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xeon123
xeon123

Reputation: 909

Trying to understand vim mapping

I copied this keymap for latex [1], but I don't understand the <++><Esc>T{i. When I write ,it, the \textit{}<++> appears. First, I don't know what are the <++> and how to deal with them. Then, why this mapping has <Esc>T{i? What is its purpose?

[1] autocmd FileType tex inoremap ,it \textit{}<++><Esc>T{i

Upvotes: 0

Views: 58

Answers (1)

perelo
perelo

Reputation: 495

  • <++> is probably a placeholder from latex-suite. You can jump to the next placeholder with <C-J> in insert if you have the plugin. Look here.
  • <Esc> puts you in normal mode
  • T{ moves 'til the previous {, see :h T
  • i puts you back in insert mode.

If you don't want to use latex-suite, you could have all your snippets with UltiSnips and vim-snippets with which you can enter ita<Tab> which gives you the same behaviour (with <c-j> jump as well).

Upvotes: 2

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