On 2012-05-05, HarleyPig wrote:
> I'm writing a script to generate my own version of the vim docs
> and I'm trying to find a better way of getting the information I
> need.
>
> The variable 'runtimepath' contains the paths of all the
> directories that will be searched for doc and tags files. So, I
> want to check each of these directories.
>
> If I run the following command I get the default or base set of
> directories.
>
> $ vim --cmd 'echo &rtp' --cmd 'q' /dev/null
>
> /home/harleypig/.vim,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/vim73,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after,/home/harleypig/.vim/after
>
> But that's incomplete. The '--cmd' is run *before* any
> configuration files are parsed and handled. However, if I run the
> same command with the '-c' switch, which is run *after*
> configuration files are handled, I get all the correct
> directories--I also get a bunch of ANSI escape sequences. I have
> to dump it in a file to see it, the codes clear the screen.
>
> $ vim -c 'echo &rtp' -c 'q' /dev/null > t
> Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal
> So. Is there a way to get the value from vim without the ansi
> codes?
Try this:
$ vim -E -c 'echo &rtp' -c 'q'
HTH,
Gary
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