I forgot to say that I was hoping that using the "*repeat last*" function,
namely the "*.*", would apply that modified command at the next text
location where a new string is highlited.
Eric
On Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 16:12:30 UTC-5 Eric Marceau wrote:
> Also,
>
> Can someone offer the modified version of that which would permit
> specifying the desired single tag-string (i.e. 'em') as a parameter for the
> function call, instead of the open-ended user entry of a string?
>
> I visualize doing something like ':TagSelection em' for the action to be
> applied without further interaction. Is that possible?
>
> Thank you in advance for anyone's contributing that modified code.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 15:45:11 UTC-5 Eric Marceau wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Your posting of the tip dates quite a while ago.
>>
>> Any idea if that would still work for vim/gvim 8.1 ?
>>
>> Is that added to the ~/.vim/vimrc ?
>>
>> Finally, is that action triggered by typing the sequence
>> ':TagSelection' ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Wednesday 5 May 2010 at 10:23:52 UTC-4 David Fishburn wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:23 PM, discipulus <ger...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> > It should have been {span class="sX"}discipulus{/span}
>>> >
>>> > I wrote this function just now:
>>> >
>>> > function! mytest()
>>> > let l:current_column=col('.')
>>> > exe 'normal b'
>>> > let l:beginning_column=col('.')
>>> > let l:diff = l:current_column - l:beginning_column + 1
>>> > " this relies on the surround plugin
>>> > exe 'normal vs'
>>> > endfunction
>>> >
>>> > What do you think and thanks for your response!
>>>
>>> I wrote my own function specifically to wrap XML tags around some
>>> highlighted text. If the text is part of a line I wrap it inline. If
>>> the text (visually selected) spans multiple lines, then I add the tags
>>> on new lines before and after the text.
>>>
>>> I also allow you to add attributes and remove those when adding the
>>> closing tag.
>>>
>>> " Tip #346: Tag Select/Wrapper:/*{{{*/
>>> " http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=346
>>> " Author: David Fishburn
>>> " These mappings and TagSelection function will allow you to place
>>> " an XML tag around either the current word, or the current selected
>>> " text.
>>> " If the visual select is on a single line, the tag is wrapped
>>> " around the text <this>way</this>. If the visual select extends
>>> " over multiple lines, the tag is wrapped around the text
>>> " <this>
>>> " way
>>> " </this>
>>> "
>>> " When you are prompted for the tag name, you can enter:
>>> " Tag name? p class="classname" attri="bute"
>>> " The select is wrapped with:
>>> " <p class="classname" attri="bute">
>>> " Your selection
>>> " </p>
>>> " Notice the attributes have been stripped from the closing tag.
>>> "
>>> " Use nmap, not nnoremap, since we do want to use an existing mapping
>>> nmap ,,, viw,,,
>>> vnoremap ,,, <Esc>:call TagSelection()<CR>
>>>
>>> function! TagSelection()
>>> let tag = input("Tag name (include attributes)? ")
>>>
>>> if strlen(tag) == 0
>>> return
>>> endif
>>>
>>> " Save b register
>>> let saveB = @b
>>> " <C-R> seems to automatically reindent the line for some filetypes
>>> " this will disable it until we have applied our changes
>>> let saveIndent = &indentexpr
>>> let curl = line(".")
>>> let curc = col(".")
>>> let &indentexpr = ''
>>>
>>> " If the visual selection is over multiple lines, then place the
>>> " data between the tags on newlines:
>>> " <tag>
>>> " data
>>> " </tag>
>>> let newline = ''
>>> if getline("'>") != getline("'<")
>>> let newline = "\n"
>>> let curl = line("'>")
>>> endif
>>>
>>> " Strip off all but the first word in the tag for the end tag
>>> let @b = newline . substitute( tag, '^[ \t"]*\(\<\S*\>\).*', '<\/\1>\e',
>>> "" )
>>> let curc = curc + strlen(@b)
>>> exec "normal `>a\<C-R>b"
>>>
>>> let @b = substitute( tag, '^[ \t"]*\(\<.*\)', '<\1>\e', "" ) . newline
>>> let curc = curc + strlen(@b)
>>> exec "normal `<i\<C-R>b"
>>>
>>> " Now format the area
>>> exec "normal `<V'>j="
>>>
>>> " Restore b register
>>> let @b = saveB
>>> let &indentexpr = saveIndent
>>>
>>> call cursor(curl, curc)
>>> endfunction
>>> " /*}}}*/
>>>
>>>
>>> If it is of any use to you.
>>>
>>> Enjoy.
>>> Dave
>>>
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