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A problem with special character in Vim script
I'm trying to build a diacritic plugin which It's just a list of commands like
ia <leader>'e é " this one is source just fine
ia <leader>ae æ " This one causes error
But I'm ...
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How to make an abbreviation that expands without pressing space
I am trying to replicate the behavior of beg abbreviation shown on the page https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/ with vimscript. That means I want to make it so that when I type "beg" in ...
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How to create an abbreviation that matches a regular expression
I'd like to create an abbreviation that will change the following (in a markdown file):
- list item 1
into this:
- list item 1
Whenever I type - f it should be expanded to - f (from 1 space to 3 ...
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How can I get vim to type continuously, rather than holding in place for keymappings?
For the purpose of this question, imagine that I have set
iab phil philosopher
In vim, as far as I know, the default display pattern when typing out the characters "phil" at the start of the word is ...
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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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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., ...