Because I am used to autocompleting by pressing the return/enter key, I want to remap the return key to Ctrl-p in insert mode. However, I only want to remap it when the cursor is directly behind a letter (a-z).
Is this possible?
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With an expr mapping/custom function, maybe, but what is it you want to accomplish in both cases?– D. Ben Knoble ♦Jan 25, 2018 at 22:47
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Sure it is!
Try this expression mapping:
inoremap <expr> <CR> getline('.')[col('.') - 2] =~ '\a' ? "\<C-P>" : "\<CR>"
How this works:
getline('.')[col('.') - 2]: This returns the character immediately before the cursor (i.e. the one you just typed).=~ '\a': This checks if the character is an alphabetic character a-z or A-Z? "\<C-P>" : "\<CR>": If the character is alphabetic then your keypress is mapped to<C-P>. If not, it is mapped to<CR>.
For more details, see:
:help :map-expr:help expr1:help getline():help col():help \a
