Remove everything but the command name on the command-line

10 years ago

Press <Key> to remove everything from the command-line except the :command itself followed by a <Space>.

cnoremap <Key> <C-\>esplit(getcmdline(), " ")[0]<CR><Space>

command-line

Konfekt 10 years ago ✎

Thank you for sharing your useful snippets. This one combines well with http://vimrcfu.com/snippet/38 whith <key> = <s-tab>.

How about appending \<c-e> to enure that <space> is inserted after the command?

I am now using

function! CmdLineShiftTab()
    if getcmdtype() == "/"
        return "\<CR>/\<C-r>/\<CR>?\<C-r>/"
    elseif getcmdtype() == "?"
        return "\<CR>?\<C-r>/\<CR>/\<C-r>/"
    elseif wildmenumode()
        return "\<S-Tab>"
    else
        return "\<C-\>esplit(getcmdline(), ' ')[0]\<CR>\<c-e>\<Space>"
    endif
endfunction