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Jared Cobb
Jared Cobb

Reputation: 5267

How to detect which shortcut(s) are mapped to a specific command in Vim?

In short, I'd like to provide a help window in a Vim plugin that can detect which shortcuts the user mapped to the plugin's commands in their .vimrc.

Is there a way to see which shortcuts a user may or may not have mapped to a plugin command?

(Note, I'm not looking for a way to see what command a specific shortcut will execute, which is an FAQ easily found).

For example, in a user's .vimrc, they can add a line such as:

map <leader>1 :MyCoolPluginCommand<cr>

And in my plugin interface I want to surface a quick help window that displays a cheetsheet such as

"Cool Command 1: <leader>1"

My only thought would be to try and parse their vimrc and use a complicated set of regular expressions to grab string values. Any better way? Thanks!

[edit] The plugin calls out to a python script, so I also tagged this question with python in the event that makes a solution possible. (Using import vim so I can eval() stuff).

Upvotes: 2

Views: 115

Answers (1)

Antony Hatchkins
Antony Hatchkins

Reputation: 34044

:map gives you a list of all mappings; it should be easier to parse than .vimrc.

Also it will show mappings coming from other places (eg system-wide or command-line).

Upvotes: 3

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