 Tip #1504: External commands on Windows
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February 6, 2007 9:16 |
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If you want to execute an external command on Windows, you need to know one trick. Let's say you're building a command to check out the file you're working on (using Perforce as an example):
map <f6>:!p4 edit %
However, that will just populate the command line. To force the command to execute without having to hit Enter, you need to embed a CR/LF. On Linux, you do this with CTRL+V CTRL+M. On Windows (as of version 7; not sure how far back this goes), CTRL+V is mapped to "Paste from Windows Clipboard". You have to use CTRL+Q instead:
map <f6>:!p4 edit %CTRL+Q CTRL+M
Which will look like:
map <f6>:!p4 edit %^M
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Anonymous,
February 6, 2007 11:16
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you could use <CR> (4 characters), which should work when your 'cpo' does not have < included. See
:he cpo-<
:he <>
even with < in 'cpo' you would be able to enter mapping this way - you need to use <special> modifier. See
:he :map-special
marian
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Anonymous,
February 6, 2007 11:21
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...and one more thing:
Ctrl-V is mapped only when your _vimrc contains following line:
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
marian
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