Hello!
I'm using already Vim's built-in abbreviation functionality. Because I like Vim (and MacVim) so much, I'm using QuickCursor too - this is a program that enables editing with Vim everywhere (Mail, browser etc.). Here would be nice to use once in a while some of the features of TextExpander that I couldn't found in Vim, as the embeded images or the templates. Also very useful for me is the synchronisation of the TextExpander-"snippets" via Dropbox with my iPhone % iPad - something where MacVim's abbreviations doesn't help. TextExpander works with all the other programs on my Mac - why not with MacVim?! Best regards, Vlad Ghitulescu On 16 Mai, 04:44, Ben Schmidt <mail_ben_schm...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > On 16/05/11 12:19 PM, Ben Fritz wrote: > > > On May 14, 11:22 pm, Vlad Ghitulescu<vlad.ghitule...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> Hello! > > >> I'm using MacVim Snapshot 57 on my iMac 3.06 GHz running Mac OS X 10.6.7 > >> and I've just discovered that TextExpander (in the current version) > >> doesn't work. > > > What's TextExpander? What doesn't work about it? > > It's a Mac abbreviation utility: > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=textexpander > > >> Any idea how to convince him? :-) > > > Convince who? To do what? > > I think the 'him' was an 'it' that got lost in translation. > > The OP wants to convince TextExpander to work with MacVim. > > I'm not sure his chances are all that high, but I don't use TextExpander > at all, so I don't really have any idea. However, I imagine it could > wreak havoc with Vim--it would have to be active only in insert mode, > lest an abbreviation trigger a whole bunch of normal mode commands > unintentionally. > > It is probably better to learn how to use Vim's built-in abbreviation > functionality (:help abbreviations) or use a Vim templating plugin of > some kind. That could be a bit annoying, needing to set up abbreviations > in Vim and TextExpander separately, but I can't think of a better way at > this stage (unless someone can make a plugin that loads abbreviations > from TextExpander's data file and then adds them to Vim). > > Ben. -- 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
