Transform words to alternating letter casing in order to convey sarcasm or
mockery. For example, convert I respect the authorities to i ReSpEcT tHe AuThOriTiEs.
nvim-altcaps provides an operator that can be used over any text object. It is
correct by default for English text, as defined by subject-matter expert
Marc-Anthony Chouillard: the letter 'i' is never capitalized, whereas the letter
'L' is always capitalized. Note the difference with the competing Emacs
package, which once more aSsERtS tHe
SuPeRiORiTy Of ThE nEoViM eCoSyStEm OvER tHaT oF eMaCs.
nvim-altcaps also supports Unicode by default, although rules for non-English
languages are not setup by default. See Configuration below.
require('altcaps').operator is an operator that transitions Neovim from normal
mode to operator-pending mode, and operates over visual selections. Whatever key
you assign to it will behave like the default d, y or c keys, except that
it will transform the text instead of deleting/yanking/changing it.
Example binding:
vim.keymap.set({'n', 'v'}, '<Leader>a', require('altcaps').operator, { expr = true })nvim-altcaps supports forcing some letters to always be uppercased or
lowercased by calling the (otherwise not required) setup function.
For example, using the following configuration:
local altcaps = require('altcaps')
altcaps.setup({
l = altcaps.upper,
r = altcaps.upper,
i = altcaps.lower,
î = altcaps.lower,
})Îles où l'on ne prendra jamais terre would be converted to îLeS oÙ L'On Ne PREnDRA jAmAiS tERRe.
Thanks to Protesilaos Stavrou for writing
altcaps.el, to which nvim-altcaps
is very much a playful reaction. They say imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery, so all resemblances are intentional and meant as marks of respect
rather than mockery.