delete word after or around cursor in VIM

Question

I\'m now switching to VIM from TextMate. I found ^+W in INSERT mode very useful. However, I\'d like to delete not only the word before cursor, but

Answer 1

Since there are so many ways to delete a word, let's illustrate them.

Assuming you edit:

foo-bar quux

and invoke a command while the cursor is on the 'a' in 'bar':

foo-bquux  # dw:  letters then spaces right of cursor
foo-quux   # daw: letters on both sides of cursor then spaces on the right 
foo- quux  # diw: letters on both sides of cursor
foo-bquux  # dW:  non-whitespace then spaces right of cursor
quux       # daW: non-whitespace on both sides of cursor then spaces on the right
 quux      # diW: non-whitespace on both sides of cursor