如何在特殊文件中记录我在 Vim 编辑器中使用的所有命令？

Question

I need to document all commands that I used to modify text using Vim editor . When I am in the terminal and need to save all my input in a file I usually write:

history > ~/some_file.txt

However, I am not sure how to do it while using vim. Can you tell me?

Answer 1

Any output can be redirected with :redir . So

redir >~/vim.history|silent history|redir END

Will redirect the output of :history to the file ~/vim.history . Here silent is used to prevent a -- More -- prompt.

You could also put the history into the current buffer with

:put =execute(':history')

Note that Vims history is limited to 50 entries by default (see :help 'history ).

Answer 2

Use startup option -w . From the docs:

All the characters that you type are recorded in the file "scriptout", until you exit Vim. This is useful if you want to create a script file to be used with "vim -s" or ":source!".

Answer 3

1. Press qx , which causes Vim to start recording your keystrokes.
2. Press q to finish recording.
3. Move your cursor to wherever you would like Vim to paste the record it has just made.
4. Press "xp to paste the record.

The x identifies a buffer. Buffers y , z and so on also exist, so you can use a different letter than x if you wish.

Nothing requires you to paste the record into the file you were editing when the record was made, incidentally. To paste into a different file, give the command :tabedit name-of-different-file , press [Enter], and then press "xp to paste. (Since :tabedit opens the second files in another tab, you can then press gt to toggle between the two if you wish.)