Changes: Abbreviations only on shortcut

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created June 3, 2003 · complexity basic · author maurice · version 6.0

This is just a more flexible completion.

I made the following (example) to have a unique abbreviation:

iabbrev date^A <c-r>=strftime("%F")<cr>

Note that ^A is Control-A (insert with <c-v><c-a>).

This is to avoid the completion if you really want to write 'date'.

And now this mapping:

inoremap <c-b> <c-v><c-a><c-[>a

Now type date<c-b> in insert-mode and you will get the date.

Comments

So why not just use this?

iabbrev date^B <c-r>=strftime("%F")<cr>

Admittedly, it requires you to do something after the control-b (such as another key or escape), but you would do precisely the same thing anyway with the original procedure.

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-Actually, this is just a more flexible completion.
+This is just a more flexible completion.
+I made the following (example) to have a unique abbreviation:
+ iabbrev date^A &lt;c-r&gt;=strftime("%F")&lt;cr&gt;
+Note that ^A is Control-A (insert with &lt;c-v&gt;&lt;c-a&gt;).
-I made the following (example) to have a unique abbreviation:
+This is to avoid the completion if you really want to write 'date'.
+And now this mapping:
- iabbrev date^A &lt;c-r&gt;=strftime("%F")&lt;cr&gt;
+ inoremap &lt;c-b&gt; &lt;c-v&gt;&lt;c-a&gt;&lt;c-[&gt;a
+Now type date&lt;c-b&gt; in insert-mode and you will get the date.
+==Comments==
+So why not just use this?
-Note that ^A is Control-A (insert with &lt;c-v&gt;&lt;c-a&gt;).
+ iabbrev date^B &lt;c-r&gt;=strftime("%F")&lt;cr&gt;
-This is to avoid the completion if you really want to write 'date'.
-And now this mapping:
- inoremap &lt;c-b&gt; &lt;c-v&gt;&lt;c-a&gt;&lt;c-[&gt;a
-Now type date&lt;c-b&gt; in insert-mode and you will get the date.
-}}
-== Comments ==
-So why not just use this?
-iabbrev date^B &lt;c-r&gt;=strftime("%F")&lt;cr&gt;
 Admittedly, it requires you to do something after the control-b (such as another key or escape), but you would do precisely the same thing anyway with the original procedure.
-salmanhalim--AT--hotmail.com
-, May 5, 2004 21:28
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