Thanks very much, really appreciate it.
Would you mind providing a simple outline of a function which would
terminate on some basic condition, such as, the next line is a blank
newline? I will read those docs.
I use Vim in Termux, an Android terminal emulator app. I don't know if I
have buttons such as F9. I will investigate it. However, is there a way to
check what non-F keys are free to be mapped to something? Thanks very much.
Best regards,
Julius
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 19:27 Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On 2021-04-16 09:42, Julius Hamilton wrote:
>
> > At the beginning of a paragraph which has been separated mid-sentence
> > onto separate lines, how might I automate the process of calling CTRL-J
> > until all the separated lines in the paragraph have been combined into
> > one line? Will Vim be able to call CTRL-J until a condition is met, for
> > example, that the single line being built ends in a sentence (a period),
> > or until the next line is a blank newline?
>
> The short answer is go to the top of the paragraph and press Shift+V,
> then to the bottom and press Shift+J (not Ctrl+J). You can automate this
> further by writing a function that would figure out the top and bottom
> of the paragraph via whatever logic you build in. See :help :function.
>
> > Then, how might I automate the process of entering N newlines between
> > every sentence? I.e., automating pressing ), i, enter a few times, then
> > escape, for multiple sentences? I could create a shortcut to execute
> > these commands and call it myself, or it could also repeat until the
> > conditions above. How would I do either?
>
> Example, for N = 4:
> :imap <F9> <CR><CR><CR><CR><Esc>
> Type the actual < and > characters as shown. To use this, at the end of
> typing your paragraph do not press Esc but press F9 (or whatever key you
> mapped).
>
> If you sometimes want to insert N blank lines in already-written text,
> add this:
> :map <F9> A<F9>
> The previous map was active in insert mode; this one is active in normal
> mode. It moves to the end of the current line ("A") in insert mode and
> then appends the insert-mode version of F9.
>
> Once you've verified that these work as you wish, you can put them in
> your $VIM/_vimrc file so that they will be executed whenever you start Vim.
>
> > Also, how do I go back to where the cursor previously was, in case I
> > accidentally move it?
>
> `` or ''
> (One goes back to the _line_) where you were; the other goes back to the
> exact position within the line.)
>
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