On 7 May 2019, at 00:39, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:40 PM 'Lifepillar' via vim_use > <vim_use@googlegroups.com <mailto:vim_use@googlegroups.com>> wrote: >> >> On 6 May 2019, at 20:57, 'Andy Wokula' via vim_use >> <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Am 06.05.2019 um 17:02 schrieb 'Lifepillar' via vim_use: >>>> I would like to create a new buffer "in the background", without opening >>>> any new window, put some text into the buffer then write it to disk, >>>> without ever showing the buffer (the reason why I am not populating >>>> a List and use writefile() directly is that I need to perform some text >>>> manipulation such as reindenting the text). I thought that something >>>> like this would do it: >>>> >>>> let n = bufnr('my new buffer', 1) >>>> call setbufline(n, 1, 'hello') >>>> call writefile(getbufline(n, 1, "$"), './foo.txt') >>>> >>>> but the buffer stays empty and setbufline() returns 1. What should I do >>>> instead? >>> >>> (pretty sure that) setbufline() refuses to work with an unloaded buffer. >> >> Oh yes, you are right. So, I guess I will have to use :new or similar, then >> hide the window. >> >> Life. > > What I do when I want to create a buffer, maybe do some pre-programmed > edits on it, and write it to disk, is write a function or user-command > to open the buffer (by :new or similar), do the necessary edits, and > close it (by :x or similar, which writes it if it is modified). > Depending on the importance of the edits, and on the values of some > window-size-related options, it may even happen unnoticed.
Thanks for the suggestion. What I ended up doing is: 1new let n = bufnr(“%”) wincmd c “ Edit with setbufline(n, …) and appendbufline(n,…) It works perfectly for my needs. Life. -- -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/3333AFC3-9545-436A-B458-65AEE262A412%40icloud.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
