Re: i_CTRL-R to the end of current line (and related stuff)

On Sep 11, 2015 5:56 PM, "Nikolay Pavlov" <zyx.vim@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2015-09-11 17:06 GMT+03:00 Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com>:
> > On 2015-09-11 09:34, David Fishburn wrote:
> >> 1.  How do I find in the help where it says I can do i_CTRL-R
> >> followed by CTRL-w
> >
> > You're confusing i_CTRL-R & c_CTRL-R_CTRL-W
> >
> > The help on the first one talks about its use in insert-mode ("i")
> > and the second one is about the particular sub-use in the
> > command-line ("c").
> >
> >> 2.  Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can do i_CTRL-R followed
> >> by something like y$ to get to the end of the line in some way.  I
> >> was thinking I could do this using the expression register.
> >> i_CTRL-R= then do something like y$, but that didn't work.  If I
> >> can do something along that line, then that opens the door to using
> >> whatever standard Vim keys I need.
> >
> > I don't know of anything easy (out-of-the-box) that gets the
> > *remainder* of the line.  It's pretty straight forward to get the
> > *entire* line using the expression register:
> >
> >   <c-r>=getline('.')<cr>
> >
> > You can get fairly close to what you want with
> >
> >   :cnoremap <f3> <c-r>=getline('.')[col('.'):]<cr>
>
> This must be col('.')-1. Remember that columns start with 1, indexes
> start with zero.

Why not this (in insert mode):

<c-o>y$

---
Justin M. Keyes

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php

---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.