On 2013-08-14, tjg wrote:
> I have a file where all the lines have the same structure : ID (integer),
> Type (text), Description (text). These "fields" are separated by tabs (ts=7)
>
> To add new items I have created (well, not yet, as you will see) an
> interactive function which goes :
>
> function NewData ()
> let ts=7
> let ID = input("ID ? : ")
> let Type = input("Type ? : ")
> let Description = input("Description ? : ")
> execute "normal! i".ID
> execute "normal! a".Type
> execute "normal! a".Description
> endfunction
>
> which, for data such as [5237, Stock, something] gives me
> 5237Stocksomething...
>
> How must I proceed to have the function insert a tab between execute #1 and
> execute #2, and another one between execute #2 and execute #3 ?
Just append "\<tab>" to your execute #1 and execute #2 lines:
execute "normal! i".ID."\<tab>"
execute "normal! a".Type."\<tab>"
See the :normal example under
:help :execute
and
:help expr-quote
Regards,
Gary
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