substitute() regex trim last newline from register ?

[M Kelly]

Hi,

In visual-line mode when I yank to the * register and then outside of vim paste - I am getting a newline at the end of the selection.

This does not happen in visual block or char mode.

Does anyone know of a way to load into * reg the same selection but have the last newline trimmed off ?

ie something like:

let @* = substitute(@a, "\(.*\)\\n/\1/", "", "")

thx for everything vim,

-m

[Tony Mechelynck]

When yanking linewise, what you get is lines, and each of them has a
proper end-of-line. This way, when you paste it, it will be pasted
linewise, with line breaks between it and whatever happens before and
after it.

To yank without an end-of-line at the end, yank characterwise from the
first character of the first desired line (or from the first character
you want to yank even if it is in the middle of a line) to the last
character you want to yank. This way, if you paste in the middle of a
line, you won't get line breaks before and after the pasted text.

See also :help setreg()

Best regards,
Tony.

[Tim Chase]

Pretty sure you're 99% of the way there:

let @+ = substitute(@a, '\n\+$', '', '')

If you want all potential trailing whitespace (spaces, tabs, and
newlines)

let @+ = substitute(@a, '\_s\+$', '', '')

should do the trick.

-tim

[M Kelly]

Tony, hi

ok, thanks.  I can use 0 v $ y.  But V y is handy/quick ...

Inside of vim its all great, V works perfectly - its just I wanted to automatically remove the last newline from "* if possible, 

so that a V y and then outside of vim paste doesn't have the extra newline.

I just wondered if I could regex trim the last newline of "* or of "a and put it into "*

thanks always for your help,

-m

[M Kelly]

Tim, hi

ok, awesome.

I think this works now -

"aygv<Esc>:let @* = substitute(@a, "\\_s\\+$", "", "")<CR>

thx so much!

-m

[Tim Chase]

On 2020-01-15 18:08, M Kelly wrote:
> V y is handy/quick

Just in case you haven't encountered it, you can make that even
quicker by just using

Y

:-)

-tim

[Tony Mechelynck]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:08 AM M Kelly <mckel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tony, hi
>
> ok, thanks. I can use 0 v $ y. But V y is handy/quick ...
> Inside of vim its all great, V works perfectly - its just I wanted to automatically remove the last newline from "* if possible,
> so that a V y and then outside of vim paste doesn't have the extra newline.
> I just wondered if I could regex trim the last newline of "* or of "a and put it into "*
>
> thanks always for your help,
> -m

What's wrong with
:call setreg('*', getreg('*'), 'c')
(see "see also" at he end of my previous message)?

Best regards,
Tony.

>
> On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 8:44:44 PM UTC-5, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:29 AM M Kelly <mckel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > In visual-line mode when I yank to the * register and then outside of vim paste - I am getting a newline at the end of the selection.
>> > This does not happen in visual block or char mode.
>> > Does anyone know of a way to load into * reg the same selection but have the last newline trimmed off ?
>> > ie something like:
>> > let @* = substitute(@a, "\(.*\)\\n/\1/", "", "")
>> >
>> > thx for everything vim,
>> > -m
>>
>> When yanking linewise, what you get is lines, and each of them has a
>> proper end-of-line. This way, when you paste it, it will be pasted
>> linewise, with line breaks between it and whatever happens before and
>> after it.
>>
>> To yank without an end-of-line at the end, yank characterwise from the
>> first character of the first desired line (or from the first character
>> you want to yank even if it is in the middle of a line) to the last
>> character you want to yank. This way, if you paste in the middle of a
>> line, you won't get line breaks before and after the pasted text.
>>
>> See also :help setreg()
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
>

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[M Kelly]

Tony, hi

I ended up using getregtype("*") along with the @*=substitute() to get a perfect solution for my use.

Thank you again for this info.

take care,

-m

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