From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Piping output to a buffer
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:56:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <853arhy156.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-25CD87.01352025022008@comcast.dca.giganews.com
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> In article <877igtho8a.fsf@celephais.home.net>,
> cothrige <cothrige@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that in vim one can invoke an external command and pipe
>> the output into the current buffer via the `!!` or `:r!` commands.
>> While I have not made a habit of really using this command in vim, as I
>> have also not made a habit of using vim, I did realize that this could
>> be a really useful capability. So, how might one do this in emacs?
>
> C-u M-!
!! pipes the current line through the external command. The Emacs
equivalent to that would be marking the line and then using
C-u M-|
I consider it more likely that your variant will be needed, however:
more often than not, !! eating the current line is a nuisance rather
than a benefit in vi.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-25 6:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-25 0:30 Piping output to a buffer cothrige
2008-02-25 6:35 ` Barry Margolin
2008-02-25 6:56 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2008-02-26 3:11 ` Barry Margolin
2008-02-26 5:56 ` cothrige
2008-02-26 5:25 ` cothrige
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