On 2024-11-10, avidseeker wrote:
> I have a script that selects templates based on the given filetype and outputs
> them to stdout. For example:
>
> :.!tplt %:e
>
> But the %:e is not always reliable. Does vim offer a way to pass variables for
> shell? Maybe something like
>
> :.!tplt "$ft"
To use the value of an option, prefix the name of the option with
'&', e.g.,
:echo &ft
The option value &ft has to be expanded and Vim needs to be told to
expand it rather than pass it to the shell command literally. That
can be be done with the :execute command, which expands its
arguments before executing the resulting expression, e.g.,
:execute ".!tplt" &ft
Note that the range has to be part of the expression that :execute
executes; the range can't come before "execute".
Note also that :execute inserts spaces between its arguments.
See
:help expr-option
:help :execute
HTH,
Gary
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