In the example below, the 'cabbrev <silent>' doesn't work,
while identical cabbrev without <silent> works ok (vim70d02)
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vim -u cab.vim # where cab.vim is below
:GG<space> # this works, produces expected :GG *
:BB<space> # doesn't work, does not produce :BB *
:BB<space><space> # cursor jumps to column 9, why?
:BB<space><space><bs> # finally produces :BB * ...
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" cab.vim
set nocp
cabbrev GG GG *<C-R>=Eatchar('\s')<CR>
cabbrev <silent> BB BB *<C-R>=Eatchar('\s')<CR>
func! Eatchar(pat) "
let c = nr2char(getchar(0))
return (c =~ a:pat) ? '' : c
endfunc
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Yakov
