Vim Surround inserts extra space around the word

Question

When I select the word and use the surround plugin with S:

foobar

It becomes

( foobar )

How do I remove the extra spaces, so that it becomes

(foobar)

What should I place in my settings?

Michael Berkowski · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-21T15:24:52.283

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If you type S(, it will be surrounded by spaces. However if you use the closing ) instead S) it will not be surrounded by spaces.

This applies of course to all bracket pair surroundings, <> [] {} (), not merely to (), although the behavior of S< is such that it expects a tag enclosure so only S> is able to surround as <>.

edited Feb 21 '13 at 15:24

answered Feb 06 '12 at 17:34

Michael Berkowski

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Thank you... I can't believe how long I've put up with the extra whitespace without realising this! – Rich Churcher Sep 14 '15 at 20:24
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What about surround elements where both opening and closing symbols are the same, eg quotes? – npit Nov 06 '17 at 18:00
@npit As far as I know, quoting always surrounds without spaces. I don't know if there is a way to change that, and have never had a need for it. – Michael Berkowski Nov 06 '17 at 18:49
Now this is a good design choice. Maybe not the easiest to discover though. – William Boman Jan 28 '19 at 19:00
I'm late to the game - but is there a way to configure this? – Kevin Friedheim Jan 07 '20 at 22:12
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Similarly, for changing `[this]` to `(this)`, it's `cs[)`. – Mateen Ulhaq Apr 27 '20 at 04:33

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '12 at 17:41

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When you use the surround plugin you can use:

cs) instead of cs( to surround without space :).

answered Feb 06 '12 at 17:41

Ahmed Masud

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