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During editing, there are many situations where one would like to do a command based on the word under cursor. Idea is to yank into a register and then use this register automatically. Basis of this functionality are two commands |
During editing, there are many situations where one would like to do a command based on the word under cursor. Idea is to yank into a register and then use this register automatically. Basis of this functionality are two commands |
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| − | *Yanking into a register, for example: " |
+ | *Yanking into a register, for example: "zyw - will yank the word into z reg, "byy - yanks the line into b reg |
*Concatenating the register to a command and executing it. :exe "/".@z.""<CR> - searches for string in z reg |
*Concatenating the register to a command and executing it. :exe "/".@z.""<CR> - searches for string in z reg |
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| − | * Alternately you can replace @z by <C-r>z which will directly replace z by its content. |
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Some more examples: |
Some more examples: |
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a) Let's say that you have a file that has a list of files. You don't want to edit all the files, but selectively. |
a) Let's say that you have a file that has a list of files. You don't want to edit all the files, but selectively. |
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<pre> |
<pre> |
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| − | :map <F2> " |
+ | :map <F2> "zyw:exe "vs ".@z.""<CR> |
</pre> |
</pre> |
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Open the text file and in a split window open an empty file. |
Open the text file and in a split window open an empty file. |
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<pre> |
<pre> |
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| − | :map <F2> " |
+ | :map <F2> "zyw<C-w>wo<Esc>"zp<C-w>w |
</pre> |
</pre> |
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c) Help in help in help {{help|:help}} |
c) Help in help in help {{help|:help}} |
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<pre> |
<pre> |
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| − | :map <F3> " |
+ | :map <F3> "zyw:exe "h ".@z.""<CR> |
</pre> |
</pre> |
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Just want to note that your example: |
Just want to note that your example: |
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<pre> |
<pre> |
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| − | :map <F2> " |
+ | :map <F2> "zyw<C-w>wo<Esc>"zp<C-w>w |
</pre> |
</pre> |
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works not only with the word under the cursor but with all selected text. Very useful for note-taking and so forth. |
works not only with the word under the cursor but with all selected text. Very useful for note-taking and so forth. |
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