Here is a macro that pads a whole line with 50 "-" chars:
imap ,t <ESC>0D50gi-<ESC>0R<C-R>"<ESC>A
this pads a word to 10 spaces:
imap ,t <ESC>diW10gi <ESC>9hR<C-R>"<ESC>A
--- Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/10/06, Hjellvik Vidar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > how do I create a macro in vim that fills a line with '-'s from the end end
> of the line to e.g. position 50
>
> Put the following into file x.vim:
> let m="----------"
> let x = m.m.m.m.m
> map <F2> :%s/$/\=strpart(x,0,50-strlen(getline('.')))/<cr>
>
> The open your text files,
> :so x.vim
> <F2>
>
> Yakov
>
