I answered my own question, but will share for the benefit of others. The AutoPair plugin had wreaked a bit of havoc with space bar. Once I disabled this plugin, the space bar worked fine with abbreviations.
I discovered this by :verbose imap <space>, which pointed it out quickly. JT Mitchum On Mar 29, 2012, at 2:01 AM, jtmitchum wrote: > Hello, > > > I wanted to add an abbreviation for my email, but I found that none of > my abbreviations work the way I expect them to. > > example. > > :ab jjm [email protected] > > when I type jjm in insert mode - after I hit space, nothing happens. > If I use any other key after this, then the abbreviation expands as > expected (I can use <CR>, ', ' , '\' and many others) > > Why won't my abbreviations work with space bar? > > Using MacVim - vim 7.3 > (.vimrc file follows) > syntax on > "Highlights matching bracket pairs. > set showmatch > > set backspace=indent,eol,start > set nocompatible > > "Set Colorscheme - I like this one because I can read comments > colorscheme vividchalk > au FocusGained * :colorscheme vividchalk > au FocusLost * :colorscheme wombat > > "Experimental Justin Shit > set statusline=%F\ \ %m%r%h%w\ \ \ \ TYPE=%{&ff}:%Y\ \ \ \ BUF=%n\ %=\ > [ASCII=\%03.3b\ :\ HEX=\%02.2B]\ \ \ \ [COL=%v\ :\ LINE=%l\ :\ %L\ > lines\ :\ %p%%]\ \ > "This option is for Tex I believe > filetype off > > > " Set preview program for PDF's > let g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf = 'Preview' > > > "Turn on Conceal feature which I thought would be cool. > set cole=2 > hi Conceal guibg=black guifg=white > > "This loads my plugins for me - by default stored in bundles/ > call pathogen#infect() > filetype plugin indent on > set modelines=0 > set encoding=utf-8 > set scrolloff=3 > set autoindent > set showmode > set showcmd > set hidden > set wildmenu > set wildmode=list:longest,full > set visualbell > set cursorline > set ttyfast > set ruler > set laststatus=2 > > "Line numbers are relative from cursor position - Not sure if I like > it yet or > "not! > set relativenumber > set undofile > > "If I change focus, save the file - even if temporarily > au FocusLost * :wa > au FocusLost * silent! wa > > > "Set mapleader to , - surely faster than \ > let mapleader = "," > > "Make a new vertical split window > nnoremap <leader>w <C-w>v<C-w>l > > nnoremap / /\v > vnoremap / /\v > set ignorecase > set smartcase > set gdefault > set incsearch > set showmatch > set hlsearch > nnoremap <leader><space> :noh<cr> > nnoremap <leader>nt :NERDTree<cr> > ""nnoremap <tab> % > ""vnoremap <tab> % > nnoremap j gj > nnoremap k gk > nnoremap <leader>q gqip > inoremap ii <ESC> > let tlist_tex_settings = 'latex;s:sections;g:graphics;l:labels' > let tlist_make_settings = 'make;m:makros;t:targets' > > -- > 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 -- 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
