Ben Fritz wrote: > On Saturday, April 5, 2014 2:02:23 PM UTC-5, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > > You can record into a register and replay that. > > > > This is not an option for the desired use case, of creating a plugin > to automatically insert closing parentheses and the like as you type > the opening character. For that we need to be able to move the cursor > in insert mode without breaking undo and without knowing in advance > that we need to be recording a macro. One cannot start recording a > macro with a mapping, 'q' does not function in a mapping according to > the help. So the user would manually need to start recording before > typing every single time, so mapping every insert-mode entry key would > not only be annoying, it wouldn't work. Plus, one would want a plugin > such as this to be itself recordable in a macro, which can't be done > if you must record a macro to accomplish the task.
I have no clue how you could repeat the changes a plugin makes with ".". The plugin could do anything, with any kind of advanced logic. How would "." know what to repeat? It can't possibly know that you inserted ")" in a specific place and repeat that. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 31. You code your homework in HTML and give your instructor the URL. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
