Re: How to get C-x C-f to properly handle $HOME but not expand it into the text?

On Fri, 17 May 2019 19:36:26 +0200
"'Andy Wokula' via vim_use" <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Am 17.05.2019 um 14:15 schrieb Shlomi Fish:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > With gvim -U NONE -u NONE .jwmrc (which the XML file here
> > https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/master/shlomif-settings/jwm/jwm.jwmrc
> > ) pressing Ctrl-x and ctrl-f in insert mode in line 130 causes $HOME to
> > expand into /home/shlomif in the text, which I wish to avoid, but want the
> > paths to complete relative to the home dir. How can it be done?
> >
> > I've searched google, DDG and the vim docs to no avail.
>
> I think I've something for you (this is quite old already ...):
> https://gist.github.com/Houl/20881b64aa05d5ecda60914598b3e754
>
> This script temporarily expands an env var like $HOME and later converts it
> back.
>
> Usage:
>
> * store script in the runtimepath under
> autoload\nwo\mappings\cxf_mod.vim
> (only tested under Windows!)
>
> * add a mapping for i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F in your vimrc:
> imap <expr> <C-X><C-F> nwo#mappings#cxf_mod#Plug()
>

Thanks, Andy! Can you please make it a github/etc.-plugin-repo similar to
https://github.com/shlomif/vim-extract-variable so it can be used using
vam/vundle/pathogen/etc.?



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