On 2013-02-05, Josef Montag wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have started using Ubuntu and try to figure out ways and tools
> for a simple script. I use Vim to write code for R and need a
> script that takes a selection in Vim and sends it to R and have
> this script attached to a key combination. I'm not sure whether
> this could all be done in Vimscript or I should look elsewhere. 

To send a visually-selected region to the standard input of an
external program such as R, type the following

    :w !R

which will appear on the command line as:

    :'<,'>w !R

See

    :help visual.txt
    :help :w_c
    :help 10.9

You can map a key combination to any sequence of Vim commands
including this one, for example,

    :vmap <F3> :w !R<CR>

See

    :help 05.3
    :help 40.1
    :help map.txt

HTH,
Gary

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