Questions tagged [user-input]
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Capture the next keypress under 200ms
1) I need to capture the next key press from the keyboard, if there are any in 200 millisecond. Which function should I use to achieve this?
2) Basically I need to re-send the captured key, with some ...
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User Input in a Recording
So I am pretty new to vim, but I have started using it as my Latex editor to help get more efficient. Anyways I have a recording that I would like to prompt a user for input on that will change how ...
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Extract JavaScript variable (feature example): how to improve it?
I am a Vim newbie with one week experience and I'm already enjoying it.
I've successfully written an (ugly) command+function+mapping with which I can extract some code to a new variable in JavaScript....
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How to measure words per minute?
Been looking for a method to measure words per minute, with no luck. Is there any way to do this?
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How does vimgolf record all keystrokes?
From time to time I like to engage in a round of vimgolf. It can be enlightening.
How are they able to record all the keystrokes? That must be a vim feature. Anybody any idea how to do that. It could ...
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How do you pass user input to a system command?
I'm trying to write an autocmd to make a commit to a git repository. Here is some non-functional code that should illustrate what I'm trying to do:
let g: CommMsg = ''
augroup misc
autocmd!
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confirm(msg, choices) without newline on msg?
Is there any way to have the confirm function place the choices on the same line as the msg prompt?
confirm("Yes no question", "&Yes\n&No", 2)
Instead of
Yes no question
(Y)es, [N]o:
it ...
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How do I get the next n characters input by the user?
I answered a question that needed a user input using the built-in input() function, which works great.
I was wondering if it was possible to ask vim for (let say) the next 3 characters input, without ...
