Is there any way to add an expanded macro to a map?

[programandala-net]

I'd like to define a map to go to a variant of the current directory, edited by the user. Such a map is useful when you need to go to another branch of a parallel identical hierarchy, e.g. from </path/to/AAA/0/1/2/3/4/5/> to </path/to/BBB/0/1/2/3/4/5/>. In those cases it's faster to edit the current path than to navigate all the way up and down.

Say I need the following map, but forcing %d:p to be expanded before building the command, in order to let the path be edited by the user:

:nnoremap C :cd %d:p

I've read the documentation about macros, but found no way to expand a macro that way.

[xaizek]

There might be a way, but have you seen :cds command? You should be able to use:

:cds AAA BBB

to get the desired behaviour.

[programandala-net]

I didn't know the cds command. It's not exactly the same than editing the path by hand, but it will be very useful to me in many cases. Thank you.

Nevertheless, I think a syntax to expand macros explicitily would be useful to build commands and let the user edit them before pressing Enter.

[xaizek]

Nevertheless, I think a syntax to expand macros explicitily would be useful to build commands and let the user edit them before pressing Enter.

In Vim one does this via expression register, I guess the same is needed here. Would look like:

:nnoremap C :cd <c-r>=expand('%d:p')<cr>

[programandala-net]

2020-09-11 09:56: xaizek escribió/skribis/wrote/scrit:

In Vim one does this via expression register, I guess the same is needed here. Would look like: ```vim :nnoremap C :cd <c-r>=expand('%d:p')<cr> ```

Yes, it would be great to do it exactly like Vim. I didn't remember that Vim function.

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[xaizek]

Added expression register in 5ecaeaa, so the mapping above will work in the next release.

Not sure why I didn't mention this way of doing it earlier:

nnoremap C :cd <c-x><c-x>d