[CentOS] Slightly OT: Vim command (or macro) to replace space under cursor by "  " (without deleting the following word)

Mon Oct 5 10:23:39 UTC 2009
Alfred von Campe <alfred at von-campe.com>

On Oct 5, 2009, at 5:34, Niki Kovacs wrote:

> Here's what the according macro would look like. Pressing F2 would
> replace the space under the cursor by " " :
>
> :map <F2> cw <ESC>
>
> ... except this also deletes the word after the cursor, which is  
> annoying.
>
> Any suggestions ?

Have you tried  the "s" command (substitute) instead of "cw"?

Alfred