avy-zap

Zap to char using avy.

Note: The behaviors of the dwim function when called with prefix and without prefix are inverted now! By default(i.e. when the dwim function is called without prefix), the avy version will be used now! For those who want the old behavior, set the following variable to nil:

(setq avy-zap-dwim-prefer-avy nil)

This package is basically a fork of the functionality of ace-jump-zap, but using avy instead of ace-jump-mode as the jumping method.

Setup

(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/avy-zap.el")
(require 'avy-zap)

Recommendation: install avy-zap via melpa.

Usage

Use avy-zap-to-char or avy-zap-up-to-char to perform zap-to-char or zap-up-to-char in “avy-style”!

There are two Do-What-I-Mean versions: avy-zap-to-char-dwim and avy-zap-up-to-char-dwim. avy-zap-(up-)to-char-dwim will perform zap-(up-)to-char with prefix. If calling dwim versions without prefix, then avy-zap-(up-)to-char will be used instead. The plain zap-(up-)to-char will also be used when you are defining or executing a macro.

You can give key bindings to these commands. For example:

(global-set-key (kbd "M-z") 'avy-zap-to-char-dwim)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-Z") 'avy-zap-up-to-char-dwim)

Customization

• avy-zap-forward-only: Setting this variable to non-nil means zapping from the current point. The default value is nil.
• avy-zap-function: Choose between kill-region and delete-region. The default value is kill-region.
• avy-zap-dwim-prefer-avy: Whether the default dwim behavior(when called without prefix) of `avy-zap’ should use `avy’ or not. The default value is t. You can set this variable to nil if you prefer using plain zap when calling the dwim commands without prefix.

Compared to ace-jump-zap

This package provides the same functionality as ace-jump-zap, but lacks the ajz/sort-by-closest and ajz/52-character-limit customization options. I don’t use the sorting feature of ace-jump-zap, but if someone finds it useful, welcome to submit a pull request!

Related packages

• ace-jump-zap
• avy