Questions tagged [abbreviations]
Vim can handle abbreviations to replace some text by some other text. Question about creating these abbreviations and how to make them work.
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Make abbreviations trigger only with ^]
Is it possible to define a set of abbreviations that trigger only on ^]. For example, in LaTeX I would like to define the abbreviation
iabbrev <buffer> (( \left(
without giving up on the ...
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iabbrev starting with semicolon
I want some abbreviations for common things typed in e-mails want to start them with a semicolon.
iabbrev ;ph 555123467
But this gives me an error:
E474: Invalid argument
I can have semicolon ...
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Abbreviations add spaces when they shouldn't
I'm trying to create an abbreviations to insert a comment and to insert a TODO comment. I wrote them as following:
iab co /*__*/<Left><Left><Left>
This one produces the following (...
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autocmd changes only applying to new files
I've been going through learn vim the hard way and am currently adding abbreviations via autocmd.
I've added the following to my .vimrc
augroup outputs
autocmd!
autocmd FileType php :...
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How to put a new line character in an abbreviation?
I tried the following commands:
:abb sm Summary:\n
:abb sm Summary:\\n
but it didn't work, nothing escaped, I ended up with the long form instead of a break.
Is there a way to do that from ex mode? ...
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vim-latex: sometimes abbreviations do not expand in tex buffers [duplicate]
I have installed vim-latex v1.10.0 on Fedora 28, using vim-plug:
Plug 'vim-latex/vim-latex'
I've defined an insert mode abbreviation:
:iab bd text
I can trigger bd to expand to "text" only with ...
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Wrong abbreviation expansion
I have these abbreviations in my .vimrc:
iab seq sequent
iab seqs sequents
seqs expands to
sequents
i seq sequent
in a tex file (I have installed vim-latex).
In an empty buffer seqs expands ...
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How to make abbrev ignore my custom keybindings?
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 ...
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Abbreviations do not work when space is conditionally remapped
I want to change the behavior of <Space> when the popup menu is open using this map
inoremap <expr> <Space> pumvisible() ? "\<Down>\<Enter>" : "\<Space>"
However, ...
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Substitute an insert-mode input immediately
I would like to type begin! in insert mode and having it immediately replaced by:
begin [cursor here] end
I considered mappings:
:inoremap begin! begin end<Left><Left><Left><...
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How to make command-line abbreviations that only trigger at begining of line
I have a custom save function, and bound it to :w by using an abbreviation:
cabbrev w call SaveBuffer()
This works, but I ran into issues when I wanted to reference window local variables because w: ...
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Why won't Ctrl-C complete abbreviations when mapped to Esc?
I'm running vim -u NONE -U NONE, then doing :inoremap <c-c> <c-[> (or :inoremap ^C ^[, which I understand to be equivalent), and set an abbreviation, :abb dyca dynamic_cast.
The problem ...
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Case-insensitive abbreviations
I use abbreviations extensively to make writing in languages other than English easier. For example, I have something like this set up for when I'm writing in Italian:
inoreabbrev perche' perché
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Creating fillable “mini templates”
I am using somebody else's vim script that has a neat plugin that allows me type in something like sub<tab> and it will generate the following for me:
sub ___ {
___
}
The blank lines act ...
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One abbreviation for various commands with different prefix?
To take a short cut in writing markdown files I need an abbreviation which can combine these abbreviations,
autocmd FileType * iabbrev pythoncode ```python```<left><left><left>&...
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Abbreviation-likes containing spaces
Let's get directly to it.
I was working with some python code and realized I had written a bunch of elif blocks as else if after working too much in Javascript.
My natural thought was "cool, I can ...
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Expand abbreviation when the following non-keyword character is mapped to something else
I've got the following mappings and abbreviations in my .vimrc
let mapleader = ","
inoremap <leader>( ()<ESC>i
iabbrev pirnt print
Now abbreviations won't expand if the following ...
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Remap <ENTER> so it makes new line and insert a datestamp
I'm making a program for taking statistics during sports, where I script the games. I'm would like to make a VIM shortcut/remap, so every time I press that it does exactly what the ENTER-key normally ...
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How to get abbreviations to work inside nnoremap
I would like to have an abbreviation (xdate in this case) expanded when I use it in nnoremap. Is this possible? Here is what I've tried:
iab xdate <c-r>=strftime('%c')<cr>
nnoremap <...
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Shortcut / abbreviation to insert text block
I'm trying to do something fairly simple. I'm writing latex and I have all these blocks of code, that I'm trying to comment out (and disregard the words in the word count). So I have to write these ...
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Something like iabbrev that works in the middle of words?
In LaTeX the \ldots command is used to make an ellipsis, so I wanted something like iabbrev ... \ldots that would work in the middle of words, so whatever... would become whatever\ldots.
Any ideas?
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How do I manage and remember many abbreviations in my vimrc?
I have over 500 abbreviations(iabbr, abbr) and some mappings in my vimrc file from Java, PHP, C/C++ and Latex.
It is not easy to remember right away when I don't use the languages for some time.
I'm ...
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How do I make abbreviations expand for minimal prefixes?
I want to create abbreviation for a large word, say configuration.
Vim command works even if we type part of it. Example, s[ubstitute].
When you type s, su, sub, subs, subst, substi, substit, etc., ...
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How to create multi-line abbreviations
I want to create an abbreviation for multiple lines. For example, when I type Doc, it has to print a four line text like
###############
# function :
# returns :
#
##############
When I tried to do ...
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vim insert abbreviation with text in front of the map
Is there an option to make vim expand an abbreviaiation at the end of a word?
In other words let's say I map :iab bb bar, how can I get the expansion:
foobb<space> = foobar?
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insert mode Abbreviations work in command mode, but not in insert mode
I have:
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex set filetype=tex
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex inoreabbrev ß \ss{}
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex inoreabbrev ö \"{o}
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex inoreabbrev ä \"{a}
au ...
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cabbr definitions disturb searching in Vim
I like to define some abbreviations like:
cabbr csf cscope find
I thought cabbr would just be interpreted in the : command line. However, when I entered the search mode \, I found that \csf would ...
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Can vim automatically correct a spelling mistake if the word doesn't end in a space?
I use vim for writing code and often accidentally type this:
funciton() {}
instead of
function() {}
It's irritating and I know vim supports iabbrev for this purpose. But it doesn't work in this ...
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Backspace in insert abbreviation
To work, abbreviations need to be separated by whitespace. E.g., if I have an iab fo FOOBAR then typing whatfo will not trigger the abbreviation. There are some obvious sensible reasons for this.
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Is it possible to put vim comments in lines that include `iabbrev`
Is it possible to put vim comments in lines that include iabbrev, as in:
iabbrev hte the " common typo
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Special characters in iskeywords
I wonder how one can add characters such as (yes, space!), ' (single quote), " (double quote), etc., to iskeyword.
This is not a theoretical exercise. The purpose is iabbrev for these. I noticed that ...
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How to fix :cmap breaking :cabbrev [closed]
I have a few :cabbrev mappings that I use frequently, like :qq as a shortcut for :q!.
Recently I installed a nifty plugin and these abbreviations no longer triggered with Enter, although Space would ...
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Autocorrecting final sigma
When writing Greek, sigmas at the ends of words should have a different form. Can I do something automatically to replace: μῖσοσ by μῖσος, and so in all such cases?
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Disabling Automatic Latex Plugin (ATP) mappings
I’m trying to use the Automatic LATEX Plugin for Vim (ATP), and found it has quite neat features. However, I do not like input abbreviations, so I tried to disable them using
let g:atp_no_env_maps=1
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Context sensitive insert mode mapping or abbreviation
I'm planning to implement some utility mappings for my LaTeX plugin to simplify typing of mathematics. For instance, I want to create abbreviations similar to
`a : \alpha
`b : \beta
-> : \to
=> ...
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Is there a way to set an abbreviation in a modeline so it is always available local to one file buffer?
I have a handful of files (LaTeX documents) that have one specific proper name that is really obnoxious to type out but used frequently. I've eased the pain of this with an abbreviation like so:
iab ...
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Strange behaviour of abbreviations triggered with shift+enter in gvim+vim-latex
Playing with abbreviation in insert mode i noticed the following unexpected behaviour, when using gvim with vim-latex plugin:
Defining an abbreviation such as
:iab m <m>
or any similar "...
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What are the differences between the map, noremap, abbrev and noreabbrev commands?
These commands transform one set of keystrokes to another in some way, but I am somewhat fuzzy on which one is most appropriate for some situation. In addition, there are the ! variants of them as ...
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Undo a single iab abbreviation expansion
Vim has an "abbreviation" feature built-in that can automatically expand certain abbreviations:
:iab SE Stack Exchange
However, sometimes I might want to type "SE" without it expanding to "Stack ...
