What Vim command(s) can be used to quote/unquote w

Question

How can I quickly quote/unquote words and change quoting (e.g. from ' to ") in Vim? I know about the surround.vim plugin, but I would like to use just Vim.

Answer 1

I'm using nnoremap in my .vimrc

To single quote a word:

nnoremap sq :silent! normal mpea'<Esc>bi'<Esc>`pl

To remove quotes (works on double quotes as well):

nnoremap qs :silent! normal mpeld bhd `ph<CR>

Rule to remember: 'sq' = single quote.

Answer 2

how about this?

 :%s/\'/"/g

Answer 3

Quote a word, using single quotes

ciw'Ctrl+r"'

It was easier for me to do it this way

ciw '' Esc P

Answer 4

Visual mode map example to add single quotes around a selected block of text:

:vnoremap qq <Esc>`>a'<Esc>`<i'<Esc>

Answer 5

For users of VSCodeVim you can do

vwS"

• You can replace " with whatever you would like to wrap by.
• You can replace w with any other selection operator

Answer 6

surround.vim is going to be your easiest answer. If you are truly set against using it, here are some examples for what you can do. Not necessarily the most efficient, but that's why surround.vim was written.

• Quote a word, using single quotes
  ciw'Ctrl+r"'
  • ciw - Delete the word the cursor is on, and end up in insert mode.
  • ' - add the first quote.
  • Ctrl+r" - Insert the contents of the " register, aka the last yank/delete.
  • ' - add the closing quote.
    
    
• Unquote a word that's enclosed in single quotes
  di'hPl2x
  • di' - Delete the word enclosed by single quotes.
  • hP - Move the cursor left one place (on top of the opening quote) and put the just deleted text before the quote.
  • l - Move the cursor right one place (on top of the opening quote).
  • 2x - Delete the two quotes.
    
    
• Change single quotes to double quotes
  va':s/\%V'\%V/"/g
  • va' - Visually select the quoted word and the quotes.
  • :s/ - Start a replacement.
  • \%V'\%V - Only match single quotes that are within the visually selected region.
  • /"/g - Replace them all with double quotes.