Support `:ab[breviate]`

[wongjiahau]

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I had searched through the issues, but I couldn't find a relevant one, so my question is simple, is the :abbreviate feature supported in VsCodeVim? Or is it supported through NeoVim integration?

[jpoon]

What is the :abbreviate feature?

[wongjiahau]

@jpoon Sorry I forgot to include the docs, you can find the doc about abbreviate at http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_abbreviations.

For example, if you run the following command : :ab vscv Visual Studio Code Vim

Then whenever you type vscv followed by punctuation such as a space or comma, the vscv will be expanded to Visual Studio Code Vim. This also happens if you type vscv then press Esc or Enter.

To be honest I found this to be very useful, because defining snippets can be an overkill sometimes, for example I always wanted to abbreviate console.log into cl (without needing to install snippets).

[jpoon]

Sounds similar to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets?

[wongjiahau]

@jpoon It is similar but the user defined snippets is too hard to do sometimes.

[sobjornstad]

+1. I have a large dictionary with hundreds of abbreviations built up over years of using Vim and I get irritated by not having them every day. Snippets are overkill -- many of mine are single words that take a while to type or automatic typo correction.

[ghost]

I use https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sygene.auto-correct to achieve this functionality.

[rajabilal555]

I guess you can record Macros and play them when ever you need to insert an abbreviation...

[TankTechnology]

I'm also looking forward to the implementation of this feature.