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Vim plugin: Create your own submodes
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2467
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Quicker way to reenter last submode #15

Open LFDM opened 10 years ago

LFDM commented 10 years ago

Feature proposal mentioned in #13

I think a way to quickly reenter the last submode you just came from would make sense. All that might be needed is a reference to the last submode we where in. Could also be a useful feature to help with implementing even further things like #14

kana commented 10 years ago

Would you mind giving me a real-life example to describe why that feature is necessary and useful?

LFDM commented 10 years ago

Let's say I have a submode to jump the quickfix list. I want to make one change and know that my next move would be to move to another item in the quickfix list. Hypothetical worklow: I enter a the submode with <space>qf, I jump with j, leave with <esc>, do some stuff, hit <space><space> to reenter my quickfix submode again and so on.

I also think this would be a nice compromise to avoid a more complex solution as in #14.

kana commented 10 years ago

I still don't understand why that's useful. Since you define <Space>qf to begin a series of works, why not using <Space>qf to begin another series of works?

LFDM commented 10 years ago

Two reasons: Convenience and laziness. I think vim is totally about laziness ;) If I have to delete a word with dw and afterwards notice that I have to delete another word, I'd never do dw again - I would automatically hit . instead. It could be the same with submodes.