[tvrg]

Is this much different from searching with * or :s for a match and use something like "ciwReplacement<Esc>", then "n." or just "n" if I don't want to change the match? I can imagine that the plugin works in more complicated cases, but most of the time I probably just want to replace a word with ciw or ciW.

[nightcracker]

Well, assuming you already have a plugin or mapping that makes * search your visual selection, it's similar.

You'd have to do *, then N to back to where you just were, then cgn, type your replacement, and then n., n., n., n (skip), n., etc.

With my plugin that just becomes one mapping, type your replacement, ., ., n (skip), ., etc.

It's just very smooth, which I like because I use this operation literally all the time. Hell, I'll even use it when changing a single variable, just to make sure there isn't another sneaky one in the file somewhere.