movar is a Vim plugin that adds a couple of movements that make working with variables easier.
movar adds the movement av — "around variable" — which makes it easy
to yank, change, or delete variables in one fell swoop.
It covers a lot of use cases that previously would require several
different movements. For example, with the cursor anywhere in the
variable in the following examples, cav would always select the
variable and only the variable:
if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] === '/foo' ) {
(rather than ciW)
if ( isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) ) {
(rather than ci()
As well as some cases not easily covered by existing movements, like:
$foo->bar("baz")
...where no single movement would allow you to select $foo->bar from
within the variable.
## iv: inner variable
For variables that have sigil characters — e.g. Ruby, which uses @ for
instance variables and $ for global variables — movar adds another
movement: iv, which matches the name of the variable but leaves the
sigil intact. So, if you have:
@foo['bar']
…then calling civ from anywhere within the variable will change
foo['bar'] and leave the @ in place.
## Language support
At the moment, movar supports PHP, Javascript, and Ruby, but it should be relatively straightforward to add new rules for different languages in the future.