I recently learned about multiple cursors, and it looks like a very useful package. However, multiple cursors dont play nice with evil mode so its not an option for me. For several years, ive been happily using multiplecursors with phisearch to run interactive searches with several cursors at once with emacs 23. Known issues evilmultiedit forcibly disables all the default iedit keybindings in ieditoccurrencekeymapdefault. Multiple cursors are even better when using visual regexp, since you can have more flexibility in setting the cursor positions. For several years, ive been happily using multiple cursors with phisearch to run interactive searches with several cursors at once with emacs 23. The multiple cursors package has been given much praise throughout the emacsphere. Interactive, multioccurrence editing in your buffer. How to insert a number sequence in emacs with multiple cursors. Fundamentals of multiplecursors emacs stack exchange. A simple multiplecursors extension to swiper 14 oct 2015. Multiple cursors in sublime text 2 windows stack overflow. Using a modified x2x client users can capture the keyboard and mouse input from their workstation and send to their personal cursor on a shared computer display.
A quick example showing how useful multiplecursors can be for certain types of repetitive editing tasks. Or, how i learned to stop worrying and love emacs duration. Create multiple cursors in a buffer to concurrently edit or output text from calling an emacs function. In code mode, you often simply want to refactor code. The first one appeared in the lower left of my screen. I am trying to install a package with emacs melpa package manager. This allows multiple users to simultaneously interact with a unix desktop environment. The other flashing cursor lower left of screen stayed in the same spot. Basically, you can place as many cursors in as many places as you want in a single editor view.
But when i try to install or list this package using mx packageinstall multiple cursors, the package is not found. I would create my multiple cursors, then run phisearch as needed to navigate, and edit when i arrived at the point i wanted. Once you have done this and restarted emacs, you can use multiple cursors. You can watch an intro to multiple cursors at emacs rocks. Add multiple cursors with mouse clicks pragmatic emacs. Use mx hlline mode to enable or disable it in the current buffer.
Sep 23, 2012 chris hunt impressive ruby productivity with vim and tmux ancient city ruby 20 duration. Dr the secret about emacs is that it is driven by muscle memory, just like a. There are various packages that help you reset your windows config. How can i use multiple cursors in evilspacemacs emacs. The nearest thing to multiple cursors that i can imagine which is easy to do, would be to have your several locations in one file or in several files open in parallel split windows in a single tab. Reading the documentation it looks like im doing it correctly cx o, but that just cycles around the windows in a clockwise direction. But when i try to install or list this package using mx packageinstall multiplecursors, the package is not found. Powerful and simple searchbased tools for finding commands, files and buffers, inserting citations etc. Mar 06, 2017 i also use m, if i want to remove some of those cursors.
Hottest multiplecursors answers emacs stack exchange. When using emacs, it happens sometimes that i accumulate too many buffers. Dont be afraid though, ive been using it since 2011 with great success. Multiple cursors, emacs and me its been 7 years already since i started using emacs and, for some reason, i still havent found a text editor i do feel more comfortable with, and i. If you want to insert a newline in multiple cursors mode, use cj. I have installed sublime text 2 in windows and i am trying to use the multiple cursors feature. Multiple issues cursor solution that worked for me. To turn off cursors in nonselected windows, change the variable cursorinnonselected windows to nil. Find and mark the next part of the buffer matching the currently active region, while also keeping the current region. A simple multiplecursors extension to swiper or emacs. It has a smaller usecase than keyboard macros, but it is usually quicker and just plain looks awesome. Yes, multiple cursors are perfect when i have to change multiple lines and they are currently visible. I wanted to demonstrate emacs key macros and other commands can do what multiple cursors does.
Emacs has a very powerful file manager called dired. There is a plugin for vim vimmultiplecursors which allows. Multiple cursors allows you to call emacs functions and have the results output to each cursor you have created. The usual next action is to close the buffers for the project that im not currently working on. Once you have your cursors placed, you continue editing, and all operations will be applied to all cursors simultaneously. The latter will first disable multiple regions before disabling multiple cursors. To make full use of its commands, i combine two of the concepts ive explained here before, rebinding mnumber and intuitive keymaps. Multiple cursors implementation for evilmode synopsis. Emacs supports scrolling windows with the mouse wheel, by default, on most graphical displays. Multiple cursors is a very nice package that lets you create several cursors. It should give people a good idea of how emacs works, and what makes it special. For a bar cursor, it instead appears as a thinner bar. I was sceptical about multiple cursors at first because i thought although its cool to watch, emacs veterans could probably do everthing it can do with, for example, stringrectanglecx r t and queryreplacem%. This video shows multiple cursors indeed has something new to offer.
Out of the box i don t think evilmode comes with vims incrementdecrement, so you might need. I went through the documentation on the original repo, but the commands still look a bit obscure to me. You can watch an intro to multiplecursors at emacs rocks. To make the cursor even more visible, you can use hl line mode, a minor mode that highlights the line containing point. To use it, highlight the lines on which you wish to have cursors and use cc m c. I also use m, if i want to remove some of those cursors. Apr 04, 2019 basically, you can place as many cursors in as many places as you want in a single editor view. Dec 12, 2017 a quick example showing how useful multiple cursors can be for certain types of repetitive editing tasks. I recently learned about multiplecursors, and it looks like a very useful package. A single buffer may appear in more than one window. I find the multiplecursors layer more usefel for text mode like org or latex where you want, f. Use mx hllinemode to enable or disable it in the current buffer. Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Multiple windows can display parts of different buffers, or different parts of one buffer.
Oct 14, 2015 a simple multiple cursors extension to swiper 14 oct 2015. If you want to insert a newline in multiplecursors mode, use cj. It is an exceedingly quick way of adding multiple cursors to multiple lines. Selections and multiple cursors in sublime text 3 github. Jun 05, 2015 once you have done this and restarted emacs, you can use multiple cursors. Save split windows configuration multiwindow emacs workflow. Vim general multiple cursors in vim, is it possible. Now you can edit away and press enter when you are done to exit multiple cursors. One cursor upper right of screen disappeared then reappeared intermittently. These plugins only covers the most basic part of multiple cursors.
Vim remembers the cursor position for each window even for two or more windows on a single file and switching windows would bring you from one. Unlike emacs, you can copycutpaste box selections using the normal keys. In terminal emacs no mouse, im using split windows to work with multiple buffers at the same time. Newest multiplecursors questions emacs stack exchange. Sublime text first introduced multiple cursor editing as far as i know. Feb 28, 2020 multiple cursors implementation for evil mode synopsis. Feb 10, 2016 sublime text first introduced multiple cursor editing as far as i know. It is a good middle ground between editing one line at a time and setting up a macro.
However, occasionally, the best way to get the cursors where you want them is with the mouse. It brings to emacs a multiple cursors implementation that emulates much of what sublime text or atom offers. This is some pretty crazy functionality, so yes, there are kinks. Chris hunt impressive ruby productivity with vim and tmux ancient city ruby 20 duration. A list of minor modes that do not play well with multiple cursors mode can be set via mcunsupportedminormodes. Multiple frames always imply multiple windows, because each frame has its own set of windows. To turn off cursors in nonselected windows, change the variable cursorinnonselectedwindows to nil.
A multicursor window manager is a modified unix window manager which provides multiple cursors. The second one appeared in the upper right of my screen. In the following example, i create cursors on 4 lines and then use them to edit the four lines simultaneously. Firstly i highlight the selection i am looking for three lines. The evilmultiedit plugin provides the multi cursor support in emacs editor.
Previously, i marked those buffers in buffer list by hand with d and cn. No slower than the time it takes to set up the multiple cursors. Dec 10, 2019 to get out of multiple cursors mode, press or cg. Meaning editing code at multiple positions at the same time. Im finding moving between the split windows much more painful than how i do it in vim. Emacs move around split windows in a specified direction. Mar 23, 20 multiple cursors, emacs and me its been 7 years already since i started using emacs and, for some reason, i still havent found a text editor i do feel more comfortable with, and i swear to gods ive tried. You can now edit the file names like a normal buffer, using e.
Multiple cursors, as in sublime and vscode convenient window management. Emacs more than 5 years have passed since last update. It supports the same values as the cursortype frame parameter. If you want to insert a newline in multiplecursorsmode, use cj. The variables mousewheelfollowmouse and mousewheelscrollamount determine where and by how much buffers are scrolled.
Dr the secret about emacs is that it is driven by muscle memory, just like a musical instrument. The github page says that the package multiple cursors is available with melpa. More standard selectcopypaste keys and rightclick behavior makes it more familiar to those new to emacs. One of the reasons i stayed with sublime text is because i could never find a multiple cursor mode for emacs.
Still, the swiper workflow i described isnt that much worse than multiple cursors, it even has the advantage of not needing to remember so many key combos. The github page says that the package multiplecursors is available with melpa. Thanks for contributing an answer to stack overflow. Try out multiple cursors and youll never go back to find and replace. In dired you can do all the normal file management tasks, but a really neat trick is using cx cq to make the dired buffer editable. The most intuitive way to start adding multiple cursors is with the mouse. Each emacs window displays one emacs buffer at any time. The focus is on using emacs as a text editor, and that should hopefully draw some people away from word or even scrivener.
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