Re: RFC: Function to get the list of marks (getmarks)
Yegappan wrote: > > > Currently the following Vim built-in functions are available to get > > > information about individual marks: getpos(), line() and col(). > > > > > > But we don't have a function to get the list of marks placed in a > > > buffer or the list of global marks (similar to the list displayed by > > > the :marks command). > > > > > > What do you think about adding a getmarks() function that returns > > > the list of global marks or the list of marks placed in a buffer? > > > > One can loop over all the mark names to get all the values. When would > > it be useful to get the whole list? > > > > If anybody would want to get marks for a buffer that is not in a window > > we could add an optional argument to getpos(). But I don't recall > > anyone asking for this. > > This feature request came up in the "Support for plugin authors needs to be > improved (poll) #3573" last year: > > https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/3573 > > In addition to this, the discussion also centered around adding support for > user-specified custom marks from a plugin. That has been implemented with text properties. You can use an invisible text property, it will stick to the text. Also when characters are inserted/deleted. Marks only keep the line. -- GALAHAD: No, please. Please! I can defeat them! There's only a hundred. GIRLS: He will beat us easily. We haven't a chance. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ ///sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org/// \\\help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org/// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/201909201222.x8KCMDuZ017953%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
Re: RFC: Function to get the list of marks (getmarks)
Hi Bram, On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:28 PM Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > Yegappan wrote: > > > Currently the following Vim built-in functions are available to get > > information about individual marks: getpos(), line() and col(). > > > > But we don't have a function to get the list of marks placed in a > > buffer or the list of global marks (similar to the list displayed by > > the :marks command). > > > > What do you think about adding a getmarks() function that returns > > the list of global marks or the list of marks placed in a buffer? > > One can loop over all the mark names to get all the values. When would > it be useful to get the whole list? > > If anybody would want to get marks for a buffer that is not in a window > we could add an optional argument to getpos(). But I don't recall > anyone asking for this. > This feature request came up in the "Support for plugin authors needs to be improved (poll) #3573" last year: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/3573 In addition to this, the discussion also centered around adding support for user-specified custom marks from a plugin. - Yegappan -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAAW7x7nkJtx8AGgi8661FCWg%3Dh0%3DgkVRCgwEKS9h4yq341TnyQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: RFC: Function to get the list of marks (getmarks)
Yegappan wrote: > Currently the following Vim built-in functions are available to get > information about individual marks: getpos(), line() and col(). > > But we don't have a function to get the list of marks placed in a > buffer or the list of global marks (similar to the list displayed by > the :marks command). > > What do you think about adding a getmarks() function that returns > the list of global marks or the list of marks placed in a buffer? One can loop over all the mark names to get all the values. When would it be useful to get the whole list? If anybody would want to get marks for a buffer that is not in a window we could add an optional argument to getpos(). But I don't recall anyone asking for this. -- GALAHAD: No look, really, this isn't nescess ... PIGLET: We must examine you. GALAHAD: There's nothing wrong with ... that. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ ///sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org/// \\\help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org/// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/201909191928.x8JJSBRO007594%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
Re: RFC: Function to get the list of marks (getmarks)
Hi,
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 8:47 AM 'Andy Wokula' via vim_dev
wrote:
>
> Am 18.09.2019 um 17:18 schrieb Yegappan Lakshmanan:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Currently the following Vim built-in functions are available to get
> > information about individual marks: getpos(), line() and col().
> >
> > But we don't have a function to get the list of marks placed in a
> > buffer or the list of global marks (similar to the list displayed by
> > the :marks command).
> >
> > What do you think about adding a getmarks() function that returns
> > the list of global marks or the list of marks placed in a buffer?
>
> What do you mean by "a buffer" -- "the current buffer" or "any given buffer"?
>
This function will return the local marks for any given buffer.
- Yegappan
>
> Getting global marks or marks of the current buffer is trivial
>
> :echo filter(split('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', '\m'), 'line("''". v:val) >=
> 1')
> :echo filter(split('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', '\m'), 'line("''". v:val) >=
> 1')
> " (some other special marks omitted)
>
> but I wouldn't know how to get marks from any given buffer without
> making that buffer current. Anyway I'm not sure if I ever asked for
> the local marks of a non-current buffer.
>
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Re: RFC: Function to get the list of marks (getmarks)
Am 18.09.2019 um 17:18 schrieb Yegappan Lakshmanan:
Hi all,
Currently the following Vim built-in functions are available to get
information about individual marks: getpos(), line() and col().
But we don't have a function to get the list of marks placed in a
buffer or the list of global marks (similar to the list displayed by
the :marks command).
What do you think about adding a getmarks() function that returns
the list of global marks or the list of marks placed in a buffer?
What do you mean by "a buffer" -- "the current buffer" or "any given buffer"?
Getting global marks or marks of the current buffer is trivial
:echo filter(split('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', '\m'), 'line("''". v:val) >=
1')
:echo filter(split('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', '\m'), 'line("''". v:val) >=
1')
" (some other special marks omitted)
but I wouldn't know how to get marks from any given buffer without
making that buffer current. Anyway I'm not sure if I ever asked for
the local marks of a non-current buffer.
--
Andy
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RFC: Function to get the list of marks (getmarks)
Hi all, Currently the following Vim built-in functions are available to get information about individual marks: getpos(), line() and col(). But we don't have a function to get the list of marks placed in a buffer or the list of global marks (similar to the list displayed by the :marks command). What do you think about adding a getmarks() function that returns the list of global marks or the list of marks placed in a buffer? Thanks, Yegappan -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAAW7x7%3DFuxsq5FbB%3D7i76SbFazyMpxDkbkcrMiBJf-bsFieC1A%40mail.gmail.com.
