Re: "iabbrev" erratic behaviour

On Mo, 19 Feb 2024, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use 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?

Make sure you do not have paste mode left enabled.

Thanks,
Christian
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