Copy a line of text without the LF
Hi, I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system. I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text. With Shift-V I get the line *with* the LF at the end -- so I can not use that. With y/last character of the lineRET I get the line without the LF but the last character is also missing. With y/$RET I get the line without the LF but the last character is missing again. :set selectionRET gives me the default (inclusive). What did I wrong ? Kind regards, mcc
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
Hi, Meino Christian Cramer schrieb: I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system. I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text. [snip] just use y$ Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
From: Jürgen Krämer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Copy a line of text without the LF Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:56:24 +0200 Hi, Meino Christian Cramer schrieb: I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system. I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text. [snip] just use y$ Regards, Jürgen Hi Jürgen, nice to now, that there is just another extra command... :) BUT: For what hopefully logical reason y/$ does not work? And more important: What is executed instead of one would extrapolate from knowing y/something other than $. Or -- exaggerated to the limit -- do I need another extra command to search/yank for example a m at line's end ??? I miss some consistency at some place of the commands. (*NO* critism against YOU, Jürgen !!! EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!) Keep hacking! mcc -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
From: Georg Dahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Copy a line of text without the LF Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:05:45 +0100 (BST) Hi Georg, thanks a lot for your reply! :) Good to know, that there are special commands to just copy a line completly without the LF. But why I do need a specialised command ? Why does y/$ (despite the settings of the selection option) not work ? Why do I have to leave / off and have to use y$ instead, as Jürgen said ??? And why does yany other character does not work? Is this inconsistency needed? Keep hacking! mcc Hi! I would position the cursor on the line you want to copy and do 0v$y 0: move the cursor to the beginning of the line v: start visual mode $: move the cursor to the end of the line y: yank the selection Best wishes, Georg --- Meino Christian Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system. I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text. With Shift-V I get the line *with* the LF at the end -- so I can not use that. With y/last character of the lineRET I get the line without the LF but the last character is also missing. With y/$RET I get the line without the LF but the last character is missing again. :set selectionRET gives me the default (inclusive). What did I wrong ? Kind regards, mcc ___ All new Yahoo! Mail The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use. - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
Hi! But why I do need a specialised command ? That's no specialised command, but the syntax of y. You type y and then a motion. $ moves to the end of the line. Why does y/$ y/[pattern] moves to the first occurance of the pattern. The cursor is positioned on the first character of the pattern, but this character is never yanked (which is exactly what one expects normally). (despite the settings of the selection option) The selection option is not relevant here, because you don't select anything here. Why do I have to leave / off and have to use y$ The syntax of y in Normal mode is y followed by a motion. And why does yany other character does not work? If any other character is no motion, then this must not work. Is this inconsistency needed? This is no inconsistency. Just read: :h motion.txt :h copy-move BTW, my suggestion has the advantage of using Visual mode. Sometimes you have to type one character more, but this has the big advantage, that you can see, what you are going to yank. Best wishes, Georg ___ All new Yahoo! Mail The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use. - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
Hi, Meino Christian Cramer wrote: From: Jürgen Krämer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Copy a line of text without the LF Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:56:24 +0200 Meino Christian Cramer schrieb: I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system. I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text. [snip] just use y$ nice to now, that there is just another extra command... :) it's not a command, it's a combination of a command (yank) and a motion (to the end of line). BUT: For what hopefully logical reason y/$ does not work? /$ is a different motion than $ -- in general, / as a motion puts the cursor before the start of the matched text. As $ is a zero-width anchor and the cursor can't be positioned after the last character on a line VIM uses the character before the match as start of matched text. Exception: With :set virtualedit=all the cursor can be placed beyond the end of line and your command would have worked as expected. And more important: What is executed instead of one would extrapolate from knowing y/something other than $. Here again the cursor is put before the start of the matched text, e.g., y/a would yank up to but not including the next a. If you want to include the a you will have to use offsets, i.e. in this special case y/a/e or more generally y/amore text/s+1 would include the a. Have a look at :help search-offset for more information on offsets in searches. Or -- exaggerated to the limit -- do I need another extra command to search/yank for example a m at line's end ??? y/m/e Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
Jürgen Krämer wrote: Meino Christian Cramer schrieb: I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system. I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text. [snip] just use y$ For the entire line, try 0y$ (this variant is immune to cursor placement in the line) Regards, Chip Campbell
Re: Copy a line of text without the LF
Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
Hi,
I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system.
I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the
end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text.
With
Shift-V
I get the line *with* the LF at the end -- so I can not use that.
With
y/last character of the lineRET
I get the line without the LF but the last character is also missing.
With
y/$RET
I get the line without the LF but the last character is missing again.
:set selectionRET
gives me the default (inclusive).
What did I wrong ?
Kind regards,
mcc
IIRC, in addition to all the suggestions made so far, to change a
register from linewise (with NL or null at the end) to characterwise
(without it) you can use (for instance with the default register):
:call setreg('', @, 'c')
or even
if setreg('', @, 'c')
echoerr 'Couldn''t set @ to characterwise'
endif
(the function return zero for success). Use setreg('x', @x, 'c') to use
register x instead.
Best regards,
Tony.
