Sublime text word_separator CamelCase

Question

The sublime text word_separator is:

"word_separators": "./\\()\"'-:,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`~?",

I would also like case change in CamelCase to be considered change. Is there a setting/way to do this?

(Eg in FooBar ctrl+bck_space should delete only Bar).

Answer 1

In the event anyone is still looking at this...

In your default keybindings you'll find:

{ "keys": ["ctrl+left"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "words", "forward": false} },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+right"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "word_ends", "forward": true} },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+left"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "words", "forward": false, "extend": true} },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+right"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "word_ends", "forward": true, "extend": true} },

{ "keys": ["alt+left"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "subwords", "forward": false} },
{ "keys": ["alt+right"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "subword_ends", "forward": true} },
{ "keys": ["alt+shift+left"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "subwords", "forward": false, "extend": true} },
{ "keys": ["alt+shift+right"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "subword_ends", "forward": true, "extend": true} },

Using alt+direction will move by "subwords" as opposed to "words", which takes into account camelCase. I prefer that over the default so I've copied the alt+direction set into my user keybindings and replaced the instances of alt with ctrl. Voila, ctrl+direction moves by camelCase as well as the defined word separators.

Also, I'm not sure if using the subwords setting will take into account underscores, I've always added _ to the word separators just to make sure.

Answer 2

Using alt works only for moving, not for delete, but I found something that works pretty well:

Delete forward (alt+delete):

delete_subword.sublime-macro:
[
   {
      "command": "move",
      "args": {
         "by": "subwords",
         "extend": true,
         "forward": false
      }

   },
   {
      "args": null,
      "command": "left_delete"
   }
]

Delete backward (alt+backspace)

delete_subword_forward.sublime-macro:
[
   {
      "command": "move",
      "args": {
         "by": "subwords",
         "extend": true,
         "forward": true
      }
   },
   {
      "args": null,
      "command": "right_delete"
   }
]

Save it into your User directory. Now, you bind keys like this:

{ "keys": ["alt+backspace"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/User/delete_subword.sublime-macro"} },
{ "keys": ["alt+delete"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/User/delete_subword_forward.sublime-macro"} },

Source

Answer 3

I think this can only be done via a plugin, not simply by changing Sublime Text's settings.

This plugin looks promising:
https://github.com/jdc0589/CaseConversion