Re: [Vim-latex-devel] German quotation marks and `

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

Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Benji Fisher wrote:
> 
> 
>>      Change the defaults.  Almost all Insert-mode mappings should be
>>off by default.
>>
> 
> 
> That was not what I was looking for. I would still like German writers
> to use `g for \gamma. Changing defaults only means that either we hide
> the problems by default, or just ignore german users... I dont think
> either is a solution. What I was looking for was ways to "solve" the
> problem of things like `g getting expanded in unexpected places...

      OK, how about this:  Introduce a new function in imaps.vim so that 
we can

:call IMAP_Protect('\`')

to protect an escaped single-open-quote.  This new function will save 
the string '\`' in a script variable.  Then, when IMAP_LookupCharacter() 
is deciding whether there is anything to be expanded, it will do 
something like

" maybe off by one:
:let line = strpart(getline("."), col(".")).a:char
:let line = substitute(line, '\V\.\*\('.s:ProtectStrings.'\)', '', '')

(I am not sure whether a:char should be appended before or after the 
substitute() line.)  The script variable can have the form

s:ProtectStrings = '\\`' . '\|' . '"`'

(note that IMAP_Protect() applies escape(..., '\') before adding 
something to the script variable).  Then, if the line up to the cursor 
contains either of the strings '\`' or '"`', everything up to and 
including the last occurrence will be removed by the substitute().

					--Benji