On Monday, July 2, 2012 1:21:57 AM UTC-3, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:12:05 PM UTC-5, Gerardo Marset wrote: > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, but how could I insert a BS in the line without > > returning the function? > > You can return the <BS>, that's not one of the things that break insert mode. > > :help ins-special-special gives the list of things that do. > > You should be able to use your current <C-R>= mapping, or an <expr> mapping, > to return <BS> plus an appropriate number of spaces.
Hmm... yes, I guess I could do it, but determining the appropriate number of spaces seems to get quite complicated. Vim seems to remove a single space if, between tab and space, space was the last key pressed in the current insert mode. I would have to map space to set a variable (l:space_last_pressed or something) to true, and also map Esc and Tab to set it to false, then use the variable's value to know how many spaces to make up for. A mess. As I said, I guess I could do it, but isn't there another way? :/ -- 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
