With the VSCodeVim Extension, I'd like to map a keybinding (leader + "p") to a substitute command that wraps the text on the current line with "print(TEXT)", so that e.g.,
f'The value of `x` is {x}.'
Becomes
print(f'The value of `x` is {x}.')
But I'm having trouble defining that key binding in VS Code settings.json. Although the following works as expected, moving the cursor to the top of the file:
"vim.normalModeKeyBindings": [
{
"before": ["<leader>", "g"],
"commands": [":1"]
}
]
Even this simple substitute command does not work:
"vim.normalModeKeyBindings": [
{
"before": ["<leader>", "p"],
"commands": [":s/a/A/"]
}
]
Instead, the text :s/a/A/ is entered in the command-mode prompt (I can see it!), but the buffer is functionally back in normal mode, so I can't submit the command. If I re-enter command-mode, the substitute command disappears.
For now I have this inane solution:
"vim.normalModeKeyBindings": [
{
"before": ["<leader>", "p"],
"after": [":", "s", "/", "^", "/", "p", "r", "i", "n", "t", "(", "/", "<Cr>", ":", "s", "/", "$", "/", ")", "/", "<Cr>"]
}
]
But it's ugly and tedious to code, so I'd like to find a better solution for other implementations of similar keybindings with substitute.
Bonus: If you can help me code a keybinding(s) that will effectively toggle the print statement in and out, that would be amazing. So another submission of (leader + "p") would bring us back to
f'The value of `x` is {x}.'
A hack might be to map (leader + "P") to delete the first 6 and final character of the line.
