On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:37 AM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tim Chase wrote:
>
> > On 2017-02-09 16:06, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > > I don't think it can be done with one command. Simplest seems to
> > > be to copy the text and then filter it.
> > > (visually select the text)
> > > YP
> > > gv
> > > :!filter-command
> > >
> > > Would not be a bad idea to have an Ex command for this. Not sure
> > > what to call it, :feed perhaps? :writeread ?
> >
> > With three input parameters (source range, destination location, and
> > command to execute), I'm unaware of anything that currently does
> > this.
>
> The :move and :copy command do have a range and a destination address.
> We should follow that syntax, and put a command at the end.
>
> > Fortunately, copying should also set the '[ and '] marks, so
> > something similar to the above would work even in builds without
> > visual mode:
> >
> > :{range}t{destination}
> > :'[,']!{filter-command}
> >
> > If it's limited to putting input at a given line, I'd want/expect the
> > full power of ex range/line specifiers, allowing for complex offsets
> > like
> >
> > :{range}cmd?^TABLE OF CONTENTS$?+1 {filter-command}
> >
> > (such as :t and :m allow for targets)
> >
> > That said, it's not that hard to use the pair of commands above (or
> > map it or make a :command), so I don't see a great need for a new
> > built-in to do the same.
>
> Perhaps this will work:
> :{range}copy {address} !cmd
>
Just wondering how this would work with :g, hope it wont be executing the
filter against each line, rather as a whole. It would be useful to have a
set of lines selected using :g applied against a filter. If the output of
the filtered command be captured to a register (or to a destination line,
like copy), that would be awesome. Maybe, :g, is not the right command to
use, but something like that would be useful, IMHO.
Regards,
-Arun
>
> It's like making a copy, but filtering the text.
>
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