Probably at risk of starting a vim/emacs tug of war. I hope not. I have small bit of code using elisp that inserts a 'Keyword' entry around a selected region. Now I want to replicate that ability using vim.
Example (assumes the lines are something I need to be able to find, maybe years later): Imagine the lines below are something found in a rc file that is suspected of causing problems. The one uncommented line is the likely suspect but I also want set apart the existing comments. (Imagined snippet from a rc file) # This is the default setting because blah blah blah # more blah blah blah blah blah current rule in rc file I would add my new rule right below the old one before calling the elisp code. # This is the default setting because blah blah blah # more blah blah blah blah blah current rule in rc file New rule replacing line above ------- --------- ---=--- --------- When the elisp code is called, it will prompt for a few words to identify what was done. Then using those words it will insert a 'keywords' line, the date, a symbol indicating the end of this blurb and will comment the whole works. It will look like this when done and I've removed the one comment to let the new rule work # Keywords: Replace old rule with new experimental rule # [Keydate:130922_214226 0 - Sun Sep 22, 2013 # This is the default setting because blah blah blah # more blah blah blah blah blah # current rule in rc file New rule replacing line above # && ------- --------- ---=--- --------- My vim usage is very frequent but not very sophisticated. I want to be able to do something very similar to what I showed above, but do it with vim. My skill level is pretty much nonexistent and the little I once knew about adding inserts and such in vim hasn't been exercised for a very long time. I use a few inserts quite often but I've left them in .vimrc for years and no longer remember how to write even a simple one, let alone something like this. I'll need some hefty coaching. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
