C:>"C:\Programme\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE" /a
"c:\vimtemp\trigger.sql"
How can I run this inside of vim to attach the current buffer?
Have you tried putting a "!" in front of it?
For example, at the bottom of the vim window:
:!"C:\Programme\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE" /a >
"c:\vimtemp\trigger.sql"
I would have tried this command myself, but I don't have outlook on my
machine. Hopefully it works.
Tom is correct that you should be able to just use that command.
You can also tweak it to be
:!"c:\...\outlook.exe" /a %
which, by using "%" as the file-name, will automatically replace
the "%" with current file being edited. That way, you can do
something like
:nnoremap <f4> :!"c:\path\to\outlook.exe" /a %
which will allow you to attach the currently saved version of the
file you're editing. It does have an annoying side-effect that
it opens a shell-window that you usually have to close.
I've also had modest success with
:echo system('path/to/outlook.exe /a' . expand('%'))
though it hangs until the subprocesss completes.
It still gives an internal Vim message, but that can be worked
around with
:sil! echo system('outlook.exe /a "'.expand('%').'"')
(adjust paths and escaping accordingly...I used "notepad" instead
of "outlook" as that's what I had available)
Just a few more ideas.
-tim
