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nowox

Reputation: 29178

Mapping with v:count in vim

I would like to map <c-c> to copy with some improvements over the well known <c-c> shortcuts. If possible I would also like to use a generic mapping for it. I heard about v:count and I am wondering if a can use it here. 

" Copy word under cursor 
inoremap <silent> <c-c> <esc>m`viw"+y``a
nnoremap <silent> <c-c>      m`viw"+y``

" Copy selection
vnoremap          <c-c> "+y

" Copy word under cursor in register [count]
inoremap <silent> 1<c-c> <esc>m`viw"1y``a
inoremap <silent> 2<c-c> <esc>m`viw"2y``a
inoremap <silent> 3<c-c> <esc>m`viw"3y``a
[...]
inoremap <silent> 7<c-c> <esc>m`viw"7y``a
inoremap <silent> 8<c-c> <esc>m`viw"8y``a
inoremap <silent> 9<c-c> <esc>m`viw"9y``a

nnoremap <silent> 1<c-c>      m`viw"1y``
nnoremap <silent> 2<c-c>      m`viw"2y``
nnoremap <silent> 3<c-c>      m`viw"3y``
[...]
nnoremap <silent> 8<c-c>      m`viw"8y``
nnoremap <silent> 9<c-c>      m`viw"9y``

The question is, can I use something like this and how can I do it ? 

nnoremap <silent> <c-c>      m`viw"{v:count}y``

Edit:

With your help, I made this but I still have some issues with it. For instance, when I do 3 it will paste the content of the 'e' register 3 times. How to avoid that ? 

nnoremap <expr> <C-c> MyYank()
inoremap <expr> <C-c> MyYank()
vnoremap <expr> <C-c> MyYank()

nnoremap <expr> <C-v> MyPaste('n')

" Not using numbered registers because they get rotated due to quote_number
" Instead. A indexed string is used to map <count> to a letter
let s:mapping = 'qwertzuiop'

fu! MyYank(...)    
    " Get the register to yank in
    let l:count = v:count > len(s:mapping) ? 0 : v:count
    let l:regs = l:count ? s:mapping[l:count - 1] : '+'

    " Action depends on the current mode
    let l:currentmode = a:0 > 0 ? a:1 : mode()
    if l:currentmode == 'n'
        return 'm`viw"' . l:regs . 'y``'
    elseif l:currentmode == 'i'
        return "\e" . 'm`viw"' . l:regs . 'y``a'
    elseif l:currentmode == 'v'
        return '"' . l:regs . 'y'
    endif
endfu

fu! MyPaste(...)   
    " Get the register to yank in
    let l:count = v:count > len(l:mapping) ? 0 : v:count
    let l:regs = l:count ? l:mapping[l:count - 1] : '+'

    " Action depends on the current mode
    let l:currentmode = a:0 > 0 ? a:1 : mode()
    if l:currentmode == 'n'
        return '"' . l:regs . 'P'
    elseif l:currentmode == 'i'
        return "\e" . 'm`viw"' . l:regs . 'y``a'
    elseif l:currentmode == 'v'
        return '"' . l:regs . 'y'
    endif
endfu

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1724

Answers (1)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172768

You can do that with a :help :map-expr:

" Copy word under cursor in register [count]
nnoremap <expr> <silent> <c-c>      'm`viw"' . (v:count ? v:count : '"') . 'y``'

However, like @FDinoff, I'd ask you to reconsider your approach of yanking to the numbered registers. If you rework your original <C-c> mapping (using :map-expr and v:register), you can already yank into arbitrary registers (by prefixing with "{reg}) and still default to the clipboard. And those :imaps with the count will cause a noticeable delay when entering numbers.

Upvotes: 3

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