Tim Chase wrote:
Stahlman Family wrote:
Andy Wokula wrote:
Am 23.01.2010 17:16, schrieb Brett Stahlman:
From the Vim help on :append and :insert...
A similar thread from July 2009
Subject: :global problem
http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/2ff60cd19b813e62
Ah, yes
From that thread, Bram wrote:
Note that this is only supposed to work when
used in a script, not when typed. It's quite
useless to type an :insert command.
Ironically, perhaps, :insert would be useful interactively only when
invoked from within :global, yet the standalone (non-global) usage is
the only one that actually works interactively.
Which I would contend depends on your definition of "script"...there are
a number of times I've reached for using :insert or :append in a :g
command and been stymied, forced to use a :put instead. I'd like to be
able to do something like
:g/foo/insert\
line1\
line2
and have it insert those two lines above every line containing "foo" in
my file. As it stands, I have to resort to something like
:g/foo/put! =\"line1\nline2\"
It's not exactly sourced from a script, but it is in a more automated
use than just typing plain ":insert" at the : prompt.
-tim
PS: Brett -- sorry I didn't chime in earlier on this thread, as I didn't
actually have much in the way of answers. Just my "me too" observations
on the weirdness of continued :insert/:append commands and my workaround
using :put which you now have in that thread :)
No problem. I should have searched the archives first. I appreciate your
posting the link. It explains why Bram ignored this thread.
Thanks,
Brett Stahlman
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