vim-sendtowindow

Vim operator to send text from one window to another.

Main use case is sending code to and from the REPL running inside :terminal buffer.

Demo

1. Sending lines using motions

2. Sending parts of a line using motions

3. Sending paragraphs using text objects

4. Sending text using visual selections

5. Sending commands back - from REPL to script

Installation

With your favorite plugin manager. In my case it's vim-plug:

Plug 'karoliskoncevicius/vim-sendtowindow'

Or manually copy the contents of the plugin folder to your ./vim/plugin/ directory.

Features

• Can send text between any two adjacent vim windows.
• Text can be defined by visual selection, motions and text objects.
• Tries to position the cursor in a convenient place after each call.
• Dot repeatable.

Maps

By default it uses the following maps:

• <space>l sends to the right window
• <space>k sends to the top window
• <space>j sends to the bottom window
• <space>h sends to the left window

In order to change the above key maps add the following to your vimrc:

let g:sendtowindow_use_defaults=0

And then remap the commands as you see fit. For example this would map all the commands to L, H, K and J respectively:

nmap L <Plug>SendRight
xmap L <Plug>SendRightV
nmap H <Plug>SendLeft
xmap H <Plug>SendLeftV
nmap K <Plug>SendUp
xmap K <Plug>SendUpV
nmap J <Plug>SendDown
xmap J <Plug>SendDownV

See Also

If instead you are looking for a plugin with more features and auto-magic, here is a list to choose from:

• jpalardy/vim-slime
• jgdavey/tslime.vim
• Vigemus/iron.nvim
• kassio/neoterm
• benmills/vimux
• esamattis/slimux
• jebaum/vim-tmuxify
• ervandew/screen
• sillybun/vim-repl
• khorser/vim-repl
• rhysd/reply.vim
• habamax/vim-sendtoterm
• urbainvaes/vim-ripple
• axvr/zepl.vim