Hi Michael!
On Do, 06 Feb 2014, Michael Clayton wrote:
> I was just searching for command-line syntax-coloring tools when I realized that vim would be the perfect fit, if it has an output-only flag of some type.
>
> Forgive me if any of my terminology is wrong.
>
> An idealized example would be...
>
> $ vim index.html --output-only
> <html>...</html>
> $
>
> Or...
>
> $ cat index.html | vim --output-only -
> <html>...</html>
> $
>
> Vim would be launched, draw the display to stdout with vimrc settings (most importantly syntax on and colorscheme), then exit immediately.
>
> The output would be persistent (would not disappear when vim exits).
>
> Is this currently possible? Thanks! And long live vim.
Check out this script:
https://github.com/trapd00r/utils/blob/master/_v
which is a vimcat like tool, to output syntax highlighted files to
stdout.
Are you the one, that asked the same question at reddit?
Best,
Christian
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