Re: how to get file fullpath to vim register?

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Sand Glass <youngluoyang@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 5:50:00 PM UTC+8, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Sand Glass <youngluoyang@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 2:21:50 PM UTC+8, Ni Va wrote:
>> >> Le samedi 7 avril 2018 08:02:45 UTC+2, Sand Glass a écrit :
>> >> > Sometimes I need to copy my editing file's full path to my vim register, how can I get it?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> :let @" = expand('%:p') | norm p
>> >>
>> >> you can map this command.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Nota: I do daily release of last Vim/Gvim ver on windows 64 bits by job_starting git clone, and nmake build if it can help.
>> >
>> > I try to map this command in _vimrc like this:
>> > nnoremap cP :let @"=expand('%:p') | norm p
>> > But does not work, Is here somthing wrong?
>>
>> In what manner does it "not work"? What happens when you hit cP in
>> Normal mode then? Nothing? Or something else than what you expected?
>> And what did you expect? The above mapping should insert the file's
>> full path into the file itself immediately after the cursor. It won't
>> work if you haven't yet given a name to the file.
>>
>> If you want instead to get the file's full path into the clipboard so
>> you can paste it into a different application, then replace @" by @+
>> and remove the " | norm p" at the end. For this you need access to the
>> clipboard, e.g. running in gvim (of any flavour), or in a GUI-enabled
>> Linux vim, or probably also on a Windows vim.exe but's been so long
>> I've quit Windows I can't be sure in the latter case.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
> I expect that after I hit 'cP' in normal mode, insert file's full path into the file itself immediately after the cursor.
> But when I restart my gvim after I added this remap in _vimrc.
> nnoremap cP :let @p=expand('%:p') | norm "pp
> The started message hits me 'E353:Nothing in register p'
> I try to remove '| norm "pp', and restart my gvim, no start error, and hit cP in normal mode. Command line show me the command:
> :let @p=expand('%:p')
> I need hit enter, and hit '"pp', to what I want.
> How can I simply use 'cP' to get what I want?

Oh, I see it now: the {rhs} of this mapping is an ex-command, so you
need <CR> at the very end to make Vim execute the ex-command (both
:let and :normal) and go back to Normal mode.

Best regards,
Tony.

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