Re: Specifying a count to a normal mode map

On Oct 27, 2013 8:35 PM, "Suresh Govindachar" <sgovindachar@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> After a sequence of keys has been nmaped, one can effectively type the sequence as though it were a normal mode command.
>
> But how can one specify a count to a key sequence that is a nmap? Here's what I mean:
>
>         function! CountTest( the_count )
>              echo "Count is: [" . a:the_count . "]"
>         endfunction
>
>         :com!  -count=1 Lines  call CountTest( <count> )
>         :nnoremap <buffer> <SPACE>  :Lines
>
> Now hitting the space bar results in ":Lines" whose output "Count is [1]".
>
> However, hitting 5<space> does _not_ result in ":5Lines" but in something weird -- ":.,.+4Lines" whose output is some strange number.
>
> Question 1:  What needs to be done so that hitting "5<space>" will result in ":5Lines"?

You do not need this.

> Question 2:  Also, is it possible to get the desired effect without having to define the command :Lines, i.e., something like:
>
>              :nnoremap <buffer> <SPACE> -count=1 :call CountTest( <count> )

Replace <count> with v:count or v:count1 and add <C-u> after the colon or "range" after closing parenthesis in function declaration.

> Thanks,
>
> --Suresh
>
>
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