On 2009-11-22, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> I would like to insert the output of a command at cursor position
> (either in normal or insert mode) and map the key sequence for this.
>
> before
> text1 text2
>
> after
> text1 31/12/2009 text2
>
>
> command:
> :r ! zenity --calendar
To insert the result of an expression at the cursor position in
insert mode, see
:help i_CTRL-R_=
The expression could be a vim built-in function such as strftime(),
which would give you the date, e.g.,
strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
or system(), which could be used to execute an external command such
as zenity, e.g.,
system("zenity --calendar")
Unfortunately, the output of system() includes the trailing newline
of the command's output. You can use substitute to fix that:
substitute(system("zenity --calendar"), "\n", "", "")
Here's a command that will map that to F4:
:imap <F4> <C-R>=substitute(system("zenity --calendar"), "\n", "", "")<CR>
Regards,
Gary
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