On 2010-06-12, aleCodd wrote: > John Beckett-2 wrote: > > > > aleCodd wrote: > >> OK, i typed the command ':redir!> /home/myname/file_name' and > >> then tried a few commands like :ls, :echo 'some_string' etc. > >> but the file (file_name) is still empty. Why? > > > > You need to finish the operation: > > > > :redir! > my.txt > > :cd > > :set nomore > > :scriptnames > > :redir END > > > > Then you should have something in file my.txt (the commands > > are just random examples).
> oh, thank you very much. although i find it irritating that it will always > start writing from the third line and on. why not from the first line It works fine for me. Give us a concrete example of what doesn't work for you and maybe we can figure out what the problem is. > by the way, i have the same problem w/ the 'verbosefile' option. it still > doesn't work. Again, a concrete example would help. Explain exactly what you do, the results you expect, and the results you get. The convention on this list is to bottom-post, as requested in the footers attached to every message from this list. Regards, Gary -- 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
