From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-05-28T07:29:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Automatic code generation in vim.


On May 26, 2006, at 3:53 PM, James Britt wrote:

> Minkoo Seo wrote:
>
>> Does anybody have a nice solution for automatic code generation
>> for Ruby in VIM?
>
>
> Get the vim stuff for Ruby, and look in ruby-macros.vim
>
> I used that to learn how to write my own simple autotext stuff.
>
>
> For example:
>
> # If I enter ifFILE, then vim should call the ifFILE function
> iab <buffer> ifFILE <C-R>=<SID>ifFILE()
>
> # which is
> function! s:ifFILE()
>     return "if __FILE__ == $0 \<Esc>o \<Esc>oend"
> endfunction
>
>
>
Incidentally, I tried this put and changed it to
function! s:ifFILE()
     return "if __FILE__ == $0 \<Esc>o \<Esc>oend\<Esc>ki"
endfunction

which sticks the cursor where you would expect it to be.

> -- 
> James Britt
>
> "The use of anthropomorphic terminology when dealing with
> computing systems is a symptom of professional immaturity."
>
>  - Edsger W. Dijkstra
>