husk.vim

Mappings that boost vim command line mode.

The goal is to have mappings similar to bash emacs mode. You can read more about this idea in vim's docs :h tcsh-style.

Plugin killer feature are convenient M-f and M-b CLI mappings that move one "word" right or left (notice the lowercase "word").

This is an enhancement from vanilla vim that enables only "WORD" (uppercase) left or right with
<S-Left> and <S-Right>.

Works in NeoVim too.

Mappings

All mappings work only in vim command line mode.

• C-a go to the beginning of the line
• C-f go one character right or fall back to c_CTRL-F at the end of the line
• C-b go one character left
• C-d delete character or fall back to c_CTRL-D at the end of the line
• C-k clear line after the cursor, overrides c_CTRL-K (if you're using C-k for digraphs check the docs how to disable)
• C-x C-e open the command-line window, same as c_CTRL-f
• M-f (Alt-f) go one "word" right
• M-b (Alt-b) go one "word" left
• M-d (Alt-d) delete "word" after the cursor
• M-BS (Alt-Backspace) delete "word" before the cursor, same as c_CTRL-W
• M-# (Alt-shift-3) insert comment at the beginning of the line and execute it. Useful for discarding the line, but still keeping it in the command-line history for later retrieval.

Installation

• Vundle
  Plugin 'vim-utils/vim-husk'

• vim-plug
  Plug 'vim-utils/vim-husk'

• Pathogen
  git clone git://github.com/vim-utils/vim-husk.git ~/.vim/bundle/vim-husk

Note: In order to enable alt mappings (M-f, M-b etc) Mac OS users using Terminal.app may need to go to Preferences > Profiles > Keyboard and tick "Use Option as Meta key".

About

vim-husk grew out from Tim Pope's vim-rsi plugin. C-f, C-d and M-BS mappings are directly copied.

Differences:

• vim-husk has proper M-f, M-b and M-d mapping implementation
• with vim-husk there's no risk of breaking vim's macros. Link to related vim-rsi issue.
• vim-rsi has a broader scope and provides insert and normal mode mappings while vim-husk focuses only on vim's CLI.

Licence

MIT