write to command0line prompt

[Renato Fabbri]

:normal :ls
does not leave the user with the cursor at the command-line, e.g. in:
:ls

Is there a way to write a function or is there a command I might use to
leave the user with a given string in the command-line?

Best,

[Tim Chase]

A mapping can leave you at the prompt if you don't append "<cr>" to
it:

:nnoremap <f2> :ls

Without knowing the context and what you're hoping to do with it,
it's hard to give much more detail.

-tim

[Renato Fabbri]

Some context...

I have these mappings:
nnoremap ^[FF :Split echo globpath('/home/renato/repos/', "**/rdf*")
nnoremap ^[Ff :Split echo globpath(&rtp, "*/ttm*")
nnoremap ^[Fa :Split echo globpath(&rtp, "*/ttm*")<CR>
nnoremap ^[FA :Split echo globpath(&rtp, "**/pack/**")<CR>
(^[ stands for Alt here, achieved using <C-V>.)

I want the following mapping:
" nnoremap ^[Ff :Split echo globpath(&rtp, '"**/' . expand("<cword>") . "*")

which does not work because Vim considers the whole expression as a string
and does note evaluate expand().

To make this work, I made a function with variations such as:

fu! SearchFilenameRTP()
let a = expand("<cword>")
let b = '**/' . l:a . '*'
let c = ':Split echo globpath(&rtp, "' . l:b . '")'
normal l:c
endfu

but I can't get the string in l:c into the command-line.

-renato

>
> -tim

[Renato Fabbri]

:'-|

may one assume that is is not possible to leave the cursor

in the command line with some text written if not through a mapping?

Best,

rf

>
> -tim

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[Christian Brabandt]

On Mi, 21 Feb 2018, Renato Fabbri wrote:

>
>
> :'-|
>
>
> may one assume that is is not possible to leave the cursor
> in the command line with some text written if not through a mapping?

:call feedkeys(':foobar', 'n')

Best,
Christian

[Renato Fabbri]

ow that is something I eagerly looked... Today I stumbled on some functions

to change the position of the cursor on the command line, and remembered

your answer many times.

Thank you very much.

(I have been avoiding thank you messages for they might be regarded

verbose with little to add to que discussion.

Are there any guidelines for this list?

Answers here have been most useful.

Thanks again.

renato)

 

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