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smauel
smauel

Reputation: 1807

vim mapping to auto append ';' to the end of the line

I am trying to set up a vim key mapping that will map the key ';' to A; - i.e. I want to auto append ';' to the end of the line. However I am having difficulty in setting this mapping up. I would also like to limit this to only java files if possible.

Can this be done?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1081

Answers (5)

Rob Wells
Rob Wells

Reputation: 37133

As a quick implementation, what about:

map ; $a;cntl-vESC

then hit return

I'll have a think about enabling this for Java files only.

Upvotes: 0

Sam
Sam

Reputation: 15350

Put this in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/java.vim

nnoremap <buffer> ; A;<Esc>

Now this mapping should be local to java buffers only

Upvotes: 0

Maxim Kim
Maxim Kim

Reputation: 6392

Use ftplugins as Luc Hermitte said or add the following to your .vimrc

autocmd filetype java :nnoremap <buffer> ; A;<esc>

Upvotes: 2

Luc Hermitte
Luc Hermitte

Reputation: 32966

If you want to restrict this feature to java buffers, have a look at ftplugins. The mapping then becomes:

nnoremap <buffer> ; A;<esc>

BTW, I would advise against mapping on ';' as it's a very useful command that may be used in other badly defined mappings (too many vimmers are using :*map instead of :*noremap).

Upvotes: 4

soulmerge
soulmerge

Reputation: 75724

The mapping itself is done this way:

:map ; A;<esc>

I would recommend putting this line in your .vimrc and live with it (it should not bother you, since the mapping only works in command mode). If you really must restrict this behaviour to certain files, you need to look into the autocmd function (:help autocmd)

Upvotes: 1

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