How to override some remapping in my .vimrc to edit Python properly

Question

I code CSS and Python and for CSS I have the following little time saver

inoremap :      :;<Left>

This is great until I start coding in Python. Every time I hit : I get an unwanted ; I should mention that to make editing in Python pleasant with proper indentation I added

~/.vim/ftplugin/python.vim

python.vim contains the following

setlocal tabstop=4
setlocal softtabstop=4
setlocal shiftwidth=4
setlocal textwidth=80
setlocal smarttab
setlocal expandtab

What code would I put into python.vim to override inoremap : :;<Left> from my .vimrc so that when I press : all I get is a single :?

romainl · Answer 1 · 2013-01-08T20:40:44.270

All your filetype-specific settings should go into:

~/.vim/after/ftplugin/<language>.vim

With this setup, your settings are "guaranteed" to be applied, cleanly, after any default ftplugin.

Put your Python-specific settings:

setlocal tabstop=4
setlocal softtabstop=4
setlocal shiftwidth=4
setlocal textwidth=80
setlocal smarttab
setlocal expandtab

into this file:

~/.vim/after/ftplugin/python.vim

and your CSS-specific mapping:

inoremap <buffer> : :;<Left>

into this file:

~/.vim/after/ftplugin/css.vim

Daan Bakker · Answer 2 · 2013-01-08T23:15:43.057

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You should check out :help map-local.

You could put this in python.vim:

iunmap <buffer> :

Or alternatively, only put the : mapping in css.vim:

inoremap <buffer> : :;<Left>

edited Jan 08 '13 at 23:15

answered Jan 08 '13 at 20:21

Daan Bakker

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Whoops, it was supposed to be `iunmap :`. But I would recommend the second solution. You're welcome! – Daan Bakker Jan 08 '13 at 23:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '13 at 20:29

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You can put this in your python.vim:
   iunmap :

As mentioned by Daan, you can also put the mapping for : in css specific vim file ( for example ~/.vim/syntax/css.vim )

answered Jan 08 '13 at 20:29

Thava

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I liked this method because I use `inoremap : :;` for actually .scss .css .js files. Its nice to define that mapping in one place because of this. `iumap :` worked. – Jan 08 '13 at 21:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 08 '13 at 20:30

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You can do this with autocommands in your .vimrc

autocmd FileType css inoremap <silent> <buffer> : :;<Left>

This will only take effect when editing a file Vim knows is CSS (:set ft? gives you back CSS)

If you're new to autocommands, the Vim docs on autocommands are a recommended read.

answered Jan 08 '13 at 20:30

mattr-

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Does not work properly for me - if I set up e.g. autocommands for sh and python filetypes that map keys, and I open a new python file, the python mappings work fine. If I then open a shell script, the mappings change as expected to the `sh` filetype. But then switching back to the python buffer, the `sh` mappings remain active. – Michael Beer Sep 10 '20 at 15:49

How to override some remapping in my .vimrc to edit Python properly

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