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Asked: 2026-05-29T15:48:41+00:00

Where can I find the source code for C-W operation (delete a word in

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Where can I find the source code for C-W operation (delete a word in insert mode) of GVim?
I tried to search in the Vim repository http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim/vim7/ but I am not able to find it there.
I need the implementation in vimscript and not c++.

Some help would be appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Vim is written in C (not C++), and the code for the insert mode command is therefore written in C, not Vimscript. If you look at line 1074 in src/edit.c you can see that the ins_bs() function is used:

    case Ctrl_W:    /* delete word before the cursor */
    did_backspace = ins_bs(c, BACKSPACE_WORD, &inserted_space);
    auto_format(FALSE, TRUE);
    break;

    You should probably just explain what you really want to do, though…

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