{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74/events","html_url":"https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74","id":8534982,"number":74,"title":"How do you surround a word that is not previously surrounded by anything?","user":{"login":"byrongibson","id":275081,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/275081?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson","html_url":"https://github.com/byrongibson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/byrongibson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2012-11-21T08:33:03Z","updated_at":"2016-01-26T22:20:45Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The only tutorial I found that includes this is [Netuts vim-surround tutorial][1], but **viws** is not working for me.  **viw** works, but **s** then deletes the word.\n\nI've checked my .vimrc (Ubuntu 12.04, vim-full from repo) but don't see anything obviously relating to this behavior, but maybe I missed something.  Is this the canonical way for surrounding non-enclosed text, or there another way?\n\nThanks!\n\n[1]:    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/vim-essential-plugin-surround/"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tpope/vim-surround/issues/comments/175262462","html_url":"https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74#issuecomment-175262462","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tpope/vim-surround/issues/74","id":175262462,"user":{"login":"pmorch","id":159292,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/159292?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch","html_url":"https://github.com/pmorch","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pmorch/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-26T22:20:45Z","updated_at":"2016-01-26T22:20:45Z","body":"I think it is safe to close this issue. The OP has his answer and is happy."}}