Re: Abbreviation with an @

On 06/11/11 23:51, Quincy Bowers wrote:
> I would like to create an abbreviation like the following:
>
> :iabbrev @author @author Author Name
>
> But when I attempt this I get the error 'E474: Invalid argument'.
>
> This works fine though:
>
> :iabbrev @ @author Author Name
>
> Can anyone tell me the right way to write this abbreviation command
> without changing the left hand side to something other than @author?
>
> Thanks,
> Quincy

There are three kinds of abbreviations, see :help abbreviations

- full-id
the {lhs} consists of keyword characters only
- end-id
the last character, but none of the others, is a keyword char.
- non-id
the last character is not a keyword char, the rest can be anything
except whitespace.

@ is non-id
@a is end-id
@au or @aut or @author are not valid abbreviations.

(letters, but not @, are keyword characters).

Conclusion:

:abbrev @author {rhs}

is invalid for any value of {rhs}. The answer to your question is: you
can't.

Best regards,
Tony.
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