created by

Marcin Szamotulski

script type

utility

description

I# System Vim Plugin This is a tiny vim script which might have been discovered ages ago (but I am unaware). Its rather for vim than gvim users. When executing commands from vim you enter a vim shell where you see the output. In many situations this is not what you want and you'd prefer ```viml     :call system("command") ``` but it is a lot to type, and you don't have completion. With this snippet every command which starts with: ```viml     :! command ``` (note the space after the `!`) will be wrapped into `system()` and the output will be echoed. The plugin refreshes the history with what you typed rather than the call to the `system()` function. There are some configuration variables: ```viml     g:system_expand = 1 ``` by default `%` (with modifiers) is expanded in the same way as by the `:!`. ```viml     g:system_echocmd = 0 ``` echo the command together with its output (by default off). The reason why I like it is that I have different background colors in vim (dark) and terminal (light). If I stay inside vim I am not flushed with bright colors which is a annoying (and may be eyes tiring). Benefits: you get completion for system commands and system files. You can use the expression register with Vim 7.3.686.  With an earlier version you will not be able to use it. # Requirements You have to also install [CRDispatcher](https://github.com/coot/CRDispatcher) plugin. I learned how to do that reading the [EmacsCommandLine Plugin](https://github.com/houtsnip/vim-emacscommandline). Other plugins with shell like functionality: * [vim-addon-async](https://github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-async) * [Conque Shell Plugin](http://code.google.com/p/conque) * [VimProc Plugin](http://github.com/Shougo/vimproc/tree/master/doc/vimproc.txt) ## Copyright © Marcin Szamotulski, 2012-2014 ## License Vim license, see :help license

install details

First install http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4856 then put the vim script file in to your plugin folder.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
system.vim	5	2014-03-01	7.3	Marcin Szamotulski	Updated version.  Please also update: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4856 .
system.vim	4	2014-02-07	7.0	Marcin Szamotulski	New version.  Also install: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4856 .
system.vim	3	2014-02-02	7.3	Marcin Szamotulski	Update to make it work with my new plugin Enchanted Vim (persistent very magic option) http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4849
system.vim	2	2012-09-22	7.0	Marcin Szamotulski	Handles command line history.
system.vim	1	2012-09-21	7.0	Marcin Szamotulski	Initial upload

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