https://gryt.io/tags/vim/Recent content in Vim on GrytHugo -- gohugo.ioenrobin@gryt.io (Robin Penea)robin@gryt.io (Robin Penea)Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:58:50 +0200https://gryt.io/til/2025-10-03-ideavim-anyobject-plugin/Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:58:50 +0200robin@gryt.io (Robin Penea)https://gryt.io/til/2025-10-03-ideavim-anyobject-plugin/<p>vim allows powerful text manipulation: <code>di&quot;</code> to delete inside double quotes, <code>ci(</code> to change inside brackets, etc. If you use <a href="https://github.com/JetBrains/ideavim">IdeaVim</a> in JetBrains IDEs, this can be enhanced with the <a href="https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/28333-vim-anyobject">AnyObject Plugin</a>.</p><p>vim allows powerful text manipulation: <code>di&quot;</code> to delete inside double quotes, <code>ci(</code> to change inside brackets, etc. If you use <a href="https://github.com/JetBrains/ideavim">IdeaVim</a> in JetBrains IDEs, this can be enhanced with the <a href="https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/28333-vim-anyobject">AnyObject Plugin</a>.</p> <p>To enable it, just add this to your <code>.ideavimrc</code>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span class="line"><span class="cl">set anyobject </span></span></code></pre></div><p>After that, you can do:</p> <ul> <li><code>daa</code> - Delete argument and its separator. For example, you want to delete <code>name</code> parameter in one stroke in <code>def say_hi(name, email)</code></li> <li><code>ciq</code> - Change inside <em>any</em> quote. <code>&quot;hello&quot;</code>, <code>'good bye'</code>, <code>`again`</code></li> <li><code>yif</code> - Yank inner function. Copy all the function body ♥️</li> <li><code>din</code> - Delete inner block level. Especially useful for indentation based languages (Python, YAML)</li> </ul>