On Jun 22, 9:12 am, sc <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 22 June 2010 07:23:37 Jeremy wrote: > > > the abbreviation, but what is already after it. For example, > > I will often (but not always) open and close a parenthesis, > > then move inside it to execute my abbreviation. I believe > > Vim doesn't expand the abbreviation because there is a close > > parenthesis immediately after the abbreviation. If I close > > the abbreviation with a <CR> instead of a space, then it > > works, but I get an extra <CR> which is not wanted > > either. Any idea how to get around this? > > in > > :h abbreviations > > there's a handy example i use in all my iabbrs: > > func Eatchar(pat) > let c = nr2char(getchar(0)) > return (c =~ a:pat) ? '' : c > endfunc > iabbr <silent> if if ()<Left><C-R>=Eatchar('\s')<CR> > > you have to read down a way to see it > > as coded, it will eat a space and invoke the iabbr, but if you > trigger with a <CR> it leaves it >
I saw that in the documentation. I didn't implement it because I don't always follow my abbreviation with a <CR> and when I do, I want the <CR> removed. If I understand correctly, this is exactly opposite from what you said. I think I will try using an imap instead of an abbreviation. Jeremy -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
