2011/12/24 Tim Chase <v...@tim.thechases.com>: > On 12/24/11 08:48, Dan S wrote: >> >> I'm trying to get a mapping to work irrespective of the number >> of characters in the document. The following is a simplified >> example which does the rather strange task of copying the >> current word, then pasting it and appending a question mark: >> >> :nmap<buffer> <F3> yiw pa?<Esc> >> >> Note this is only for demo purposes, in my application I pass >> the yanked text to a function that does something useful. The >> above map works, *but* never does anything when the buffer is >> completely empty or only has one character in it. > > > Without knowing what your function does, it's a little hard to prognosticate > your intent. However, you might be interested in using > > expand('<cword>') > > within your function. It grabs the word under the cursor for use in an > expression, and has the added benefit that it doesn't tromp on your scratch > register. > > I believe what's happening is that either the "yiw" is failing, or the space > is failing which triggers an internal "something exceptional happened" > causing the rest of the mapping to stop execution, much like happens with > repeated macro-execution.
Excellent, that's what I'm looking for - thanks! (What I'm making is a call to a particular programming language's help-lookup command [namely, supercollider].) Best Dan -- 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