Chaining user-defined commands

Asked Apr 26 '20 at 19:39

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Assuming I have defined 2 commands in .vimrc

MultipleEmptyLinesToOne
RemoveExcessiveSpaces

I can run them in command-line mode:

:exec "'<,'>MultipleEmptyLinesToOne" | exec "'<,'>RemoveExcessiveSpaces"

However this method doesn't support auto-completion while typing the commands.

I know that I can create a new user-defined command that runs them in a sequence:

command! -range RemoveExcessiveSpaces2 exec "'<,'>MultipleEmptyLinesToOne" | exec "'<,'>RemoveExcessiveSpaces"

but it would be still great to know whether I can type (chain) any user-defined commands in command-line mode and have auto-completion at the same time.

asked Apr 26 '20 at 19:39

ka3ak

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What I would do here is to enter in Ex mode (with Q), type the first command, <ENTER>, then the second, <ENTER> again, and then get out with visual. That way, you'll have autocompletion for the 2 commands – Zorzi Apr 26 '20 at 20:49
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I'm not aware of a builtin to chain them with ranges, but using -bar will let you chain them with | – D. Ben Knoble Apr 26 '20 at 20:52
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Does this answer your question? Autocmd treat user defined command differently?. I believe the same solution should work in your case. – filbranden Apr 26 '20 at 21:39
@Zorzi gQ is even nicer imo – D. Ben Knoble Apr 27 '20 at 13:15
Another answer to this question https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/144568/how-do-i-write-a-command-in-vim-to-run-multiple-commands – ka3ak May 09 '20 at 16:24

Chaining user-defined commands

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