Question: What is the difference between text_before_cursor and get_word_before_cursor?

[tamago324]

hi.

Thank you for a wonderful library!

Is there a difference between document.text_before_cursor and document.get_word_before_cursor()?

The difference is "contain" or "not contain" the leading space?

If there is a difference, I would like if there is an example

Thank you

[jonathanslenders]

Hi @tamago324,

text_before_cursor is the whole text before the cursor, from the very first character until the cursor position.

get_word_before_cursor returns the word before the cursor. Typically the part that would be removed by a Control-W key press in Vi mode (it's not exactly Meta+backspace in Emacs mode). if WORD=True is given, this will take any whitespace as a separator. A different regex pattern can be given in the latest release, if you want a different separator.

Hope this helps,
Jonathan

[tamago324]

Hi @jonathanslenders

Thanks to you, I was able to understand the difference between them!

I am also very happy to understand the behavior about the WORD argument of get_word_before_cursor

Also, understanding has deepened by reading the source code here(get_word_before_cursor and find_start_of_previous_word ).

It was easy to understand that the same behavior as i_CTRL-W of vim was.

Thank you very much.