Vim: macro to replace space under cursor by " " (without deleting the following word)

[Niki Kovacs]

Hi,

I'm using Vim to edit static XHTML pages.

I have to (manually) check for non-breakable spaces in my text, and
eventually replace simple spaces by the following character sequence:

 

Usually, when I perform the same operation over and over in a text, I do
it once, and then repeat it in command mode using [.]. But I can't
figure out how to do this here.

Here's what the according macro would look like. Pressing F2 would
replace the space under the cursor by " " :

:map <F2> cw&nbsp;<ESC>

... except this also deletes the word after the cursor, which is annoying.

Any suggestions ?

Cheers from South France,

Niki Kovacs

[Phil]

Try
:map <F2> s&nbsp;<ESC>

If you want to replace every space character then try
:%S/ /\&bbsp;/g
Regards
Phil

[Mikolaj Machowski]

Niki Kovacs scripsit:

> Here's what the according macro would look like. Pressing F2 would
> replace the space under the cursor by "&nbsp;" :
>
>:map <F2> cw&nbsp;<ESC>
>

> Any suggestions ?

:map <F2> s&nbsp;<ESC>

m.
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[Patrick Texier]

Le Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:05 +0200, Niki Kovacs a �crit�:

> I have to (manually) check for non-breakable spaces in my text, and
> eventually replace simple spaces by the following character sequence:
>
> &nbsp;

You can use non-breakable spaces with <CTRL-K>NS
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