Re: Present output of external script in dropdown

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On 23/03/2012 06:17, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> On Thu, March 22, 2012 10:42, Jostein Gogstad wrote:
>> I'm using Vim as my default text editor for writing e-mail. I
>> have an external perl script that does LDAP-lookup and outputs a
>> list of names matching the search query. Is it possible to
>> present this list in Vim? Preferably in a dropdown like the one
>> you get on keyword completion (default Ctrl+N).
>>
>> Ideal scenario: 1. Start writing Paul 2. Hit ^T (or something) 3.
>> Vim executes perl script with the word under the cursor and
>> displays the result in a keywordcompletion-style dropdown.
>
> I use something similar. Basically, for looking up e-mail
> contacts, I use The little Brother's Database lbdbน together with
> mutt and Vim. Additionally Vim Script 1757ฒ plus a custom complete
> script that I found online somewhere, but don't find it anymore (so
> I attach it here)
>
> The lbdb comes with a little script lbdbq that can query different
> sources, e.g. mutt alias file, abook file, OS X adressbook, ldap
> server, etc. to query for contacts so in theory it should be able
> to query your own ldap server, but if that does not work for you,
> it should at least give you an starter how to write your own
> script.
>
> น)http://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
> ฒ)http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1757

There is also a link I found which is primarily for mutt & Vim made by
its author for OS X but can be adjusted that as well as incorporating
lbdb, uses several other utilities (urlview, Mairix & Mailcap) to
handle grabbing urls & sending them to mutt, a search tool & the
handling of attachments all using Vim as the editor (well, in my case ;-)

Cheers,

Phil...

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