use Perl

• I'm guessing matchstr is what you're after (Score:2)

  by wickline (135)

  function! GotoCFile()
      :write!
      :redraw!
   
      let cfile_prefix     = '#\s*cfile:\s*'
      let cfile_expression = cfile_prefix . '\w\+'
      if match(getline('.'), cfile_expression) > -1
          let good_line = matchstr(getline('.'), cfile_expression)
          " probably need some more interesting way to make a relative path
          " also need to get rid of any stuff that might
  • Re:I'm guessing matchstr is what you're after (Score:1)

    by Smylers (2592)

    Unfortunately matchstr() operates on a string, not the current buffer, so you've first of all had to read the current line into a string.

    This has the distinct disadvantage that it only works if you already happen to be on the line that you're looking for.

    Smylers
    • Re:I'm guessing matchstr is what you're after (Score:2)

      by wickline (135)

      > only works if you already happen to be on the line
      
      I'm relying on some inside information to guess that he's expecting to be on the line when he uses this command. I could be wrong.
      
      We used to work at the same shop where we had a bunch of shortcuts that worked in that sort of fashion (go to test, implementation, module, base class, mason component).
  • Re:I'm guessing matchstr is what you're after (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Out of curiosity, how did you learn Vim scripting? Is there a decent tutorial out there or did you go through the docs?
    • Re:I'm guessing matchstr is what you're after (Score:2)

      by wickline (135)

      > how did you learn Vim scripting?
      
      I'm not sure I'd say that I've learned it. When I started at Rentrak, they already had ,gi ,gt ,t and ,T. I just copy/paste/tweaked from there for the most part. Before I started at Rentrak, I'd primarily been a BBEdit user, with ten-year-rusty vi experience. Rentrak was the first place I used Vim.
      
      > Is there a decent tutorial out there or did you go through the docs
      
      There may well be a decent tutorial. If so, I never found it. Instead I spent way to much time banging m
• Grab It To a Register (Score:1)

  by Smylers (2592)

  If you change the pattern just to position the cursor at the point you're interested in then you can yank the next word into a register with a separate command:

  function! GotoCFile()
    if search('\v%(^\s*#\s*cfile:\s*)@<=\w')
      normal "zye
      echo 'Found ' . @z
    else
      echo 'Could not find name of corresponding file'
    end
  endfunction

  If however, as suggested by the name of your function, your actual desire is not to put the filename into a variable but to go
  • Re:Grab It To a Register (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Thanks! That's useful information. I have to admit, I'm thinking about Emacs just because I find the Vim docs so intensely painful. I'm not Stephen Hawking, but I'm not particularly stupid, either. I don't know why I have such trouble with the Vim docs, but I do. This really should have not been so hard to figure out :/