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dmacro.nvim / dmacro.vim
[!CAUTION]
- You need to use neovim 0.10.0 or later.
- You need to use vim with patch 9.1.0597.
Text editors have evolved to support input in different ways.
- Word completion based on dictionary data (e.g. CTRL-X completion in Vim)
- Code fragment completion based on dictionary data (e.g. Snippet Completion)
- Contextual, rule-based word completion (e.g. Language Server Protocol)
- Completion of larger code fragments using generative AI (GitHub Copilot)
All of these were hailed as revolutionary when they first appeared. What's the next big assistive feature? I say operation completion. Currently, completion is for new code. But most coding isn't new creation. It's overwriting, like editing or updating. Shouldn't this be supported?
Related works
Example
This plugin dynamically defines a macro. You do not need to make any markers for the macro. To define a macro, this plugin detects the reputation as follows:
-
If you enter the same key sequence twice (e.g.
abcabc
), this plugin will define a macro with the key sequence (e.g.abc
).graph LR start(( )) --> a1((a)) subgraph 1st a1 --> b1((b)) b1 --> c1((c)) end subgraph 2nd c1 --> a2((a)) a2 --> b2((b)) b2 --> c2((c)) end subgraph 3rd c2 --> dmacro(dmacro) dmacro -.- a3((a)) subgraph MacroExecution a3 -.- b3((b)) b3 -.- c3((c)) end end c3 --> quit(( ))
-
If you type the subsequence (e.g.
a
) of the previous key sequence (e.g.abc
), this plugin will define a macro with the rest of the previous sequence (e.g.bc
). After expanding the macro, the whole sequence (e.g.abc
) will be the macro.graph LR start(( )) --> a1((a)) subgraph 1st a1 --> b1((b)) b1 --> c1((c)) end subgraph 2nd c1 --> a2((a)) a2 --> dmacro1(dmacro) dmacro1 -.- b2((b)) subgraph MacroExecution_1 b2 -.- c2((c)) end end subgraph 3rd c2 --> dmacro2(dmacro) dmacro2 -.- a3((a)) subgraph MacroExecution_2 a3 -.- b3((b)) b3 -.- c3((c)) end end c3 --> quit(( ))
Usage
You need to bind the <Plug>(dmacro-play-macro)
to a key sequence.
vim.keymap.set({ "i", "n" }, '<C-y>', '<Plug>(dmacro-play-macro)')
inoremap <C-y> <Plug>(dmacro-play-macro)
nnoremap <C-y> <Plug>(dmacro-play-macro)
Licence
This software is released under the MIT licence.