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Adding a command to Vim

I finally decided to try out Vim, as I am getting increasingly frustrated by GUI editors. So far, I'm loving it, but I can't find any help for a issue I'm having...

I am trying to map the command :Pyrun to :!python % in Vim using cmap. The mapping shows up fine if I type :cmap. However, on typing :Pyrun, I get this error message:

Not an editor command: Pyrun.

Here is what I'm trying in .vimrc:

:autocmd FileType python :cmap Pyrun<cr> !python %<cr>
:autocmd FileType python :cmap Intpyrun<cr> !python -i %<cr>

What can I do to solve this problem?

Solution

  • I would try something like this in your .vimrc or your ftplugin/python_ft.vim

    command Pyrun execute "!python %"
command Intpyrun execute "!python -i %"

    Then :Pyrun and :Intpyrun should work

    You could then map a function key to each

    map <F5> :Pyrun<CR>
map <F6> :Intpyrun<CR>