commit 30e3de21fc36153c5f7c9cf9db90bcc60dd67fb9
author shadmansaleh <shadmansaleh3@gmail.com> Sat May 15 17:23:28 2021 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat May 15 17:23:28 2021 +0200
tree 009edc4fee70a74a78f74d680a58e0dd1b9ca5b3
parent d832c3c56ec7043322ad3e99897e312700fa1d3e

patch 8.2.2854: custom statusline cannot contain % items

Problem:    Custom statusline cannot contain % items.
Solution:   Add "%{% expr %}". (closes #8190)

src/optionstr.c

diff --git a/src/optionstr.c b/src/optionstr.c
index 1ec8d05..f332294 100644
--- a/src/optionstr.c
+++ b/src/optionstr.c
@@ -618,8 +618,10 @@
 	}
 	if (*s == '{')
 	{
+	    int reevaluate = (*s == '%');
+
 	    s++;
-	    while (*s != '}' && *s)
+	    while ((*s != '}' || (reevaluate && s[-1] != '%')) && *s)
 		s++;
 	    if (*s != '}')
 		return N_("E540: Unclosed expression sequence");