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multiple-cursors layer

• Description
• Install
• Configuration
• Key bindings
  • evil-mc

Description

This layer adds support for multiple cursors.

Install

To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to add multiple-cursors to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this file.

Configuration

Currently the only supported backend is evil-mc, but more backends will be availabe in the future.

(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
  (multiple-cursors :variables multiple-cursors-backend 'evil-mc))

Key bindings

evil-mc

The evil-mc package provides the following key bindings:

Key Binding	Description
g r f	evil-mc-make-and-goto-first-cursor
g r h	evil-mc-make-cursor-here
g r j	evil-mc-make-cursor-move-next-line
g r k	evil-mc-make-cursor-move-prev-line
g r l	evil-mc-make-and-goto-last-cursor
g r m	evil-mc-make-all-cursors
g r n	evil-mc-skip-and-goto-next-match
g r N	evil-mc-skip-and-goto-next-cursor
g r p	evil-mc-skip-and-goto-prev-match
g r P	evil-mc-skip-and-goto-prev-cursor
g r r	evil-mc-resume-cursors
g r s	evil-mc-pause-cursors
g r u	evil-mc-undo-all-cursors

For easy navigation you also have the following:

Key Binding	Description
M-n	evil-mc-make-and-goto-next-cursor
M-p	evil-mc-make-and-goto-prev-cursor
C-n	evil-mc-make-and-goto-next-match
C-p	evil-mc-make-and-goto-prev-match
C-t	evil-mc-skip-and-goto-next-match
C-M-j	evil-mc-make-cursor-move-next-line
C-M-k	evil-mc-make-cursor-move-prev-line