Vim: changing/deleting up to the end of a “block”

Question

When you have a block of text delimitated by brackets or quotes, you can use

ci\"
da(

and so on to change that block of text. But is there a wa

Answer 1

I don't know of a generic way to do what you want but, assuming you are on the k in:

The (quick (brown) fox) jumps over the lazy dog.

• v2t) would select:

  (The quick (brown) fox) jumps over the lazy dog.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  

  If you don't want to count you can chain t) to expand your selection: vt)t) would first select:

  (The quick (brown) fox) jumps over the lazy dog.
           ^^^^^^^^
  

  then:

  (The quick (brown) fox) jumps over the lazy dog.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  

• vT( would select:

  (The quick (brown) fox) jumps over the lazy dog.
   ^^^^^^^^^