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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2011-10-20 22:22:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2011-10-20 22:22:38 +0200 |
| commit | 1514667a24c00c247d8527e9a2e12dba97ca9d85 (patch) | |
| tree | b5f8c262ed1763dd64224736e374ec90de5df4d9 /runtime/doc/map.txt | |
| parent | e3cc6d422367e5d7a0a15c69480313644caefd01 (diff) | |
Updated runtime files.
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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/map.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/map.txt b/runtime/doc/map.txt index 92e21668f0..759c90c528 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/map.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/map.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*map.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2011 Aug 19 +*map.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2011 Oct 12 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -237,11 +237,18 @@ For this reason the following is blocked: - Editing another buffer. - The |:normal| command. - Moving the cursor is allowed, but it is restored afterwards. -- You can use getchar(), but the existing typeahead isn't seen and new - typeahead is discarded. If you want the mapping to do any of these let the returned characters do that. +You can use getchar(), it consumes typeahead if there is any. E.g., if you +have these mappings: > + inoremap <expr> <C-L> nr2char(getchar()) + inoremap <expr> <C-L>x "foo" +If you now type CTRL-L nothing happens yet, Vim needs the next character to +decide what mapping to use. If you type 'x' the second mapping is used and +"foo" is inserted. If you type 'a' the first mapping is used, getchar() gets +the 'a' and returns it. + Here is an example that inserts a list number that increases: > let counter = 0 inoremap <expr> <C-L> ListItem() |