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created October 26, 2006 · complexity intermediate · author Marian Csontos · version 5.7
Do you ever wanted to append lines from various sources (or to copy data from some application without any reasonable export method) to one file?
Here is a pretty simple solution for Vim. Just copy all you need to the clipboard and Vim can do the rest.
First you need to start Vim, open desired buffer (named buffer required as script do autosave) and run TrackClipboard function:
:call TrackClipboard('==============================================================')
The function monitors the clipboard; when it is changed, add data to clipboard (or do whatever you want).
function! TrackClipboard(delim)
let timer1 = 0
let temp = @*
while @*!='EOF'
if temp != @*
let temp = @*
$put =a:delim
$put =temp
else
" autowrite and redraw every cca 5s
let timer1 += 1
if timer1 >= 100
if &modified
write
redraw
endif
let timer1 = 0
else
sleep 50ms
endif
endif
endwhile
endfunction
Comments
" to automatically save modified buffer, and simplify your function. :set autosave
Use :set paste to avoid autoindent applying to pasted text, in a terminal.
Also, you may need :set noexpandtab to stop Vim from expanding tabs to spaces.