Code Substitution Done Right - Switch.vim

Switch.vim by Andrew Radev is a highly customizable plugin that will help you do substitutions faster than ever.

Usage

The plugin is simple to use, since it has one main entry point - the command :Switch. It’s highly encouraging to map it to a key, as the author suggests in the documentation:

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nnoremap - :Switch<cr>

It comes with support for Ruby, PHP, Eruby, C and CoffeeScript. However, you can easily add your own switch definitions and make it even more powerful.

You can switch between the following definitions by invoking the :Switch command. Here are some of the built-ins:

• Boolean conditions:

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foo && bar
foo || bar

• Boolean constants:

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flag = true
flag = false

flag = True
flag = False

• Hash style:

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foo = { :one => 'two' }
foo = { one: 'two' }

• If-clauses:

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if predicate?
  puts 'Hello, World!'
end

if true or (predicate?)
  puts 'Hello, World!'
end

if false and (predicate?)
  puts 'Hello, World!'
end

• Rspec should/should_not:

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1.should eq 1
1.should_not eq 1

• String style:

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foo = 'bar'
foo = "baz"
foo = :baz

• Coffeescript arrows

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functionCall (foo) ->
functionCall (foo) =>

Customizations

Adding your own definitions is as easy as:

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let g:switch_definitions =
    \ [
    \   ['if', 'unless']
    \ ]

Now you can easily switch between if and unless:

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if foo
  # Do something
end

unless foo
  # Do something
end

View the documentation for more advanced examples.

Screencast

You can check out this awesome screencast created by Andrew to see the plugin in action: