I have created a helper function that will insert a number of blank lines and a keyboard shortcut of T to execute it. This way I can do something like 5T to insert five blank lines with the cursor unchanged (it's a bit different than 5o, though mainly to practice writing a function that I could use in files).
It looks something like this:
function InsertBlankLine() abort
" a: args will give us the following by default: -- see `:h: a:var`
" '0': 1, '000': [], 'firstline': 109, 'lastline': 108
" '0' is the number of extra arguments, '000' is the list of those extra args
let data = a:
call LogOutput("Data: " . string(data), "DEBUG", {'line': expand('<sflnum>'), 'func': expand('<sfile>')[9:]})
" Access a dict value get(dict, 'value')
let first_line = get(a:, 'firstline')
" Insert a new line
call LogOutput('Executing normal o', "DEBUG", {'line': expand('<sflnum>'), 'func': expand('<sfile>')[9:]})
execute "normal! o \<C-o>S"
" Go back to the first line
let cmd = printf("normal! %sG", first_line)
call LogOutput('Executing cmd: ' . cmd, "DEBUG", {'line': expand('<sflnum>'), 'func': expand('<sfile>')[9:]})
execute cmd
" Check if there's any text on the first line, and if there is, go to the first blank line below it.
let first_line_text = trim(getline(first_line))
call LogOutput('First Line text: ' . first_line_text ,"DEBUG", {'line': expand('<sflnum>'), 'func': expand('<sfile>')[9:]})
if first_line_text != ''
normal! j
endif
endfunction
nnoremap T :call InsertBlankLine()<CR>
Where should I put this function? Here are a few things to note:
- It imports another function
LogOutput. - It's a bit large, so maybe I take it out of the
vimrc(which is where it currently is)? - My
vimdirectory is at~/.vim. In there I have both anautoloadandafterandpluginfolder.
What is the suggested practice for a function like this? (Note the function is just for me, I don't care about sharing it or making a plugin or anything -- it's quite trivial in the scope of things and more for me to practice with vimscript).
