I am using a custom keymap using langmap option in vimrc.
I am trying to use snipmate but I am running into trouble. When I type a word and hit tab it allows me to edit the parameter. The problem is that the first character is the remapped one, while I want it to be the actual key.
For instance, I'll type this:
for
and hit tab to expand the snippet:
for (i = 0; i < COUNT; ++i)
The i is highlighted which means I can edit it. I type "aaa":
for (baa = 0; i < COUNT; ++i)
It comes out baa even though I typed aaa. This is because I remapped a and b.
How can I fix this?
Here is my keymapping:
set langmap=nj,N},ek,E{,il,IL,{^,}$,lb,LB,uw,UW,ye,YE,jg,JG,\\;z,f\\.,F\\,,zu,ZU,.?,\\,/,/v,? V,ta,TA,si,SI,ro,RO,ac,AC,wr,WR,xx,XX,dd,DD,bs,BS,gf,GF,pt,PT,kn,KN,cy,CY,vp,VP,o\\;
It won't make much sense to others, and I haven't finalized how I want it to look.
From your :set langmap I understand that you mapped a to c so, by typing aaa, did you expect to obtain ccc?
From what I understand (:help langmap), your custom substitutions are not available in INSERT mode for actually inserting stuff and I don't see a mention of the SELECT mode you are in when overwriting SnipMate's placeholders.
If I do this
:set langmap+=ac,bs
and I type aaa in SELECT mode, I obtain caa.
That's because langmap applies to the first a (:help Select-mode) and, therefore inserts c. But, after this first character I am in INSERT mode for all subsequent characters. Since langmap doesn't apply in INSERT mode, aa is inserted as is.
What is not clear to me is why you obtain baa instead of caa. Your langmap seems to be pretty clear about your intention: you want a to insert c and b to insert s. Typing a shouldn't insert b.
I smell a risk of mistyping in your .vimrc. Try this: reset your set langmap and start adding your mappings one by one.
May I ask you what is the purpose of such a massive remapping?
C program which outputs mappings similar behavior to langmap but not for select:
/* input:
lhs rhs optional-descripton
lhs rhs ...
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
FILE *fi = fopen("in.txt", "r");
FILE *fo = fopen("out.txt", "w");
char lc[8], rc[8];
while (fscanf(fi, "\n%s %s", lc, rc) != EOF) {
fprintf(fo, "nnoremap %s %s\n", lc, rc);
fprintf(fo, "xnoremap %s %s\n", lc, rc);
fprintf(fo, "onoremap %s %s\n", lc, rc);
while (fgetc(fi) != '\n');
}
fclose(fo);
fclose(fi);
}
It doesn't work identically to langmap and so it might break other bindings.
This has now been fixed in vim 7.4.1150. See
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/572
for details.
Related
What is the proper way of catching a control+key in ncurses?
current im doing it defining control like this:
#define ctl(x) ((x) & 0x1f)
it works ok, but the problem is that i cannot catch C-j and ENTER at the same time, and this is because:
j = 106 = 1101010
0x1f = 31 = 0011111
1101010 & 0011111 = 0001010 = 10 = ENTER key..
So.. how shall I catch it?
Thanks!
--
Edit:
If i try the code below,
I am not able to catch the enter key correctly, not even in the numeric keyboard. Enter gets catched as ctrl-j.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ncurses.h>
#define ctrl(x) ((x) & 0x1f)
int main(void) {
initscr();
int c = getch();
nonl();
switch (c) {
case KEY_ENTER:
printw("key: %c", c);
break;
case ctrl('j'):
printw("key: ctrl j");
break;
}
getch();
endwin();
return;
}
New code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ncurses.h>
#define ctrl(x) ((x) & 0x1f)
int main(void) {
initscr();
int l = -1;
int c = getch();
cbreak();
noecho();
nonl();
keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
switch (c) {
case KEY_ENTER:
printw("key: %c", c);
break;
case ctrl('j'):
printw("key: ctrl j");
break;
}
printw("\nnow press a key to end");
getch();
endwin();
return;
}
Try nonl:
The nl and nonl routines control whether the underlying display device
translates the return key into newline on input, and whether it translates newline into return and line-feed on output (in either case, the
call addch('\n') does the equivalent of return and line feed on the
virtual screen). Initially, these translations do occur. If you disable them using nonl, curses will be able to make better use of the
line-feed capability, resulting in faster cursor motion. Also, curses
will then be able to detect the return key.
Further reading: the Notes section of the getch manual page:
Generally, KEY_ENTER denotes the character(s) sent by the Enter key on
the numeric keypad:
the terminal description lists the most useful keys,
the Enter key on the regular keyboard is already handled by the
standard ASCII characters for carriage-return and line-feed,
depending on whether nl or nonl was called, pressing "Enter" on the
regular keyboard may return either a carriage-return or line-feed,
and finally
"Enter or send" is the standard description for this key.
That addresses the question about newline/carriage-return translation. A followup comment is a reminder to point out that the manual page gives basic advice in the Initialization section:
To get character-at-a-time input without echoing (most interactive,
screen oriented programs want this), the following sequence should be
used:
initscr(); cbreak(); noecho();
and that OP's sample program did not use cbreak (or raw). The manual page for cbreak says
Normally, the tty driver buffers typed characters until a newline or
carriage return is typed. The cbreak routine disables line buffering
and erase/kill character-processing (interrupt and flow control characters are unaffected), making characters typed by the user immediately
available to the program. The nocbreak routine returns the terminal to
normal (cooked) mode.
Initially the terminal may or may not be in cbreak mode, as the mode is
inherited; therefore, a program should call cbreak or nocbreak explicitly. Most interactive programs using curses set the cbreak mode.
Note that cbreak overrides raw. (See curs_getch(3x) for a discussion
of how these routines interact with echo and noecho.)
Also, in curs_getch you may read
If keypad is TRUE, and a function key is pressed, the token for that
function key is returned instead of the raw characters:
The predefined function keys are listed in <curses.h> as macros
with values outside the range of 8-bit characters. Their names begin with KEY_.
That is, curses will only return KEY_ENTER if the program calls keypad:
keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
For the sake of discussion, here is an example fixing some of the problems with your sample program as of May 17:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ncurses.h>
#define ctrl(x) ((x) & 0x1f)
int
main(void)
{
int c;
initscr();
keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
cbreak();
noecho();
nonl();
c = getch();
switch (c) {
case KEY_ENTER:
printw("\nkey_enter: %d", c);
break;
case ctrl('j'):
printw("\nkey: ctrl j");
break;
default:
printw("\nkeyname: %d = %s\n", c, keyname(c));
break;
}
printw("\nnow press a key to end");
getch();
endwin();
return 0;
}
That is, you have to call keypad before getch, and the value returned for KEY_ENTER is not a character (it cannot be printed with %c).
Running on the Linux console with the usual terminal description, you will see only carriage return for the numeric keypad Enter, because that description does not use application mode. Linux console does support application mode, and a corresponding description could be written. As a quick check (there are differences...) you could set TERM=vt100 to see the KEY_ENTER.
I am looking for a way to set where the carriage return, returns to or an equivalent way to do so.
For example I have a line like this:
^ denotes cursor location
myshell>cat file.txt
^
After carriage return it should look like this.
myshell>cat file.txt
^
You're probably after what's collectively called ANSI escape sequences. Its hard to search for if you really have no idea what you're after.
This tiny example saves/restores cursor position:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
char cmd_buf[100];
cmd_buf[0]=0;
while(strncmp(cmd_buf, "quit", 4))
{
printf("mypromt>\033[s <-Cursor should go there\033[u");
fflush(stdout);
fgets(cmd_buf, sizeof(cmd_buf), stdin);
printf("\nYou entered: %s\n", cmd_buf);
}
}
Note that in terminator, gnome-terminal and xterm on Ubuntu, this "magically" supports CTRL+U as-is, but not CTRL+A or CTRL+E.
There are many, many more sequences available. The wikipedia page is probably the simplest reference to get you started.
Update: Also, unless you're doing this as a learning exercise (which I get the impression Benjamin is), to build an interactive shell, you should probably use one of the two well established libraries for shell-style line editing, namely:
readline (GPLv3, but far more popular)
editline (BSD licensed, closest "second place")
They are the libraries that provide the emacs-style (typical default) and vi-style keybindings and history features we all know and love from bash, python, lua, perl, node, etc, etc.
For positioning on the screen, termios is of limited use (the ioctl's dealing with screensize are not in POSIX), and unless you want to assume a lot about the terminal characteristics, control characters and escape sequences have their limitations.
You can do what's asked in curses using the filter function to tell the library you want to use just the current line of the display. As written, the question is puzzling since it does not mention any output other than the current line. But for example (this is exactly what was asked):
#include <curses.h>
int
main(void)
{
int ch, y, x;
filter();
initscr();
cbreak();
addstr("myshell>");
getyx(stdscr, y, x);
while ((ch = getch()) != ERR) {
if (ch == '\n')
move(y, x);
}
endwin();
return 0;
}
However, a usable program would do more than that. There's an example of the filter() function in ncurses-examples, which you may find useful for reading. A screenshot:
I'm trying to write a macro that will allow me to surround currently highlighted lines of text with an #ifdef. Ideally with the cursor placed after the #ifdef to be ready to enter the macro name. I'm able to record to create a macro, but I'm only able to do it for one line of code.
Before:
bool first_selected_line = false;
int second_selected_line = 0;
After:
#ifdef // if possible, cursor placed here in insert mode
bool first_selected_line = false;
int second_selected_line = 0;
#else
bool first_selected_line = false;
int second_selected_line = 0;
#endif
Any ideas?
You could do something along the lines of:
qjc#ifdef<esc>magpO#else<esc>gpO#endif<esc>`aq
Basically:
Start recording qj
Delete what you selected and go into insertmode c
Type your construct, pasting your code back as necessary
You put a mark (ma) just after typing #ifdef and jump back to it at the end
Repeat the macro with #j
Hope this example helps!
I would probably use snipmate or some other plugin to accomplish this task. There are couple ways to go about it manually though. Here's my solution for a macro:
Visually select the text then...
qqc#ifdef
<C-r><C-o>"
#else
<C-r><C-o>"
#endif<esc>'[A<C-o>q
You also don't have to visually select the text at all if you don't want to. Use the same macro but start with qqcj instead.
I have a Probclem with functions keys in curses.h.
I have this littel programm seen on different websites/tutorials
#include <ncurses.h>
int main()
{ int ch;
initscr(); /* Start curses mode */
raw(); /* Line buffering disabled */
keypad(stdscr, TRUE); /* We get F1, F2 etc.. */
noecho(); /* Don't echo() while we do getch */
printw("Type any character to see it in bold\n");
ch = getch();
while (ch != KEY_F(1))
{
if(ch == KEY_F(1))
printw("F1 Key pressed: Ending program.\n");
else
{ printw("The pressed key is ");
attron(A_BOLD);
printw("%c\n", ch);
attroff(A_BOLD);
}
refresh();
ch = getch();
}
printw("end\n");
endwin(); /* End curses mode */
return 0;
}
The keys F6-F12 works fine and the code which is returned is also fine (for example: 270 if F6 ist pressed). But if I press F5 not 269 is returned, like it would be supposed to be, instead the following is happening (only by pressing F5 once):
Type any character to see it in bold
The pressed key is ^[
27
The pressed key is [
91
The pressed key is 1
49
The pressed key is 5
53
The pressed key is ~
126
So I think the whole Escape Sequence ist returned. I read on the internet about this problem and two times there was a hint which describes to change the TERM variable to xterm or vt100. So I tried to change TERM to vt 220 and also xterm, but nothing change. When i changed it to vt100 also F6-F12 didn't work.
Can anybody help me how I can recognize if the user presses F1-F5? Keys like enter, Backspace, up, down, etc. are recognized fine.
best regards
Sounds like a disagreement between what terminfo says your terminal sends and what it actually does. May be the result of an incorrect terminfo file on the target machine, or the wrong $TERM setting, or any number of things.
I'd start by comparing what
$ infocmp -L
says on the target machine, as compared what the terminal actually sends when running, say, cat.
If you are running xterm, maybe you have a ~/.Xresources file translating your function keys. VMS users often would remap F1 - F5 keys that way. Also many terminal emulators (like Putty) have options to remap these keys.
I use some maps while I code :
imap ( ()<C-[>i
imap [ []<C-[>i
imap { {}<C-[>i
so that when I put "(" , it writes "()" (same thing for "[" and "{" ).
The problem is that when i paste something into Vim :
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
tab[i] = something()
}
I get
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
tab[i] = something()
}
)]})
Is it possible to avoid the extra brackets?
You want the 'paste' option; set it with :set paste. It disables insert mode mappings, abbreviations, and other autoformatting options.
The other thing is that there are multiple ways to paste:
"+p
:set mouse=a and then middle-click
insert mode, <C-R>+
:a! and then use your terminal's paste command
All of these will correctly paste. The only one that confuses vim is when you use your terminal's "paste" command without first warning it.