Re: Possible bug affecting append/insert commands within :global

Tim Chase wrote:
> Stahlman Family wrote:
>>
>> Andy Wokula wrote:
>>> Am 23.01.2010 17:16, schrieb Brett Stahlman:
>>>>> From the Vim help on :append and :insert...
>>> A similar thread from July 2009
>>> Subject: :global problem
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/2ff60cd19b813e62
>>
>>
>> Ah, yes
>
> From that thread, Bram wrote:
>
> Note that this is only supposed to work when
> used in a script, not when typed. It's quite
> useless to type an :insert command.

Ironically, perhaps, :insert would be useful interactively only when
invoked from within :global, yet the standalone (non-global) usage is
the only one that actually works interactively.

>
> Which I would contend depends on your definition of "script"...there are
> a number of times I've reached for using :insert or :append in a :g
> command and been stymied, forced to use a :put instead. I'd like to be
> able to do something like
>
> :g/foo/insert\
> line1\
> line2
>
> and have it insert those two lines above every line containing "foo" in
> my file. As it stands, I have to resort to something like
>
> :g/foo/put! =\"line1\nline2\"
>
> It's not exactly sourced from a script, but it is in a more automated
> use than just typing plain ":insert" at the : prompt.
>
> -tim
>
> PS: Brett -- sorry I didn't chime in earlier on this thread, as I didn't
> actually have much in the way of answers. Just my "me too" observations
> on the weirdness of continued :insert/:append commands and my workaround
> using :put which you now have in that thread :)

No problem. I should have searched the archives first. I appreciate your
posting the link. It explains why Bram ignored this thread.

Thanks,
Brett Stahlman

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