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--- vim:abbreviations [2022/07/19 16:07] – [Advanced Usage] 85.203.36.249
+++ vim:abbreviations [2022/07/19 17:22] (current) – [Escaping insert mode] 185.192.69.72
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 </WRAP>
+----
+===== Advanced Usage 2 =====
+<code vim>
+:iabbrev <buffer> iife@ (async function() {})();<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><CR><CR><Up>
+</code>
+...converts to:
+<code bash>
+(async function() {
+})();
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  When the **iife@** is typed it will do the conversion.
+  * The **@** sign in this case is not important.  It is just a silly convention that is followed to make it clear this will be expanded into something else.
+</WRAP>
 ----
+==== Escaping insert mode ====
+All those **<Left>**s can quickly become very complex.  A better way is to escape insert mode and go into normal mode.
+We can "press" **<Esc>** to go to normal mode and take advantage of all the vim goodness we can do in that mode. So, we could rewrite it like this.
+<code vim>
+:iabbrev <buffer> iife@ (async function() {})();<Esc>4hi<CR><CR><Up>
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  The same snippet is now a bit less awful.
+  * We replaced the five **<Left>**s with **<Esc>4hi**, a bit more cryptic but shorter.
+    * In VIM, you would press that **4hi** yourself.
+    * In fact, since we are just entering in insert mode to make one command (4h) and then going back we could simplify it a little bit.
+</WRAP>
+<code vim>
+:iabbrev <buffer> iife@ (async function() {})();<C-o>4h<CR><CR><Up>
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  Now we use **<C-o>** (control + o) to go to normal mode, make one command and immediately go back to insert mode.
+</WRAP>
+----
 ===== File Specific Abbreviations =====