patch 7.4.1996
Problem: Capturing the output of a command takes a few commands.
Solution: Add evalcmd().
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_alot.vim b/src/testdir/test_alot.vim
index e99e137..074c2de 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_alot.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_alot.vim
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
source test_autocmd.vim
source test_cursor_func.vim
source test_delete.vim
+source test_evalcmd.vim
source test_ex_undo.vim
-source test_expr.vim
source test_expand.vim
+source test_expr.vim
source test_expand_dllpath.vim
source test_feedkeys.vim
source test_fnamemodify.vim
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_evalcmd.vim b/src/testdir/test_evalcmd.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7f48bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test_evalcmd.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+" test evalcmd()
+
+func Test_evalcmd()
+ call assert_equal("\nnocompatible", evalcmd('set compatible?'))
+ call assert_equal("\nsomething\nnice", evalcmd('echo "something\nnice"'))
+ call assert_fails('call evalcmd("doesnotexist")', 'E492:')
+endfunc
+