replace_text.md

replace_text spell

A spell for replacing text inside/after delimiters.

args

• delimiter - regexp pattern to be matched
• replacement - text used for replacement - $clipboard is replaced with the clipboard content; $cursor will be replaced by the cursor after the replacement
• where
  • inside - replace text inside/between the delimiters
  • after - replace text after the delimiter

examples

Replace content of single quotes with the clipboard content

{
  "name": "Replace single quoted content with clipboard",
  "context": {
    "scope": ["string\\.quoted\\.single"]
  },
  "spell": "replace_text",
  "args": {
    "where": "inside",
    "delimiter": "'",
    "replacement": "$clipboard"
  }
}

Remove content after the first colon

{
  "name": "Remove content after colon",
  "context": {
    "line_matches": [": "]
  },
  "spell": "replace_text",
  "args": {
    "where": "after",
    "delimiter": ":",
    "replacement": ""
  }
}