escape.nvim

escape.nvim is a plugin, which will replace any text in your buffer with an escaped string.

It can be used with visual mode and motions such as iw.

Usage

Setup a binding to any of the functions available

vim.keymap.set({"n", "v"}, "<leader>e", require("escape").escape, { noremap = true, silent = true })

You can then use it in visual mode, or with a motion (e.g. <leader>eiw)

Available functions

For more detail see :help escape-nvim-functions

• escape

Some "Random String" -> Some \"Random String\"

• encode_uri_component

query string with a / -> query%20string%20with%20a%20%2F

or apply a custom converter with apply_converter