[mini.ai] Implementation of builtin text objects w, W, p

[Gazareth]

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Hi there, thanks for the amazing plugins! I've recently been looking into using mini.ai's textobject search to automatically generate targets for leap-spooky. However I've noticed that some text objects I was expecting to be there do not exist.

Here is the full list of 'builtin' ones according to the source I have:

I was just wondering what the reason is for the ommission of w (word), W (WORD) and p (paragraph)? And if it makes sense to add them in?

[echasnovski]

Hi!

Well, mostly because they are pretty good in their built-in implementation. That said, I miss sometimes the possibility to change the next word with cinw.

Implementing iW and aW should be pretty straightforward as there are %S and %s in Lua patterns for non-blank and blank characters.

Implementing iw and aw seems to be many times harder as Lua patterns recognize alphanumeric only for Latin alphabet. There is also an issue of respecting user settings like 'iskeyword'.

Making ip and ap is also possible, but not with Lua patterns.

I'll consider it, but don't think it will be added in 'mini.ai' builtin textobjects.

[Gazareth]

I see. Thanks for the info and quick response. I'll try and implement them as custom text objects on my side for now.