:vnoremap <f4> c<c-r>=Template(@")<cr><esc>
might do the trick for you.
It seems to almost work. I would actually like to yank the text and not
change it, but the real problem is if I do as above and define the
Template as below only to test that it works I alsways get an extra 0.
function! Template(text)
execute "normal! o>" . a:text . "<"
endfunction
I mean if I mark the word:
house
Then I get:
>house0<
What is this 0?
The zero is what is the return value of the function which is
used as the replacement text. By default, if you don't specify a
return-value for a function, it returns "0".
I was expecting your function's return value/purpose was what you
wanted the replaced text to be. Perhaps if you detail some of
what your function is doing, it would help diagnose matters.
However with the mapping I suggested, for the time being, you
likely want either
function! Template(text)
" do some stuff with a:text, such as
" look it up in a dictionary,
" update another window,
" do some match/syn highlighting, etc
return a:text
" return the text unchanged
endfunction
or you want to do your manipulations on the text and return the
result:
function! Template(text)
return '>'.(a:text).'<'
endfunction
Hope this helps explain where that 0 was coming from and how the
mapping worked.
-tim
