Re: How should I modify a normal mode map set by a plugin?

Ethan Alan


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Paul Isambert <zappathustra@free.fr> wrote:
> Hello Ethan,
>
> Ethan Hereth <advocateddrummer@gmail.com> a écrit:
>> I have a question that I think should have a better answer.
>>
>> I used to have a couple normal mode maps in my .vimrc that went like this:
>>
>> nnoremap n nzz
>> nnoremap N Nzz
>>
>> which, as I'm sure I don't need to tell most of you, causes the next search result to be centered (usually) when the user presses n/N. These maps worked great for a long time... Until I installed the IndexedSearch plugin, which I do really like by the way. This broke my maps which annoyed me for quite some time until today when I decided to track down the cause.
>>
>> Typing 'verbose map n' gave me the following:
>>
>> n n * :let v:errmsg=''<CR>:silent! norm! n<CR>:call <SNR>34_ShowCurrentSearchIndex(0,'!')<CR>
>> Last set from ~/.vim/bundle/IndexedSearch/plugin/IndexedSearch.vim
>>
>> So now I see that the IndexedSearch plugin has stolen my maps. So, for now I have changed the appropriate lines in the IndexedSearch.vim plugin as follows to get back the previous behavior without losing IndexedSearch's addition. So, I'm happy now.
>>
>> nnoremap <silent>n :let v:errmsg=''<cr>:silent! norm! nzz<cr>:call <SID>ShowCurrentSearchIndex(0,'!')<cr>
>> nnoremap <silent>N :let v:errmsg=''<cr>:silent! norm! Nzz<cr>:call <SID>ShowCurrentSearchIndex(0,'!')<cr>
>>
>> My question is: Is there a better way to do this? Instead of actually modifying the plugin code I'd like to simply modify the map after IndexedSearch has set it. I did skim both Google and ':help map' but nothing popped out at me as answering my question.
>
> Add a plugin in your "after" directory, e.g.:
>
> " Beware, no 'noremap' this time!
> nmap n nzz
> nmap N Nzz
>
> in "$HOME/.vim/after/plugin/IndexedSearch.vim" (replace ".vim" with
> "vimfiles" if you're on Windows). Files in "after" are loaded, well,
> after anything else.
>
> Best,
> Paul

Thank you Paul,

I had thought about using a nmap command, but I wasn't exactly sure
where to put it. This works perfectly, thank you.

Ethan Alan

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