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Tip: #750 - Underline using dashes automatically

Created: June 18, 2004 19:58 Complexity: intermediate Author: Chris X Edwards Version: 5.7 Karma: 26/18 Imported from: Tip#750

I have been using this trick for years but only recently figured out how to add the finishing touch. Basically this technique (best executed as a macro) will take a line of text like this:

A Very Important Tip!!!

and change it to two lines like this:

A Very Important Tip!!!
-----------------------

I use this all the time to highlight headings, etc.

Add this to your .vimrc file:

"cxe- Underline the current line with dashes 
map <F5> YpVr-

Note that you can use anything you want instead of - (= and _ spring to mind). Also, I put this under F5, but that's 100% arbitrary and the nice thing about Vim is that you can put it where you want it. And a tip for the tip is that if you use this, you can also easily get a line above AND below the target text. Just do this:

<F5>YkP

Comments

This is helpful, but your command doesn't give proper \t (and 'tabstop' value)

To help with tabs, :map <F5> Yp^v$r- (ignores leading whitespace)

... and to also cope with embedded tabs in the heading use

map <f5> yyp<c-v>$r-

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 I have been using this trick for years but only recently figured out how to add the finishing touch. Basically this technique (best executed as a macro) will take a line of text like this:
+ A Very Important Tip!!!
+and change it to two lines like this:
+ A Very Important Tip!!!
+ -----------------------
+I use this all the time to highlight headings, etc.
+Add this to your .vimrc file:
+<pre>
-A Very Important Tip!!!
-and change it to two lines like this
-A Very Important Tip!!!
------------------------
-Of course in a constant width editor font, this looks a lot more worthwhile. I use this all the time to highlight headings, etc.
-Add this to your .vimrc file:
 "cxe- Underline the current line with dashes
+map &lt;F5&gt; YpVr-
+</pre>
+Note that you can use anything you want instead of - (= and _ spring to mind). Also, I put this under F5, but that's 100% arbitrary and the nice thing about Vim is that you can put it where you want it. And a tip for the tip is that if you use this, you can also easily get a line above AND below the target text. Just do this:
-map &lt;F5&gt; Yp:s/./-/g^M:let @/=""^M
+ &lt;F5&gt;YkP
-(Note that ^M's are really returns that you can achieve in Vim with &lt;ctrl-V&gt;&lt;ctrl-M&gt;.
-The strategy is basically to yank the line you're on with Y, then put it (and your cursor) with p onto the next line. Then comes a single line range substitution that searches for any character and replaces it with a -. The part after the return is only needed by those of us who have hlsearch turned on. I f you don't set the search register to nothing (""), then your whole document will light up and you will need to invest in a seeing eye dog. Note that you can use anything you want instead of - (= and _ spring to mind). Also, I put this under F5, but that's 100% arbitrary and the nice thing about Vim is that you can put it where you want it. And a tip for the tip is that if you use this, you can also easily get a line above AND below the target text. Just do this:
-&lt;F5&gt;YkP
-Hope someone can find this helpful. (P.S. typing in this form box is torture! The worst thing about Vim is how useless you feel without it!)
 }}
 == Comments ==
-Like you I'd been using something similar for a while but only just realised you could let --AT--/ = "" to stop everything being highlighted when hlsearch is on. As a final cleanup clear the command line with
-map &lt;F5&gt; yyp:s/./-/g&lt;RETURN&gt;:let --AT--/ = ""&lt;RETURN&gt;:&lt;RETURN&gt;
-'''Anonymous'''
-, June 18, 2004 23:53
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-A more simple method:
-map &lt;F5&gt; YpVr-
-'''Anonymous'''
-, June 19, 2004 14:43
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-The mozex plugin (http://mozex.mozdev.org/) lets you edit forms with an arbitrary text editor including, of course, vim.
-'''Anonymous'''
-, June 20, 2004 21:29
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 This is helpful, but your command doesn't give proper \t (and 'tabstop' value)
-'''Anonymous'''
-, June 20, 2004 22:04
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-A propos mozex: Is there for GUI-Vim an Event to react on when I click to another window, eg back to mozilla? I'd like to auto-write those buffers, it'd be kewl.
-marco.gergele--AT--web.de
-, July 6, 2004 8:09
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-FocusLost?
 To help with tabs, :map &lt;F5&gt; Yp^v$r-
 (ignores leading whitespace)
-'''Anonymous'''
-, November 22, 2004 9:35
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 ... and to also cope with embedded tabs in the heading use
 :map &lt;f5&gt; yyp&lt;c-v&gt;$r-
-'''Anonymous'''
-, November 3, 2006 15:56
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