missing features for bindkey -v: @

missing features for bindkey -v: @

[Matthias Kopfermann]

i wrote it before but no reply.
it seems i am the only one who misses the ability to 
call macros like one normally does in vi with @.

again:

this macros begin with _ and a letter.

the ksh has it, the pdksh has it.
the zsh should have it!

also i miss the ability to record in emacs-mode with control-x (

besides the zsh is still a killer shell of course!
-- 
Matthias

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Re: missing features for bindkey -v: @

[Peter Stephenson]

Matthias Kopfermann wrote:
> i wrote it before but no reply.
> it seems i am the only one who misses the ability to 
> call macros like one normally does in vi with @.
> 
> again:
> 
> this macros begin with _ and a letter.

You don't need it, you can do it directly.

bindkey -s -M vicmd @a 'ai am interpreted as input\e'
           ^^^^^^^^
           this is the new (3.1) syntax for binding in vi command mode
           else use -a after bindkey -v.

It's not hard to implement a vi-call-alias command as a module, but
the above seems much simpler.

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