On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 12:33, Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org> wrote: > > > 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 >
Many thanks Christian, this is exactly what I was looking for. I put this in my .vimrc: iabbrev mydate <C-R>=strftime("%A %d %B %Y") and it works like a charm. -- Ottavio Caruso -- -- 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/CAEJNuHym1bcr%2BwtAVfH4yh_7CLANp8ZpchBuKa%2ByAtVmmP1iCA%40mail.gmail.com.