From: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting the output of some commands into a buffer
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:40:41 +0200
> Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > there are several commands like
> >
> > :map
> >
> > or
> >
> > :version
> >
> > which put a lot of valuable informations (at least for a newbie like
> > me) into a temporary "something" ("buffer" seems the wrong nameing to
> > me here).
> >
> > I would like to get the output of those commands into a real buffer
> > and become non non-volatile text.
> >
> > An very very ugly way is to start
> >
> > script typescript
> >
> > start the console version of
> >
> > vim
> >
> > enter
> >
> > :map<cr>
> > :q<cr>
> >
> > press Ctrl-D to end script and try to re-edit the typescript
> > file. But this is *VERY* ugly not only due to the thousands of
> > control-codes.
> >
> > Is there any other cleaner and vim-internal way to do this ?
> >
> > Keep hacking!
> > mcc
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> You can get the output of any such command into either a file or a register,
> and in Vim version 7 (or later ;-) ) you can also get it into a variable.
>
> See ":help :redir"
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
>
Hi Tony,
thanks a lot. That helps! :)
Keep hacking!
mcc
