How to edit both sides of a single word at the same time

[chookity-pokk]

Kinda like what is possible with beacon mode where you can edit a_b_c_d to be a-b-c-d, is there a way to do something with a single word but insert on both ends? I am writing up some documentation in Org mode and want to do =ClassName= by highlighting the word and using a command that puts whatever I input on both ends of the word/selected area. Is this possible?

[Linerre]

If I recall correctly, Meow does not (and probably will not) implement this kind of "surround" command. However, you might want to take a look at the below approaches:

1. use the default keybinding C-c C-x C-f¹ (or SPC x f with Meow) to insert a pair of markers and then type in the word(s)
2. try out package embrace ² (mentioned in a closed issue: General improvements #224)

Footnotes

1. https://orgmode.org/manual/Emphasis-and-Monospace.html ↩

2. https://github.com/cute-jumper/embrace.el ↩

[chookity-pokk]

Thanks for the info! I came up with a small function that seems to work for me.

(defun my-meow-surround (beg end char)
  "Surround the active region with CHAR."
  (interactive
   (list (region-beginning)
         (region-end)
         (read-char "Surround with: ")))
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char end)
    (insert char)
    (goto-char beg)
    (insert char)))