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Text selection and vim surround
You must install the vim-surround to apply the tricks.
Also need to make sure that you are on the normal mode before you try.
Vim
Hello world
Put the cursor at the Vim, any word, then type ysw + <h1>. This will surround the text into h1 element.
Then cursor on the Hello world press V + S + <span> will surround the paragraph into span` element.
<h1>Vim</h1>
<span>Hello world</span>Press V then go to next line until you select the whole line. Press S + <header>. This will contain
all of the elements inside teh header element
<header>
<h1>Vim</h1>
<span>Hello world</span>
</header>Move the cursor at <span> then press cst + <p>, will change from span into p.
<header>
<h1>Vim</h1>
<p>Hello world</p>
</header>Cursor at the <p> then pressing dit will delete the content. Alternatively,
you can use cit to write immediately. Change the content into A clever boy.
<header>
<h1>Vim</h1>
<p>A clever boy</p>
</header>Cursor at the <header> then press vat to visually select the element and its content.
vit will select its content but not the parent element.
Then press S + <article> will surround the elements by the article.
<article>
<header>
<h1>Vim</h1>
<p>A clever boy</p>
</header>
</article>Place the cursor at the header element or any line as long the cursor is not placed
on other element, then press dst, this will delete the header.
<article>
<h1>Vim</h1>
<p>A clever boy</p>
</article>