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Vim how to add a key binding that accepts input

I am new to vim but I am trying to create some C ++ environment.

I am using ctrl f (or ctrl-shift-f) to help me find the files. So I saw a plugin that I liked called pss.

I would like to replace ctrl-f with something that will accept input, but add its own parameters (like cpp for example). I was thinking about something like:

how can i make it right?

noremap <C-f>:Pss $1 *.cpp
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Since you have command line editing capabilities, the commonly used approach simply creates an incomplete mapping. You can place the cursor at the edit location, for example:

:noremap <C-f> :Pss  *.cpp<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>

After launching the display (via <C-f>

) you can insert a search pattern and then start the search via <CR>

.



Alternative

You can request input using a function input()

; its result can be inserted into the command line via :execute

:

:noremap <C-f> :execute 'Pss' input('Pattern: ') '*.cpp'<CR>
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The default search hotkey is faster than "Ctrl-F", you can enter "/" normally and continue typing with your keywords. When you have to search through many files, grep is your friend.



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