Ask HN: Text Editor with “add prefix/suffix around selected text” feature?

Unhelpful answer: emacs `replace-regexp` can do this.

I don't know if it meets your definition of lightweight, but Obsidian does this. https://obsidian.md

This looks like a potential solution. I'll definitely test this out. Thanks for the link!

I love Obsidian! Great recommendation.

:)

Vim can do this with the following plugin: https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround

I exclusively use the visual mode commands though, because I find the normal-mode commands confusing.