Binding a Sequence of Tabularize Commands to One :Command

Question

Is there a way to bind the sequence of commands

:Tabularize /\/\/
:Tabularize /;

in that order to the command :Command?

EDIT: I attempted the solution and it failed:

function! LineUp()
  normal :cabbrev Command Tabularize/\/\/<CR>:Tabularize /;<CR>
endfunction

command! -nargs=0 -complete=buffer -range LineUp call LineUp()

The problem is that I can't get it to act on the visual selection.

Answer 1

Sure, try:

:cabbrev Command Tabularize/\/\/<CR>:Tabularize /;<CR>

Answer 2

You can use the following code:

function! CombinedTabularize() range
    execute a:firstline . ',' . a:lastline . 'Tabularize /\/\/'
    execute a:firstline . ',' . a:lastline . 'Tabularize /;'
endfunction

command! -range CT <line1>,<line2>call CombinedTabularize()

The function CombinedTabularize() takes a range thanks to the range option. When using this option the lines in the range are available with a:firstline and a:lastline.

The command CT also takes a range and pass the selected lines to the function with <line1> and <line2>.

The execute commands are used to concatenate the lines of the range and the Tabularize calls.

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About the code you tried to use here are the different problems:

• Your command uses the range option but doesn't pass the lines to the function.
• Your function doesn't use the range neither
• Your function execute normal :cabbrev which creates a new command line abbreviation but doesn't execute it

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You might be interested in the following help topics:

• :h func-range
• :h command-range