Tip #481: abbreviations only on shortcut

Actually, this is just a more flexible completion.

I made the following (example) to have a unique abbreviation:

  iabbrev date^A  <c-r>=strftime("%F")<cr>

Note that ^A is Control-A (insert with <c-v><c-a>).
This is to avoid the completion if you really want to write 'date'.

And now this mapping:

  inoremap <c-b> <c-v><c-a><c-[>a

Now type date<c-b> in insert-mode and you will get the date.


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