On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 10:49:14 AM UTC-5, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:23:17 AM UTC-5, Rick Dooling wrote: > > Dear Vim Wizards: > > > > If I'm in file1.txt and want to write a range to file2.txt, I can do: > > > > :'a,'bw >> file2.txt > > > > But if file2.txt is open in another buffer, I get an error E139. > > > > Is there a way to copy or move a range to another open buffer without > > getting this error? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rick Dooling > > > > ps - I'll add the practical use I'm after. I often write in a main file, > > let's call it mainfile.txt but I also frequently cut paragraphs to a file > > of scraps, I'll call it scrapfile.txt > > > > So I'm trying to make a function that will append lines cut from > > mainfile.txt to scrapfile.txt, whether or not scrapfile.txt is open in > > another buffer. > > > > Is there something wrong with the obvious method? > > :'a,'by > " or :d instead of :y above for "cut" instead of "copy" > :sp scrapfile.txt > :$put > :wq
Thanks, Ben. I like that. I don't often use :sp and didn't know it moved you around like that and landed back in the same place after the :wq. Rick -- -- 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/d/optout.
