simple vim script

[ericdexter]

hopefully this isn't a stupid question.. I have been trying to script vim with several methods all of them have failed.

I would like to use some of the commands such as :e text.file or :r text.file (after a couple of searches). but I can't seem

to get a working script (I wish to ignore the menu on this if I can). It brings gvim up fine but it fails to load the file.

; Script Start - Add your code below here
$gvim = "gvim.exe "
$gvrun = $gvim & $CmdLine[1]
Run($gvrun) 
#  $CmdLine[1] this is the value passed to autoit..
$restofline = "(C:\dex_tracker) - GVIM"
$outline = $cmdline[1] & $restofline
WinWaitActive("")
# WinWaitActive ($outline)
Send(":e c:\dex_tracker\bay-at-night.csd {ENTER}")
#  Send("text to send. {ENTER} 1 2 3 4 5 6 7{ENTER}")

Sleep(500)

sorry if this is a silly question thanks in advance for any help

Edited July 12, 2007 by ericdexter

[martin]

hopefully this isn't a stupid question.. I have been trying to script vim with several methods all of them have failed.

I would like to use some of the commands such as :e text.file or :r text.file (after a couple of searches). but I can't seem

to get a working script (I wish to ignore the menu on this if I can). It brings gvim up fine but it fails to load the file.

; Script Start - Add your code below here
$gvim = "gvim.exe "
$gvrun = $gvim & $CmdLine[1]
Run($gvrun) 
#  $CmdLine[1] this is the value passed to autoit..
$restofline = "(C:\dex_tracker) - GVIM"
$outline = $cmdline[1] & $restofline
WinWaitActive("")
# WinWaitActive ($outline)
Send(":e c:\dex_tracker\bay-at-night.csd {ENTER}")
#  Send("text to send. {ENTER} 1 2 3 4 5 6 7{ENTER}")

Sleep(500)

sorry if this is a silly question thanks in advance for any help

I'm afraid it all looks a bit silly to me

I don't know what gvim is.

What, for example, are these 2 lines for?

$restofline = "(C:\dex_tracker) - GVIM"

$outline = $cmdline[1] & $restofline

I am surpised that

Run($gvrun)

works because I would have expected that you need a space

$gvrun = $gvim & " " & $CmdLine[1]

[ericdexter]

>

>I'm afraid it all looks a bit silly to me

>I don't know what gvim is.

gvim is a text editor that expects commands when it starts for example if you want to edit you would hit I and then edit..

>What, for example, are these 2 lines for?

>$restofline = "(C:\dex_tracker) - GVIM"

>$outline = $cmdline[1] & $restofline

what I was trying to do with that is quoted out.... I was trying to match the top of the screen with the file name coming from the command line

>I am surpised that

>Run($gvrun)

>works because I would have expected that you need a space

>gvrun = $gvim & " " & $CmdLine[1]

There is a space if you look at the quotes you will see it

"gvim "

look at the post again

The script is for a program called dex tracker

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dex-tracker

The goal is to load gvim load a csd file (html like) into gvim

search for a tag

look for the end tag

use :r and then the file name of the instrument to load in..

it should be very easy and I have failed using several packages.