Adding a key sequence as a command in Vim

Question

I wanted a quick way to delete all the lines in a buffer, so I added this to my .vimrc

if !exists(“:Dall”)
    command Dall ggdG
endif

However, when I try to run it, I get an error that “ggdG” is not an editor command.

What is the mistake I am making?

If you have that literally as shown, with curly quotes, I think your exists test will not be valid. You should use regular ASCII double-quote ("). — Dan Lowe
– Dan Lowe, Commented Oct 5, 2015 at 14:23

resueman · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-04 14:30:24Z

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When you create a command that way, it's as though you're typing the new command into the command bar. So when you execute :Dall, it becomes the equivalent of typing :ggdG, which is obviously not a valid command.

What you want to do instead is have that execute in normal mode. You can make your command do that be using the normal command, like this:

command Dall normal ggdG

answered Oct 4, 2015 at 14:30

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