On (10:30 14/11/06), David Woodfall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> put forth the proposition: > I would like to make a command that would insert at cursor todays date, > and also a command to insert some custom text. > > In the help file it shows how to make a keybind to do this but I would > rather use a command - eg :date > > Can this be done?
Ok I've just found the :command command but I'm having problems: :command Date :read !date +%d-%b-%Y This prints xxd-xxb-xxY !date with no options works fine on it's own. I have tried putting the options in "" and '' but still no go. > > Thanks > -- > I don't care for the Sugar Smacks commercial. I don't like the idea of > a frog jumping on my Breakfast. > -- Lowell, Chicago Reader 10/15/82 -- "At a recent meeting in Snowmass, Colorado, a participant from Los Angeles fainted from hyperoxygenation, and we had to hold his head under the exhaust of a bus until he revived."
