On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:58, Hari Krishna Dara <[email protected]> wrote: > > I need to be able to create an imap for <Tab> when my plugin is > toggled on, and unmap it when it is toggled off. What I would prefer > is to restore the previous map of <Tab> rather than simply unmap it, > but there is no straight-forward way to capture the existing map such > that it can be restored later. I first ventured into capturing the > output of :imap command and extract the <rhs>, but this won't work for > many scenarios (including the case of <script>). Even if Vim has a > command or function to output a script to recreate the map, it won't > work for all scenarios (e.g., the <script>), so I think what I need is > a command to create a "copy" of an existing map. Using such a command, > I can "copy" the existing map to a <Plug> map and when I need to > restore it, "copy" back to the original. The implementation of such a > copy should be simpler than other alternatives, assuming it involves > an actual copy of the underlying map data from the source. I think the > command can fall into the existing map family of commands, rather than > become a completely new command, something like "[nvxsoilc]mapc[opy] > <newlhs> <oldlhs>". Does anyone have a clue on the feasibility of such > a command or a better alternative? Is there a workaround that doesn't > required creating this new command?
Following commands saving mappings into file, in a form readable back as map commands: :mksession :mkview :mkexrc :mkvimrc Maybe you can manipulate their options to save *only*mappings ? Or extract mappings from theiroutput files ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
