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commit 0948f9c4e4112801777027b3e60945f76468aea5
parent 5a114d4f546ba4ff981067edad084f798a32e1e8
Author: Alex Balgavy <a.balgavy@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:15:30 +0200

Redirect output of command to scratch buffer

Either a vim or external command. Both work.

Diffstat:
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vim/commands.vimrc
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24
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1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/vim/commands.vimrc b/vim/commands.vimrc
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ command! Fuckwindows %s/
//g
 command! Hexedit %!xxd
 command! Unhex %!xxd -r
 
+command! -nargs=1 -complete=command Redir silent call Redir(<f-args>)
+" Usage:
+" 	:Redir hi ............. show the full output of command ':hi' in a scratch window
+" 	:Redir !ls -al ........ show the full output of command ':!ls -al' in a scratch window
+
 " Functions
 function! InsertTabWrapper()
     let col = col('.') - 1
@@ -30,6 +35,25 @@ function! ToggleNumber()
     endif
 endfunc
 
+function! Redir(cmd)
+	for win in range(1, winnr('$'))
+		if getwinvar(win, 'scratch')
+			execute win . 'windo close'
+		endif
+	endfor
+	if a:cmd =~ '^!'
+		execute "let output = system('" . substitute(a:cmd, '^!', '', '') . "')"
+	else
+		redir => output
+		execute a:cmd
+		redir END
+	endif
+	vnew
+	let w:scratch = 1
+	setlocal nobuflisted buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe noswapfile
+	call setline(1, split(output, "\n"))
+endfunction
+
 " Fat finger fixes/convenience abbreviations
 cnoreabbrev W! w!
 cnoreabbrev Q! q!