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I use ci) and ci] quite a lot to change what happens in between the parens or brackets.

Is there a way to remove everything including the parens or brackets?

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You can use the a variant: ca), ca].

The i is "inner", whereas the a is for "a" as in "a word", "a sentence", or "a [] block". I usually think of these as "inner" and "outer" ("auter?") though.

See :help text-objects for a full list and documentation, or :help objects for a brief overview.

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    The version that sticks well in my head is that ci) is "change inside brackets" and ca) is "change around brackets" Commented Nov 28, 2022 at 8:53
  • Amazing! this is a game changer. Thank you Commented Nov 28, 2022 at 11:47
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    note that di(, da(, yi( and ya( etc. also work and are also extremely useful Commented Nov 28, 2022 at 13:20

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