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I didn't know about :r in combination with !. That's neat. I typically use :r for reading a file into the current buffer (instead of cp <file> <new>). Thanks fo

I didn't know about :r in combination with !. That's neat. I typically use :r for reading a file into the current buffer (instead of cp <file> <new>). Thanks for sharing. I don't find myself using ! commands when I know there are multiple commands that I need to run (like your last example). That's usually when I'll suspend and then use the command line. Could you elaborate on "wreak havoc on your vim session?" I wasn't aware that suspending the process and bringing it back into the fg would harm anything.

u801e 10y ago
> I didn't know about :r in combination with ! You can even use :w in combination with !. For example :w !xclip to write the vim buffer contents to the clipboard. You could visually highlight part of the buffer and do the same thing for just the text you want.
- EvilTerran 10y ago
  This is also useful for iterating on a throw-away script - something too long to type on one line in the shell, but not significant enough to be worth saving to a file. Put it together in an unnamed buffer, and ":w !" it to the relevant interpreter (eg ":w !perl") whenever you want to run it.
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- ves 10y ago
  for osx peeps: `:w !pbcopy`
- dotancohen 10y ago
  Though I understand that this is just an example of the power of `!r`, readers should know that VIM in fact can copy to the system clipboards natively. "*y "+y
  - jacobmischka 10y ago
    Only if it's compiled with clipboard support. I don't know about in other places, but in the default Arch package it's not. So this command is a perfect solution for me.
    - Kubuxu 10y ago
      You need to install `gvim` which provides `vim` with that feature.
  - u801e 10y ago
    That requires that vim be compiled with the xterm-clipboard feature enabled. On my Fedora 24 desktop, vim doesn't have it enabled, but gvim does (according to the output of the :version command). One advantage of the method you describe is that it can be limited to just part of a line. Piping output to xclip is limited to complete lines of text due to the nature of :w !.
leni536 10y ago
> That's usually when I'll suspend and then use the command line. That's when I run !bash, enter my list of commands, then exit.
- JdeBP 10y ago
  If one wants something that isn't limited to one shell, and invokes the interactive shell that the user has chosen, there is of course :shell

u801e 10y ago

> I didn't know about :r in combination with ! You can even use :w in combination with !. For example :w !xclip to write the vim buffer contents to the clipboard. You could visually highlight part of the buffer and do the same thing for just the text you want.

EvilTerran 10y ago
This is also useful for iterating on a throw-away script - something too long to type on one line in the shell, but not significant enough to be worth saving to a file. Put it together in an unnamed buffer, and ":w !" it to the relevant interpreter (eg ":w !perl") whenever you want to run it.
- deleted 10y ago
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ves 10y ago
for osx peeps: `:w !pbcopy`
dotancohen 10y ago
Though I understand that this is just an example of the power of `!r`, readers should know that VIM in fact can copy to the system clipboards natively. "*y "+y
- jacobmischka 10y ago
  Only if it's compiled with clipboard support. I don't know about in other places, but in the default Arch package it's not. So this command is a perfect solution for me.
  - Kubuxu 10y ago
    You need to install `gvim` which provides `vim` with that feature.
- u801e 10y ago
  That requires that vim be compiled with the xterm-clipboard feature enabled. On my Fedora 24 desktop, vim doesn't have it enabled, but gvim does (according to the output of the :version command). One advantage of the method you describe is that it can be limited to just part of a line. Piping output to xclip is limited to complete lines of text due to the nature of :w !.

leni536 10y ago

> That's usually when I'll suspend and then use the command line. That's when I run !bash, enter my list of commands, then exit.

JdeBP 10y ago
If one wants something that isn't limited to one shell, and invokes the interactive shell that the user has chosen, there is of course :shell