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+;; https://github.com/rktjmp/hotpot.nvim/discussions/93#discussioncomment-4362209
+(vim.cmd "iabbrev <buffer> <expr> lambda v:lua.iab_lambda()")
+
+;; fnlfmt: skip
+(fn _G.iab_lambda []
+  (let [line (vim.fn.getline :.)
+        col (vim.fn.col :.)
+        ;; a b c \lambda
+        ;;       ^ check here (may not exist)
+        ;; but dont do anything if that under runs the first character
+        offset (- col (length :lambda) 1)]
+    (match [(< 0 offset) (string.sub line offset offset)]
+      ;; replace term codes so the expr actually runs backspace, not inserts the string
+      [true :\] (vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes :<bs>λ true false true)
+      [false _] :lambda)))