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I am using vim on Windows and have following mappings:

imap <f4> <ESC>:w<CR>:!clang -std=c++11 -o output\%.exe %<CR>
imap <f5> <ESC>:!output\%.exe<CR>

As we know in windows \ is path separator \ also used in escape sequences in vim-script and commands this command gives me out put as sown in pic.
output I am getting
What I want is shown in the following pic
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My intention is to compile the source and return the output in the 'output' directory and execute from there.

Instead, I get 'output%' as output in the current directory.

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First off, you should always use inoremap rather than imap (with a small number of exceptions that are not relevant here).

The difficulty here is that as soon as % is put after \, the backslash goes from path component to escaping character. The only way I could prevent that is to use an expression (<expr> on lhs of the mapping) so I could use expand("%") in it:

inoremap <expr> <f4> '<ESC>:w<CR><ESC>:!clang -std=c++11 -o output\' . expand("%") . '.exe ' . expand("%") . '<CR>'
inoremap <expr> <f5> '<ESC>:!output\' . expand("%") . '.exe<CR>'

Update : Actually I found a way to do this without <expr>. The second "Note" under :help E809 says that double quotes can be used to isolate % while retaining its special meaning. It looks a little strange on the cmd.exe command line but it works in my tests.

inoremap <f4> <ESC>:w<CR><ESC>:!clang -std=c++11 -o output\"%".exe %<CR>
inoremap <f5> <ESC>:!output\"%".exe<CR>
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  • @B Layer my question was poorly worded. let me elaborate more clearly. I have a directory ` code` for source files for example a.cpp which will be value for expand("%:r") or % . I have a directory inside code called output I want output executable in this output directory. ` output%.exe expands to outputa.CPP.exe inside code directory. what I want is a.CPP.exe inside code\output
    – mage
    Nov 11, 2017 at 1:07
  • @mage Please edit your question and add the extra information. Include clear example of input and output filenames/directories. Also, pay close attention to what you write. "vim on window" isn't very clear. "vim on Windows" is.
    – B Layer
    Nov 11, 2017 at 1:56
  • @B Layer Windows has `` for path separator which is used in vim for escape sequences.
    – mage
    Nov 11, 2017 at 7:03
  • @mage The edit was a big improvement but you fundamentally changed at least one thing: going from nmap to imap. That kinda messes my answer up. Anyways, I just appended a new solution until I get a chance to completely rewrite it. I tested this on Windows.
    – B Layer
    Nov 11, 2017 at 10:03
  • @mage Were you able to apply my new solution?
    – B Layer
    Nov 12, 2017 at 1:20

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