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• Putting bars in maps (Score:2)

  by Damian (784)

  From the fine manual:

  Since the '|' character is used to separate a map command from the next
  command, you will have to do something special to include  a '|' in {rhs}.
  
  There are three methods:
     use       works when                    example
     <Bar>     '<' is not in 'cpoptions'     :map _l :!ls <Bar> more^M
     \|        'b' is not in 'c
  • Re:Putting bars in maps (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    How did you find that in the fine manual? "help |" doesn't help, nor does my various attempts at escaping the bar. (Well, I've had trouble escaping bars before, but I equivocate ...)
    • Re:Putting bars in maps (Score:2)

      by Damian (784)

      How did you find that in the fine manual?

      I've actually read the entire manual (because I'm writing a book on Vim), so it was more a matter of remembering than finding.

      If I hadn't, then I would have typed:

      :help bar<TAB>

      (where that <TAB> is literally the act of hitting the TAB key). That would have produced:

      bar                cpo-bar            'toolbar'          gui-scrollbars
      :bar 
      • Re:Putting bars in maps (Score:2)

        by dws (341) on 2006.08.12 19:25 (#49332) Homepage Journal

        This is good news. We need a good book on vim. There's a lot of power that goes way under-exploited because of the lack of readable, well-indexed documentation.

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