Good! Now I think I have understood (at last...) how to use autocmd!
guido
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 09:56:34AM -0700, Guido Milanese wrote:
> >In a project I am developing, I have written some boilerplate files to be
> >used as headers for Markdown/LaTeX documents. One of the lines contains
> the
> >document date, and ideally it should be:
> >
> >date: <TODAY>
> >
> >I know how to insert date from command line, but is it possible to embed
> >the command in the boilerplate file and have it transformed into the real
> >date? I tried autocmd to no success -- clearly I have not really
> understood
> >how to use it!
> >The same applies to other fields (such as AUTHOR), but the DATE field is
> >the most important one.
>
> I would have the template as you have it above, and an autocmd on
> "BufNewFile *.md,*.latex" or whatever, that inserts it, with "0r file",
> then does a substitution of "<TODAY>" with "\=system('date')" or whatever
> you want. It would have been quicker to just write it than explain it:
>
> autocmd BufNewFile *.md,*.latex 0r $HOME/.vim/templates/markdown-latex.txt
> | %s/<DATE>/\=system('date')->trim()/eg | normal G
>
> Or something :)
>
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