Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Advice on a mapping

[Ted P. <te...@te...>]

> Based on Mike and Ted's examples, I'm trying my first "slightly
> intricate" (for me) mapping: I want a mapping to replace selected
> existing "(expression)" and "[expression]" in math mode by
> "\left(expression\right)" and "`\left[expression\right]",
> respecitvely.

First, don't knock yourself out. First, checkout

	:help latex-suite

Then, while editing a TeX file, type:

	((

You should find that suddenly a

	\left( \right)<++>

appears and your cursor is in between the two of them. Type something 
and then hit Cntrl+J. Now your cursor has jumped to the <++> had has 
removed it.

Similarly, try typing:

	[[

again, Cntrl+J to jump to the <++> placeholder.

These are IMAP mappings. You can build more of them yourself, but the 
latex-suite includes lots of them. Within the mapping, things surrounded 
by <+ and +> serve as placeholders. So you can build templates with 
fields in them like <+name+>, <+date+>, etc., and then when you hit 
CNTRL+J, Vim will take you to the next field that needs to be filled in.


--Ted


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