On 12/6/06, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think it is doable, but it's not my province really. Some other Vim
old-timers are much more versed than I in the creation of that kind of
"self-undoing" mappings.
It can probably be simplified by mapping <CR> in command mode and
check if getcmdtype() is '/' or '?' and, if so, call :match as
appropriate.
However, there's no good way of doing this type of highlighting while
in 'incsearch' mode (i.e., while typing the pattern).
Anyway, here's something I cooked up for you 'incsearch' users that
actually thought this was sort of a neat idea, i.e., being able to
quickly toggle between the word anywhere in the buffer, the complete
word, and the case insensitive word. It definitely needs work to deal
with anything but trivial patterns, e.g., only wrap the word under the
cursor, but you probably only want to do this for simple, word-type
patterns.
cmap <C-I> <C-\>e<SID>toggle_word_style()<CR>
let s:word_types = [
\ [ '^\\<\|\\>$', "", 'g', '\c', "" ],
\ [ '^\\c', "", "", "", "" ],
\ [ '^', "", "", '\<', '\>' ]
\ ]
function! s:toggle_word_style()
let line = getcmdline()
let type = getcmdtype()
if type != '/' && type != '?'
return line
endif
for word_type in s:word_types
if line =~ word_type[0]
let line = word_type[3] .
\ substitute(line, word_type[0], word_type[1], word_type[2]) .
\ word_type[4]
call setcmdpos(len(line) + 1)
return line
endif
endfor
return line
endfunction
Actually sort of neat, although it's not what Mohsin wants.
nikolai
