Format a Url reference and a description into an anchor and href tag

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created January 5, 2010 · complexity basic · author Chris Bedford · version 7.0

This tip shows a simple mapping to construct an HTML link.

Suppose you have some lines like this:

This identifies a website:
http://www.example.com
The Example Site

With the mapping below, you can move the cursor to anywhere in the second line (the target URL), then press F7 to convert the text to:

This identifies a website:
<a href="http://www.example.com">The Example Site</a>

The key mapping for your vimrc is:

" Convert two lines (URL then TITLE) to one line: <a href=URL>TITLE</a>
map <F7> <Esc>I<a href="<Esc>A"><Esc>gJA</a><Esc>

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