On (12:28 14/11/06), A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> put forth the
proposition:
> David Woodfall wrote:
> >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?
> >
> >Thanks
>
> (untested; requires strftime() function) (note all user-defined command
> names must start with an uppercase letter)
>
> command -nargs=* -bar Date call InsertDate(<q-args>)
> function InsertDate(format)
> if ! exists('*strftime')
> echoerr 'strftime() not defined'
> return -1
> endif
> let f = a:format
> if f == ""
> let f = '%c'
> endif
> exe "normal a\<C-R>=strftime(" . f . ")\e"
> endfunction
>
> then
> :Date
> will insert the current date and time in your locale-dependent default
> format; or
>
> :Date %d %b %Y
>
> will (today) insert
>
> 14 Nov 2006
>
> I hope I'm not just doing your homework (this sounds like a classical
> exercise).
Thanks for the ideas. No this isn't homework - today I was writing some
readmes and thought it would save some typing to make a command to print
'Release date dd mmm yyyy'
>
> The simplest way to insert some custom text is to keep in a register:
>
> let @w = "David Woodfall "
>
> then hit
>
> "wp
>
> to insert your name at the cursor in Normal mode, or
>
> ^Rw
>
> (where ^R means "hit Ctrl-R") in Insert mode.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
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