[problem]
Are there a combinations of key strokes you constantly enter?
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[solution]
Maybe you are a Java programming! 🙂 Or PHP/Perl – either way if you are using vi a lot, these tips could be worth your pc’s weight in gold. 😉
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[example]
To create a one time map (of any key), just run this within vi:
:map #1 :!echo hey mapped f1^M
You need to hold down control and hit m to get the return, so this will run itself (no enter required).
To see current maps, just type :map
To make it permanent, just add same syntax to $HOME/.exrc
I think another good tip, is to map f1 to cat the exrc – like this:
:map #1 :!cat $HOME/.exrc^M
Then map #2, 3, 4 …
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[tags]vi, macros, Unix Coding School[/tags]
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