[slim-vim] Question about FFI priorities

[Larry Clapp]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 07:42:07AM -0700, Brad Beveridge wrote:
> On 26/06/06, Larry Clapp <larry at theclapp.org> wrote:
> > What Vim functions / operations / commands do you use most, or
> > would most like to see implemented in Lisp?
> I think the text and buffer manipulation functions are probably the
> most useful to me personally, though it would be nice if we could
> script the whole interface in Lisp - which would require things like
> key mapping functions.
> The more functions the better really, because there is sometimes a
> disconnect with what you ought to use.  For example I recently
> wanted to get the word under the cursor and went looking for a Vim
> function (iw, I think) - but it was easier to get the whole current
> line (get-line), then trim the string down to the word around the
> cursor.

Try

  expand("<cword>")

or its Lisp equivalent

  (vim:funcall "expand" "<cword>")

> I'd also like a function to get the text of the current visual
> selection :)

  (defun vim::current-visual-selection ()
    (vim:with-options (("@a" ""))
      (vim:normal "gv\"ay")
      (vim:var "@a")))

To see it in action, run this map

  map ,g :<c-u>ecl (print (vim::current-visual-selection))<cr>

highlight some text, and type ",g".

-- Larry