From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail2.kcnet.com ([216.90.72.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15Z2hC-0005g8-00 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 23:59:18 -0400 Received: from susestar (arc8x70.kcnet.com [209.240.100.198]) by mail2.kcnet.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f7L3xA429322 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:59:10 -0500 From: Rodney Clowdus To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: fwd: vim Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:54:39 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" References: <20010820214314.A21271@uark.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010820214314.A21271@uark.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01082022543901.05391@susestar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Let's say we have a file named time and we want to append the output of the command date to the file. Quit vi in you are in it and type date >> time and the output of date will be appended to the file named time. If you want to overwrite the file type only one > but to append type two >>. I find it works pretty good for me. My two cents worth. Rodney On Monday 20 August 2001 09:43 pm, you wrote: > While we're on the subject of editors.. I've recently started using vim > instead of nano, and I'm very pleased with it. I'm trying to find a way > to be able to enter a shell command and have its output inserted into > the current file. Anyone have any ideas? > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Weaving Beaver rclowdus@kcnet.com "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice." "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice"