Mini.Surround Neovim plugin

GitHub repo: https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.surround

My use case is fairly minimal: surround words that have been entered into a markdown buffer with square brackets ([]).

I’m using the LazyVim Neovim distribution. LazyVim configures but does not enable mini.surround. I’ve enabled mini.surround through :LazyExtras.

LazyVim prepends the default mini.surround keyboard mappings with a "g":

opts = {
  mappings = {
    add = "gsa", -- Add surrounding in Normal and Visual modes
    delete = "gsd", -- Delete surrounding
    find = "gsf", -- Find surrounding (to the right)
    find_left = "gsF", -- Find surrounding (to the left)
    highlight = "gsh", -- Highlight surrounding
    replace = "gsr", -- Replace surrounding
    update_n_lines = "gsn", -- Update `n_lines`
  },
}

Surrounding existing words with square brackets

This is for turning words into markdown links.

Select the word(s) in visual mode, then: gsa]. Note that gsa[ will add padding between the selected area and what it’s surrounded with, gsa] (using the closing surround character in the command) will not add padding.