https://github.com/ethanmuller/scratch.vim

Plugin to create and use a scratch Vim buffer
https://github.com/ethanmuller/scratch.vim

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Plugin to create and use a scratch Vim buffer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ethanmuller/scratch.vim
• Owner: ethanmuller
• Fork: true (vim-scripts/scratch.vim)
• Created: 2013-02-14T19:13:41.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-02-14T19:32:56.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T14:12:54.467Z (4 months ago)
• Language: VimL
• Homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=664
• Size: 101 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README

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README

        
This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=664

Overview

You can use the scratch plugin to create a temporary scratch buffer to store

and edit text that will be discarded when you quit/exit vim. The contents

of the scratch buffer are not saved/stored in a file.

Installation

1. Copy the scratch.vim plugin to the $HOME/.vim/plugin directory. Refer to

   the following Vim help topics for more information about Vim plugins:

      :help add-plugin

      :help add-global-plugin

      :help runtimepath

2. Restart Vim.

Usage

You can use the following command to open/edit the scratch buffer:

      :Scratch

To open the scratch buffer in a new horizontal split window, use the following command:

      :Sscratch

To open the scratch buffer in a new vertical split window, use the following command:

      :Vscratch

When you close the scratch buffer window, the buffer will retain the

contents. You can again edit the scratch buffer by openeing it using one of

the above commands. There is no need to save the scatch buffer.

When you quit/exit Vim, the contents of the scratch buffer will be lost.

You will not be prompted to save the contents of the modified scratch

buffer.

You can have only one scratch buffer open in a single Vim instance. If the

current buffer has unsaved modifications, then the scratch buffer will be

opened in a new window