Comments on: Merging files with pr http://blog.danfego.net/2009/04/merging-files-with-pr/ A guy like me? Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://blog.danfego.net/2009/04/merging-files-with-pr/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Brian Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:13:19 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=212#comment-479 In the headings.txt buffer, first: gg0^VG$A,^[ (Where ^V is Ctrl-V and ^[ is Esc.) This'll move the cursor to the top left, highlight everything in Visual-block mode, and add a comma at the end of each line. Then: gg0^VG$y This'll highlight and copy everything column-wise. Then in values.csv: gg0P This'll paste everything column-wise at the front of the existing lines. You might have a few extra spaces after the first comma, but you can clean it up with a regex e.g. :%s/\v^[^,]+,\zs\s*// (Where all the ^ are literal ^'s.) Visual-block mode is quite useful even though there are only a few operators you can use in that mode. See :h visual-block and :h blockwise-operators. In the headings.txt buffer, first:

gg0^VG$A,^[

(Where ^V is Ctrl-V and ^[ is Esc.) This'll move the cursor to the top left, highlight everything in Visual-block mode, and add a comma at the end of each line. Then:

gg0^VG$y

This'll highlight and copy everything column-wise. Then in values.csv:

gg0P

This'll paste everything column-wise at the front of the existing lines. You might have a few extra spaces after the first comma, but you can clean it up with a regex e.g.

:%s/\v^[^,]+,\zs\s*//

(Where all the ^ are literal ^’s.) Visual-block mode is quite useful even though there are only a few operators you can use in that mode. See :h visual-block and :h blockwise-operators.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.danfego.net/2009/04/merging-files-with-pr/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Dan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:47:54 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=212#comment-459 Really? If you happen to know how this would be done in vim, I'd be rather interested to see it. There's a lot of functionality in vim I haven't yet discovered. As a matter of fact, I've only ever used visual mode -- I hadn't even heard of visual block mode. More to learn, I have! Really? If you happen to know how this would be done in vim, I’d be rather interested to see it. There’s a lot of functionality in vim I haven’t yet discovered. As a matter of fact, I’ve only ever used visual mode — I hadn’t even heard of visual block mode. More to learn, I have!

]]> By: Brian http://blog.danfego.net/2009/04/merging-files-with-pr/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Brian Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:44:06 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=212#comment-456 Interesting tool, pr. I'll have to remember that one. You could've done this in Vim's Visual Block mode or in Emacs via column editing too. Interesting tool, pr. I’ll have to remember that one. You could’ve done this in Vim’s Visual Block mode or in Emacs via column editing too.

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