Re: Trigger for yank

On Oct 20, 11:28 am, sinbad <sinbad.sin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 10:13 am, Ben Fritz <fritzophre...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Oct 20, 12:05 am, sinbad <sinbad.sin...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > hi,
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> > > is it possible when a text is yanked, perhaps an autocommand kind of
> > > mechanism.
> > > i want to be able to set a variable or call a function when a text is
> > > yannked. i know
> > > there are many ways in which text can be yanked, but i want a solution
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> > > case of yank commands like "yy" "yw" ... Is it possible ?
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> > Sure, map the y command.
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> > Or tell us what you're actually trying to accomplish. Possibly it has
> > already been done for you. The YankRing plugin comes to mind, but you
> > haven't said what the actual problem you're trying to solve is.
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> i have mapped n and p keys to do some other functions
> for example to navigate forward/backward through a quickfix list.
> i know mapping n and p is not a good idea, but i use quickfix so often
> that i need a very simple way to navigate through it, i wanted a
> single char mappings
> so, n and p were the obvious choices (to me atleast), now for p's
> paste function
> i had setup another knob, which when set performs paste function and
> when
> not set it does "list previous function", i have mapped another key(s)
> to set this knob.
> depending on my usage of vim, believe me, it's working very well for
> me and moreover
> i got use to these mappings. now i want to automate the control of
> knob, for example
> when i yank some text, i definitely want to paste it, so if there is
> an autocommand sort
> of mechanism, when an yank is done, i automatically set the knob so
> that the immediate
> p key press would mean a paste rather than quickfix previous.
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> thanks

btw, how do you capture the register input and [range] input
inside mapped function.

["x]yy Yank [count] lines [into register x]
[range]y

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