Attempts to balance removal of quotes and braces
This repository requires the Vim text editor to be installed the source code is available on GitHub -- vim/vim, and most GNU Linux package managers are able to install Vim directly, eg...
- Arch based Operating Systems
sudo packman -Syy
sudo packman -S vim- Debian derived Distributions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vimPerhaps as easy as one, 2.0,...
Clone this project...
mkdir -vp ~/git/hub/vim-utilities
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities
git clone git@github.com:vim-utilities/balanced-backspace.gitIf not using a plugin manager, then this plugin may be installed via make install command...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/balanced-backspace
make installIf not using a plugin manager, then this plugin may be uninstalled via uninstall Make target...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/balanced-backspace
make uninstall... Which will remove symbolic links and update the Vim help tags file.
To update in the future use make upgrade command...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/balanced-backspace
make upgradeAfter installation, plugin documentation may be accessed via Vim's :help command, eg...
help balanced-backspace.txt-
{<BS>}Backspace within empty curly-brace will delete the closing brace along with opening brace -
(<BS>)Backspace within empty parenthesis will delete the closing parenthesis along with opening parenthesis -
[<BS>]Backspace within empty square-braces will delete the closing brace along with opening brace -
"<BS>"Backspace within empty double-quotes will delete the closing quote along with opening quote -
'<BS>'Backspace within empty single-quotes will delete the closing quote along with opening quote -
<BS>Backspace within empty backtick will delete the closing backtick along with opening backtick
Existing defaults may be modified or extended by assigning g:balanced_backspace variable within the ~/.vimrc file for a given account. Example of defaults...
let g:balanced_backspace = {
\ 'exclude': [],
\ 'all': {
\ 'parentheses': { 'open': '(', 'close': ')' },
\ 'curly-brace': { 'open': '{', 'close': '}' },
\ 'square-bracket': { 'open': '[', 'close': ']' },
\ 'single-quote': { 'open': "'" },
\ 'double-quote': { 'open': '"' },
\ 'backtick': { 'open': "`" },
\ },
\ }Exclude example...
let g:balanced_backspace = {
\ 'exclude': [ 'help', 'markdown' ],
\ }Example of adding angle-bracket support...
let g:balanced_backspace = {
\ 'all': {
\ 'angle-bracket': { 'open': '<', 'close': '>' },
\ },
\ }Filetype customization example
let g:balanced_backspace = {
\ 'html': {
\ 'angle-bracket': { 'open': '<', 'close': '>' },
\ },
\ }Remove all entry example...
let g:balanced_backspace = {
\ 'all': {
\ 'square-bracket': false,
\ },
\ }Alternatively one may instead assign a JSON file path to the g:balanced_backspace variable to customize configurations, eg...
{
"exclude": [ "help", "markdown" ],
"all": {
"parentheses": {
"open": "(",
"close": ")"
},
"curly-brace": {
"open": "{",
"close": "}"
},
"square-bracket": {
"open": "[",
"close": "]"
},
"single-quote": {
"open": "'"
},
"double-quote": {
"open": "\""
},
"backtick": {
"open": "`"
}
},
"html": {
"angle-bracket": {
"open": "<",
"close": ">"
}
}
}Configuration via JSON file path example...
let g:balanced_backspace = '~/.vim/configs/balanced-backspace.json'This repository may not be feature complete and/or fully functional, Pull Requests that add features or fix bugs are certainly welcomed.
Options for contributing to balanced-backspace and vim-utilities
Start making a Fork of this repository to an account that you have write permissions for.
- Add remote for fork URL. The URL syntax is
git@github.com:<NAME>/<REPO>.git...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/balanced-backspace
git remote add fork git@github.com:<NAME>/balanced-backspace.git- Commit your changes and push to your fork, eg. to fix an issue...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/balanced-backspace
git commit -F- <<'EOF'
:bug: Fixes #42 Issue
**Edits**
- `<SCRIPT-NAME>` script, fixes some bug reported in issue
EOF
git push fork mainNote, the
-uoption may be used to setforkas the default remote, eg.git push -u fork mainhowever, this will also default theforkremote for pulling from too! Meaning that pulling updates fromoriginmust be done explicitly, eg.git pull origin main
- Then on GitHub submit a Pull Request through the Web-UI, the URL syntax is
https://github.com/<NAME>/<REPO>/pull/new/<BRANCH>
Note; to decrease the chances of your Pull Request needing modifications before being accepted, please check the dot-github repository for detailed contributing guidelines.
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Attempts to balance removal of quotes and braces
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