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		ajanuary on Jan 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Howdoi – Instant Coding Answers via the Command Li... It was my understanding it's easy to run a terminal command from vim.

jgeralnik on Jan 8, 2013 [–]

Yes, it's just

  :r!howdoi python regex

:r! executes a command and inserts its standard output below the cursor

tathagatadg on Jan 8, 2013 | [–]

Cool! ... that solves it! One less unfinished side project

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