Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
Hi,

 I often need to place a header above a function defintion (C-source)
 fpr documentational purposes.

 What I treid is to write a short function for vim, which dioes insert
 the text skeleton -- but I did not find any already existing function
 in the API which does this for me. With :i I got weird effects --
 sure my fault, but... .

 How can I insert text via a script ?

 Kind regards,
 mcc




If your text is in a file on its own, you can use ":r" with a line number (the number of the line after which to insert, or 0 for "before first line", or . for "after cursor line", or $ for "after last line"; default is after cursor line) in the "range" position, i.e. just before the r. The file name comes as an argument at the end.

Example (after line 5):

        5r ~/template.txt

If your text is in a register, you can use ":put" with a line number (again) in the range position and the register name (including ", which must be escaped as \", for the default register; or + for the system clipboard) after the ":put".

Example (before cursor line):

        .-1put \"


See
        :help :read
        :help :put


Best regards,
Tony.

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