On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 9:20:52 PM UTC-5, George R Goffe wrote: > Ben, > > > Thank you for responding. > > > I'm not sure how to read your example. Can you tell me what each part does > please? > >
Sure. vim -c : start Vim, run a command after starting argdo : repeat the following command for all files you start Vim with source myscript.vim : first repeated command, to run a Vim script (remember, on each file) | : command separator; this chains together a second command with the first; remember, it's running on each file update : save the file if there were any changes *.file : wildcard to launch Vim with all files ending in ".file". This was an example; use your own wildcard or a file list > > What I have been doing is 1) make a list of filenames and then 2) insert a > vim command invoking a macro in front of each filename and then running the > resulting file as a script. OK that should work as well, it just means more invocations of Vim so it might be slower. > This single threads vi. Attempting to add an ampersand at the end of each > line merely produces an error message and a stopped vi process. > It shouldn't; at least I don't think it should. But try in "silent" or "batch" mode by using -s with no script file argument. I'm not sure whether Vim likes running in the background. > > > I have made a script to gather filenames and run this command "vim -n $file > -c " " -s /splitons.vim &" with a pause every 7 commands (lucky 7) to let the > system catch up. It's working great now. > Looks fine to me. Is this giving you problems? You mentioned Vim hanging. Does your script save and quit Vim or leave it running? What is the -c " " for? That doesn't look like a valid command so Vim might have some sort of message up waiting for user input. Do you mind bottom-posting, in plain text, instead of top-posting in giant-font HTML? -- -- 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.
