Tag: surround | VimTricks

How do you surround a visual selection with characters?

S) with vim-surround

With the vim-surround plugin, select text visually and press S) to wrap with parentheses.

cs"'

The vim-surround plugin by Tim Pope lets you change any surrounding delimiter pair with a single cs command.

ds"

The vim-surround plugin provides the ds command to instantly delete any surrounding delimiter pair.

S"

The vim-surround plugin provides the S command in visual mode to wrap any selection with a delimiter pair.

ysiw)

The vim-surround plugin provides the ys (you surround) operator to wrap any Vim text object or motion with a delimiter pair.

ysiw<em>

The vim-surround plugin makes wrapping text in HTML or XML tags effortless.

ciw""<Esc>P

Vim doesn't have a built-in "surround" operator, but you can wrap any word in quotes or brackets with a short sequence: ciw""P.