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CSV.vim plugin has an ability to change the column deliminator/separator. I would like to find a plugin by which I can change all decimal points (such as comma) to dot, does there exist plugin to do such conversion?

P.s. This is the command that does this, :%s/\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\)/\1,\2/g, but I would like to find a plugin that brings this kind of common conversions as scripts.

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    For such a simple command, you don't need a plugin.
    – Christian Brabandt
    Jan 25, 2017 at 17:38

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Why don't you define a command from this line? Drop it in $HOME/.vim/plugin/yourpluginname.vim, and you're done. (at least, this is enough for something that simple)

command! -range=% ChangeDotToComa <line1>,<line2>s/\d\zs\.\ze\d/,/g

PS: Honestly, in that case, I'd rather change the locale of my machine to tell it that I want to use . as the decimal point and not ,. (But then I've troubles with CSV files produced by excel running with unmodified French locale. They are fortunately rare enough)

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    For a one liner like this one which isn't defined for a specific filetype, is there a reason to put it in a plugin rather than directly in the vimrc?
    – statox
    Jan 25, 2017 at 14:38
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    @statox, Good question. Plugins can be easily installed/distributed, and potentially their maintenance can be centralized. For instance, one may want to use the character returned by locale -k decimal_point. If this was a distributed plugin, everyone could take advantage of it. Now ... is this the reason why the OP asked for a plugin? I don't know.
    – Luc Hermitte
    Jan 25, 2017 at 15:44
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    My mistake. I've fixed the path of the file. Files under $HOME/.vim/plugin are automatically loaded. Those under $HOME/.vim/aren't.
    – Luc Hermitte
    Jan 25, 2017 at 22:13
  • Does every file.vim in .vim folder get automatically loaded?
    – hhh
    Jan 26, 2017 at 7:19
  • I've answered your question in the comment that precedes it.
    – Luc Hermitte
    Jan 26, 2017 at 9:51

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