On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Sylvain Leroux <sylv...@chicoree.fr> wrote: > Thank you for your reply Bram, > And more generally thank you for your great work & continuous > involvement with Vim. > > > Some comments inline: > > On 02/09/2017 04:06 PM, Bram Moolenaar wrote: >> I don't think it can be done with one command. Simplest seems to be to >> copy the text and then filter it. >> (visually select the text) >> YP >> gv >> :!filter-command > > I was out of idea when I posted yesterday, but there is indeed a simple > workaround at least on some Unix-like systems: > > :{range}! tee >(wc -l) > > But I agree a more generic/cross-platform solution would be better. > >> Would not be a bad idea to have an Ex command for this. Not sure what >> to call it, :feed perhaps? :writeread ? >> > > For a really generic solution, the command should support a source range > and a destination range-or-address. At some point while experimenting I > thought there could be an option to the `!r` command. > > Here is what I had in mind: > > :{range-1}r[read]>[range-2] !{filter} > > But, as you suggested, we may envision some new `feed` command instead: > > :{range-1}fee[d][range-2] !{filter} > > {range-1} is the destination range as specified for the `read` command. > [range-2] is the source range whose content is written on {filter} input > stream. [range-2] is optional and is equal to {range-1} if not specified. > > > What do you think of that?
I would really prefer some variation or enhancement to :! or :read rather than *yet another* narrow, special-purpose command (:feed, :writeread) with no discoverability or intuitive nature. Usability takes thought and deliberation. Every time someone asks for a random feature the solution should not be "let's add a new :dothisonething command". And yes, the usable/intuitive approach might take more work. --- Justin M. Keyes -- -- 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.