On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:44:01 PM UTC-5, Ben Fritz wrote: > 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
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