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

[Benji F. <be...@me...>]

Srinath Avadhanula wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
>
>
> >This works nicely! Thanks!
> >
> >I shall use this idea in packages.vim, templates.vim and
> >custommacros.vim.
> >
>
>
> I see that there's still a problem:
>
> The command:
>
> com! Foo normal! i
>
> doesn't leave the user in insert mode, whereas
>
> com! Foo normal! 0v$
>
> does leave the user in select mode.
>
> This seems to be a vim inconsistency... Any workarounds? Doing a
> startinsert after the command is not going to cut it because sometimes
> we want to end up in insert mode, sometimes in select mode.
>
> Srinath

      I think the idea of "complete command" under :help :normal is that 
you are not allowed to end in Insert mode.  It is inconvenient, but I 
have always been able to work around it.  Of course, I have never tried 
to do much with commands...

      I guess my general approach is to keep the command simple: 
mostly, it just calls a function.  The function can end with something like

   if a:endMode == "i"
     startinsert
   elseif a:endMode == "s"
     execute "normal! 0v$\<C-G>"
   elseif a:endMode == "v"
     normal! 0v$
   endif

(I was going to say that your command leaves me in Visual mode, not 
Select mode, until I remembered the 'selectmode' option.  Let's wait 
until someone complains, and then modify all our functions to respect 
this one!)

HTH					--Benji