 Tip #66: Transfer text between two Vim 'sessions',
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April 20, 2001 13:46 |
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Douglas Potts |
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This one is a one of my favorites from Dr. Chip, and I haven't seen it come
across vim tips yet...
Can use either visual, or marking to denote the text.
" transfer/read and write one block of text between vim sessions
" Usage:
" `from' session:
" ma
" move to end-of-block
" xw
"
" `to' session:
" move to where I want block inserted
" xr
"
if has("unix")
nmap xr :r $HOME/.vimxfer<CR>
nmap xw :'a,.w! $HOME/.vimxfer<CR>
vmap xr c<esc>:r $HOME/.vimxfer<CR>
vmap xw :w! $HOME/.vimxfer<CR>
else
nmap xr :r c:/.vimxfer<CR>
nmap xw :'a,.w! c:/.vimxfer<CR>
vmap xr c<esc>:r c:/.vimxfer<cr>
vmap xw :w! c:/.vimxfer<CR>
endif
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Additional Notes
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Alexey Marinichev,
June 4, 2001 11:17
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| See also Tip #71.
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[email protected],
June 4, 2001 21:56
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It would be good if this could include a command to remove the .vimxfer file from the buffer list, otherwise it polutes the list and alternative file. This perhaps negates the benefit since you could just the * buffer as well with only a few extra keystrokes:
(highlight text)
"*y
Then to paste in another file or application:
"*p
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supergrass@gmx.net,
February 9, 2002 5:43
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here is much simple version of it.. however tested on *nix only
"copy and paste betweeen different vim sessions
nmap _Y :!echo ""> ~/.vi_tmp<CR><CR>:w! ~/.vi_tmp<CR>
vmap _Y :w! ~/.vi_tmp<CR>
nmap _P :r ~/.vi_tmp<CR>
select your text, press CTRL+_Y to copy, then in another (or even the same) vim session press CTRL+_P to paste
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[email protected],
July 21, 2004 6:38
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Hello,
It is specified about how to copy text from one file to another, but what if we want to move a selected piece of text from code or particular text typed at the prompt i.e after :<Some Text>, then how will the process is done. I mean if we want to send the so called <Some Text> into a file for storage then how to we do it?
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[email protected],
July 25, 2004 6:58
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| This tip is extremely helpful in Unix shells like bash where you can use fix command 'fc'
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stephenm,
January 7, 2006 14:04
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| vimtip #21 seems to solve all of these issues
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