David Fishburn wrote:
> On Oct 30, 1:38 pm, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ben Schmidt wrote:
> > > > 3. Don't know about v:operator (works for me), the showcmd option
> > > > means it could also be v:command or v:operatorcommand (since there is
> ...
> > I'm not quite convinced adding v:operator is useful. What would help is
> > giving a couple of examples how it's used. Also, in the docs for
> > v:operator it would be good to have a few examples of the values. I
> > suppose it can be one char, like "d", but also something longer. How
> > about the count, e.g., when I do "4d"?
>
> Here is a simple example:
>
> function! MyOp(op)
> let cmd = a:op
> echo 'v:count:' v:count 'v:register:' v:register 'v:operator'
> v:operator 'you pressed:' cmd
> exec "normal! ".
> \ ((v:count > 0)?(v:count):'').
> \ (v:register=='"'?'':'"'.v:register).
> \ v:operator.
> \ cmd
> endfunction
>
> omap w :call MyOp('w')<CR>
> omap e :call MyOp('e')<CR>
> omap $ :call MyOp('$')<CR>
>
> If you type the following commands:
> c$
> 2yw
> "a3de
>
> You will get the following output:
> v:count: 0 v:register: " v:operator c you pressed: $
> v:count: 2 v:register: " v:operator y you pressed: w
> v:count: 3 v:register: a v:operator d you pressed: e
>
> What this provides is all the information to capture what the user
> pressed which Vim does not currently support.
>
> In the YankRing case, I will be able to replay what the user typed and
> still manage to capture the registers.
>
> This is very useful for me, but I suspect other plugin developers will
> also benefit since they can make smarter functions by looking at what
> the user has keyed in.
Well, I can see that you get the information, but this is not really a
useful real-world example. Think of a user that wants to get something
done for which v:operator is needed. And for which there is no other
solution.
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