Mapping Surround.vim plugin to add Markdown link in visual mode

Question

I am using the following plugin to simplify tagging URLs in Markdown: tpope/vim-surround

This works:

nmap <leader>l <Plug>Ysurroundiw]%a(<C-R>*)<Esc>

This doesn't (notice the capital 'S'):

vmap <leader>l <Plug>YSurround]%a(<C-R>*)<Esc>

Any idea why?

romainl · Answer 1 · 2022-02-16T12:10:20.013

5

Surround is awesome but what about a more portable, plugin-agnostic, solution?

xnoremap <leader>l <Esc>`>a](<C-r>*)<C-o>`<[<Esc>

edited Feb 16 '22 at 12:10

answered Aug 11 '13 at 07:08

romainl

Just in case someone was wondering: this will create a markdown link for the selected text with the contents of the clipboard as url – aaronfc Feb 16 '22 at 11:11

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '13 at 05:31

4

Try using VSurround instead of YSurround since you're using a vmap.

answered Aug 11 '13 at 05:31

Conner

So tricky. I kept typing `verbose vmap S` but still couldn't figure out why it was not working. I should watch out for similarity of V and Y in the future. – Forethinker Aug 12 '13 at 03:26

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