Usage as operator / operating on a motion

[xeruf]

What I would like to do - maybe the plugin already supports this, but I at least couldn't find anything in the help - is mapping the commands as operators, similar to how it is done here: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/ebaoku/function_to_google_any_text_object/

This would solve #119 nicely - instead of changing anything, one could map the function OpenGithubProject to the operator gx and then simply type gxi' to open the project currently under the cursor. Of course this specific example applies to the derivative open-browser-github plugin, but it could be used in any way - you could search whole paragraphs or full WORDS.

[andrewferrier]

This is a great idea. For what it's worth, I already augment the behaviour of this plugin by adding this in a ~/.vim/after/plugin/open-browser.vim file:

function! s:open_browser(mode) abort
    call assert_true(a:mode ==# 'char')
    execute 'normal! `[v`]y'
    let l:new_value = getreg('"')
    call openbrowser#smart_search(l:new_value)
endfunction

nnoremap <silent> gX :<C-U>set opfunc=<SID>open_browser<CR>g@

This enables me to type things like gXi" to search for the text inside the double quotes, for example.

However, it would be great to see this behaviour built in.