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authorErnie Rael <errael@raelity.com>2022-05-10 17:50:39 +0100
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2022-05-10 17:50:39 +0100
commitd8f5f766219273a8579947cc80b92580b6988a4b (patch)
tree5325cef40d2b8f102fb71625056681e0d88e8515 /runtime
parent0f267621c04883de010a6379217a5f182cc03dda (diff)
patch 8.2.4932: not easy to filter the output of maplist()v8.2.4932
Problem: Not easy to filter the output of maplist(). Solution: Add mode_bits to the dictionary. (Ernie Rael, closes #10356)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/builtin.txt26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
index f6da0cfd87..60fe91f1d1 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
@@ -5331,6 +5331,10 @@ maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) *maparg()*
"nowait" Do not wait for other, longer mappings.
(|:map-<nowait>|).
"abbr" True if this is an abbreviation |abbreviations|.
+ "mode_bits" Vim's internal binary representation of "mode".
+ |mapset()| ignores this; only "mode" is used.
+ See |maplist()| for usage examples. The values
+ are from src/vim.h and may change in the future.
The dictionary can be used to restore a mapping with
|mapset()|.
@@ -5391,6 +5395,28 @@ maplist([{abbr}]) *maplist()*
vim9script
echo maplist()->filter(
(_, m) => match(m.rhs, 'MultiMatch') >= 0)
+< It can be tricky to find mappings for particular |:map-modes|.
+ |mapping-dict|'s "mode_bits" can simplify this. For example,
+ the mode_bits for Normal, Insert or Command-line modes are
+ 0x19. To find all the mappings available in those modes you
+ can do: >
+ vim9script
+ var saved_maps = []
+ for m in maplist()
+ if and(m.mode_bits, 0x19) != 0
+ saved_maps->add(m)
+ endif
+ endfor
+ echo saved_maps->mapnew((_, m) => m.lhs)
+< The values of the mode_bits are defined in Vim's src/vim.h
+ file and they can be discovered at runtime using
+ |:map-commands| and "maplist()". Example: >
+ vim9script
+ omap xyzzy <Nop>
+ var op_bit = maplist()->filter(
+ (_, m) => m.lhs == 'xyzzy')[0].mode_bits
+ ounmap xyzzy
+ echo printf("Operator-pending mode bit: 0x%x", op_bit)
mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) *mapnew()*