On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 09:11:50AM +0200, Jürgen Krämer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Tom Carr wrote:
> >
> > Let's say I have the following mapping:
> > nnoremap = 3l
> >
> > Now if I type =, it moves 3 characters to the right, as expected.
> > Now if I type 1=, it moves 13 characters to the right instead of 3.
> > Now if I type 3=, it moves 33 characters to the right instead of 9.
> >
> > Any idea how to make the counts work correctly with the mapping?
> > (Vim 7.0)
>
> you can achieve the desired behaviour with the help of a register:
>
> :let @q = '3l'
> :nnoremap = @q
>
> Regards,
> Jürgen
Good idea. I did not think of that solution. I prefer not to tie
up a register this way, so I suggest this alternative:
:nnoremap = @='3l'<CR>
:help complex-repeat
(for the sake of the OP and any lurkers).
HTH --Benji Fisher
