Vim Script Functions: Text Manipulation, System Functions, Date/Time, Buffers, and Windows

character code at a screen line/row screenchars() get character codes at a screen line/row screenstring() get string of characters at a screen line/row charcol() character number of the cursor or a mark getcharpos() get character position of cursor, mark, etc. setcharpos() set character position of cursor, mark, etc. getcursorcharpos() get character position of the cursor setcursorcharpos() set character position of the cursor Working with text in the current buffer: *text-functions* getline() get a line or list of lines from the buffer getregion() get a region of text from the buffer getregionpos() get a list of positions for a region setline() replace a line in the buffer append() append line or list of lines in the buffer indent() indent of a specific line cindent() indent according to C indenting lispindent() indent according to Lisp indenting nextnonblank() find next non-blank line prevnonblank() find previous non-blank line search() find a match for a pattern searchpos() find a match for a pattern searchcount() get number of matches before/after the cursor searchpair() find the other end of a start/skip/end searchpairpos() find the other end of a start/skip/end searchdecl() search for the declaration of a name getcharsearch() return character search information setcharsearch() set character search information Working with text in another buffer: getbufline() get a list of lines from the specified buffer getbufoneline() get a one line from the specified buffer setbufline() replace a line in the specified buffer appendbufline() append a list of lines in the specified buffer deletebufline() delete lines from a specified buffer *system-functions* *file-functions* System functions and manipulation of files: glob() expand wildcards globpath() expand wildcards in a number of directories glob2regpat() convert a glob pattern into a search pattern findfile() find a file in a list of directories finddir() find a directory in a list of directories resolve() find out where a shortcut points to fnamemodify() modify a file name pathshorten() shorten directory names in a path simplify() simplify a path without changing its meaning executable() check if an executable program exists exepath() full path of an executable program filereadable() check if a file can be read filewritable() check if a file can be written to getfperm() get the permissions of a file setfperm() set the permissions of a file getftype() get the kind of a file isabsolutepath() check if a path is absolute isdirectory() check if a directory exists getfsize() get the size of a file getcwd() get the current working directory haslocaldir() check if current window used |:lcd| or |:tcd| tempname() get the name of a temporary file mkdir() create a new directory chdir() change current working directory delete() delete a file rename() rename a file system() get the result of a shell command as a string systemlist() get the result of a shell command as a list environ() get all environment variables getenv() get one environment variable setenv() set an environment variable hostname() name of the system readfile() read a file into a List of lines readblob() read a file into a Blob readdir() get a List of file names in a directory writefile() write a List of lines or Blob into a file filecopy() copy a file {from} to {to} Date and Time: *date-functions* *time-functions* getftime() get last modification time of a file localtime() get current time in seconds strftime() convert time to a string strptime() convert a date/time string to time reltime() get the current or elapsed time accurately reltimestr() convert reltime() result to a string reltimefloat() convert reltime() result to a Float *buffer-functions* *window-functions* *arg-functions* Buffers, windows and the argument list: argc() number of entries in the argument

This section covers Vim script functions for manipulating text, system files, date/time, buffers, and windows. It includes functions for getting/setting the character position of the cursor/marks, getting lines from a buffer, searching for patterns, getting/setting lines in another buffer, and file manipulation (expanding wildcards, finding files/directories, modifying file names, checking file properties, creating/deleting/renaming files, getting file sizes, and working with environment variables). Also covered are functions to read/write files, copy files, retrieve/convert date/time, get number of entries in the argument list, and manage buffers and windows.