Question: Looking to write text from a buffer into a section of another buffer on `BufLeave` or `BufWriteCmd` without saving.

• inline_edit.vim

  9 147 3.8 Vim Script

  Edit code that's embedded within other code

I've got a plugin for this: https://github.com/AndrewRadev/inline_edit.vim. The autocommands are here, but really, there's no magic, it's one autocommand that triggers a bunch of code. You won't find a one-shot solution. BufWrite triggers on write, and you'd have to replace the lines in whatever way you choose. Quitting is just a matter of abandoning the changes with :q.

• linediff.vim

  2 449 2.7 Vim Script

  A vim plugin to perform diffs on blocks of code

Two more of my plugins that use the same patterns are linediff and writable_search, but I think inline_edit is closest to what you're looking for.

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• writable_search.vim

  3 49 10.0 Vim Script

  Grep for something, then write the original files directly through the search results.

Two more of my plugins that use the same patterns are linediff and writable_search, but I think inline_edit is closest to what you're looking for.

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