Tip 734 Printable Monobook Previous Next
created 2004 · complexity basic · author Yakov Lerner · version 6.0
This tip is useful only for those who use virtualedit mode (set virtualedit=all
, or set ve=all
).
I like virtualedit mode except for behaviour of 'x
' (delete character). When 'x
' is used past end-of-line, it does nothing. I wanted it to jump left to the actual end-of-line so as to start deleting characters there. Below is 'x
' redefinition that does exactly this; and it does not break 'x
' in non-virtualedit mode:
" redefine x for virtualEdit so that past end of line, it jumps left to end-of-line function! Redefine_x_ForVirtualEdit() if &ve != "" && col('.') >= col('$') normal $ endif endfu! silent! unmap x :nnoremap <silent>x x:call Redefine_x_ForVirtualEdit()<CR>