On Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:31:32 PM UTC-5, Dahong Tang wrote: > Hi, I have several vimscript string variables. One of them, x, has many > lines. When I use the command :echo x, the screen is redrawn to make room for > the echo output so that the top of the vim gets pushed out of the screen > (i.e., cutoff), and vim only returns to normal after I hit ENTER. > > I would like to stay in vim when I echo x to the screen, and I am wondering > if it is possible to dump the variable to the Scratch buffer or QuickFix? > > Ideally, instead of opening a new Scratch buffer each time the variable is > echoed into the buffer, I would like to do a Replace of the old content with > the new one, or just append the content of new variables to the existing > Scratch buffer or QuickFix. Does anyone know if this is possible? If so, > could you please give an example? Thanks!
":put =x" will put the content of variable x into the current buffer just under the cursor line. So to replace the contents of a buffer just do: :%d | put =x -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
