On Mar 9, 11:07 pm, John Little <john.b.lit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 11:53 pm, rameo <rai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why does this one not work?
> > call feedkeys("\<c-x>\<c-".a:type.">")
>
> I wouldn't expect that to work because I'd expect the \<c-?> construct
> to be parsed when the double quoted string is built, before the .
> operator is invoked. You'd need some indirection:
>
> fun! Mycompl(type)
> startinsert
> execute 'let keys = "\<c-x>\<c-' . a:type . '>"'
> call feedkeys(keys)
> endfun
>
> Seems to work for me, at least with 'k'. I don't know why it works
> without moving the cursor right, though. If the cursor is on the end
> of a word, and I type i ^x ^k the last letter of the word is shunted
> to the right and doesn't take part in the matching. Maybe startinsert
> has some magic. Simpler might be to use a:
>
> fun! Mycompl(type)
> execute 'let keys = "a\<c-x>\<c-' . a:type . '>"'
> call feedkeys(keys)
> endfun
>
> Regards, John
Thank you very much John.
It works great!
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