Custom regex scopes

You can define custom scopes using regexes in user/cursorless-settings/experimental/regex_scope_types.csv

tip

Use "visualize <scope>" to see a live preview of the regex scope in the scope visualizer. It updates in real time every time you save regex_scope_types.csv.

For example, here's what "visualize dotted" would show with the scope type dotted,"[\w.]+":

You can then use commands such as

• "take dotted sun" to select user.text (line 10)
• "copy dotted urge" to copy user.chrome_mod (line 11)
• "take every dotted urge" to select user.chrome_mod, shift, and a

Examples

Spoken form	Regex	Notes	Example
dotted	"[\w.]+"	Matches dotted expression	one.two.three
pair math	"\$[^$]*\$"	Matches latex inlined math expression. May fail to match if line has unmatched expressions.	$e^{\pi i}=-1$
inside math	"[^$]*"	Matches interior of a latex inlined math expression	e^{\pi i}=-1
chain pipe	(?:%>%|%<>%|%T>%||>)	Matches R pipe operators	%>%, %<>%, %T>%, |>
inside chain	(?<=(?:%>%|%<>%|%T>%||>)\s*)\S.*?\S(?=\s*(?:%>%|%<>%|%T>%||>))	Matches content between pipe operators in R chains	filter(x > 0)
head chain	(?<=(?:%>%|%<>%|%T>%||>)\s*)\S[^|%\n]*	Matches content from current position until next pipe operator	mutate(y = x * 2) %>%
tail chain	\S.*?\S?(?=\s*(?:%>%|%<>%|%T>%||>))	Matches content from pipe until current position	%>% filter(x > 0)

warning

Regex matches cannot cross line boundaries (so multiline matches are not supported). The regexes also have the unicode flag set.