Reply to message «Re: ctrl-o with a mapping», sent 19:38:30 05 February 2011, Saturday by Ben Fritz:
Perhaps a bug somewhere? It should be redirected to vim_dev, I think. Original message: > On Feb 5, 4:05 am, ZyX <[email protected]> wrote: > > Reply to message «Re: ctrl-o with a mapping», > > sent 23:56:30 05 February 2011, Saturday > > > > by AK: > > > Well, this is a normal mode mapping (nnoremap), by definition all of > > > its contents should run under normal mode or not at all. > > > > The fact that it is normal mode mapping means that {lhs} will be replaced > > by {rhs} if you type {lhs} in normal mode. It never meant that it should > > run under normal mode, the fact that first command is run under normal > > mode is just a consequence of the fact that you press {lhs} in normal > > mode. > > It seems strange to me that recorded macros behave differently from > normal mode mappings, especially if you interpret them as above. :help > @ even says "the register is executed like a mapping". > > For example: > > qa0:echo getfontname()<Enter>q > i<C-O>@a > > This does not insert the :echo getfontname(), it does exactly as is > done in normal mode. > > However, > > :nnoremap <F9> 0:echo getfontname()<CR> > > i<C-O><F9> > > This inserts the :echo command in the text.
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