Re: Unable to clear abbreviations

I am using this version of Vim:

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jan 19 2009 17:17:05)

Help lists no argument for this command:

                                                       *:abc* *:abclear*

:abc[lear]              Remove all abbreviations.  {not in Vi}

                                                        *:iabc* *:iabclear*

:iabc[lear]             Remove all abbreviations for Insert mode.  {not in Vi}

                                                        *:cabc* *:cabclear*

:cabc[lear]             Remove all abbreviations for Command-line mode.  {not

                        in Vi}

                                                        *using_CTRL-V*

It is possible to use special characters in the rhs of an abbreviation.

CTRL-V has to be used to avoid the special meaning of most non printable

characters.  How many CTRL-Vs need to be typed depends on how you enter the

abbreviation.  This also applies to mappings.  Let's use an example here.

Suppose you want to abbreviate "esc" to enter an <Esc> character.  When you

type the ":ab" command in Vim, you have to enter this: (here ^V is a CTRL-V

and ^[ is <Esc>)

Do I need to change versions?

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> wrote:

Hi

On Di, 07 Jun 2011, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> It seems, abclear does not clear buffer local abbreviations. Hm, I tend
> to consider this as a bug.

Actually it does. But you need to specify the <buffer> argument to it,
e.g.
:abclear <buffer>

should clear all buffer local abbreviations.

regards,
Christian
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