Re: Automatically doing em dashes in Vim?

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Hello,

On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, Don Marti <[email protected]> wrote:

If I'm editing an HTML or Markdown/CommonMark file, and I type a word
> character followed by a semicolon followed by another word character, wha=
t
> I want instead of the semicolon is an em dash (either the HTML &mdash; or
> the Unicode =E2=80=94  I'm not picky.) Semicolons at the end of a line or=
 followed
> by a space should be left unchanged.
>

Have you tried something like this yet?
nnoremap <expr> <;>  {I can't think of the condition right now}

Sorry, my mind is currently mush, but maybe will this will put you in the
right direction.


Steve

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Hello,<br><br>On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, Don Marti &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<div><br><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-=
left:1ex">
If I&#39;m editing an HTML or Markdown/CommonMark file, and I type a word c=
haracter followed by a semicolon followed by another word character, what I=
 want instead of the semicolon is an em dash (either the HTML &amp;mdash; o=
r the Unicode =E2=80=94=C2=A0 I&#39;m not picky.) Semicolons at the end of =
a line or followed by a space should be left unchanged.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Have you tried something like this yet?</d=
iv></div><div>nnoremap &lt;expr&gt; &lt;;&gt;=C2=A0 {I can&#39;t think of t=
he condition right now}</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry, my mind is currentl=
y mush, but maybe will this will put you in the right direction.</div><div>=
<br></div><div><br></div><div>Steve=C2=A0</div><div><br></div>

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