Re: How to apply a ex-cmd to all buffers currently displayed

On 08/27/11 03:59, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> I have the vimdiff of two files open.
>
> As the diffed lines of some kind are not interesting in the moment,
> I want to g/<pattern>/d them out of the way on both windows.
>
> How can I apply the command to both, without entering the cmd
> again and without affecting any othe buffer?

Depends on how strictly you're using your vocabulary. If you
only have two vim-windows open (as is typical with vimdiff), and
your other buffers are just passively open (rather than visible
in windows) then you can just use

:windo g/<pattern>/d

which I do regularly.

If, however, you have more than the 2-3 diff windows open, you'd
have to do something like

:windo if &diff | exec 'g/<pattern>/d' | endif

(the exec... is to prevent the :g command from eating the
"|endif" as part of its command) to prevent the command from
executing in other windows.

Since that's ugly, you can also enter your first diff-buffer and
execute your command as usual, then go to your other
diff-buffer(s) and execute

@:

which executes the last Ex command again. Also something I use
regularly.

:help @:
:help :windo

Hope this helps,

-tim

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