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Tip 649 Printable Monobook Previous Next

created February 4, 2004 · complexity basic · author Yakov Lerner · version 6.0


This mapping expands an existing abbreviation:

map <C-X><C-X> diw:exe "normal i".@"<CR>

Comments

That won't work if the abbreviation is the last word on the line. Try:

:nno <C-X><C-X> ciw@<Esc>"_s<C-R>"<Esc>b

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