Re: Predefine the next buffer

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2021-05-09 at 21:11 +0200, Michel wrote:
> I try to have that will define the next content of my buffer. For
> example: I run a command 'foo' and the next command will be pre-write
> with 'bar' (or replace 'foo' by 'bar'). I imagine made it with a
> function, but I can't use zle to manipulate the buffer, it seems to be
> required to use a widget and run it from a shortcut.

So "foo" is something like  a shell function thatʼs going to do some
stuff, and you want it also to set up the next editing command line for
you?

Try this:

foo() {
  print -z bar
}

(BTW user questions really belong on zsh-users.)

pws