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Re: [VIM] How to obtain Command Line Options in VIM?
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Lewis
Jun 12, 2021, 5:35:09 PM6/12/21
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In message <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas Mattheiss <pleas...@publicly.invalid> wrote:
> I could disable that by issuing
> vim +20 -c "au\! VimEnter" myfile
> but this is terrible and not practical for everyday use.
Can't you make a macro?
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> I could disable that by issuing
> vim +20 -c "au\! VimEnter" myfile
> but this is terrible and not practical for everyday use.
Can't you make a macro?
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Kenny McCormack
Jun 13, 2021, 9:04:11 AM6/13/21
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In article <slrnscbqo7.31...@publicly.invalid>,
Andreas Mattheiss <lvzwlcykh5ucts...@antichef.net> wrote:
...
>options for vim, or, even cooler, one could query /proc/self/cmdline by
>readfile('/proc/self/cmdline').
Actually, I had been about to suggest using /proc to get the cmd line args,
when I first saw your post, but decided against it because:
1) It is a little "hacky" and people in these newsgroups often sneer at
this sort of thing.
2) It is Linux-specific, and you did not specify your OS.
But I do think it is the best overall solution, as long as you don't mind
being Linux-specific.
>Alas, both only work from version 8.2
>on, and I can't be bothered at this point to upgrade. Poor risk/reward
>prospect.
Where did you get the idea that readfile() requires 8.2 or later?
I've been using readfile() in my scripts since forever (and I am running
pretty old versions of VIM on most of my systems).
I totally agree that "upgrading" is usually not worth the risk.
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Andreas Mattheiss <lvzwlcykh5ucts...@antichef.net> wrote:
...
>options for vim, or, even cooler, one could query /proc/self/cmdline by
>readfile('/proc/self/cmdline').
Actually, I had been about to suggest using /proc to get the cmd line args,
when I first saw your post, but decided against it because:
1) It is a little "hacky" and people in these newsgroups often sneer at
this sort of thing.
2) It is Linux-specific, and you did not specify your OS.
But I do think it is the best overall solution, as long as you don't mind
being Linux-specific.
>Alas, both only work from version 8.2
>on, and I can't be bothered at this point to upgrade. Poor risk/reward
>prospect.
Where did you get the idea that readfile() requires 8.2 or later?
I've been using readfile() in my scripts since forever (and I am running
pretty old versions of VIM on most of my systems).
I totally agree that "upgrading" is usually not worth the risk.
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Kenny McCormack
Jun 13, 2021, 9:52:54 AM6/13/21
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In article <slrnscc2gn.27...@publicly.invalid>,
Andreas Mattheiss <lvzwlcykh5ucts...@antichef.net> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Am Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:04:09 -0000 (UTC) schrieb Kenny McCormack
><gaz...@shell.xmission.com>:
>readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') will only give me the expected result
>on 8.2.
It works fine for me on all versions.
What do you think was changed in 8.2?
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Andreas Mattheiss <lvzwlcykh5ucts...@antichef.net> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Am Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:04:09 -0000 (UTC) schrieb Kenny McCormack
><gaz...@shell.xmission.com>:
>>
>> Where did you get the idea that readfile() requires 8.2 or later?
>>
>readfile() as such does work with earlier versions, but
>> Where did you get the idea that readfile() requires 8.2 or later?
>>
>readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') will only give me the expected result
>on 8.2.
It works fine for me on all versions.
What do you think was changed in 8.2?
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Kenny McCormack
Jun 13, 2021, 10:46:09 AM6/13/21
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In article <slrnscc4qc.27...@publicly.invalid>,
>Am Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:52:51 -0000 (UTC) schrieb Kenny McCormack
><gaz...@shell.xmission.com>:
>comes back with "[]" when I issue gvim -R +20 myfile. Doing the same for
>an ordinary textfile with a few lines in it will work as expected. Odd.
I suppose the issue is that the cmdline file is delimited by null
characters rather than by newlines. Anyway, I was testing with 7.4 and 8.0
and could not get it to fail. It seems to just do the right thing for me.
readfile() seems to do the translation transparently.
Like you, I was testing via: :echo readfile('/proc/self/cmdline')
BTW, I assume you did have access to a system running 8.2 at some point to
test with, right?
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>Am Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:52:51 -0000 (UTC) schrieb Kenny McCormack
><gaz...@shell.xmission.com>:
>>>readfile() as such does work with earlier versions, but
>>>readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') will only give me the expected result
>>>on 8.2.
>>
>> It works fine for me on all versions.
>>
>> What do you think was changed in 8.2?
>>
>
>hmmm, I am on version 7.2, and :echo readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') only
>>>readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') will only give me the expected result
>>>on 8.2.
>>
>> It works fine for me on all versions.
>>
>> What do you think was changed in 8.2?
>>
>
>comes back with "[]" when I issue gvim -R +20 myfile. Doing the same for
>an ordinary textfile with a few lines in it will work as expected. Odd.
I suppose the issue is that the cmdline file is delimited by null
characters rather than by newlines. Anyway, I was testing with 7.4 and 8.0
and could not get it to fail. It seems to just do the right thing for me.
readfile() seems to do the translation transparently.
Like you, I was testing via: :echo readfile('/proc/self/cmdline')
BTW, I assume you did have access to a system running 8.2 at some point to
test with, right?
>LISTER: Let's flag down a black cab and head for Real Street here. This
>Johnny won't come with us. He'd never fit in. Can you see him joining in
>on our late-night sessions of "pin the pointy stick on the weather girl"?
You have kewl sigs. Where do they come from?
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Eric Pozharski
Jun 13, 2021, 1:33:11 PM6/13/21
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with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
Mattheiss wrote:
*SKIP*
> Does such a function exist, or is there a better way to bypass the
> autocommand?
:help v:argv
Hopefully, your vim is recent enough.
*CUT*
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Mattheiss wrote:
*SKIP*
> Does such a function exist, or is there a better way to bypass the
> autocommand?
:help v:argv
Hopefully, your vim is recent enough.
*CUT*
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Kenny McCormack
Jun 13, 2021, 3:46:16 PM6/13/21
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In article <slrnscc3q3...@orphan.zombinet>,
OP has already explained that he knows all about v:argv and that it works
in later versions of VIM. The problem is that he wants something that will
work in his current version, which is 7.2.
Comments:
1) I just checked in 8.0 and that "help" command doesn't work. So, it
must have come in after 8.0 (8.0 is the latest version I have handy
to test ATM)
2) We were trying to get readfile() to work, but there seems to be a
disconnect between the results I was getting with readfile and what
he was getting. This disconnect remains unresolved.
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Eric Pozharski <why...@pozharski.name> wrote:
>with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
>Mattheiss wrote:
>
>*SKIP*
>> Does such a function exist, or is there a better way to bypass the
>> autocommand?
>
> :help v:argv
>
>Hopefully, your vim is recent enough.
Let me guess: You were on the football team in high school, right?
>with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
>Mattheiss wrote:
>
>*SKIP*
>> Does such a function exist, or is there a better way to bypass the
>> autocommand?
>
> :help v:argv
>
>Hopefully, your vim is recent enough.
OP has already explained that he knows all about v:argv and that it works
in later versions of VIM. The problem is that he wants something that will
work in his current version, which is 7.2.
Comments:
1) I just checked in 8.0 and that "help" command doesn't work. So, it
must have come in after 8.0 (8.0 is the latest version I have handy
to test ATM)
2) We were trying to get readfile() to work, but there seems to be a
disconnect between the results I was getting with readfile and what
he was getting. This disconnect remains unresolved.
--
So to cure the problem of arrogant incompetent rich people we should turn
the government over to an arrogant incompetent trust fund billionaire
who knows nothing about government and who has never held a job in his
entire spoiled life?
Lewis
Jun 13, 2021, 4:44:19 PM6/13/21
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In message <sa5na6$25fob$1...@news.xmission.com> Kenny McCormack <gaz...@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnscc3q3...@orphan.zombinet>,
> Eric Pozharski <why...@pozharski.name> wrote:
>>with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
>>Mattheiss wrote:
>>
>>*SKIP*
>>> Does such a function exist, or is there a better way to bypass the
>>> autocommand?
>>
>> :help v:argv
>>
>>Hopefully, your vim is recent enough.
> Let me guess: You were on the football team in high school, right?
> OP has already explained that he knows all about v:argv and that it works
> in later versions of VIM. The problem is that he wants something that will
> work in his current version, which is 7.2.
Which is how old? 15 years?
> In article <slrnscc3q3...@orphan.zombinet>,
> Eric Pozharski <why...@pozharski.name> wrote:
>>with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
>>Mattheiss wrote:
>>
>>*SKIP*
>>> Does such a function exist, or is there a better way to bypass the
>>> autocommand?
>>
>> :help v:argv
>>
>>Hopefully, your vim is recent enough.
> Let me guess: You were on the football team in high school, right?
> OP has already explained that he knows all about v:argv and that it works
> in later versions of VIM. The problem is that he wants something that will
> work in his current version, which is 7.2.
> 2) We were trying to get readfile() to work, but there seems to be a
> disconnect between the results I was getting with readfile and what
> he was getting. This disconnect remains unresolved.
between your setup and his is, since even on the ancient 7.2 you got it
working.
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Eric Pozharski
Jun 15, 2021, 1:33:36 PM6/15/21
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with <sa5na6$25fob$1...@news.xmission.com> Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <slrnscc3q3...@orphan.zombinet>, Eric Pozharski
> <why...@pozharski.name> wrote:
>>with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
>>Mattheiss wrote:
*SKIP*
> In article <slrnscc3q3...@orphan.zombinet>, Eric Pozharski
> <why...@pozharski.name> wrote:
>>with <ebffbd26-cf3d-4804...@post.publicly> Andreas
>>Mattheiss wrote:
*SKIP*
> Let me guess: You were on the football team in high school, right?
At time/place I've done whatever school there were no concept of 'team'.
However, I have sense of hostility. Is it supposed to be ad hominem?
> OP has already explained that he knows all about v:argv and that it
> works in later versions of VIM. The problem is that he wants
> something that will work in his current version, which is 7.2.
insults: are you aware of that thing called 'leafnode'?
> Comments:
> 1) I just checked in 8.0 and that "help" command doesn't work.
> So, it must have come in after 8.0 (8.0 is the latest version I
> have handy to test ATM)
that it doesn't bother to have changelog. That's closest I've found:
<https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/1322/commits/e17b21757e488c03ae4f07d9ca150b13>
dated 12dec2016, shitty github doesn't let my shitty elinks go any
further though.
> 2) We were trying to get readfile() to work, but there seems to be
> a disconnect between the results I was getting with readfile and
> what he was getting. This disconnect remains unresolved.
Spiros Bousbouras
Nov 9, 2021, 1:42:31 PM11/9/21
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:16:44 +0000 (UTC)
Andreas Mattheiss <pleas...@publicly.invalid> wrote:
> hmmm, I am on version 7.2, and :echo readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') only
> comes back with "[]" when I issue gvim -R +20 myfile. Doing the same for
> an ordinary textfile with a few lines in it will work as expected. Odd.
For future reference (of anyone who may be interested)
Andreas Mattheiss <pleas...@publicly.invalid> wrote:
> hmmm, I am on version 7.2, and :echo readfile('/proc/self/cmdline') only
> comes back with "[]" when I issue gvim -R +20 myfile. Doing the same for
> an ordinary textfile with a few lines in it will work as expected. Odd.
:echo readfile("/proc/self/cmdline" , "b")
may work.
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