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Bongali Babu
Bongali Babu

Reputation: 793

moving lines from one window to another

Is there a simple command that will move lines from one window to another. Currently I go to one window, yank the lines, and then paste in the other window.

I would like to know if I can do it without switching windows.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 2216

Answers (4)

jmdeldin
jmdeldin

Reputation: 5404

You could try this mapping:

nmap <C-y> Y<C-w>wp<C-w>w

Upvotes: 2

vezult
vezult

Reputation: 5243

using vimdiff you can use diffput or diffget to copy changes between buffers. From the manual:

There are two commands to copy text from one buffer to another.  The result is
that the buffers will be equal within the specified range.


                        *:diffg* *:diffget*
:[range]diffg[et] [bufspec]
    Modify the current buffer to undo difference with another
    buffer.  If [bufspec] is given, that buffer is used.
    Otherwise this only works if there is one other buffer in diff
    mode.
    See below for [range].


                        *:diffpu* *:diffput*
:[range]diffpu[t] [bufspec]
    Modify another buffer to undo difference with the current
    buffer.  Just like ":diffget" but the other buffer is modified
    instead of the current one.
    See below for [range].

Upvotes: 1

RedBlueThing
RedBlueThing

Reputation: 42522

I would do this sort of thing with a macro. So to record a macro for a, qa. Then yy to yank the line, :bnext to switch buffers, p to paste the line, then bnext again to switch back to the original buffer (on the line you started on). Then hit q to stop recording.

So to copy, switch windows, paste then switch back, you just need to use @a. Or map it to a function key (map @a).

N.B. Just noticed in the comments you had multiple buffers, so obviously you would need to record your macro accordingly.

Upvotes: 8

Shoban
Shoban

Reputation: 23016

I doubt whether this is possible. But here is an interesting post about 100 Vim commands every programmer should know if you are interested.

Upvotes: 0

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