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easy shortcut for <%= in vim (for rails apps)

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The snippet way seems the best way to do that.

shingara 2010-09-13 09:28:53

Snippets is the solution I went with. I'm using the letter 'e' for this case in .irb files. The mnemonic I think of is "equal sign". I also use 'r' for when I want the same thing w/ out the =

iljkj 2010-10-05 00:38:05

Answer 2

+1 A:

Vim has abbreviations functionality out of the box. Enter:

:ab < <%=

then when you type < followed by <SPACE> in insert mode it will expand to <%=.

See :help :ab for more information.

Dave Kirby 2010-09-13 16:28:05

That way this abbreviation will annoyingly fire up in a comparison statements like "if x < y"

buru 2010-09-17 15:38:34

@buru: That is true, but you are going to have exactly the same issue with snipmate or any of the other snippet plugins. you can use any other text you want to trigger the abbreviation, it does not have to start with the same characters. If you want a control or alt key combination you would need to use map.

Dave Kirby 2010-09-17 19:34:51

Answer 3

+1 A:

tpope has created a plugin that you might find useful called Ragtag

It comes bundled with many mappings, but specifically the following

Mapping       Changed to   (cursor = ^) ~
<C-X>=        foo<%= ^ %>

tpope has a great collection of plugins:

If you are doing any rails development I would highly suggest you look into rails.vim

Peter Rincker 2010-09-13 19:39:39

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