imaps.vim : another template or stub expander
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Srinath Avadhanula |
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utility |
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description |
imaps.vim is yet another template expander or Stubs expander like several
others out there.
The expander works by the user pressing '\' (or whatever the leader
character is), after a "keyword". the keywords are filetype specific. to
give an example, suppose you press '\' after the word 'bfg' in a latex file
(filetype = tex), then the word 'bfg' will expand to:
\begin{figure}[h]
\centerline{\psfig{figure=*.eps}}
\caption{}
\label{fig:}
\end{figure}
and the cursor will be placed where '*' is shown. vim remains in insert
mode so that you can continue typing. if you type '\' after something which
is not defined as a keyword for the current filetype, then you will simply
get a '\'.
the file already contains several mappings mainly for latex and some for
html. however it should be very easy to extend it to your liking. it should
be fairly obvious how to extend it if you look at the file, but here's the
little description:
suppose you want the keyword 'bit' to expand to
\begin{itemize}
\item *
\end{itemize}
and have the cursor be positioned where '*' is shown, add the following
line to imaps.vim (actually, this line is already there, but it makes for
a good example)
let s:tex_bit = "\\begin{itemize}\<cr>\\item ä\<cr>\\end{itemize}"
explanation:
1. the suffix 's:' is to make it script specific.
2. then 'tex' makes imaps.vim treat 'deg' as a keyword only for latex
files.
3. 'bit' is the keyword itself.
4. the rhs is what you want to have 'bit' expand to. if you want the cursor
not to be positioned anywhere special, then nothing needs to be done.
the cursor will be placed at the end. However, if like in this example,
you want it to be at a specific place, put a "ä" (the a-double-dot
character) where you want the cursor to be. (the ä character is obtained
by typing control-k-a-colon <C-k> + a + : ).
NOTE:
1. if you want a "dynamic" rhs, i.e you want the keyword 'date' to expand
to the present date, then you can have the rhs begin with the string
"<C-r>=". for example, the following line does the date thingie:
let s:_date = "\<c-r>=strftime('%b %d %Y')\<cr>"
(":help i_CTRL-R" for how this works).
2. if you want a keyword to be filetype insensetive (i.e to work across all
files) like the date thing above, then like the example above, do not
prepend any file type, just use
let s:_keyword = expansion
(note the leading underscore after s:)
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