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+# Example of a widget that takes a vi motion
+
+# Filter part of buffer corresponding to a vi motion through an external
+# program.
+
+# To enable with vi compatible bindings use:
+#   autoload -Uz vi-pipe
+#   bindkey -a '!' vi-pipe
+
+autoload -Uz read-from-minibuffer
+local _save_cut="$CUTBUFFER" REPLY
+
+# Use the standard vi-delete to accept a vi motion.
+zle .vi-delete || return
+read-from-minibuffer "!"
+local _save_cur=$CURSOR
+
+# cut buffer contains the deleted text and can be modified
+CUTBUFFER="$(eval $REPLY <<<$CUTBUFFER)"
+
+# put the modified text back in position.
+if [[ CURSOR -eq 0 || $BUFFER[CURSOR] = $'\n' ]]; then
+  # at the beginning of a line, vi-delete won't have moved the cursor
+  # back to a previous line
+  zle .vi-put-before -n 1
+else
+  zle .vi-put-after -n 1
+fi
+
+# restore cut buffer and cursor to the start of the range
+CUTBUFFER="$_save_cut" CURSOR="$_save_cur"