On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 08:47:57 -0600 Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015-01-04 16:19, Gevisz wrote: > > Is there any way to get a number of words in a highlighted > > region to the "+ register? Or, even better, to add > > (or concatinate via the plus sign) a number of words > > in a highlighted region to the number already in the "+ register? > > Well, with modification, you can use a combination of :redir with > either v_g_CTRL-G or the "n" flag to the :s command. It's not purely > the number so you might have to do some post-processing on the > result, but you can use > > :vnoremap <f2> :<home>redir @+<bar><end>s/\w\+//gn<bar>redir END<cr> > > This populates the "+ register with something like > > 28 matches on 3 lines I have not tried that (using the solution from Christian) but thank you as well. -- -- 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/d/optout.
