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I have the following mapping:

augroup MatchingQuotes
    autocmd Filetype noremap! '  ''<Left>
    autocmd Filetype noremap! "  ""<Left>
augroup END

Is there a way to set the Filetype to "everything except vim and markdown" ? If so, how could this be done?

My current solution is as follows but I'm not sure if it's the cleanest way to do it or if there's a better way:

" Matching quotes
let FT_IGNORE_QUOTES = ['vim', 'markdown', 'help']
autocmd Filetype * if index(FT_IGNORE_QUOTES, &filetype) == -1 | inoremap <buffer> '  ''<Left>| endif
autocmd Filetype * if index(FT_IGNORE_QUOTES, &filetype) == -1 | inoremap <buffer> "  ""<Left>| endif
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    Other than wrapping the right-hand side of the autocommand in a function, i can’t think of anything
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Jul 16, 2020 at 2:24
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    Alternately, create the mappings globally (no autocommand) and then unmap them in ftplugins that dont need them
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Jul 16, 2020 at 2:25
  • "Alternately, create the mappings globally (no autocommand) and then unmap them in ftplugins that dont need them" In that case, it will remove them globally, IOW in all other buffers...
    – Luc Hermitte
    Jul 16, 2020 at 8:52

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Just use :h map-<expr> instead of auto-commands.

let FT_IGNORE_QUOTES = ['vim', 'markdown', 'help']
inoremap <expr>' index(FT_IGNORE_QUOTES, &ft) < 0 ? "''<left>" : "'"
inoremap <expr>" index(FT_IGNORE_QUOTES, &ft) < 0 ? '""<left>' : '"'
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