On 03/23/2011 11:24 PM, E wrote:
Can a macro be executed while in insert mode?
The short answer is "yes, in insert-mode you can use control+O to
execute one normal-mode command (such as a macro) without leaving
insert-mode" ("capital-oh", not "zero" if your font doesn't
distinguish that clearly)
:help i_CTRL-O
However getting it to happen on multiple lines in Insert mode
(especially in visual-block insertion mode) becomes a little tricky.
Let file equal:
---------------start file-----------------
wordword word word 1
wordword word word 2
wordword word word 3
wordword word word 4
---------------end file-------------------
Let edit goal equal:
---------------start file-----------------
IF "$foo1"<>"" wordword word word 1
IF "$foo2"<>"" wordword word word 2
IF "$foo3"<>"" wordword word word 3
IF "$foo4"<>"" wordword word word 4
---------------end file-------------------
I am sure others have begun using a macro instead of using a
"substitute regex" because it is easier and or quicker but
then find that the free-form "off the hip" method is a dead
end.
I'm one of the regexp folks, so I'd just do
:%s/.*\s\(\d\+\)$/IF "$foo\1"<>"" &
rather than trying to jockey the creation of a macro that works
in insert mode, correctly picks off numbers at the end of the
line (especially if they stretch to multiple digits), and leaves
me where I expect it to (both positionally and in the desired mode).
-tim
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