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ViewOutput : scroll back and search [long] output of vim command

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created by
Yakov Lerner
 
script type
utility
 
description
If you want to scroll backward (and forward) and search within long output of the vim command (such as :au, :let), execute command with prefix VO.

VO (viewoutput) will place output of vim command in new buffer where you can search and view it using vim commands. Example:

      :VO au
      :VO let
 
install details
Drop viewoutput.vim into your ~/.vim/plugin directory.

To change the command that creates the preview window (the default is "new"),
you can edit definition of g:viewoutput_newbuffer variable at the beginning of
script:

let g:viewoutput_newbuffer="5new"     | " create preview window 5 lines high
let g:viewoutput_newbuffer="bot 5new" | " bottom preview window 5 lines high
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
viewoutput.vim 2.0 2004-02-04 6.0 Yakov Lerner Fixed bug with 'VO map' (silent map produced output without newlines). Saving output to register rather than tempfile. Improvements thanks to Antony Scriven and Charles Campbell. Config variable  g:viewoutput_newbuffer added.
viewoutput.vim 1.0 2004-02-03 6.0 Yakov Lerner Initial upload
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