Homepage: https://github.com/jpkotta/syntax-subword
Author: Jonathan Kotta
Updated:
Make operations on words more fine-grained
This package provides `syntax-subword' minor mode, which extends `subword-mode' to make word editing and motion more fine-grained. Basically, it makes syntax changes, CamelCaseWords, and the normal word boundaries the boundaries for word operations. Here's an example of where the cursor stops using `forward-word' in `emacs-lisp-mode': (defun FooBar (arg) "doc string" | | | | | | standard | | | | | | | subword-mode || || | ||| |||| || || syntax-subword-mode || | || | || | | vim As you can see, syntax boundaries are places where the syntax changes, i.e. we change from a bracket to a keyword, to a space, to an argument, to a space, etc. This makes word movement much more fine-grained, to the point that you almost never need to operate by single characters anymore. Vim's word operations are similar to this mode's. Stops on spaces can be eliminated by setting `syntax-subword-skip-spaces' to non-nil.