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I use this keymapping toggle to highlighting on and off, but when I originally found it, the author did not list two <cr> at the end of the command. I found that if I didn't have two <cr> there, then I was required to press Return after my keymapping. Why? ... because now that I can get the macro (wrong term?) to execute, my cursor advances to the next line after executing the mapping.

highlight OverLength ctermbg=gray
match OverLength /\%81v.\+/
let OLstate = 1
nnoremap oi : if (OLstate == 0) \| match OverLength /%81v.\+/ \| else \| match OverLength /%9999v/ \| endif \| let OLstate = 1 - OLstate <cr> <cr>

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I think you want

: ... endif <cr> :let OLstate = 1 - OLstate <cr>

instead of

: ... endif \| let OLstate = 1 - OLstate <cr> 

That is, <cr> after the endif, a : before let and <cr> after the let statement. There are two commands.

I'm using vim 7.4, plain vanilla, no .vimrc, no plugins.

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  • By golly, that was it! ... so to make sure I understand this right: It was failing because the first :if command should be entered and executed (terminating in that <cr>), and then the :let command should be entered and executed - but my original code had one long command (actually two nested commands?) not properly executing in order... resulting in the need for two <cr>s to execute first the inner-nested command and then the outer-nested command? Jun 8, 2018 at 17:50

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