On Apr 7, 9:28 pm, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > viki wrote: > > I have file containing >20 pairs of pathnames, one pair per line: > > > /path1/to/file1.OLD /path2/to.file1.NEW > > etc. > > > I need to open vimdiff on multiple pairs of files > > such that I can switch forward to next pair, backward to > > previous pair, each time seeing vimdiff of that pair. > > How can I do it ? Is there a plugin that does such thing ? > > Within your pathname file, you should be able to enter this (in > case it line-breaks between here and there, it should all be on > one line) > > :nnoremap <buffer> <f4> :sil! only <bar> let > [a,b]=split(getline('.'))[:1] <bar> exec "sp ".a <bar> exec > "below vert diffsplit ".b<cr> > > It chokes if you only have one filename on the line, and tromps > variables named "a" and "b" in the local context, but should > allow you to easily hit <f4> on any line in your file and get a > diff of the two files. > > Note that because Vim only allows diffing up to 4 files (and I > believe they all have the same differences tested, so in your > case, 2 is a more practical limit) it closes all other windows > (intentionally the diffing windows, but will also close other > windows you have open) with :only so that the next opening gives > you a fresh diff. The limit is documented at ":help E96". > > -tim
Thanks. Trying to make it into prev/next mappings ... viki -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
