[Vim-latex-devel] Re: Some problems with command implementation

[Luc H. <her...@fr...>]

* On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 01:06:32AM -0800, Srinath Avadhanula <sr...@fa...> wrote:
> I am facing a problem implementing some commands in templates.vim,
> packages.vim and custommacros.vim... I have as an example, the
> following setup:
> 
> ---------------------%<---------------------
> inoremap <F3>       <C-r>=Foo()<CR>
> nnoremap <F3>       i<C-r>=Foo()<CR>
> com! -nargs=?  FooCom normal! i<C-r>=Foo()<CR>
> ---------------------%<---------------------
> 
> However, when FooCom is called without any arguments, we end up always
> getting a value 'bozo' for name because the <CR> gets eaten up by the
> input() immediately (I think). Whats a good way to make the command
> work? I tried placing a ":call getchar()" at the beginning of the
> function but even then the command without argument doesn't work...

I remember I add a similar problem sometimes ago. Unfortunately, I don't
remember how I solved it, or if I solved it.
I wonder if I didn't give up to finally call :normal from the
function...

And I guess that:
    command! -nargs=? FooCom :normal <F3>
does not solve your problem ?

-- 
Luc Hermitte
http://hermitte.free.fr/vim/