demicolon.nvim

Demicolon lets you repeat more motions than just f/F/t/T with ; (forward) and , (backward): It repeats all ]/[-prefixed motions. One such motion is ]d/[d (next/previous diagnostic). Here are some more examples. You can also make non-[/]-prefixed motion repeatable. See Custom Jumps section.

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Installation

With lazy.nvim:

{
  'mawkler/demicolon.nvim',
  dependencies = {
    'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
    'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects',
  },
  opts = {}
}

Usage

After pressing a ]/[-prefixed key, for example ]q, Demicolon lets you repeat its motion with ; and ,.

Of course, Demicolon also lets you repeat t/T/f/F with ;/,. See :help t, :help T, :help f, and :help F respectively for more information.

Examples of repeatable motions

Below are some examples of motions, both built-in and provided by plugins.

Native Neovim motions

Motion	Jumps to next/pevious...	Help page with more information
]d/[d	Next/previous diagnostic (any severity)	:help ]d/:help [d
]q/[q	Item in quickfix list	:help ]q/:help [q
]l/[l	Item in location list	:help ]l/:help [l
]<C-q>/[<C-q>	File in quickfix list	:help ]CTRL-Q/:help [CTRL-Q
]<C-l>/[<C-l>	File in location list	:help ]CTRL-L/:help [CTRL-L
]z/[z	Fold	:help z]/:help z[
]s/[s	Spelling mistake	:help ]s/:help [s

For a list of more native motions see :help ]

Nvim-treesitter-textobject motions

Demicolon lets you repeat any nvim-treesitter-textobjects motion. For example: ]f to "jump to next function", ]c to "jump to next class", etc.

Note

To use treesitter text-objects you need to configure textobjects.move in nvim-treesitter-textobjects.

Gitsigns motions

Motion	Jumps to next/pevious...	Help page with more information
]c/[c	Git hunk	:help gitsigns.nav_hunk()

Neotest motions

Motion	Jumps to next/pevious...	Help page with more information
]t/[t	Test	:help neotest.jump
]T/[T	Failed test	:help neotest.jump

VimTeX motions

Note that these mappings are only created in normal mode and visual mode. For some reason they don't work when created for operator-pending mode.

Motion	Jumps to next/pevious...	Help page with more information
]]/[[	Section start	:help vimtex-motions
][/[]	Section end	:help vimtex-motions
]r/[r	Frame start	:help vimtex-motions
]R/[R	Frame end	:help vimtex-motions
]n/[n	Math start	:help vimtex-motions
]N/[N	Math end	:help vimtex-motions
]//[/	Comment start	:help vimtex-motions
]*/[*	Comment end	:help vimtex-motions
]m/[m	Environment start	:help vimtex-motions
]M/[M	Environment end	:help vimtex-motions

Configuration

Default options:

opts = {
  -- Create default keymaps
  keymaps = {
    -- Create t/T/f/F key mappings
    horizontal_motions = true,
    -- Create ; and , key mappings. Set it to 'stateless', 'stateful', or false to
    -- not create any mappings. 'stateless' means that ;/, move right/left.
    -- 'stateful' means that ;/, will remember the direction of the original
    -- jump, and `,` inverts that direction (Neovim's default behaviour).
    repeat_motions = 'stateless',
    -- Keys that shouldn't be repeatable (because they aren't motions), excluding the prefix `]`/`[`
    -- If you have custom motions that use one of these, make sure to remove that key from here
    disabled_keys = { 'p', 'I', 'A', 'f', 'i' },
  },
}

Use other repeat keys than ;/,

If you’d rather use keymaps other than ; and ,, for example n and N, you can disable Demicolon’s default repeat mappings and create your own. Here's an example:

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require('demicolon').setup({
  keymaps = {
    repeat_motions = false, -- Don't create ; and , keymaps
  },
})

local map, nxo = vim.keymap.set, { 'n', 'x', 'o' }

-- Stateless: always forward/backward
map(nxo, 'n', require('demicolon.repeat_jump').forward)
map(nxo, 'N', require('demicolon.repeat_jump').backward)

-- Or, stateful (remember the original motion’s direction)
-- map(nxo, 'n', require('demicolon.repeat_jump').next)
-- map(nxo, 'N', require('demicolon.repeat_jump').prev)

Custom jumps

If you have custom motions that don't start with ]/[ that you want to make repetable (for example for flash.nvim) you can create your own custom repeatable jumps using repeatably_do() in demicolon.jump. repeatably_do() takes a funcion as its first argument and options to be passed to that function as its second argument. Make sure that the options include a boolean forward field to determine whether the action should be forward or backward.

eyeliner.nvim integration

eyeliner.nvim can highlight unique letters in words when you press t/T/f/F. Below is my recommended configuration for using eyeliner.nvim together with Demicolon.

NOTE: make sure to set keymaps.horizontal_motions = false in your demicolon setup if you want to use this config.

return {
  'jinh0/eyeliner.nvim',
  -- keys = { 't', 'f', 'T', 'F' }, -- Uncomment this to lazy load eyeliner.nvim
  config = function()
    require('eyeliner').setup({
      highlight_on_key = true,
      default_keymaps = false,
      dim = true, -- Optional
    })

    local function eyeliner_jump(key)
      local forward = vim.list_contains({ 't', 'f' }, key)
      return function()
        require('eyeliner').highlight({ forward = forward })
        return require('demicolon.jump').horizontal_jump(key)()
      end
    end

    local nxo = { 'n', 'x', 'o' }
    local opts = { expr = true }

    vim.keymap.set(nxo, 'f', eyeliner_jump('f'), opts)
    vim.keymap.set(nxo, 'F', eyeliner_jump('F'), opts)
    vim.keymap.set(nxo, 't', eyeliner_jump('t'), opts)
    vim.keymap.set(nxo, 'T', eyeliner_jump('T'), opts)
  end,
}

Full recommended config

Here is a full configuration, including nvim-treesitter-textobjects and eyeliner.nvim:

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require('lazy').setup({
  {
    'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects',
    dependencies = 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
    build = ':TSUpdate',
    config = function()
      require('nvim-treesitter.configs').setup({
        ensure_installed = 'all',
        textobjects = {
          move = {
            enable = true,
            goto_next_start = {
              [']f'] = '@function.outer',
              [']a'] = '@argument.outer',
              [']m'] = '@method.outer',
              -- ...
            },
            goto_previous_start = {
              ['[f'] = '@function.outer',
              ['[a'] = '@argument.outer',
              ['[m'] = '@method.outer',
              -- ...
            },
          },
        },
      })
    end,
  },
  {
    'jinh0/eyeliner.nvim',
    keys = { 't', 'f', 'T', 'F' },
    config = function()
      require('eyeliner').setup({
        highlight_on_key = true,
        dim = true,
        default_keymaps = false,
      })

      local function eyeliner_jump(key)
        local forward = vim.list_contains({ 't', 'f' }, key)
        return function()
          require('eyeliner').highlight({ forward = forward })
          return require('demicolon.jump').horizontal_jump(key)()
        end
      end

      local map, nxo, opts = vim.keymap.set, { 'n', 'x', 'o' }, { expr = true }

      map(nxo, 'f', eyeliner_jump('f'), opts)
      map(nxo, 'F', eyeliner_jump('F'), opts)
      map(nxo, 't', eyeliner_jump('t'), opts)
      map(nxo, 'T', eyeliner_jump('T'), opts)
    end,
  },
  {
    'mawkler/demicolon.nvim',
    dependencies = {
      'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
      'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects',
    },
    opts = {
      keymaps = {
        horizontal_motions = false,
        -- `f` is removed from this table because we have mapped it to
        -- `@function.outer` with nvim-treesitter-textobjects
        disabled_keys = { 'p', 'I', 'A', 'i' },
      },
    },
  },
})

Here's the full list of available treesitter textobjects.

Credit

nvim-treesitter-textobjects is used at the core of Demicolon's repeat logic. Credit to them for making an awesome plugin!