On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 11:59:19 PM UTC-5, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:07:52 PM UTC-5, Doug Walseth wrote: > > Hello - > > > > I use VIM for my notes (with vim-notes plugin). I would love it if I could > > shorten the display of url's so that it's easier to scan my notes. > > > > * I'd like to create a link by typing something like [text to > > display](url). e.g. [google](http://www.google.com) > > * this would ideally just display as "google", without the quotes, but > > highlighted in blue. > > * when I place the cursor on "google", it expands to show > > [google](http://www.google.com), so that I could edit it, etc. > > * bonus for typing "gf" and having it open the link in a browser. > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > You could use the "conceal" feature to hide parts of the text. Then by > default when you move the cursor onto the line, the hidden text would be > shown. Or you could set it up so that only happens in visual mode, or insert > mode. > > If that idea interests you, you can define a syntax match of the stuff you > want to hide, and include the "conceal" attribute, and optionally the "cchar" > attribute as well to specify a character to show in place of the hidden text.
Sweet! Thanks, Ben. I will work on implementing this. -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" 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.
