mapping with delay processing
How can I make mapping or abbrev that behaves as follows: when I type echo (echospace) and I type nothing else within 1 second, it adds '' (so it becomes 'echo '). If I continue typing quickly after 'echo ', then [] is not added. I'm sure it's possible. Yakov
Re: mapping with delay processing
- Original Message From: Yakov Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vim users list vim@vim.org Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:38:36 PM Subject: mapping with delay processing How can I make mapping or abbrev that behaves as follows: when I type echo (echospace) and I type nothing else within 1 second, it adds '' (so it becomes 'echo '). If I continue typing quickly after 'echo ', then [] is not added. I'm sure it's possible. Yakov see :h sleep hth John -- Sane sicut lux seipsam, tenebras manifestat, sic veritas norma sui, falsi est. -- Spinoza
Re: mapping with delay processing
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 01:38:36PM +0200, Yakov Lerner wrote: How can I make mapping or abbrev that behaves as follows: when I type echo (echospace) and I type nothing else within 1 second, it adds '' (so it becomes 'echo '). If I continue typing quickly after 'echo ', then [] is not added. I'm sure it's possible. Yakov Untested: use an abbreviation that defines two autocommands: :augroup Hack :au CursorHoldI * execute normal a\\Esc :au CursorHoldI,InsertLeave,CursorMovedI * au! Hack :agroup END What I did test is that CursorMovedI is triggered when you insert a character. Thus both autocommands are cleared after 'updatetime' or the first typed character (or cursor movement or leaving Insert mode). I am not sure whether the :normal command will work. Of course, you can also have the abbreviation change updatetime and have the autocommands restore it. HTH --Benji Fisher
