On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:58:53 PM UTC-5, Richard wrote: > I'd like to yank some visually selected text with execute: > :execute 'normal! v05l"+y' > > But this indeed visually selected the 5 characters but > does not yank them. Its as if the " is a comment > character and not the start of a yank-to operation. > > I assume, like so much else with Vim, there is a way, > but I could not find it. >
Works fine for me. Both :execute 'normal! v05l"+y' and :normal! v05l"+y yank characters into the + register for me. You are actually correct that " is the start of a comment in Vim, however inside quotes (as with your execute command) and after certain commands (like :map, and apparently :normal also) it does not. Is that execute command exactly what you typed? If so, what is your Vim version? Does your system have a + register (i.e. does your Vim have clipboard support compiled in)? -- 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
