Re: filter output to scratch buffer

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Bob Hiestand <bob.hiestand@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:50 PM, bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I map F5 to search dictionary with
>>
>> nmap <F5> :!dict <cword> <CR>
>>
>> The output is quite long and also it may contain some info that I
>> would like to copy.  Is it possible to redirect the output to a new
>> scratch buffer?
>
> You could do something like the following:
>
> :nmap <F5> :let dictScratch=system('dict ' .
> expand('<cword>'))<CR>:new<CR>:0put =dictScratch<CR>:set
> buftype=nofile<CR>

That should all be on one line.

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