Re: "iabbrev" erratic behaviour

On 2024-02-19, Maxim Kim wrote:

> On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 11:29:19 PM UTC+11 Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have this is in my .vimrc:
> >
> > iabbrev mdate <C-R>=strftime("%a %d/%m/%Y")
> >
> >
> > It used to work fine, but as of recently (3 or 4 weeks or so), this
> > abbreviation only works if it is the first thing that I input on any
> > file. If I edit a file, type some characters and then I type "mdate",
> > it doesn't get expanded. I have to save and exit the file, then
> > re-open it and then type "mdate".
> >
> > Is there a way to troubleshoot that?
>
> You can check if it works without your configuration: 
>
> $ vim -Nu NONE
> : iabbrev mdate <C-R>=strftime("%a %d/%m/%Y")<CR>
>
> If it isthere must be something in vim config you will need to figure out. One
> common approach is to bisect your vimrc.

Also, you can start vim like this:

$ vim --noplugin

which will use your vimrc but not your plugins. If your
abbreviation works then, it's _probably_ a plugin and not your
vimrc.

To see which plugins are loaded, use this:

:scriptnames

If it appears to be a plugin that's causing the problem, you can
bisect your list of plugins by moving some of them elsewhere
temporarily.

Since the problem started 3 or 4 weeks ago, it's likely due to
something you changed 3 or 4 weeks ago. This command might help in
spotting a change you made at that time.

$ find ~/.vim -type f -mtime +21 -mtime -35 | xargs ls -lt

That will find all regular files (-type f) with modification times
(-mtime) greater than 3 weeks ago (+21) and less than 5 weeks ago
(-35) and list them, sorted by modification time.

>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> A: Top-posting.
>> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

B-)

Regards,
Gary

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