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Reputation: 2401

How to print (hardcopy) with folds in Vim?

I have a very simple todo list with dates and tags :

141218 Call school &phone @me
141219 Buy groceries &buy @me
141220 Have W order books &buy @W
141220 Think about vacation &vac @me
141221 Have W try Santa Claus outfit &fam @W
141222 Ask a question to S.O. &vim @me

This list is not long (I have much longer files in mind), but suppose I want to print it, and only print, e.g., the @W part ?

First I shall search :

/&W

then fold (Vim Wikia Simple Folding : Tip 282)

:set foldexpr=getline(v:lnum)!~@/
:nnoremap <F8> :set foldmethod=expr<CR><Bar>zM

I now have : 

+—- 2 lines
141220 Have W order books &buy @W
+—- 1 line
141221 Have W try Santa Claus outfit &fam @W
+—- 1 line

This works fine down to the hardcopy part : all lines are displayed…

How should I proceed to print this folded file ?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 549

Answers (1)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172698

Unfortunately, the :hardcopy doesn't consider the current representation in the window, it prints the physical contents (and also has other limitations, like ignoring concealment).

Use another means of printing

The :TOhtml command ships with Vim, and can create a HTML representation of the current window, including folds. You can then print that HTML file from the browser.

(Temporarily) remove the lines instead of folding

You can do so with the :global command:

:global!/@W/delete _
:hardcopy
:undo

Maybe as a custom command:

:command! -nargs=? HardcopyMatching execute 'global!/' . <q-args> . '/delete _' | hardcopy | undo

Upvotes: 6

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