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[leo-fp]

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[leo-fp]

The Menu and Context menu are the two widgets i use most.

I usually can't remember how to use some infrequently used plug-ins, so as long as these plug-ins are allowed to be used by
functions or commands, I will put them in these two widgets.

The true trick i think is adding an item for some functions that needs selected text.

For example, if you have openbrowser installed, select a text, then press <leader>q, and execute the item, your browser will be opened and search the selected text automatically.

usage: put this in your vimrc

note: if your leader key has not been modified, it should be "\"

" from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1533565/how-to-get-visually-selected-text-in-vimscript/6271254#6271254
function! Get_visual_selection()
    " Why is this not a built-in Vim script function?!
    let [line_start, column_start] = getpos("'<")[1:2]
    let [line_end, column_end] = getpos("'>")[1:2]
    let lines = getline(line_start, line_end)
    if len(lines) == 0
        return ''
    endif
    let lines[-1] = lines[-1][: column_end - (&selection == 'inclusive' ? 1 : 2)]
    let lines[0] = lines[0][column_start - 1:]
    return join(lines, "\n")
endfunction
function! Demo()
    let l:content = [
                \ ["search", "call openbrowser#search(Get_visual_selection(), \"baidu\")"],
                \ ]
    " set cursor to the last position
    let opts = {'index':g:quickui#context#cursor}
    call quickui#context#open(content, opts)
endfunction
vnoremap <leader>q :<c-u>call Demo()<CR>