Vim: O and o should respect/understand current context (lists)

[axwell]

@anon56682183

" Make o and O respect context
exmap blankBelow obcommand obsidian-editor-shortcuts:insertLineBelow
exmap blankAbove obcommand obsidian-editor-shortcuts:insertLineAbove
nmap &a& :blankAbove
nmap &b& :blankBelow
nmap o &b&i
nmap O &a&i

doesn’t work for me as of now, pressing o just enters insert mode instead. any idea how to fix?

[michaelpiazza]

I also had the same issue initially - you need to install the code editor shortcuts plugin that pseudometa mentioned earlier, then it will work.

[PerryZ]

Hi, it seems like this workaround has been broken on v1.7.4.
When pressing o or O, the command blankAbovei or blankBelowi appears on the vim command bar.

It seems like Obsidian changed the way of interpreting multiple vim commands, and the o and i commands are concatenated together, which cannot be recognized.

Does anyone have some further workarounds for anychance?

[obsequious]

@PerryZ Yes, check out How does one insert a literal newline (or carriage return) in a mapping? · esm7/obsidian-vimrc-support · Discussion #239 · GitHub

[PerryZ]

thank you so much for that; it’s fixed

[michaelpiazza]

For fellow vimrc noobs / lazy people such as myself, the fix for 1.7.4 (removed the 2 intermediate mappings as well):

  exmap blankBelow obcommand obsidian-editor-shortcuts:insertLineBelow
  exmap blankAbove obcommand obsidian-editor-shortcuts:insertLineAbove
  nmap o :blankBelow<CR>i
  nmap O :blankAbove<CR>i

[crazybilly]

And for the fellow lazy scroll-to-the-bottom-ers. You’ll need two plugins:

1. Code Editor Shortcuts - you can just install this, no need to configure
2. Vimrc Support - read the docs about where your .obsidian.vimrc goes and put Michael’s lines there