Jump to any location specified by two characters.
Sneak is a powerful, reliable, yet minimal motion plugin for Vim. It works with multiple
lines, operators (including repeat . and surround), motion-repeat
(; and ,), keymaps, visual mode, multibyte text, and
macros.
Try label-mode for a minimalist alternative to EasyMotion:
let g:sneak#label = 1
Sneak is invoked with s followed by exactly two characters:
s{char}{char}
- Type
sabto move the cursor immediately to the next instance of the text "ab".- Additional matches, if any, are highlighted until the cursor is moved.
- Type
;to go to the next match (orsagain, ifs_nextis enabled; see:help sneak). - Type
3;to skip to the third match from the current position. - Type
ctrl-oor``to go back to the starting point.- This is a built-in Vim motion; Sneak adds to Vim's jumplist
only on
sinvocation—not repeats—so you can abandon a trail of;or,by a singlectrl-oor``.
- This is a built-in Vim motion; Sneak adds to Vim's jumplist
only on
- Type
s<Enter>at any time to repeat the last Sneak-search. - Type
Sto search backwards.
Sneak can be limited to a vertical scope by prefixing s with a count.
- Type
5sxyto go immediately to the next instance of "xy" within 5 columns of the cursor.
Sneak is invoked with operators
via z (because s is taken by surround.vim).
- Type
3dzqtto delete up to the third instance of "qt".- Type
.to repeat the3dzqtoperation. - Type
2.to repeat twice. - Type
d;to delete up to the next match. - Type
4d;to delete up to the fourth next match.
- Type
- Type
yszxy]to surround in brackets up toxy.- Type
.to repeat the surround operation.
- Type
- Type
gUz\}to upper-case the text from the cursor until the next instance of the literal text\}- Type
.to repeat thegUz\}operation.
- Type
Requires Vim 7.3+ or Nvim. Label-mode requires Vim 7.4.792+. With Nvim 0.5+ label-mode is driven by virtual text instead of the legacy "conceal" feature.
- vim-plug
Plug 'justinmk/vim-sneak'
- Pathogen
git clone git://github.com/justinmk/vim-sneak.git ~/.vim/bundle/vim-sneak
- Manual installation:
- Copy the files to your
.vimdirectory.
- Copy the files to your
To repeat Sneak operations (like dzab) with dot .,
repeat.vim is required.
For the same reason that Vim has motions
like f and t: common operations should use the fewest keystrokes.
/ab<cr>requires 33% more keystrokes thansab- Sets only the initial position in the Vim jumplist—so you can explore a
trail of matches via
;, then return to the start with a singlectrl-oor`` - Doesn't clutter your search history
- Input is always literal (don't need to escape special characters)
- Ignores accents ("equivalence class") when matching (#183)
- Smarter, subtler highlighting
- 50x more precise than
fort - Moves vertically
- Highlights matches in the direction of your search
You can specify any mapping for Sneak (see :help sneak).
By the way: cl is equivalent to s, and cc is equivalent to S.
map f <Plug>Sneak_s
map F <Plug>Sneak_SSneak has <Plug> mappings for f and t 1-character-sneak.
These mappings do not invoke label-mode, even if you have it enabled.
map f <Plug>Sneak_f
map F <Plug>Sneak_F
map t <Plug>Sneak_t
map T <Plug>Sneak_T- Seek
- EasyMotion
- smalls
- improvedft
- clever-f
- vim-extended-ft
- Fanf,ingTastic;
- IdeaVim-Sneak
- leap.nvim
- flash.nvim
Copyright © Justin M. Keyes. Distributed under the MIT license.