Simplest way to delete a “composite” word?

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Apologies if "composite" is not the technical term. I mean the following:

Hi, I-am-a-composite-word and we are not

I would like to delete only the composite word. In command mode, if I move the cursor to I, then repeating dw a few times, or better typing dw once, followed by a few . presses, will do the trick. However, for various reasons I find myself doing this quite often during the day, thus I was wondering if there's any simpler way.

PS I would NOT consider the command d9w to be a simpler way. Counting a long sequence of words and dashes is not my idea of "simpler".

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Apologies if "composite" is not the technical term. I mean the following:

Hi, I-am-a-composite-word and we are not

I would like to delete only the composite word. In command mode, if I move the cursor to I, then repeating dw a few times, or better typing dw once, followed by a few . presses, will do the trick. However, for various reasons I find myself doing this quite often during the day, thus I was wondering if there's any simpler way.

PS I would NOT consider the command d9w to be a simpler way. Counting a long sequence of words and dashes is not my idea of "simpler".

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Apologies if "composite" is not the technical term. I mean the following:

Hi, I-am-a-composite-word and we are not

I would like to delete only the composite word. In command mode, if I move the cursor to I, then repeating dw a few times, or better typing dw once, followed by a few . presses, will do the trick. However, for various reasons I find myself doing this quite often during the day, thus I was wondering if there's any simpler way.

PS I would NOT consider the command d9w to be a simpler way. Counting a long sequence of words and dashes is not my idea of "simpler".

cursor-motions normal-mode

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Apologies if "composite" is not the technical term. I mean the following:

Hi, I-am-a-composite-word and we are not

I would like to delete only the composite word. In command mode, if I move the cursor to I, then repeating dw a few times, or better typing dw once, followed by a few . presses, will do the trick. However, for various reasons I find myself doing this quite often during the day, thus I was wondering if there's any simpler way.

PS I would NOT consider the command d9w to be a simpler way. Counting a long sequence of words and dashes is not my idea of "simpler".

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What you are calling a composite word is actually a WORD (by opposition to a word). Reading :h word and :h WORD should be helpful:

 *word*
A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a
sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces,
tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line
is also considered to be a word.
 *WORD*
A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white
space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD.

What you are looking for here is dW when you are on the I or diW when you are anywhere in the word.

Maybe in the future you will also need to read :h 'iskeyword'.

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  thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
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  @DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
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What you are calling a composite word is actually a WORD (by opposition to a word). Reading :h word and :h WORD should be helpful:

 *word*
A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a
sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces,
tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line
is also considered to be a word.
 *WORD*
A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white
space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD.

What you are looking for here is dW when you are on the I or diW when you are anywhere in the word.

Maybe in the future you will also need to read :h 'iskeyword'.

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  thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
  – DeltaIV
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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
  – statox♦
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What you are calling a composite word is actually a WORD (by opposition to a word). Reading :h word and :h WORD should be helpful:

 *word*
A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a
sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces,
tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line
is also considered to be a word.
 *WORD*
A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white
space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD.

What you are looking for here is dW when you are on the I or diW when you are anywhere in the word.

Maybe in the future you will also need to read :h 'iskeyword'.

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answered 50 mins ago

statox♦

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
  – DeltaIV
  34 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
  – statox♦
  27 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

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What you are calling a composite word is actually a WORD (by opposition to a word). Reading :h word and :h WORD should be helpful:

 *word*
A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a
sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces,
tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line
is also considered to be a word.
 *WORD*
A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white
space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD.

What you are looking for here is dW when you are on the I or diW when you are anywhere in the word.

Maybe in the future you will also need to read :h 'iskeyword'.

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answered 50 mins ago

statox♦

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What you are calling a composite word is actually a WORD (by opposition to a word). Reading :h word and :h WORD should be helpful:

 *word*
A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a
sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces,
tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option. An empty line
is also considered to be a word.
 *WORD*
A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white
space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD.

What you are looking for here is dW when you are on the I or diW when you are anywhere in the word.

Maybe in the future you will also need to read :h 'iskeyword'.

share|improve this answer

answered 50 mins ago

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answered 50 mins ago

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25.3k661129

answered 50 mins ago

statox♦

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answered 50 mins ago

statox♦

25.3k661129

25.3k661129

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
  – DeltaIV
  34 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
  – statox♦
  27 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
  – DeltaIV
  34 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
  – statox♦
  27 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
– DeltaIV
34 mins ago

thanks for the answer: it works. Apropos of the definition: A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. Separated with white space means that the WORD is separated by other words or WORDS with white space, right?
– DeltaIV
34 mins ago

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@DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
– statox♦
27 mins ago

@DeltaIV Yup in-this-sentence there are four"WORDs the 4 WORDs are in-this-sentence, there, are and four"WORDs. It's easy to see when you use w and W or b and B motions for example. Note that a whitespace can be a "regular" space or a tab character.
– statox♦
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