On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 2:22:35 AM UTC-6, Enno wrote: > Hello, > > There is a thread on StackOverflow labelled > > "How to get visually selected text in VimScript" > > The naive and stable approach would be > > let old_reg = @v > normal! gv"vy > let raw_search = @v > let @v = old_reg > return raw_search > > but that only works if `set nosecure`. If `set secure` then > the functions become involved. I posted my own take at >
Can you explain what your problem with the 'secure' option is? I tried this test script, and can echo the return value just fine: set secure fun! GetVis() let old_reg = @v normal! gv"vy let raw_search = @v let @v = old_reg return raw_search endfun -- -- 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.
