bagohart / move-char-left-right.vim

Vim plugin: move character under the cursor left or right

Move-Char-Left-Right.vim

This Vim plugin provides actions for moving the character under the cursor left or right.

Why?

This can be done in vanilla Vim using xp and xhP, but that is annoyingly asymmetric, does not accept counts, and is not dot-repeatable. This plugin fixes all 3 points.

Mappings

No mappings are created automatically, add your own. I use:

nmap [ä <Plug>(move-char-left)
nmap ]ä <Plug>(move-char-right)

or with init.lua:

vim.keymap.set('n', '[ä', '<Plug>(move-char-left)')
vim.keymap.set('n', ']ä', '<Plug>(move-char-right)')

because of its reminiscence of the [e ]e mappings from vim-unimpaired.

Usage

In normal mode, use [count][ä to move the character under the cursor [count] positions to the left. Want to move it again? Use . or [count].! Analogously for ]ä.

Want to move a character to the start or end of line? Use a large [count], i.e. 500[ä or 500]ä.

Requirements

Developed and tested on Neovim 0.9.1. It's 100% Vimscript and nothing fancy, so it should work on Vim 8+, too. Does not require vim-repeat for the dot repeat.