Re: python scripting: how to set the contents of a register.

On 11/12/2011 08:57 AM, Gelonida N wrote:
> On 11/12/2011 02:29 PM, AK wrote:
>> On 11/12/2011 08:15 AM, Gelonida N wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know how to ge the contents of a register.
>>>
>>> reg = vim.eval('@0') fetches for example the contents of register 0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However I did not find a way to set a register to a certain value (from
>>> python)
>>>
>>> What would be the command?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>
>>
>> command('let @a = "abc"') -ak
>
> Thanks for your answer. I was afraid it will be something like this.
>
> Let's assume I'd like to do something like.
>
> reg = vim.eval('@0')
> reg.replace('a','A')
> vim.command('let @a = "%s"' % reg)
>
> This will fail if reg contains funny characters.
>
> So I think I need something like
>
> vim.command('let @a = "%s"' % vim_escape_function(reg))
>
>
> What are the rules to escape characters (or is there a
> commodity function)?
>
>

Try single instead of double quotes. -ak

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