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For example, I've mapped inoremap ( (), and if I do iabbrev if if(then it will expand to if(then) instead of if()then (the inoremap is executed after the iabbrev). Is it possible to make iabbrev ignore my custom keymappings so I can make iabbrev if if()then correctly expand to if()then?

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inoreabbrev (insert-mode non-recursive abbreviation) is the command that will ignore custom mappings when executing the abbreviations.

To remove abbreviations without leaving vim use iunabbrev [lhs]. Now inoreabbrev if if()then should work correctly.

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    Thank you! It totally works. And also do you happen to know if there's any way to ignore custom mappings when editing macros (like let @q = 'gg')? – tga Aug 26 '18 at 14:20
  • let @q = 'gg' just sets the contents of the q-register, so it depends how you run the macro. I thought :normal! @q would work but apparently not, never tried it, so temporary fix could be :normal! <C-r>q to directly insert the contents of the q-register used for the macro and run ignoring remappings. – Lucas Payne Aug 28 '18 at 3:45

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