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

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

Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Benji Fisher wrote:
> 
> 
>>" 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().
> 
> Okay, after reading this a few times, I see what you mean... Just to
> clarify, when we press a letter 'a' at the end of a line like
> 
> A quote starts ``
> 
> then, instead of trying to find out if the string
> "A quote starts ``a" matches with an LHS, we first remove the `` and
> then try to see if "A quote starts a" matches with an available lhs?

      No:  strip off '.*``' and check whether "a" matches any lhs.

> That will certainly work. (Although removing s:ProtectStrings everywhere
> is not necessary, only from the end no?)
> 
> Do you think we need to do this still? The present system of creating
> fake maps seems to work as of now... If you still think we need this,
> please go ahead and add this... You'll also need to remove the
> s:ProtectLetters() function from main.vim and add in a couple of
> IMAP_Protect()'s instead....

      Which version is more scalable?  If the current system is working 
and is easy to extend, I will not try to fix it.

					--Benji