The inner word: diw ciw — Vim

The cursor is nowhere special — third letter in — and iw takes the word anyway. That is the difference between a motion, which starts where you are, and an object, which knows its own edges.

Vim The inner word: diw ciw

intermediate » Delete the word the cursor is inside.

goal

world

scratch.txt

1 hello world

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keys

your keystrokes appear here as you press them

NORMAL ~/learn/vim-motions · 1/2 · diw real vim keys trail · always esc in-editor

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