Feature request: A keyword similar to `its` that refers to an instance

[MartinRykfors]

https://talonvoice.slack.com/archives/C026KPTJE6T/p1687163697513309

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I am trying to do this (^ being the hat I am targeting)

# comparison operators
(op | ^is) equal: user.code_operator_equal() 
(op | is) not equal: user.code_operator_not_equal()
(op | is) (greater | more): user.code_operator_greater_than()
(op | is) (less | below) [than]: user.code_operator_less_than()
(op | is) greater [than] or equal: user.code_operator_greater_than_or_equal_to()
(op | is) less [than] or equal: user.code_operator_less_than_or_equal_to()

I want to replace every (op | is) with just is. If I had only one instance to change this way, I would say bring ink to its round. I am trying to do this with instances. from block ink bring every instance ink to its round However, this seems to bring every is to replace the first (op | is) so the result is
is is is is ... equal: user.code_operator_equal()
It seems like its refers to the original target. Can I say something different to make its behave as if it is scoped to the instance?

It would be nice to have a keyword like its that refers to the instance being operated on instead of referring to the last used target. This could enable some macro-like editing in one go, for instance swap every instance air with their second next token

[pokey]

Yeah I'm actually collecting examples for a more powerful command that allows you to do things like this. There are a few ways to do it. I'll file an issue with examples and possible implementations soon. Thanks for filing

[pokey]

see also #1952

[pokey]

see #1952 (comment) for implementation proposal; should be fairly straightforward I think