[Vimperator] abbreviation (patch) [+RFC: text substitution]

[Doug Kearns]

On 11/3/07, Martin Stubenschrott <stubenschrott at gmx.net> wrote:

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> A different question, how to best implement text substitution?
> Requirements are, that it should be somehow generic, and not just needed
> for abbreviations.
>
> My proposed idea is taken from ruby syntax, and i have these idea, but
> am not sure if it is the best way:

Well you won't be surprised to hear my preference is that it be done "the Vim
way" whenever possible.

> :echo "Vimperator version is: #{v:version}" -> Access any vimperator variable

:echo "Vimperator version is: " . v:version

> :abbr MS Martin #{cursor} Stubenschrott     -> (would place the cursor to
>                                                #{cursor} after expanding)

:imap MS<space> Martin  Stubenschrott<Esc>Bhi " assuming you want it
triggered by the trailing space

This would require some INSERT mode improvements obviously.

> :iabbr DATE #{`date`}  -> run shell commands and get its output

:iabbr <expr> DATE vimperator.system('date')

> Most of these commands are written just once anyway, and the slightly
> verbose syntax doesn't matter. For interaction with :! this might
> however be different, what would work well, is that:
> f to show hints
> :!wget #{12} #{15} #{22} -> downloads these 3 links

:!wget @12 @15 @22

Where @ is probably whatever you like other than % or #.  The # has meaning in
Vim, alternate buffer, which would be nice to support.

<clink> could be the current 'link' like <cword>

> And download the current file, one would need
> :!wget #{url}

:!wget %

> To grep the current textContent of the website:
> :!grep foo #{text}

:!grep foo <text>

I assume you mean the text is written out to a tmp file and then passed to the
external command?

A separate :dump command would be useful too.

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Doug