Question

I like to have comments like this in my C code:

/********************************************************
 * Blah
 ********************************************************/

But I get tired of typing all those asterisks, and copy/pasting can also get annoying. I was wondering if I could possibly create a macro with Vim so that if I press (for example) CTRL+L, it’ll automatically insert that structure in my code and align the cursor in the middle (where the actual comment is written).

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Take a look at snipmate, a vim plugin for TextMate-like snippets.

• https://github.com/garbas/vim-snipmate
• 1min screencast: http://vimeo.com/3535418

snipMate.vim implements some of TextMate’s snippets features in Vim. A
snippet is a piece of often-typed text that you can insert into your
document using a trigger word followed by a <tab>.