[svlug] Shell command terminal question

David E.Fox dfox at m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com
Tue Apr 3 20:25:04 PDT 2001


On Monday 02 April 2001 18:12, Smitty wrote:
> I would like to use vim as a terminal for shell commands instead of one

Emacs's M-x shell is more convenient, but you can bring in the output
of shell commands into a vim session by doing an r-bang (:r! shell command).
This'll read the output of your shell command right into the file you're
currently editing. It's very handy sometimes.

> Smitty

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