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single_doggy
single_doggy

Reputation: 93

How to copy the error message when vim start?

If I press any key, the message will disappear. I already know use : message to show the error message but I can't copy it to my register or print it to the .txt file. I have read the help message, googled the question.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1417

Answers (3)

ranemirusG
ranemirusG

Reputation: 140

To copy the error msg I found this useful:

let @* = execute('messages')

That will copy to the clipboard.

Another option is to write it on the buffer:

:put =execute('messages')

From this post: https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/31067/copy-vim-messages-into-clipboard

Upvotes: 1

hitsmaxft
hitsmaxft

Reputation: 31

it's easier to resolve by starting vim with --log option to logging to file

vim --log /tmp/vim.log

Upvotes: 1

Matt
Matt

Reputation: 15081

The last error message should be available in a builtin variable named v:errmsg and the last status message is in v:statusmsg.

There's also :h execute() function which runs any VimScript command and returns its output.

Here's a generic mapping with redirection to the current buffer:

nnoremap <silent><leader>x :put =trim(execute(input(':', '', 'command')))<CR>

Press <leader>x, then enter your command, such as 5mess and press <Enter>. The last five message lines will be added to the current buffer.

Upvotes: 4

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