Re: How to insert text via script/function call ?

[Marius Roets]

On 8/18/06, Meino Christian Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Hi
I got this in my .vimrc:

function! ReadSkeleton()

  if exists ("g:Skeleton_path")
     let skeleton_path = g:Skeleton_path
  else
     let skeleton_path = getcwd()
  endif

  let filenameList = split (glob ( skeleton_path . "/*.*") , "\n")
  let filenameList = insert (filenameList, "Select skeleton to load")
  let choiceList = copy (filenameList)
  let choiceList = map (choiceList, 'index(filenameList,v:val) .". ". v:val')
  let choiceList[0] = "Select skeleton to load"
  let listLen = len(choiceList)
  let choiceList = add (choiceList, listLen . ". Browse for some
other folder (gui ONLY)")
  let choice = inputlist(choiceList)
  "echo choice
  let skeletonName = ""
  if choice == listLen
     "Do the browse thingie if possible
     if has("browse")
       let skeletonName = browse(0,"Select session to
restore",skeleton_path,"")
       "echo skeletonName
    endif
  elseif choice > 0
     "Load the file
     let skeletonName = filenameList[choice]
     " echo "setting skeletonName to ". skeletonName
  endif
  if skeletonName != ""
     execute "0read " . skeletonName
  endif
endfunction
nmap <F4> :call ReadSkeleton()<cr>
let Skeleton_path = "/home/mroets/.vim/skeletons"

I put all the skeletons for programs (perl, c , php etc), each in
their own file in a directory, and set Skeleton_path to this directory
in my .vimrc. Now I press F4 and choose which skeleton I want for my
new file.

HTH
Marius