[vim/vim] Using vim in scripts, but not ex mode, just sending keystrokes to vim. What is best (most reliable) approach? (Discussion #15315)
Marek Langiewicz
I'm trying these two methods, both work for me, but I don't know which is better and what are the differences:
Using -s /dev/stdin:
printf 'isome repetitive line\eyy8p:wq\n' | vim -s /dev/stdin -n generatedfile.txt
Just piping keys to vim:
printf 'isome repetitive line\eyy8p:wq\n' | vim -n generatedfile.txt
I'd rather like to avoid creating temporary files with keystrokes.
Any opinions/details?
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Marek Langiewicz
Oh, and I'm aware I can use ex mode and :norm command, but it gets complicated when sending keys like C-A.
Because it looks like the only way is to wrap the :norm in another :exe and still escape some characters like <.
So generally it's confusing. BTW is there somewhere some nice guideline for such cases?
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