From: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: How to insert text via script/function call ? Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:47:11 +0200
> Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > > From: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: How to insert text via script/function call ? > > Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:05:13 +0200 > > > >> Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > >>> From: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Subject: Re: How to insert text via script/function call ? > >>> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:29:05 +0200 > >>> > >>>> Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I often need to place a header above a function defintion (C-source) > >>>>> fpr documentational purposes. > >>>>> > >>>>> What I treid is to write a short function for vim, which dioes insert > >>>>> the text skeleton -- but I did not find any already existing function > >>>>> in the API which does this for me. With :i I got weird effects -- > >>>>> sure my fault, but... . > >>>>> > >>>>> How can I insert text via a script ? > >>>>> > >>>>> Kind regards, > >>>>> mcc > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> If your text is in a file on its own, you can use ":r" with a line > >>>> number (the number of the line after which to insert, or 0 for "before > >>>> first line", or . for "after cursor line", or $ for "after last line"; > >>>> default is after cursor line) in the "range" position, i.e. just before > >>>> the r. The file name comes as an argument at the end. > >>>> > >>>> Example (after line 5): > >>>> > >>>> 5r ~/template.txt > >>>> > >>>> If your text is in a register, you can use ":put" with a line number > >>>> (again) in the range position and the register name (including ", which > >>>> must be escaped as \", for the default register; or + for the system > >>>> clipboard) after the ":put". > >>>> > >>>> Example (before cursor line): > >>>> > >>>> .-1put \" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> See > >>>> :help :read > >>>> :help :put > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Tony. > >>>> > >>> Hi Tony, > >>> > >>> thank you for your reply ! :) > >>> > >>> No, sorry...I was simply searching for a function call like > >>> > >>> printf( "This is my text!" ) > >>> > >>> but instead of C and printing onto stdout it should be vim-script > >>> and the text should go right at the current cursor position. > >>> > >>> Thats all. > >>> No registers, no script magic, not extra files. Simply put a string > >>> after the cursor into the text. > >>> > >>> Keep hacking! > >>> mcc > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> (Untested): > >> Characterwise: > >> exe "normal aThis is my text!\<Esc>" > >> > >> Linewise: > >> exe "normal oThis is my text!\<Esc>" > >> > >> If I didn't goof, you can paste one of the above lines straight into > >> your script (via the clipboard). > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Tony. > >> > > > > Hi Tony, > > > > this works so far...with an unwanted sideeffekt: > > > > Instead of > > > > This is my text! > > > > in my buffer I get > > > > This is my text!<Esc> > > > > in my text. > > I get the text properly inserted. Are you sure that you used double > quotes around the string and that it ended (before the closing double > quote) with backslash, less-than, E-for-Echo, s-for-Sierra, > c-for-Charlie, greater-than ? If it didn't, then you didn't use the > lines above by copy-paste as I told you. Or else, maybe you have > 'compatible' set? (check it by ":verbose set compatible?" without the > quotes but with the question mark). > > > > > When using > > > > exe "normal aThis is my text!"\<Esc> > > > > instead, vim says in the commandline: > > > > E121: Undefined variable: Esc > > E15 Invalid expression: "normalaThis is my text"<Esc> > > > > . > > > > No way out ? > > > > Kind regards, > > mcc > > > > > > Try > :exe "normal aThis is my text!\e" > and make sure that you use double quotes, not single quotes. > > see ":help expr-string" > > > Best regards, > Tony. > Hi Tony, thanks again your help ! :) Yes, I did a mistake (copy'n'waste does not work from Emacs, which I use as mailclient using Mew, to the vim, so I had to type it in myself) -- I forgot the backslash. With backslash everything works fine! Have a nice weekend! mcc
