 Tip #624: Insert template files into buffer ( HTML editing for example)
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December 18, 2003 4:35 |
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A.L Marin |
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5.7 |
While editing HTML I want to use template files to be expanded on my html pages. Say for example I have something like this on my html file:
<!--"header.html"-->
<p>html code here</p>
<p>more html code here...</p>
<!--"footer.tml"-->
I want the files "header.html" and "footer.html" to be inserted on my page, you can do this with the following global command:
:g%<!--"\w\+.\w\+"--\>%exe ":r " . matchstr(getline("."), "\\w\\+\\.\\w\\+")
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Additional Notes
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User-command-REVIM,
December 20, 2003 14:30
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Above does not work if full path of template must be specified (because only
word characters get matched -- excludes slashes, spaces, and semicolons).
Probably not a good idea to embed files in comments because they could be
easily overlooked later. Strive for generality in usage.
Suggest using
#revim=path/file
construct at the _beginning_ of a line
where revim stands for "read vim" (also close to "revise").
The suitable global command would be,
:g/^#revim=/exe ":r " . strpart(getline("."), 7) | normal kdd
Even more useful, would be to establish a user command Revim...
command! -range=% Revim <line1>,<line2>g/^#revim=/exe ":r " . strpart(getline("."), 7) | normal kdd
" 'Read_vim' / Revise by reading in file templates.
" Get the string part after the = sign, on line(s) which
" *begin* with #revim= , and use that to read in said file
" -------------------- (kdd deletes the # line; put comments in templates).
Usage example:
#revim=c:/templates/header-html.txt
Executing user command Revim replaces the # line by reading in said file.
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Anonymous,
December 20, 2003 17:14
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Great ideas!
I changed the name of the user command to Refile -- to remind
me to rename the file after the alterations, and to keep the
reference file with the #refile=path/file
lines intact...
refile > read ref(erence) file(s)
This would require changing that magic number from 7 to 8,
because "refile" has one more letter than "revim" ...
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