Re: viper and py-electric-backspace

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Sean Richards wrote:

> I need some help getting viper to play nice with python-mode. How do I
> get backspace to call py-electric-backspace when I am using viper as
> well? When in insert mode C-h k on backspace gives 'viper-backward-char'
> as the function it is mapped to. So I think I need to use a defadvice
> around viper-backward-char. Something like ...
> 
> (defadvice viper-backward-char (around my-viper-py-backspace activate)
>   (if (check if we are in python-mode)
>       (py-electric-backspace someargument)
>    ad-do-it))
> 
> OK so I am not sure how to check what the buffer mode is. Use mode-name
> or something better? And the argument to py-electric-backspace? Am I on
> the right track or completely lost?

(eq major-mode 'python-mode)


someargument should probably be current-prefix-arg.


But looking at viper-keym.el, you probably ought to do this instead:

(add-hook 'python-mode-hook
	  (lambda ()
	    (define-key viper-vi-user-local-map [backspace]
	      'py-electric-backspace)))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers