lt cr gt  vnoremap Q  lt esc gt  call QuickWrap      lt cr gt   function  QuickWrap wrapper    let l w   a wrapper   let l inside or around     amp selection     exclusive       i       a     normal   gt    execute  normal     inside or around   escape w         normal   lt    execute  normal i    escape w         normal   lt  endfunction   So now  I visually select whatever I want  typically via viw - visually select inside word  in quotes and press Q for double quotes  or press q for single quotes   Removing Quotes  vnoremap s  lt esc gt  call StripWrap   lt cr gt   function  StripWrap     normal   gt x  lt x endfunction   I use vim-textobj-quotes so that vim treats quotes as a text objects  This means I can do vaq  visually select around quotes  This finds the nearest quotes and visually selects them   This is optional  you can just do something like f vww   Then I press s to strip the quotes from the selection    Changing Quotes  KISS  I remove quotes then add quotes  For example  to replace single quotes with double quotes  I would perform the steps   1  remove single quotes  vaqs  2  add new quotes  vwQ       http   vim wikia com wiki Wrap a visual selection in an HTML tag code from here was modified and used as part of my answer https   github com beloglazov vim-textobj-quotes vim-text-obj-quotes

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In addition to the other commands  this will enclose all words in a line in double quotes  as per your comment    s    S       1     or if you want to reduce the number of backslashes  you can put a  v  very-magic  modifier at the start of the pattern   s  v  S     1

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surround vim is going to be your easiest answer   If you are truly set against using it  here are some examples for what you can do   Not necessarily the most efficient  but that s why surround vim was written    Quote a word  using single quotes ciw Ctrl r     ciw - Delete the word the cursor is on  and end up in insert mode    - add the first quote  Ctrl r  - Insert the contents of the   register  aka the last yank delete    - add the closing quote    Unquote a word that s enclosed in single quotes di hPl2x   di  - Delete the word enclosed by single quotes  hP - Move the cursor left one place  on top of the opening quote  and put the just deleted text before the quote  l - Move the cursor right one place  on top of the opening quote   2x - Delete the two quotes    Change single quotes to double quotes va  s   V   V   g   va  - Visually select the quoted word and the quotes   s  - Start a replacement    V   V - Only match single quotes that are within the visually selected region     g - Replace them all with double quotes

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I m using nnoremap in my  vimrc  To single quote a word   nnoremap sq  silent  normal mpea  lt Esc gt bi  lt Esc gt  pl   To remove quotes  works on double quotes as well    nnoremap qs  silent  normal mpeld bhd  ph lt CR gt    Rule to remember   sq    single quote

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To wrap in single quotes  for example  ciw  lt C-r gt    lt esc gt  works  but repeat won t work  Try   ciw  lt C-r gt  lt C-o gt    lt esc gt    This puts the contents of the default register  literally   Now you can press   on any word to wrap it in quotes  To learn more see  h elp  i ctrl-r and more about text objects at  h text-objects  Source  http   vimcasts org episodes pasting-from-insert-mode

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Visual mode map example to add single quotes around a selected block of text    vnoremap qq  lt Esc gt   gt a  lt Esc gt   lt i  lt Esc gt

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If you use the vim plugin https   github com tpope vim-surround  or use VSCode Vim plugin  which comes with vim-surround pre-installed   its pretty convinient   add  ysiw     surround in word       drop   ds     drop surround       change  cs      change surround from     to       It even works for html tags   cst lt em gt     change surround from current tag to   lt em gt     check out the readme on github for better examples

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Here s some mapping that could help    nnoremap  lt Leader gt q  ciw   lt Esc gt P  nnoremap  lt Leader gt q  ciw   lt Esc gt P  nnoremap  lt Leader gt qd daW  substitute                  g   lt CR gt P   If you haven t changed the mapleader variable  then activate the mapping with  q   q  or  qd  They add double quote around the word under the cursor  single quote around the word under the cursor  delete any quotes around the word under the cursor respectively

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For users of VSCodeVim you can do   vwS     You can replace   with whatever you would like to wrap by  You can replace w with any other selection operator

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The macro ways    press q and q for recording into q register  we use  quot q quot  as shortcut to remember  quot quotes quot     press shift   b move cursor to front of current word  press i type    a single quotes   press esc then press e to move to end of word  press a then press   again to surround the word with quotes   press esc to get into normal mode   finally press q to record it into q register    How to use  Move cursor to a desired word  Press  q to surround a word with quotes  Press    if you want repeat it into another word   You can alter step 4 with anything you like  a line  a word until found some character  etc   Make recorded macro persistent  open  vimrc go to end of file change to insert mode  type this to make it persistent   let  q  ctrl   r ctrl   r q   save and quit  open your files  go to some words  now press  q   if you do it correctly  magic things should appear in your words  You can apply this to other macros you loved

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I wrote a script that does this   function  WrapSelect  front       puts characters around the selected text      let l front   a front     if  a front                 let l back           elseif  a front                 let l back           elseif  a front                 let l back           elseif  a front      lt            let l back     gt       elseif  a front                 let l split   split a front          let l back   l split 1          let l front   l split 0      else         let l back   a front     endif      execute  concat all these strings      means  concat without spaces       norm means  run in normal mode and also be able to use   lt C-x gt  characters       gv means  get the previous visual selection back up       c means  cut visual selection and go to insert mode         lt C-R gt  means  insert the contents of a register  in this case  the      default register      execute  norm  gvc    l front     lt C-R gt        l back endfunction vnoremap  lt C-l gt    lt C-u gt call WrapSelect input  Wrapping  Give both  space separated  or just the first one      lt cr gt    To use  just highlight something  hit control l  and then type a character  If it s one of the characters the function knows about  it ll provide the correct terminating character  If it s not  it ll use the same character to insert on both sides   Surround vim can do more than just this  but this was sufficient for my needs

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