lmintmate / showmotion

Tiny vim plugin to highlight landing places when moving with w,W,b,B,e,E,ge,gE,f,F,t,T and ; and ,

ShowMotion

Ever hammered the {w,W,b,B,e,E,ge,gE,;,,} keys to finally pass over the location you were aiming for?
ShowMotion is a tiny vim plugin to highlight the potential landing places when moving:

• by words with {w,W,b,B,e,E,ge,gE}.
• by chars with {f,F,t,T,;,,}

Somewhat inspired by the EasyMotion plugin, this one is only aimed at providing cues about where you'll land, not allowing to select a specific landing place. The pleasant consequence of this is it doesn't break your moving flow, which was the motivation for writing it.

Demo: https://imgur.com/sWUqiF3

Installation:

Plugin Manager	Add to your /.vimrc
Vim Plug	Plug 'lmintmate/ShowMotion'
dein.vim	call dein#add('lmintmate/ShowMotion')
minpac	call minpac#add('lmintmate/ShowMotion')
vim-packager	call packager#add('lmintmate/ShowMotion')
plugpac	Pack 'lmintmate/ShowMotion'
Vundle	Plugin 'lmintmate/ShowMotion'
NeoBundle	NeoBundle 'lmintmate/ShowMotion'

Configuration

Add these word-motion settings to your vimrc, either the first or the second group (depending on your preferences):

"*** Highlights both big and small motions
nmap w <Plug>(show-motion-both-w)
nmap W <Plug>(show-motion-both-W)
nmap b <Plug>(show-motion-both-b)
nmap B <Plug>(show-motion-both-B)
nmap e <Plug>(show-motion-both-e)
nmap E <Plug>(show-motion-both-E)
nmap ge <Plug>(show-motion-both-ge)
nmap gE <Plug>(show-motion-both-gE)

"*** Only highlights motions corresponding to the one you typed
nmap w <Plug>(show-motion-w)
nmap W <Plug>(show-motion-W)
nmap b <Plug>(show-motion-b)
nmap B <Plug>(show-motion-B)
nmap e <Plug>(show-motion-e)
nmap E <Plug>(show-motion-E)
nmap ge <Plug>(show-motion-ge)
nmap gE <Plug>(show-motion-gE)

Add these character-motion settings to your vimrc:

"Show motion for chars:  
nmap f <Plug>(show-motion-f)
nmap t <Plug>(show-motion-t)
nmap F <Plug>(show-motion-F)
nmap T <Plug>(show-motion-T)
nmap ; <Plug>(show-motion-;)
nmap , <Plug>(show-motion-,)

Known limitations:

• E fails on highlighting the last character in the line

Thanks:

• IRC: #vim, sakkemo, bairui, Raimondi and many others
• Github: itchyny, haya14busa, Pyrohh