"dt" motion in Vim working with mutiple lines

Question

I very often use dt-some_character motion in Vim, to delete every character upto some_character. However, it works only for a single line.

Is there any analogue that would work for multiple lines?

Answer 1

You could use d/some-character<CR> (e.g d/e then Enter to delete up to the next 'e').

Note however that this will modify the last-search register ("/).

Edit :

The counterpart to F is ? (search backwards) (d?X is inclusive, so no dT).

Answer 2

There are several plugins that extend the built-in f / t motions to cover multiple lines:

• ft_improved
• fanfingtastic

Another one that goes into the same direction, but via a different approach:

• EasyMotion