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Razzi at 21:34, 17 March 2026

2026-03-17T21:34:08Z

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	expression (like :call) ??		expression (like :call) ??

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			This answer showed it's possible: https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/24838/vim-display-message-on-execution-of-mapping

			After hours of digging around, I realized I needed to redraw the screen before the echo for the echo to stay. Once that was implemented everything was hunky dory

Razzi at 17:54, 17 March 2026

2026-03-17T17:54:10Z

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	command: just echo		command: just echo

	normal :echo		normal :echo

	insert <c-o>:echo		insert <c-o>:echo

	expression (like :call) ??		expression (like :call) ??

Razzi at 17:53, 17 March 2026

2026-03-17T17:53:53Z

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	Could add my answer to this stackoverflow q: https://superuser.com/questions/723621/how-can-i-check-if-the-cursor-is-at-the-end-of-a-line		Could add my answer to this stackoverflow q: https://superuser.com/questions/723621/how-can-i-check-if-the-cursor-is-at-the-end-of-a-line

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			vim contexts - how to echo text from various modes

			command: just echo
			normal :echo
			insert <c-o>:echo
			expression (like :call) ??

Razzi at 08:53, 17 March 2026

2026-03-17T08:53:08Z

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	Ok done... wow what a journey		Ok done... wow what a journey

			Could add my answer to this stackoverflow q: https://superuser.com/questions/723621/how-can-i-check-if-the-cursor-is-at-the-end-of-a-line

Razzi: Created page with "Ok getting the column for vim in insert mode is actually a mess. After https://superuser.com/questions/723621/how-can-i-check-if-the-cursor-is-at-the-end-of-a-line I figured I'd be good handling the empty column case ... but it actually treats the cursor being on the last character and the second-to-last character the same?? inoremap :call JustTellMeColumn() function! JustTellMeColumn() echom "COL is " . col(".") . " and EOL: " . AtEndOfLine()..."

2026-03-17T08:52:38Z

Created page with "Ok getting the column for vim in insert mode is actually a mess. After https://superuser.com/questions/723621/how-can-i-check-if-the-cursor-is-at-the-end-of-a-line I figured I'd be good handling the empty column case ... but it actually treats the cursor being on the last character and the second-to-last character the same?? inoremap <C-f> <C-o>:call JustTellMeColumn()<cr> function! JustTellMeColumn() echom "COL is " . col(".") . " and EOL: " . AtEndOfLine()..."

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Ok getting the column for vim in insert mode is actually a mess.

After https://superuser.com/questions/723621/how-can-i-check-if-the-cursor-is-at-the-end-of-a-line

I figured I'd be good handling the empty column case ...

but it actually treats the cursor being on the last character and the second-to-last character the same??

inoremap <C-f> <C-o>:call JustTellMeColumn()<cr>

function! JustTellMeColumn()
echom "COL is " . col(".") . " and EOL: " . AtEndOfLine()
messages
endfunction

And sure enough

ecoh"|

ecoh|"

Both give column = 5!!! like whaaaa how am I supposed to determine if the cursor is on a special character like this?

Or at end of line? Should never be both right?

I think I need to find another way to get the cursor position. The line,col at the bottom seems accurate, maybe get that...

Ok incredible, if I set

set virtualedit=onemore

then I can actually get the "final" column ... and col("$") returns the same number.

Ok done... wow what a journey