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Created: Sat Jun 22 00:00:00 MET DST 1996
Last update: Fri Jun 12 18:44:10 CEST 1998
VIM - C Editing
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" ========================================================================
" Programming in C
" ========================================================================
"
" Ysbl insert statement block
" ab Ysbl {<ESC>o}<ESC>O
"
" Ydef insert "#define" at start of line
" ab Ydef <ESC>0i#define
"
" Yinc insert "#include" at start of line
" ab Yinc <ESC>0i#include
"
" Yelse insert else clause of if statement with following if statement
" ab Yelif else if () {<ESC>o}<ESC>k$2hi
"
" Yelse insert else clause of if statement
" ab Yelse else {<ESC>o}<ESC>O
"
" Yfor insert "for" statement
" ab Yfor for (;;) {<ESC>o}<ESC>kwa
"
" Yif insert "if" statement
" ab Yif if () {<ESC>o}<ESC>k$2hi
"
" Ywhile insert "while" statement
" ab Ywhile while () do {<ESC>o}<ESC>k$5hi
"
" Ymain insert "main" routine
" ab Ymain main (argc,argv) <ESC>oint argc;<ESC>ochar *argv;<ESC>o{<ESC>o}<ESC>O
"
" <C-A> insert brackets for statement list
" map <C-A> o{<ESC>o}<ESC>O
"
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Needs documentation, I know. :-)
Matching brackets
An opening bracket usually is matched by a closing one.
So why not map the opening bracket to insert a closing one, too?
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" Insert mode: Typing an opening curly bracket will insert a pair of
" curly brackets and move the cursor before the closing curly bracket:
:inoremap { {}<ESC>i
" Insert mode: Typing a closing curly bracket will jump after the next closing
" curly bracket (this assumes that curly brackets are always inserted as a pair.)
:inoremap } <ESC>/}/e+1<C-M>i
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For inserting a single bracket without the specially mapped sequences
simply quote them, ie precede them with a ^V.
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