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Mark Woods 1cbe3e89c9 runtime(comment): add <Plug>-mappings
vim9script <expr> mappings relying on imports cannot be evaluated
outside of the script file with the imports, so do not work with plugins
like vim-which-key, which evaluates <expr> mappings to apply them.

Using <Plug> mappings is one way to address this, and has the added
benefit of reading like a description for users finding the mappings.

fixes: #17523
closes: #17563

Signed-off-by: Mark Woods <mwoods.online.ie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
2025-06-22 20:20:34 +02:00

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*comment.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jun 22
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL
Commenting and un-commenting text.
==============================================================================
See |comment-install| on how to activate this package.
The comment.vim package, allows to toggle comments for a single line, a range
of lines or a selected text object. It defines the following mappings:
*o_gc*
gc{motion} to toggle comments for the selected motion
*v_gc*
{Visual}gc to comment/uncomment the highlighted lines.
Since gc operates on a motion, it can be used with any motion, for example _
to comment the current line, or ip to comment the current paragraph.
Default mappings are defined for `gc_` and `gc$`:
*gcc*
gcc to comment/uncomment current line (same as `gc_`)
*gC*
gC to comment/uncomment to end of current line (same as `gc$`)
Commenting to the end of a line using `gC` works whenever the filetype plugin
supports it (that is, whenever the comment marker precedes the code) and falls
back to `gcc` otherwise.
Note: using `gC` may not always result in valid comment markers depending on
the language used.
Additionally, the plugin defines a comment text-object which requires syntax
highlighting to be enabled.
*v_ac* *ac*
ac "a comment", select current or next comment.
Leading and trailing white space is included.
Trailing newlines are included too.
*v_ic* *ic*
ic "inner comment", select current or next comment.
This plugin uses the buffer-local 'commentstring' option value to add or remove
comment markers to the selected lines. Whether it will comment or un-comment
depends on the range of lines to act upon. When all of the lines in range
have comment markers, all lines will be un-commented, if it doesn't, the lines
will be commented out. Blank and empty lines are ignored.
The value of 'commentstring' is the same for the entire buffer and determined
by its filetype (|filetypes|). To adapt it within the buffer for embedded
languages, you can use a plug-in such as
https://github.com/suy/vim-context-commentstring.
The comment marker will always be padded with blanks whether or not the
'commentstring' value contains whitespace around "%s".
If the mapping does not seem to work (or uses wrong comment markers), it might
be because of several reasons:
- the filetype is not detected by Vim, see |new-filetype|,
- filetype plugins are not enabled, see |:filetype-plugin-on| or
- the filetype plugin does not set the (correct) 'commentstring' option.
You can simply configure this using the following autocommand (e.g. for legacy
Vim script): >
autocmd Filetype vim :setlocal commentstring="%s
This example sets the " as start of a comment for legacy Vim script. For Vim9
script, you would instead use the "#" char: >
autocmd Filetype vim :setlocal commentstring=#\ %s
==============================================================================
Options:
*g:comment_first_col*
*b:comment_first_col*
By default comment chars are added in front of the line, i.e. if the line
was indented, commented line would stay indented as well.
However some filetypes require a comment char on the first column, use this option
to change default behaviour.
Use g:comment_first_col to change it globally or b:comment_first_col to
target specific filetype(s).
*g:comment_mappings*
Set to false to disable the default keyboard mappings, e.g. in your vimrc
>
let g:comment_mappings = v:false
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This option must be set before the package is activated using |packadd|.
==============================================================================
Mappings:
The following |<Plug>| mappings are included, which you can use to customise the
keyboard mappings.
*<Plug>(comment-toggle)*
Normal and visual modes, mapped to gc by default
*<Plug>(comment-toggle-line)*
Normal mode only, mapped to gcc by default
*<Plug>(comment-toggle-end)*
Normal mode only, mapped to gC by default
*<Plug>(comment-text-object-inner)*
Operator pending and visual modes, mapped to ic by default
*<Plug>(comment-text-object-outer)*
Operator pending and visual modes, mapped to ac by default
The default keyboard mappings are shown below, you can copy these if you wish
to customise them in your vimrc:
>
nmap gc <Plug>(comment-toggle)
xmap gc <Plug>(comment-toggle)
nmap gcc <Plug>(comment-toggle-line)
nmap gC <Plug>(comment-toggle-end)
omap ic <Plug>(comment-text-object-inner)
omap ac <Plug>(comment-text-object-outer)
xmap ic <Plug>(comment-text-object-inner)
xmap ac <Plug>(comment-text-object-outer)
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