Vim Script Functions: System Commands, Date/Time, Buffers/Windows/Arguments, Command Line, Quickfix/Location Lists, and Insert Mode Completion

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 list argidx() current position in the argument list arglistid() get id of the argument list argv() get one entry from the argument list bufadd() add a file to the list of buffers bufexists() check if a buffer exists buflisted() check if a buffer exists and is listed bufload() ensure a buffer is loaded bufloaded() check if a buffer exists and is loaded bufname() get the name of a specific buffer bufnr() get the buffer number of a specific buffer tabpagebuflist() return List of buffers in a tab page tabpagenr() get the number of a tab page tabpagewinnr() like winnr() for a specified tab page winnr() get the window number for the current window bufwinid() get the window ID of a specific buffer bufwinnr() get the window number of a specific buffer winbufnr() get the buffer number of a specific window win_findbuf() find windows containing a buffer win_getid() get window ID of a window win_gettype() get type of window win_gotoid() go to window with ID win_id2tabwin() get tab and window nr from window ID win_id2win() get window nr from window ID win_move_separator() move window vertical separator win_move_statusline() move window status line win_splitmove() move window to a split of another window getbufinfo() get a list with buffer information gettabinfo() get a list with tab page information getwininfo() get a list with window information getchangelist() get a list of change list entries getjumplist() get a list of jump list entries swapfilelist() list of existing swap files in 'directory' swapinfo() information about a swap file swapname() get the swap file path of a buffer Command line: *command-line-functions* getcmdcomplpat() get completion pattern of the current command line getcmdcompltype() get the type of the current command line completion getcmdline() get the current command line input getcmdprompt() get the current command line prompt getcmdpos() get position of the cursor in the command line getcmdscreenpos() get screen position of the cursor in the command line setcmdline() set the current command line setcmdpos() set position of the cursor in the command line getcmdtype() return the current command-line type getcmdwintype() return the current command-line window type getcompletion() list of command-line completion matches fullcommand() get full command name cmdcomplete_info() get command-line completion information Quickfix and location lists: *quickfix-functions* getqflist() list of quickfix errors setqflist() modify a quickfix list getloclist() list of location list items setloclist() modify a location list Insert mode completion: *completion-functions* complete() set found matches complete_add() add to found matches complete_check() check if completion should be aborted complete_info() get current completion information complete_match() get insert completion start match col and trigger text pumvisible()

This section details Vim script functions for various functionalities. It includes functions to execute system commands, manage environment variables, work with files (reading, writing, copying), get date/time information, and manipulate buffers, windows, and the argument list. Furthermore, it covers command-line functions (getting/setting command line content and cursor position, listing completion matches), quickfix and location list functions (getting/setting lists of errors/items), and insert mode completion functions (setting/adding to matches, checking completion status, retrieving completion information).