Hello Vim users, I finally decided to post here as I can't find the solution by myself. I'm looking for a way to use some range of the buffer as input to an external command, and *inserting* the command output into the buffer.
I'm aware of the `!` command but it doesn't match my need as it *replaces* the original data. I want to keep them. The `r!` command doesn't match either as (AFAIK) you cannot send data from the buffer as input to the command. To make things more clear here is a typical use case (I use the `wc` command for illustration purpose only): == Original buffer ============== Mar 2016 1.78% Apr 2016 1.65% May 2016 1.79% Jun 2016 2.02% Jul 2016 2.33% Linux Market Share on Desktop ================================= == Command (??? denotes the mystery command I'm looking for) :1,/^$/-1 ??? wc -l == Expected buffer ============== 5 Mar 2016 1.78% Apr 2016 1.65% May 2016 1.79% Jun 2016 2.02% Jul 2016 2.33% Linux Market Share on Desktop ================================= Any idea on how to achieve that? If there isn't any Vim command to do that directly, maybe using a register? As you can see, any help or pointer to the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, - Sylvain -- -- 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.
