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System : A way to use system commands with `: !`

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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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