On Di, 10 Sep 2019, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
> Hi all, > > I have this bash alias: > alias my-date='date +"%A %d %B %Y"' > > and this line in vimrc: > set shellcmdflag=-ic > > I want to insert (prepend) a timestamp at the beginning of a non-empty > line, without line breaks, but if I type: > > :r !my-date :r reads the output of your command and puts it below the current line. > this will print the timestamp on the next line, that is the line below > the cursor. > > Is there a way to achieve what I want? use strftime() together with Ctrl-R in insert mode. See the example in the faq: https://vimhelp.org/vim_faq.txt.html#faq-21.4 Best, Christian -- Lerne Klagen ohne zu Leiden. -- -- 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/20190910113343.GD30959%40256bit.org.