A short command to clear the current line?

Question

Sometimes I want to clear a line in vim rather than delete it.

Before:

foo
bar
lineToClear
baz

After

foo
bar

baz

Of the vim commands I know, the closest I can get to this is D (upper case d), but usually this requires me to type 0 first to go to the beginning of the line.

I know, I'm lazy.

Does there exist a command that just clears the entire line, not just the characters after the cursor?

Maybe some sort of Containment-esque type of direct brain interface?

Answer 1

You can use S. It clears the line, then puts you into insert mode. If you don't want to do insert mode, 0D will be the quickest command set.

As glts mentioned, you can create a custom mapping by running one of the following commands. The first argument (S/D) can be changed to whatever you'd like.

:nnoremap S S<Esc>

or

:nnoremap D 0D

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