most recent 30 from vi.stackexchange.com 2025-08-07T16:48:14Z https://vi.stackexchange.com/feeds/tag?tagnames=folding+cut-copy-paste https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdf https://vi.stackexchange.com/q/39006 0 markling https://vi.stackexchange.com/users/31937 2025-08-07T13:09:30Z 2025-08-07T00:06:55Z

<p>How do I copy all lines from all folds, excluding the fold titles?</p>

https://vi.stackexchange.com/q/15231 3 cxw https://vi.stackexchange.com/users/1430 2025-08-07T16:47:19Z 2025-08-07T16:05:39Z

<p>When using <code>foldmethod=marker</code>, how do you select or reference exactly the contents of the current fold? I want to swap the order of two folds. If they were paragraphs, I would do <code>dap</code> <code>{</code> <code>p</code>. However, I can't find a corresponding <code>daz</code>. I think the answer is obvious, but I sure can't find it here or on Google. Possibly related to <a href="https://vi.stackexchange.com/q/12717/1430">this question</a>.</p> <p>MCVE:</p> <pre><code>Fold 1 {{{ }}} Fold 2 {{{ }}} Fold 3 {{{ }}} - vi: set foldmethod=marker: - </code></pre> <p>Put the cursor on <code>Fold 2</code>. Then <code>dzj</code> removes the contents of <code>Fold 2</code>, and also the <code>Fold 3</code> line. Or, put the cursor on the <code>}}}</code> of <code>Fold 2</code>, and <code>dzk</code> kills the end of <code>Fold 1</code> as well. Similar results from <code>d[z</code> and <code>d]z</code>.</p> <p><code>zd</code> removes the fold markers, but I want to actually grab the contents of the fold.</p> <p>If I could do something like <code>viz</code> <code>d</code>, that would work great &mdash; but searches for "visual" and "folding" are giving me lots of hits about <code>v&lt;motion&gt;zf</code>, which is not what I want.</p> <p>So far, the only options I have found are:</p> <ul> <li>to delete, <code>zc</code> <code>dd</code> (close the fold, then delete the resulting single line).</li> <li>to select in visual mode, <code>zc</code> <code>V</code></li> </ul> <p>Are those indeed the Right Things to use?</p>

https://vi.stackexchange.com/q/37416 2 raylight https://vi.stackexchange.com/users/32434 2025-08-07T05:54:23Z 2025-08-07T14:50:01Z

<p>I've recently discovered I can fold blocks of code with Vim by using <code>zf</code>.Then I can open and close them with <code>zo</code> and <code>zc</code>... I've also seen <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/37558470/14739472">this solution on StackOverflow</a> that has a <code>vimrc</code> configuration that allows me to automatically save my folds when I close and when I open my files. However, if I copy my folded files with a <code>cp</code> command like:</p> <pre class="lang-bash prettyprint-override"><code>cp myFoldedFile.js myNewFile.js </code></pre> <p>I end up losing all my folds in <code>myNewFile.js</code>. I've also tried saving it from inside Vim with <code>:w! /home/user/myNewFile.js</code> but it didn't work as well. In my case, it'd work well if there was a Vim command that I could use from inside it instead of using the command line as my original sample. Is it possible? Is there any way of copying my files and keeping their folds?</p>

https://vi.stackexchange.com/q/12717 3 d.k https://vi.stackexchange.com/users/2798 2025-08-07T16:57:55Z 2025-08-07T21:24:32Z

<p>I have a file (filetype=javascript), this is how it looks without folds:</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/S7F3G.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/S7F3G.png" alt="the file without folds"></a></p> <p>and with folds:</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/A8tEl.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/A8tEl.png" alt="the file with folds"></a></p> <p>I can move with the <code>{</code> and <code>}</code> motions skipping the empty lines inside the folds (thanks to these <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/836781/make-vims-motions-skip-over-folds">question</a> and answer). But trying to delete a paragraph brings the problem of folds again: </p> <p>My cursor is on line 1. I'm pressing <code>d}</code> and expecting Vim to delete the fold below completely, like on the screen shot below (as it would do, if no empty lines were in the fold):</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/EoSOl.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EoSOl.png" alt="expected result of deletion of a fold"></a></p> <p>Instead this happens (the last line of the fold has not been deleted):</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/SfUW1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SfUW1.png" alt="the last line of the fold has not been deleted"></a></p> <p>If I'm doing the opposite motion to delete backwards (in this example the cursor is on the last line in the file), I'm expecting Vim to delete the previous fold (the one above), like here:</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QOjDz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QOjDz.png" alt="delete the previous fold"></a></p> <p>Instead this happens (the text has been deleted up to the first encountered empty line):</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/WgU8X.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WgU8X.png" alt="the fold has not been fully deleted"></a></p> <p>I looked into the docs <code>:h 'foldopen'</code> and haven't understood well what this means:</p> <blockquote> <p>When a movement command is used for an operator (e.g., "dl" or "y%") this option is not used. This means the operator will include the whole closed fold. Note that vertical movements are not here, because it would make it very difficult to move onto a closed fold.</p> </blockquote> <p>I thought that vertical motions are not supported with the operator commands, as this seemingly states, but, for instance, <code>d3j</code> did the job. Isn't <code>j</code> a vertical movement command?</p> <p>Could anyone tell me, please, how and if can I use the <code>{</code> and <code>}</code> motions with operator commands, especially <code>d</code>? Thank you.</p>

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