Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | *eval.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2021 Jan 17 |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | |
| 3 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Expression evaluation *expression* *expr* *E15* *eval* |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Using expressions is introduced in chapter 41 of the user manual |usr_41.txt|. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Note: Expression evaluation can be disabled at compile time. If this has been |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | done, the features in this document are not available. See |+eval| and |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | |no-eval-feature|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8a7d654 | 2020-01-26 15:56:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | This file is about the backwards compatible Vim script. For Vim9 script, |
| 16 | which executes much faster, supports type checking and much more, see |
| 17 | |vim9.txt|. |
| 18 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | 1. Variables |variables| |
| 20 | 1.1 Variable types |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | 1.2 Function references |Funcref| |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | 1.3 Lists |Lists| |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | 1.4 Dictionaries |Dictionaries| |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | 1.5 Blobs |Blobs| |
| 25 | 1.6 More about variables |more-variables| |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | 2. Expression syntax |expression-syntax| |
| 27 | 3. Internal variable |internal-variables| |
| 28 | 4. Builtin Functions |functions| |
| 29 | 5. Defining functions |user-functions| |
| 30 | 6. Curly braces names |curly-braces-names| |
| 31 | 7. Commands |expression-commands| |
| 32 | 8. Exception handling |exception-handling| |
| 33 | 9. Examples |eval-examples| |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | 10. Vim script version |vimscript-version| |
| 35 | 11. No +eval feature |no-eval-feature| |
| 36 | 12. The sandbox |eval-sandbox| |
| 37 | 13. Textlock |textlock| |
Bram Moolenaar | ed997ad | 2019-07-21 16:42:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | |
| 39 | Testing support is documented in |testing.txt|. |
| 40 | Profiling is documented at |profiling|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | ============================================================================== |
| 43 | 1. Variables *variables* |
| 44 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | 1.1 Variable types ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | bf821bc | 2019-01-23 21:15:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | *E712* *E896* *E897* *E899* |
Bram Moolenaar | 06fe74a | 2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | There are ten types of variables: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 664f3cf | 2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | *Number* *Integer* |
| 50 | Number A 32 or 64 bit signed number. |expr-number| |
Bram Moolenaar | f9706e9 | 2020-02-22 14:27:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | The number of bits is available in |v:numbersize|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | Examples: -123 0x10 0177 0o177 0b1011 |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | Float A floating point number. |floating-point-format| *Float* |
| 55 | {only when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 56 | Examples: 123.456 1.15e-6 -1.1e3 |
| 57 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0648142 | 2016-04-30 15:13:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | *E928* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | String A NUL terminated string of 8-bit unsigned characters (bytes). |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | |expr-string| Examples: "ab\txx\"--" 'x-z''a,c' |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | List An ordered sequence of items, see |List| for details. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | Example: [1, 2, ['a', 'b']] |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 39a58ca | 2005-06-27 22:42:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | Dictionary An associative, unordered array: Each entry has a key and a |
| 66 | value. |Dictionary| |
Bram Moolenaar | d5abb4c | 2019-07-13 22:46:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | Examples: |
| 68 | {'blue': "#0000ff", 'red': "#ff0000"} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c6d904 | 2019-07-16 22:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | #{blue: "#0000ff", red: "#ff0000"} |
Bram Moolenaar | 39a58ca | 2005-06-27 22:42:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | Funcref A reference to a function |Funcref|. |
| 72 | Example: function("strlen") |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d42961 | 2016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | It can be bound to a dictionary and arguments, it then works |
| 74 | like a Partial. |
| 75 | Example: function("Callback", [arg], myDict) |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02e83b4 | 2016-02-21 20:10:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | Special |v:false|, |v:true|, |v:none| and |v:null|. *Special* |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | Job Used for a job, see |job_start()|. *Job* *Jobs* |
Bram Moolenaar | 38a5563 | 2016-02-15 22:07:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | Channel Used for a channel, see |ch_open()|. *Channel* *Channels* |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | Blob Binary Large Object. Stores any sequence of bytes. See |Blob| |
| 84 | for details |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | Example: 0zFF00ED015DAF |
| 86 | 0z is an empty Blob. |
| 87 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | The Number and String types are converted automatically, depending on how they |
| 89 | are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | |
| 91 | Conversion from a Number to a String is by making the ASCII representation of |
Bram Moolenaar | 24ea3ba | 2010-09-19 19:01:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | the Number. Examples: |
| 93 | Number 123 --> String "123" ~ |
| 94 | Number 0 --> String "0" ~ |
| 95 | Number -1 --> String "-1" ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 00a927d | 2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | *octal* |
Bram Moolenaar | d43906d | 2020-07-20 21:31:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | Conversion from a String to a Number only happens in legacy Vim script, not in |
| 98 | Vim9 script. It is done by converting the first digits to a number. |
| 99 | Hexadecimal "0xf9", Octal "017" or "0o17", and Binary "0b10" |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | numbers are recognized |
| 101 | NOTE: when using |scriptversion-4| octal with a leading "0" is not recognized. |
| 102 | The 0o notation requires patch 8.2.0886. |
| 103 | If the String doesn't start with digits, the result is zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | fa73534 | 2016-01-03 22:14:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | Examples: |
Bram Moolenaar | 24ea3ba | 2010-09-19 19:01:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | String "456" --> Number 456 ~ |
| 106 | String "6bar" --> Number 6 ~ |
| 107 | String "foo" --> Number 0 ~ |
| 108 | String "0xf1" --> Number 241 ~ |
| 109 | String "0100" --> Number 64 ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | c17e66c | 2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | String "0o100" --> Number 64 ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | fa73534 | 2016-01-03 22:14:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | String "0b101" --> Number 5 ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 24ea3ba | 2010-09-19 19:01:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | String "-8" --> Number -8 ~ |
| 113 | String "+8" --> Number 0 ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | |
| 115 | To force conversion from String to Number, add zero to it: > |
| 116 | :echo "0100" + 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | < 64 ~ |
| 118 | |
| 119 | To avoid a leading zero to cause octal conversion, or for using a different |
| 120 | base, use |str2nr()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | *TRUE* *FALSE* *Boolean* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 123 | For boolean operators Numbers are used. Zero is FALSE, non-zero is TRUE. |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | You can also use |v:false| and |v:true|. In Vim9 script |false| and |true|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c6737b | 2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | When TRUE is returned from a function it is the Number one, FALSE is the |
| 126 | number zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | Note that in the command: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | :if "foo" |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | :" NOT executed |
| 131 | "foo" is converted to 0, which means FALSE. If the string starts with a |
| 132 | non-zero number it means TRUE: > |
| 133 | :if "8foo" |
| 134 | :" executed |
| 135 | To test for a non-empty string, use empty(): > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a0d809 | 2012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | :if !empty("foo") |
Bram Moolenaar | 92f26c2 | 2020-10-03 20:17:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | |
| 138 | < *falsy* *truthy* |
| 139 | An expression can be used as a condition, ignoring the type and only using |
| 140 | whether the value is "sort of true" or "sort of false". Falsy is: |
| 141 | the number zero |
| 142 | empty string, blob, list or dictionary |
| 143 | Other values are truthy. Examples: |
| 144 | 0 falsy |
| 145 | 1 truthy |
| 146 | -1 truthy |
| 147 | 0.0 falsy |
| 148 | 0.1 truthy |
| 149 | '' falsy |
| 150 | 'x' truthy |
| 151 | [] falsy |
| 152 | [0] truthy |
| 153 | {} falsy |
| 154 | #{x: 1} truthy |
| 155 | 0z falsy |
| 156 | 0z00 truthy |
| 157 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | *non-zero-arg* |
| 159 | Function arguments often behave slightly different from |TRUE|: If the |
| 160 | argument is present and it evaluates to a non-zero Number, |v:true| or a |
Bram Moolenaar | 64d8e25 | 2016-09-06 22:12:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | non-empty String, then the value is considered to be TRUE. |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | Note that " " and "0" are also non-empty strings, thus considered to be TRUE. |
| 163 | A List, Dictionary or Float is not a Number or String, thus evaluate to FALSE. |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 38a5563 | 2016-02-15 22:07:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | *E745* *E728* *E703* *E729* *E730* *E731* *E908* *E910* *E913* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 166 | *E974* *E975* *E976* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 167 | |List|, |Dictionary|, |Funcref|, |Job|, |Channel| and |Blob| types are not |
| 168 | automatically converted. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | *E805* *E806* *E808* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | When mixing Number and Float the Number is converted to Float. Otherwise |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | there is no automatic conversion of Float. You can use str2float() for String |
| 173 | to Float, printf() for Float to String and float2nr() for Float to Number. |
| 174 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 38a5563 | 2016-02-15 22:07:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | *E891* *E892* *E893* *E894* *E907* *E911* *E914* |
Bram Moolenaar | 13d5aee | 2016-01-21 23:36:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | When expecting a Float a Number can also be used, but nothing else. |
| 177 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6f32c3 | 2016-03-12 19:03:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 178 | *no-type-checking* |
| 179 | You will not get an error if you try to change the type of a variable. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | 1.2 Function references ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | *Funcref* *E695* *E718* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 184 | A Funcref variable is obtained with the |function()| function, the |funcref()| |
| 185 | function or created with the lambda expression |expr-lambda|. It can be used |
| 186 | in an expression in the place of a function name, before the parenthesis |
| 187 | around the arguments, to invoke the function it refers to. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | |
| 189 | :let Fn = function("MyFunc") |
| 190 | :echo Fn() |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | < *E704* *E705* *E707* |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | A Funcref variable must start with a capital, "s:", "w:", "t:" or "b:". You |
Bram Moolenaar | 7cba6c0 | 2013-09-05 22:13:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | can use "g:" but the following name must still start with a capital. You |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | cannot have both a Funcref variable and a function with the same name. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | A special case is defining a function and directly assigning its Funcref to a |
| 197 | Dictionary entry. Example: > |
| 198 | :function dict.init() dict |
| 199 | : let self.val = 0 |
| 200 | :endfunction |
| 201 | |
| 202 | The key of the Dictionary can start with a lower case letter. The actual |
| 203 | function name is not used here. Also see |numbered-function|. |
| 204 | |
| 205 | A Funcref can also be used with the |:call| command: > |
| 206 | :call Fn() |
| 207 | :call dict.init() |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | |
| 209 | The name of the referenced function can be obtained with |string()|. > |
Bram Moolenaar | 383f9bc | 2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 210 | :let func = string(Fn) |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | |
| 212 | You can use |call()| to invoke a Funcref and use a list variable for the |
| 213 | arguments: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 383f9bc | 2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | :let r = call(Fn, mylist) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d42961 | 2016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | < |
| 216 | *Partial* |
| 217 | A Funcref optionally binds a Dictionary and/or arguments. This is also called |
| 218 | a Partial. This is created by passing the Dictionary and/or arguments to |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | function() or funcref(). When calling the function the Dictionary and/or |
| 220 | arguments will be passed to the function. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d42961 | 2016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | |
| 222 | let Cb = function('Callback', ['foo'], myDict) |
Bram Moolenaar | ba3ff53 | 2018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | call Cb('bar') |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d42961 | 2016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | |
| 225 | This will invoke the function as if using: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ba3ff53 | 2018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | call myDict.Callback('foo', 'bar') |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d42961 | 2016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | |
| 228 | This is very useful when passing a function around, e.g. in the arguments of |
| 229 | |ch_open()|. |
| 230 | |
| 231 | Note that binding a function to a Dictionary also happens when the function is |
| 232 | a member of the Dictionary: > |
| 233 | |
| 234 | let myDict.myFunction = MyFunction |
| 235 | call myDict.myFunction() |
| 236 | |
| 237 | Here MyFunction() will get myDict passed as "self". This happens when the |
| 238 | "myFunction" member is accessed. When making assigning "myFunction" to |
| 239 | otherDict and calling it, it will be bound to otherDict: > |
| 240 | |
| 241 | let otherDict.myFunction = myDict.myFunction |
| 242 | call otherDict.myFunction() |
| 243 | |
| 244 | Now "self" will be "otherDict". But when the dictionary was bound explicitly |
| 245 | this won't happen: > |
| 246 | |
| 247 | let myDict.myFunction = function(MyFunction, myDict) |
| 248 | let otherDict.myFunction = myDict.myFunction |
| 249 | call otherDict.myFunction() |
| 250 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 251 | Here "self" will be "myDict", because it was bound explicitly. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 252 | |
| 253 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 254 | 1.3 Lists ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e38ea2 | 2014-04-05 22:55:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 255 | *list* *List* *Lists* *E686* |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | A List is an ordered sequence of items. An item can be of any type. Items |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | can be accessed by their index number. Items can be added and removed at any |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | position in the sequence. |
| 259 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 260 | |
| 261 | List creation ~ |
| 262 | *E696* *E697* |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | A List is created with a comma separated list of items in square brackets. |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 264 | Examples: > |
| 265 | :let mylist = [1, two, 3, "four"] |
| 266 | :let emptylist = [] |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 267 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | An item can be any expression. Using a List for an item creates a |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | List of Lists: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | :let nestlist = [[11, 12], [21, 22], [31, 32]] |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | |
| 272 | An extra comma after the last item is ignored. |
| 273 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | |
| 275 | List index ~ |
| 276 | *list-index* *E684* |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | An item in the List can be accessed by putting the index in square brackets |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | after the List. Indexes are zero-based, thus the first item has index zero. > |
| 279 | :let item = mylist[0] " get the first item: 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | :let item = mylist[2] " get the third item: 3 |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 281 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 282 | When the resulting item is a list this can be repeated: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | :let item = nestlist[0][1] " get the first list, second item: 12 |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | A negative index is counted from the end. Index -1 refers to the last item in |
| 286 | the List, -2 to the last but one item, etc. > |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | :let last = mylist[-1] " get the last item: "four" |
| 288 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | To avoid an error for an invalid index use the |get()| function. When an item |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | is not available it returns zero or the default value you specify: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | :echo get(mylist, idx) |
| 292 | :echo get(mylist, idx, "NONE") |
| 293 | |
| 294 | |
| 295 | List concatenation ~ |
| 296 | |
| 297 | Two lists can be concatenated with the "+" operator: > |
| 298 | :let longlist = mylist + [5, 6] |
Bram Moolenaar | 383f9bc | 2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | :let mylist += [7, 8] |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | |
| 301 | To prepend or append an item turn the item into a list by putting [] around |
| 302 | it. To change a list in-place see |list-modification| below. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | |
| 305 | Sublist ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | bc8801c | 2016-08-02 21:04:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 306 | *sublist* |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 307 | A part of the List can be obtained by specifying the first and last index, |
| 308 | separated by a colon in square brackets: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 309 | :let shortlist = mylist[2:-1] " get List [3, "four"] |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 310 | |
| 311 | Omitting the first index is similar to zero. Omitting the last index is |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | similar to -1. > |
Bram Moolenaar | 540d6e3 | 2005-01-09 21:20:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | :let endlist = mylist[2:] " from item 2 to the end: [3, "four"] |
| 314 | :let shortlist = mylist[2:2] " List with one item: [3] |
| 315 | :let otherlist = mylist[:] " make a copy of the List |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 316 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6601b62 | 2021-01-13 21:47:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 317 | Notice that the last index is inclusive. If you prefer using an exclusive |
| 318 | index use the |slice()| method. |
| 319 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | If the first index is beyond the last item of the List or the second item is |
| 321 | before the first item, the result is an empty list. There is no error |
| 322 | message. |
| 323 | |
| 324 | If the second index is equal to or greater than the length of the list the |
| 325 | length minus one is used: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9e54a0e | 2006-04-14 20:42:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | :let mylist = [0, 1, 2, 3] |
| 327 | :echo mylist[2:8] " result: [2, 3] |
| 328 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | NOTE: mylist[s:e] means using the variable "s:e" as index. Watch out for |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | using a single letter variable before the ":". Insert a space when needed: |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | mylist[s : e]. |
| 332 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 334 | List identity ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | *list-identity* |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 336 | When variable "aa" is a list and you assign it to another variable "bb", both |
| 337 | variables refer to the same list. Thus changing the list "aa" will also |
| 338 | change "bb": > |
| 339 | :let aa = [1, 2, 3] |
| 340 | :let bb = aa |
| 341 | :call add(aa, 4) |
| 342 | :echo bb |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | < [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 344 | |
| 345 | Making a copy of a list is done with the |copy()| function. Using [:] also |
| 346 | works, as explained above. This creates a shallow copy of the list: Changing |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 347 | a list item in the list will also change the item in the copied list: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 348 | :let aa = [[1, 'a'], 2, 3] |
| 349 | :let bb = copy(aa) |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 350 | :call add(aa, 4) |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 351 | :let aa[0][1] = 'aaa' |
| 352 | :echo aa |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 353 | < [[1, aaa], 2, 3, 4] > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 354 | :echo bb |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 355 | < [[1, aaa], 2, 3] |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 356 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 357 | To make a completely independent list use |deepcopy()|. This also makes a |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 358 | copy of the values in the list, recursively. Up to a hundred levels deep. |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 359 | |
| 360 | The operator "is" can be used to check if two variables refer to the same |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 361 | List. "isnot" does the opposite. In contrast "==" compares if two lists have |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 362 | the same value. > |
| 363 | :let alist = [1, 2, 3] |
| 364 | :let blist = [1, 2, 3] |
| 365 | :echo alist is blist |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | < 0 > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | :echo alist == blist |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 368 | < 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 369 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9ba0eb8 | 2005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | Note about comparing lists: Two lists are considered equal if they have the |
| 371 | same length and all items compare equal, as with using "==". There is one |
Bram Moolenaar | 7d1f5db | 2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 372 | exception: When comparing a number with a string they are considered |
| 373 | different. There is no automatic type conversion, as with using "==" on |
| 374 | variables. Example: > |
| 375 | echo 4 == "4" |
Bram Moolenaar | 9ba0eb8 | 2005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | < 1 > |
Bram Moolenaar | 7d1f5db | 2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | echo [4] == ["4"] |
Bram Moolenaar | 9ba0eb8 | 2005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | < 0 |
| 379 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7d1f5db | 2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | Thus comparing Lists is more strict than comparing numbers and strings. You |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | can compare simple values this way too by putting them in a list: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 7d1f5db | 2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 382 | |
| 383 | :let a = 5 |
| 384 | :let b = "5" |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | :echo a == b |
Bram Moolenaar | 7d1f5db | 2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 386 | < 1 > |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 387 | :echo [a] == [b] |
Bram Moolenaar | 7d1f5db | 2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 388 | < 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 9ba0eb8 | 2005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 389 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 390 | |
| 391 | List unpack ~ |
| 392 | |
| 393 | To unpack the items in a list to individual variables, put the variables in |
| 394 | square brackets, like list items: > |
| 395 | :let [var1, var2] = mylist |
| 396 | |
| 397 | When the number of variables does not match the number of items in the list |
| 398 | this produces an error. To handle any extra items from the list append ";" |
| 399 | and a variable name: > |
| 400 | :let [var1, var2; rest] = mylist |
| 401 | |
| 402 | This works like: > |
| 403 | :let var1 = mylist[0] |
| 404 | :let var2 = mylist[1] |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 405 | :let rest = mylist[2:] |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | |
| 407 | Except that there is no error if there are only two items. "rest" will be an |
| 408 | empty list then. |
| 409 | |
| 410 | |
| 411 | List modification ~ |
| 412 | *list-modification* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 413 | To change a specific item of a list use |:let| this way: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 414 | :let list[4] = "four" |
| 415 | :let listlist[0][3] = item |
| 416 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 417 | To change part of a list you can specify the first and last item to be |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 418 | modified. The value must at least have the number of items in the range: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 419 | :let list[3:5] = [3, 4, 5] |
| 420 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 421 | Adding and removing items from a list is done with functions. Here are a few |
| 422 | examples: > |
| 423 | :call insert(list, 'a') " prepend item 'a' |
| 424 | :call insert(list, 'a', 3) " insert item 'a' before list[3] |
| 425 | :call add(list, "new") " append String item |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 426 | :call add(list, [1, 2]) " append a List as one new item |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 427 | :call extend(list, [1, 2]) " extend the list with two more items |
| 428 | :let i = remove(list, 3) " remove item 3 |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cd1516 | 2005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 429 | :unlet list[3] " idem |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 430 | :let l = remove(list, 3, -1) " remove items 3 to last item |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cd1516 | 2005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 431 | :unlet list[3 : ] " idem |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 432 | :call filter(list, 'v:val !~ "x"') " remove items with an 'x' |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 433 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | Changing the order of items in a list: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 435 | :call sort(list) " sort a list alphabetically |
| 436 | :call reverse(list) " reverse the order of items |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 437 | :call uniq(sort(list)) " sort and remove duplicates |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 438 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 439 | |
| 440 | For loop ~ |
| 441 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | The |:for| loop executes commands for each item in a list. A variable is set |
| 443 | to each item in the list in sequence. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | :for item in mylist |
| 445 | : call Doit(item) |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 446 | :endfor |
| 447 | |
| 448 | This works like: > |
| 449 | :let index = 0 |
| 450 | :while index < len(mylist) |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 451 | : let item = mylist[index] |
| 452 | : :call Doit(item) |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 453 | : let index = index + 1 |
| 454 | :endwhile |
| 455 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 456 | If all you want to do is modify each item in the list then the |map()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 457 | function will be a simpler method than a for loop. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | Just like the |:let| command, |:for| also accepts a list of variables. This |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 460 | requires the argument to be a list of lists. > |
| 461 | :for [lnum, col] in [[1, 3], [2, 8], [3, 0]] |
| 462 | : call Doit(lnum, col) |
| 463 | :endfor |
| 464 | |
| 465 | This works like a |:let| command is done for each list item. Again, the types |
| 466 | must remain the same to avoid an error. |
| 467 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 468 | It is also possible to put remaining items in a List variable: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | :for [i, j; rest] in listlist |
| 470 | : call Doit(i, j) |
| 471 | : if !empty(rest) |
| 472 | : echo "remainder: " . string(rest) |
| 473 | : endif |
| 474 | :endfor |
| 475 | |
| 476 | |
| 477 | List functions ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 478 | *E714* |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 479 | Functions that are useful with a List: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 480 | :let r = call(funcname, list) " call a function with an argument list |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 481 | :if empty(list) " check if list is empty |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 482 | :let l = len(list) " number of items in list |
| 483 | :let big = max(list) " maximum value in list |
| 484 | :let small = min(list) " minimum value in list |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 485 | :let xs = count(list, 'x') " count nr of times 'x' appears in list |
| 486 | :let i = index(list, 'x') " index of first 'x' in list |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 487 | :let lines = getline(1, 10) " get ten text lines from buffer |
| 488 | :call append('$', lines) " append text lines in buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 489 | :let list = split("a b c") " create list from items in a string |
| 490 | :let string = join(list, ', ') " create string from list items |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 491 | :let s = string(list) " String representation of list |
| 492 | :call map(list, '">> " . v:val') " prepend ">> " to each item |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 493 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0cb032e | 2005-04-23 20:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 494 | Don't forget that a combination of features can make things simple. For |
| 495 | example, to add up all the numbers in a list: > |
| 496 | :exe 'let sum = ' . join(nrlist, '+') |
| 497 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 498 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 499 | 1.4 Dictionaries ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 500 | *dict* *Dict* *Dictionaries* *Dictionary* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | A Dictionary is an associative array: Each entry has a key and a value. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | entry can be located with the key. The entries are stored without a specific |
| 503 | ordering. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 504 | |
| 505 | |
| 506 | Dictionary creation ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 507 | *E720* *E721* *E722* *E723* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 508 | A Dictionary is created with a comma separated list of entries in curly |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 509 | braces. Each entry has a key and a value, separated by a colon. Each key can |
| 510 | only appear once. Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 511 | :let mydict = {1: 'one', 2: 'two', 3: 'three'} |
| 512 | :let emptydict = {} |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 513 | < *E713* *E716* *E717* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 514 | A key is always a String. You can use a Number, it will be converted to a |
| 515 | String automatically. Thus the String '4' and the number 4 will find the same |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | entry. Note that the String '04' and the Number 04 are different, since the |
Bram Moolenaar | d5abb4c | 2019-07-13 22:46:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 517 | Number will be converted to the String '4'. The empty string can also be used |
| 518 | as a key. |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 519 | *literal-Dict* *#{}* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c6d904 | 2019-07-16 22:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 520 | To avoid having to put quotes around every key the #{} form can be used. This |
Bram Moolenaar | d5abb4c | 2019-07-13 22:46:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 521 | does require the key to consist only of ASCII letters, digits, '-' and '_'. |
| 522 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 523 | :let mydict = #{zero: 0, one_key: 1, two-key: 2, 333: 3} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c6d904 | 2019-07-16 22:04:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 524 | Note that 333 here is the string "333". Empty keys are not possible with #{}. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 526 | A value can be any expression. Using a Dictionary for a value creates a |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 527 | nested Dictionary: > |
| 528 | :let nestdict = {1: {11: 'a', 12: 'b'}, 2: {21: 'c'}} |
| 529 | |
| 530 | An extra comma after the last entry is ignored. |
| 531 | |
| 532 | |
| 533 | Accessing entries ~ |
| 534 | |
| 535 | The normal way to access an entry is by putting the key in square brackets: > |
| 536 | :let val = mydict["one"] |
| 537 | :let mydict["four"] = 4 |
| 538 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 539 | You can add new entries to an existing Dictionary this way, unlike Lists. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 540 | |
| 541 | For keys that consist entirely of letters, digits and underscore the following |
| 542 | form can be used |expr-entry|: > |
| 543 | :let val = mydict.one |
| 544 | :let mydict.four = 4 |
| 545 | |
| 546 | Since an entry can be any type, also a List and a Dictionary, the indexing and |
| 547 | key lookup can be repeated: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 548 | :echo dict.key[idx].key |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 549 | |
| 550 | |
| 551 | Dictionary to List conversion ~ |
| 552 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 553 | You may want to loop over the entries in a dictionary. For this you need to |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 554 | turn the Dictionary into a List and pass it to |:for|. |
| 555 | |
| 556 | Most often you want to loop over the keys, using the |keys()| function: > |
| 557 | :for key in keys(mydict) |
| 558 | : echo key . ': ' . mydict[key] |
| 559 | :endfor |
| 560 | |
| 561 | The List of keys is unsorted. You may want to sort them first: > |
| 562 | :for key in sort(keys(mydict)) |
| 563 | |
| 564 | To loop over the values use the |values()| function: > |
| 565 | :for v in values(mydict) |
| 566 | : echo "value: " . v |
| 567 | :endfor |
| 568 | |
| 569 | If you want both the key and the value use the |items()| function. It returns |
Bram Moolenaar | d47d522 | 2018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 570 | a List in which each item is a List with two items, the key and the value: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 571 | :for [key, value] in items(mydict) |
| 572 | : echo key . ': ' . value |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 573 | :endfor |
| 574 | |
| 575 | |
| 576 | Dictionary identity ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 577 | *dict-identity* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 578 | Just like Lists you need to use |copy()| and |deepcopy()| to make a copy of a |
| 579 | Dictionary. Otherwise, assignment results in referring to the same |
| 580 | Dictionary: > |
| 581 | :let onedict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2} |
| 582 | :let adict = onedict |
| 583 | :let adict['a'] = 11 |
| 584 | :echo onedict['a'] |
| 585 | 11 |
| 586 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f3bd51a | 2005-06-14 22:11:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 587 | Two Dictionaries compare equal if all the key-value pairs compare equal. For |
| 588 | more info see |list-identity|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 589 | |
| 590 | |
| 591 | Dictionary modification ~ |
| 592 | *dict-modification* |
| 593 | To change an already existing entry of a Dictionary, or to add a new entry, |
| 594 | use |:let| this way: > |
| 595 | :let dict[4] = "four" |
| 596 | :let dict['one'] = item |
| 597 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cd1516 | 2005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 598 | Removing an entry from a Dictionary is done with |remove()| or |:unlet|. |
| 599 | Three ways to remove the entry with key "aaa" from dict: > |
| 600 | :let i = remove(dict, 'aaa') |
| 601 | :unlet dict.aaa |
| 602 | :unlet dict['aaa'] |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 603 | |
| 604 | Merging a Dictionary with another is done with |extend()|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 605 | :call extend(adict, bdict) |
| 606 | This extends adict with all entries from bdict. Duplicate keys cause entries |
| 607 | in adict to be overwritten. An optional third argument can change this. |
Bram Moolenaar | 383f9bc | 2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 608 | Note that the order of entries in a Dictionary is irrelevant, thus don't |
| 609 | expect ":echo adict" to show the items from bdict after the older entries in |
| 610 | adict. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 611 | |
| 612 | Weeding out entries from a Dictionary can be done with |filter()|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 613 | :call filter(dict, 'v:val =~ "x"') |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 614 | This removes all entries from "dict" with a value not matching 'x'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 388a5d4 | 2020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 615 | This can also be used to remove all entries: > |
| 616 | call filter(dict, 0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 617 | |
| 618 | |
| 619 | Dictionary function ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 26402cb | 2013-02-20 21:26:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 620 | *Dictionary-function* *self* *E725* *E862* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 621 | When a function is defined with the "dict" attribute it can be used in a |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 622 | special way with a dictionary. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 623 | :function Mylen() dict |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 624 | : return len(self.data) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 625 | :endfunction |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 626 | :let mydict = {'data': [0, 1, 2, 3], 'len': function("Mylen")} |
| 627 | :echo mydict.len() |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 628 | |
| 629 | This is like a method in object oriented programming. The entry in the |
| 630 | Dictionary is a |Funcref|. The local variable "self" refers to the dictionary |
| 631 | the function was invoked from. |
| 632 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 633 | It is also possible to add a function without the "dict" attribute as a |
| 634 | Funcref to a Dictionary, but the "self" variable is not available then. |
| 635 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 636 | *numbered-function* *anonymous-function* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 637 | To avoid the extra name for the function it can be defined and directly |
| 638 | assigned to a Dictionary in this way: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 639 | :let mydict = {'data': [0, 1, 2, 3]} |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a5f459 | 2015-04-13 12:43:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 640 | :function mydict.len() |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 641 | : return len(self.data) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 642 | :endfunction |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 643 | :echo mydict.len() |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 644 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 645 | The function will then get a number and the value of dict.len is a |Funcref| |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 646 | that references this function. The function can only be used through a |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 647 | |Funcref|. It will automatically be deleted when there is no |Funcref| |
| 648 | remaining that refers to it. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | It is not necessary to use the "dict" attribute for a numbered function. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 651 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1affd72 | 2010-08-04 17:49:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 652 | If you get an error for a numbered function, you can find out what it is with |
| 653 | a trick. Assuming the function is 42, the command is: > |
| 654 | :function {42} |
| 655 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 656 | |
| 657 | Functions for Dictionaries ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 658 | *E715* |
| 659 | Functions that can be used with a Dictionary: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 660 | :if has_key(dict, 'foo') " TRUE if dict has entry with key "foo" |
| 661 | :if empty(dict) " TRUE if dict is empty |
| 662 | :let l = len(dict) " number of items in dict |
| 663 | :let big = max(dict) " maximum value in dict |
| 664 | :let small = min(dict) " minimum value in dict |
| 665 | :let xs = count(dict, 'x') " count nr of times 'x' appears in dict |
| 666 | :let s = string(dict) " String representation of dict |
| 667 | :call map(dict, '">> " . v:val') " prepend ">> " to each item |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 668 | |
| 669 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 670 | 1.5 Blobs ~ |
| 671 | *blob* *Blob* *Blobs* *E978* |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 672 | A Blob is a binary object. It can be used to read an image from a file and |
| 673 | send it over a channel, for example. |
| 674 | |
| 675 | A Blob mostly behaves like a |List| of numbers, where each number has the |
| 676 | value of an 8-bit byte, from 0 to 255. |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 677 | |
| 678 | |
| 679 | Blob creation ~ |
| 680 | |
| 681 | A Blob can be created with a |blob-literal|: > |
| 682 | :let b = 0zFF00ED015DAF |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 683 | Dots can be inserted between bytes (pair of hex characters) for readability, |
| 684 | they don't change the value: > |
| 685 | :let b = 0zFF00.ED01.5DAF |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 686 | |
| 687 | A blob can be read from a file with |readfile()| passing the {type} argument |
| 688 | set to "B", for example: > |
| 689 | :let b = readfile('image.png', 'B') |
| 690 | |
| 691 | A blob can be read from a channel with the |ch_readblob()| function. |
| 692 | |
| 693 | |
| 694 | Blob index ~ |
| 695 | *blob-index* *E979* |
| 696 | A byte in the Blob can be accessed by putting the index in square brackets |
| 697 | after the Blob. Indexes are zero-based, thus the first byte has index zero. > |
| 698 | :let myblob = 0z00112233 |
| 699 | :let byte = myblob[0] " get the first byte: 0x00 |
| 700 | :let byte = myblob[2] " get the third byte: 0x22 |
| 701 | |
| 702 | A negative index is counted from the end. Index -1 refers to the last byte in |
| 703 | the Blob, -2 to the last but one byte, etc. > |
| 704 | :let last = myblob[-1] " get the last byte: 0x33 |
| 705 | |
| 706 | To avoid an error for an invalid index use the |get()| function. When an item |
| 707 | is not available it returns -1 or the default value you specify: > |
| 708 | :echo get(myblob, idx) |
| 709 | :echo get(myblob, idx, 999) |
| 710 | |
| 711 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 712 | Blob iteration ~ |
| 713 | |
| 714 | The |:for| loop executes commands for each byte of a Blob. The loop variable is |
| 715 | set to each byte in the Blob. Example: > |
| 716 | :for byte in 0z112233 |
| 717 | : call Doit(byte) |
| 718 | :endfor |
| 719 | This calls Doit() with 0x11, 0x22 and 0x33. |
| 720 | |
| 721 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 722 | Blob concatenation ~ |
| 723 | |
| 724 | Two blobs can be concatenated with the "+" operator: > |
| 725 | :let longblob = myblob + 0z4455 |
| 726 | :let myblob += 0z6677 |
| 727 | |
| 728 | To change a blob in-place see |blob-modification| below. |
| 729 | |
| 730 | |
| 731 | Part of a blob ~ |
| 732 | |
| 733 | A part of the Blob can be obtained by specifying the first and last index, |
| 734 | separated by a colon in square brackets: > |
| 735 | :let myblob = 0z00112233 |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 736 | :let shortblob = myblob[1:2] " get 0z1122 |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 737 | :let shortblob = myblob[2:-1] " get 0z2233 |
| 738 | |
| 739 | Omitting the first index is similar to zero. Omitting the last index is |
| 740 | similar to -1. > |
| 741 | :let endblob = myblob[2:] " from item 2 to the end: 0z2233 |
| 742 | :let shortblob = myblob[2:2] " Blob with one byte: 0z22 |
| 743 | :let otherblob = myblob[:] " make a copy of the Blob |
| 744 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 745 | If the first index is beyond the last byte of the Blob or the second index is |
Bram Moolenaar | aa5df7e | 2019-02-03 14:53:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 746 | before the first index, the result is an empty Blob. There is no error |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 747 | message. |
| 748 | |
| 749 | If the second index is equal to or greater than the length of the list the |
| 750 | length minus one is used: > |
| 751 | :echo myblob[2:8] " result: 0z2233 |
| 752 | |
| 753 | |
| 754 | Blob modification ~ |
| 755 | *blob-modification* |
| 756 | To change a specific byte of a blob use |:let| this way: > |
| 757 | :let blob[4] = 0x44 |
| 758 | |
| 759 | When the index is just one beyond the end of the Blob, it is appended. Any |
| 760 | higher index is an error. |
| 761 | |
| 762 | To change a sequence of bytes the [:] notation can be used: > |
| 763 | let blob[1:3] = 0z445566 |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 764 | The length of the replaced bytes must be exactly the same as the value |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 765 | provided. *E972* |
| 766 | |
| 767 | To change part of a blob you can specify the first and last byte to be |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 768 | modified. The value must have the same number of bytes in the range: > |
| 769 | :let blob[3:5] = 0z334455 |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 770 | |
| 771 | You can also use the functions |add()|, |remove()| and |insert()|. |
| 772 | |
| 773 | |
| 774 | Blob identity ~ |
| 775 | |
| 776 | Blobs can be compared for equality: > |
| 777 | if blob == 0z001122 |
| 778 | And for equal identity: > |
| 779 | if blob is otherblob |
| 780 | < *blob-identity* *E977* |
| 781 | When variable "aa" is a Blob and you assign it to another variable "bb", both |
| 782 | variables refer to the same Blob. Then the "is" operator returns true. |
| 783 | |
| 784 | When making a copy using [:] or |copy()| the values are the same, but the |
| 785 | identity is different: > |
| 786 | :let blob = 0z112233 |
| 787 | :let blob2 = blob |
| 788 | :echo blob == blob2 |
| 789 | < 1 > |
| 790 | :echo blob is blob2 |
| 791 | < 1 > |
| 792 | :let blob3 = blob[:] |
| 793 | :echo blob == blob3 |
| 794 | < 1 > |
| 795 | :echo blob is blob3 |
| 796 | < 0 |
| 797 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 798 | Making a copy of a Blob is done with the |copy()| function. Using [:] also |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 799 | works, as explained above. |
| 800 | |
| 801 | |
| 802 | 1.6 More about variables ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 803 | *more-variables* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 804 | If you need to know the type of a variable or expression, use the |type()| |
| 805 | function. |
| 806 | |
| 807 | When the '!' flag is included in the 'viminfo' option, global variables that |
| 808 | start with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase letter, are |
| 809 | stored in the viminfo file |viminfo-file|. |
| 810 | |
| 811 | When the 'sessionoptions' option contains "global", global variables that |
| 812 | start with an uppercase letter and contain at least one lowercase letter are |
| 813 | stored in the session file |session-file|. |
| 814 | |
| 815 | variable name can be stored where ~ |
| 816 | my_var_6 not |
| 817 | My_Var_6 session file |
| 818 | MY_VAR_6 viminfo file |
| 819 | |
| 820 | |
| 821 | It's possible to form a variable name with curly braces, see |
| 822 | |curly-braces-names|. |
| 823 | |
| 824 | ============================================================================== |
| 825 | 2. Expression syntax *expression-syntax* |
| 826 | |
| 827 | Expression syntax summary, from least to most significant: |
| 828 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 829 | |expr1| expr2 |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 830 | expr2 ? expr1 : expr1 if-then-else |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 831 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 832 | |expr2| expr3 |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 833 | expr3 || expr3 ... logical OR |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 834 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 835 | |expr3| expr4 |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 836 | expr4 && expr4 ... logical AND |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 837 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 838 | |expr4| expr5 |
| 839 | expr5 == expr5 equal |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 840 | expr5 != expr5 not equal |
| 841 | expr5 > expr5 greater than |
| 842 | expr5 >= expr5 greater than or equal |
| 843 | expr5 < expr5 smaller than |
| 844 | expr5 <= expr5 smaller than or equal |
| 845 | expr5 =~ expr5 regexp matches |
| 846 | expr5 !~ expr5 regexp doesn't match |
| 847 | |
| 848 | expr5 ==? expr5 equal, ignoring case |
| 849 | expr5 ==# expr5 equal, match case |
| 850 | etc. As above, append ? for ignoring case, # for |
| 851 | matching case |
| 852 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 853 | expr5 is expr5 same |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob| instance |
| 854 | expr5 isnot expr5 different |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob| |
| 855 | instance |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 856 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 857 | |expr5| expr6 |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 858 | expr6 + expr6 ... number addition, list or blob concatenation |
| 859 | expr6 - expr6 ... number subtraction |
| 860 | expr6 . expr6 ... string concatenation |
| 861 | expr6 .. expr6 ... string concatenation |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 862 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 863 | |expr6| expr7 |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 864 | expr7 * expr7 ... number multiplication |
| 865 | expr7 / expr7 ... number division |
| 866 | expr7 % expr7 ... number modulo |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 867 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 868 | |expr7| expr8 |
| 869 | ! expr7 logical NOT |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 870 | - expr7 unary minus |
| 871 | + expr7 unary plus |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 872 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 89bcfda | 2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 873 | |expr8| expr9 |
| 874 | expr8[expr1] byte of a String or item of a |List| |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 875 | expr8[expr1 : expr1] substring of a String or sublist of a |List| |
| 876 | expr8.name entry in a |Dictionary| |
| 877 | expr8(expr1, ...) function call with |Funcref| variable |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 878 | expr8->name(expr1, ...) |method| call |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 879 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 880 | |expr9| number number constant |
Bram Moolenaar | 3fdfa4a | 2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 881 | "string" string constant, backslash is special |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 882 | 'string' string constant, ' is doubled |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 883 | [expr1, ...] |List| |
| 884 | {expr1: expr1, ...} |Dictionary| |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 885 | #{key: expr1, ...} |Dictionary| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 886 | &option option value |
| 887 | (expr1) nested expression |
| 888 | variable internal variable |
| 889 | va{ria}ble internal variable with curly braces |
| 890 | $VAR environment variable |
| 891 | @r contents of register 'r' |
| 892 | function(expr1, ...) function call |
| 893 | func{ti}on(expr1, ...) function call with curly braces |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 894 | {args -> expr1} lambda expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 895 | |
| 896 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 897 | "..." indicates that the operations in this level can be concatenated. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 898 | Example: > |
| 899 | &nu || &list && &shell == "csh" |
| 900 | |
| 901 | All expressions within one level are parsed from left to right. |
| 902 | |
| 903 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f4d51a | 2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 904 | expr1 *expr1* *trinary* *falsy-operator* *??* *E109* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 905 | ----- |
| 906 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 92f26c2 | 2020-10-03 20:17:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 907 | The trinary operator: expr2 ? expr1 : expr1 |
| 908 | The falsy operator: expr2 ?? expr1 |
| 909 | |
| 910 | Trinary operator ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 911 | |
| 912 | The expression before the '?' is evaluated to a number. If it evaluates to |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 913 | |TRUE|, the result is the value of the expression between the '?' and ':', |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 914 | otherwise the result is the value of the expression after the ':'. |
| 915 | Example: > |
| 916 | :echo lnum == 1 ? "top" : lnum |
| 917 | |
| 918 | Since the first expression is an "expr2", it cannot contain another ?:. The |
| 919 | other two expressions can, thus allow for recursive use of ?:. |
| 920 | Example: > |
| 921 | :echo lnum == 1 ? "top" : lnum == 1000 ? "last" : lnum |
| 922 | |
| 923 | To keep this readable, using |line-continuation| is suggested: > |
| 924 | :echo lnum == 1 |
| 925 | :\ ? "top" |
| 926 | :\ : lnum == 1000 |
| 927 | :\ ? "last" |
| 928 | :\ : lnum |
| 929 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 930 | You should always put a space before the ':', otherwise it can be mistaken for |
| 931 | use in a variable such as "a:1". |
| 932 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 92f26c2 | 2020-10-03 20:17:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 933 | Falsy operator ~ |
| 934 | |
| 935 | This is also known as the "null coalescing operator", but that's too |
| 936 | complicated, thus we just call it the falsy operator. |
| 937 | |
| 938 | The expression before the '??' is evaluated. If it evaluates to |
| 939 | |truthy|, this is used as the result. Otherwise the expression after the '??' |
| 940 | is evaluated and used as the result. This is most useful to have a default |
| 941 | value for an expression that may result in zero or empty: > |
| 942 | echo theList ?? 'list is empty' |
| 943 | echo GetName() ?? 'unknown' |
| 944 | |
| 945 | These are similar, but not equal: > |
| 946 | expr2 ?? expr1 |
| 947 | expr2 ? expr2 : expr1 |
| 948 | In the second line "expr2" is evaluated twice. |
| 949 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 950 | |
| 951 | expr2 and expr3 *expr2* *expr3* |
| 952 | --------------- |
| 953 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0418609 | 2016-08-29 21:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 954 | expr3 || expr3 .. logical OR *expr-barbar* |
| 955 | expr4 && expr4 .. logical AND *expr-&&* |
| 956 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 957 | The "||" and "&&" operators take one argument on each side. The arguments |
| 958 | are (converted to) Numbers. The result is: |
| 959 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 960 | input output ~ |
| 961 | n1 n2 n1 || n2 n1 && n2 ~ |
| 962 | |FALSE| |FALSE| |FALSE| |FALSE| |
| 963 | |FALSE| |TRUE| |TRUE| |FALSE| |
| 964 | |TRUE| |FALSE| |TRUE| |FALSE| |
| 965 | |TRUE| |TRUE| |TRUE| |TRUE| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 966 | |
| 967 | The operators can be concatenated, for example: > |
| 968 | |
| 969 | &nu || &list && &shell == "csh" |
| 970 | |
| 971 | Note that "&&" takes precedence over "||", so this has the meaning of: > |
| 972 | |
| 973 | &nu || (&list && &shell == "csh") |
| 974 | |
| 975 | Once the result is known, the expression "short-circuits", that is, further |
| 976 | arguments are not evaluated. This is like what happens in C. For example: > |
| 977 | |
| 978 | let a = 1 |
| 979 | echo a || b |
| 980 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 981 | This is valid even if there is no variable called "b" because "a" is |TRUE|, |
| 982 | so the result must be |TRUE|. Similarly below: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 983 | |
| 984 | echo exists("b") && b == "yes" |
| 985 | |
| 986 | This is valid whether "b" has been defined or not. The second clause will |
| 987 | only be evaluated if "b" has been defined. |
| 988 | |
| 989 | |
| 990 | expr4 *expr4* |
| 991 | ----- |
| 992 | |
| 993 | expr5 {cmp} expr5 |
| 994 | |
| 995 | Compare two expr5 expressions, resulting in a 0 if it evaluates to false, or 1 |
| 996 | if it evaluates to true. |
| 997 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 998 | *expr-==* *expr-!=* *expr->* *expr->=* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 999 | *expr-<* *expr-<=* *expr-=~* *expr-!~* |
| 1000 | *expr-==#* *expr-!=#* *expr->#* *expr->=#* |
| 1001 | *expr-<#* *expr-<=#* *expr-=~#* *expr-!~#* |
| 1002 | *expr-==?* *expr-!=?* *expr->?* *expr->=?* |
| 1003 | *expr-<?* *expr-<=?* *expr-=~?* *expr-!~?* |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1004 | *expr-is* *expr-isnot* *expr-is#* *expr-isnot#* |
| 1005 | *expr-is?* *expr-isnot?* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1006 | use 'ignorecase' match case ignore case ~ |
| 1007 | equal == ==# ==? |
| 1008 | not equal != !=# !=? |
| 1009 | greater than > ># >? |
| 1010 | greater than or equal >= >=# >=? |
| 1011 | smaller than < <# <? |
| 1012 | smaller than or equal <= <=# <=? |
| 1013 | regexp matches =~ =~# =~? |
| 1014 | regexp doesn't match !~ !~# !~? |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1015 | same instance is is# is? |
| 1016 | different instance isnot isnot# isnot? |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1017 | |
| 1018 | Examples: |
| 1019 | "abc" ==# "Abc" evaluates to 0 |
| 1020 | "abc" ==? "Abc" evaluates to 1 |
| 1021 | "abc" == "Abc" evaluates to 1 if 'ignorecase' is set, 0 otherwise |
| 1022 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1023 | *E691* *E692* |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1024 | A |List| can only be compared with a |List| and only "equal", "not equal", |
| 1025 | "is" and "isnot" can be used. This compares the values of the list, |
| 1026 | recursively. Ignoring case means case is ignored when comparing item values. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1027 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1028 | *E735* *E736* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1029 | A |Dictionary| can only be compared with a |Dictionary| and only "equal", "not |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1030 | equal", "is" and "isnot" can be used. This compares the key/values of the |
| 1031 | |Dictionary| recursively. Ignoring case means case is ignored when comparing |
| 1032 | item values. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1033 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1034 | *E694* |
Bram Moolenaar | e18dbe8 | 2016-07-02 21:42:23 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1035 | A |Funcref| can only be compared with a |Funcref| and only "equal", "not |
| 1036 | equal", "is" and "isnot" can be used. Case is never ignored. Whether |
| 1037 | arguments or a Dictionary are bound (with a partial) matters. The |
| 1038 | Dictionaries must also be equal (or the same, in case of "is") and the |
| 1039 | arguments must be equal (or the same). |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | To compare Funcrefs to see if they refer to the same function, ignoring bound |
| 1042 | Dictionary and arguments, use |get()| to get the function name: > |
| 1043 | if get(Part1, 'name') == get(Part2, 'name') |
| 1044 | " Part1 and Part2 refer to the same function |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1045 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1046 | Using "is" or "isnot" with a |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob| checks whether |
| 1047 | the expressions are referring to the same |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob| |
| 1048 | instance. A copy of a |List| is different from the original |List|. When |
| 1049 | using "is" without a |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob|, it is equivalent to |
| 1050 | using "equal", using "isnot" equivalent to using "not equal". Except that |
| 1051 | a different type means the values are different: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1052 | echo 4 == '4' |
| 1053 | 1 |
| 1054 | echo 4 is '4' |
| 1055 | 0 |
| 1056 | echo 0 is [] |
| 1057 | 0 |
| 1058 | "is#"/"isnot#" and "is?"/"isnot?" can be used to match and ignore case. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1059 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1060 | When comparing a String with a Number, the String is converted to a Number, |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1061 | and the comparison is done on Numbers. This means that: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1062 | echo 0 == 'x' |
| 1063 | 1 |
| 1064 | because 'x' converted to a Number is zero. However: > |
| 1065 | echo [0] == ['x'] |
| 1066 | 0 |
| 1067 | Inside a List or Dictionary this conversion is not used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1068 | |
| 1069 | When comparing two Strings, this is done with strcmp() or stricmp(). This |
| 1070 | results in the mathematical difference (comparing byte values), not |
| 1071 | necessarily the alphabetical difference in the local language. |
| 1072 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1073 | When using the operators with a trailing '#', or the short version and |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1074 | 'ignorecase' is off, the comparing is done with strcmp(): case matters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1075 | |
| 1076 | When using the operators with a trailing '?', or the short version and |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1077 | 'ignorecase' is set, the comparing is done with stricmp(): case is ignored. |
| 1078 | |
| 1079 | 'smartcase' is not used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1080 | |
| 1081 | The "=~" and "!~" operators match the lefthand argument with the righthand |
| 1082 | argument, which is used as a pattern. See |pattern| for what a pattern is. |
| 1083 | This matching is always done like 'magic' was set and 'cpoptions' is empty, no |
| 1084 | matter what the actual value of 'magic' or 'cpoptions' is. This makes scripts |
| 1085 | portable. To avoid backslashes in the regexp pattern to be doubled, use a |
| 1086 | single-quote string, see |literal-string|. |
| 1087 | Since a string is considered to be a single line, a multi-line pattern |
| 1088 | (containing \n, backslash-n) will not match. However, a literal NL character |
| 1089 | can be matched like an ordinary character. Examples: |
| 1090 | "foo\nbar" =~ "\n" evaluates to 1 |
| 1091 | "foo\nbar" =~ "\\n" evaluates to 0 |
| 1092 | |
| 1093 | |
| 1094 | expr5 and expr6 *expr5* *expr6* |
| 1095 | --------------- |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1096 | expr6 + expr6 Number addition, |List| or |Blob| concatenation *expr-+* |
| 1097 | expr6 - expr6 Number subtraction *expr--* |
| 1098 | expr6 . expr6 String concatenation *expr-.* |
| 1099 | expr6 .. expr6 String concatenation *expr-..* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1100 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1101 | For |Lists| only "+" is possible and then both expr6 must be a list. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1102 | result is a new list with the two lists Concatenated. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1103 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1104 | For String concatenation ".." is preferred, since "." is ambiguous, it is also |
| 1105 | used for |Dict| member access and floating point numbers. |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1106 | When |vimscript-version| is 2 or higher, using "." is not allowed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1107 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1108 | expr7 * expr7 Number multiplication *expr-star* |
| 1109 | expr7 / expr7 Number division *expr-/* |
| 1110 | expr7 % expr7 Number modulo *expr-%* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1111 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 62e1bb4 | 2019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1112 | For all, except "." and "..", Strings are converted to Numbers. |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1113 | For bitwise operators see |and()|, |or()| and |xor()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1114 | |
| 1115 | Note the difference between "+" and ".": |
| 1116 | "123" + "456" = 579 |
| 1117 | "123" . "456" = "123456" |
| 1118 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1119 | Since '.' has the same precedence as '+' and '-', you need to read: > |
| 1120 | 1 . 90 + 90.0 |
| 1121 | As: > |
| 1122 | (1 . 90) + 90.0 |
| 1123 | That works, since the String "190" is automatically converted to the Number |
| 1124 | 190, which can be added to the Float 90.0. However: > |
| 1125 | 1 . 90 * 90.0 |
| 1126 | Should be read as: > |
| 1127 | 1 . (90 * 90.0) |
| 1128 | Since '.' has lower precedence than '*'. This does NOT work, since this |
| 1129 | attempts to concatenate a Float and a String. |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | When dividing a Number by zero the result depends on the value: |
| 1132 | 0 / 0 = -0x80000000 (like NaN for Float) |
| 1133 | >0 / 0 = 0x7fffffff (like positive infinity) |
| 1134 | <0 / 0 = -0x7fffffff (like negative infinity) |
| 1135 | (before Vim 7.2 it was always 0x7fffffff) |
| 1136 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1137 | When 64-bit Number support is enabled: |
| 1138 | 0 / 0 = -0x8000000000000000 (like NaN for Float) |
| 1139 | >0 / 0 = 0x7fffffffffffffff (like positive infinity) |
| 1140 | <0 / 0 = -0x7fffffffffffffff (like negative infinity) |
| 1141 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1142 | When the righthand side of '%' is zero, the result is 0. |
| 1143 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1144 | None of these work for |Funcref|s. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1145 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1146 | . and % do not work for Float. *E804* |
| 1147 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1148 | |
| 1149 | expr7 *expr7* |
| 1150 | ----- |
| 1151 | ! expr7 logical NOT *expr-!* |
| 1152 | - expr7 unary minus *expr-unary--* |
| 1153 | + expr7 unary plus *expr-unary-+* |
| 1154 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1155 | For '!' |TRUE| becomes |FALSE|, |FALSE| becomes |TRUE| (one). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1156 | For '-' the sign of the number is changed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1157 | For '+' the number is unchanged. Note: "++" has no effect. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1158 | |
| 1159 | A String will be converted to a Number first. |
| 1160 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1161 | These three can be repeated and mixed. Examples: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1162 | !-1 == 0 |
| 1163 | !!8 == 1 |
| 1164 | --9 == 9 |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | |
| 1167 | expr8 *expr8* |
| 1168 | ----- |
Bram Moolenaar | fc65cab | 2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1169 | This expression is either |expr9| or a sequence of the alternatives below, |
| 1170 | in any order. E.g., these are all possible: |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1171 | expr8[expr1].name |
| 1172 | expr8.name[expr1] |
| 1173 | expr8(expr1, ...)[expr1].name |
| 1174 | expr8->(expr1, ...)[expr1] |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1175 | Evaluation is always from left to right. |
Bram Moolenaar | fc65cab | 2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1176 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1177 | expr8[expr1] item of String or |List| *expr-[]* *E111* |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1178 | *E909* *subscript* |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1179 | In legacy Vim script: |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1180 | If expr8 is a Number or String this results in a String that contains the |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1181 | expr1'th single byte from expr8. expr8 is used as a String (a number is |
| 1182 | automatically converted to a String), expr1 as a Number. This doesn't |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1183 | recognize multibyte encodings, see `byteidx()` for an alternative, or use |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1184 | `split()` to turn the string into a list of characters. Example, to get the |
| 1185 | byte under the cursor: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 61660ea | 2006-04-07 21:40:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1186 | :let c = getline(".")[col(".") - 1] |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1187 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1188 | In Vim9 script: |
| 1189 | If expr8 is a String this results in a String that contains the expr1'th |
| 1190 | single character from expr8. To use byte indexes use |strpart()|. |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | Index zero gives the first byte or character. Careful: text column numbers |
| 1193 | start with one! |
| 1194 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1195 | If the length of the String is less than the index, the result is an empty |
Bram Moolenaar | 85084ef | 2016-01-17 22:26:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1196 | String. A negative index always results in an empty string (reason: backward |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1197 | compatibility). Use [-1:] to get the last byte or character. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1198 | In Vim9 script a negative index is used like with a list: count from the end. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1199 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1200 | If expr8 is a |List| then it results the item at index expr1. See |list-index| |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1201 | for possible index values. If the index is out of range this results in an |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1202 | error. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1203 | :let item = mylist[-1] " get last item |
| 1204 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1205 | Generally, if a |List| index is equal to or higher than the length of the |
| 1206 | |List|, or more negative than the length of the |List|, this results in an |
| 1207 | error. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1208 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1209 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1210 | expr8[expr1a : expr1b] substring or sublist *expr-[:]* |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1211 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1212 | If expr8 is a String this results in the substring with the bytes or |
| 1213 | characters from expr1a to and including expr1b. expr8 is used as a String, |
| 1214 | expr1a and expr1b are used as a Number. |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1215 | |
| 1216 | In legacy Vim script the indexes are byte indexes. This doesn't recognize |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1217 | multibyte encodings, see |byteidx()| for computing the indexes. If expr8 is |
Bram Moolenaar | e3c37d8 | 2020-08-15 18:39:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1218 | a Number it is first converted to a String. |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | In Vim9 script the indexes are character indexes. To use byte indexes use |
| 1221 | |strpart()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1222 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6601b62 | 2021-01-13 21:47:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1223 | The item at index expr1b is included, it is inclusive. For an exclusive index |
| 1224 | use the |slice()| function. |
| 1225 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1226 | If expr1a is omitted zero is used. If expr1b is omitted the length of the |
| 1227 | string minus one is used. |
| 1228 | |
| 1229 | A negative number can be used to measure from the end of the string. -1 is |
| 1230 | the last character, -2 the last but one, etc. |
| 1231 | |
| 1232 | If an index goes out of range for the string characters are omitted. If |
| 1233 | expr1b is smaller than expr1a the result is an empty string. |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | Examples: > |
| 1236 | :let c = name[-1:] " last byte of a string |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1237 | :let c = name[0:-1] " the whole string |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1238 | :let c = name[-2:-2] " last but one byte of a string |
| 1239 | :let s = line(".")[4:] " from the fifth byte to the end |
| 1240 | :let s = s[:-3] " remove last two bytes |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1241 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | bc8801c | 2016-08-02 21:04:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1242 | *slice* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1243 | If expr8 is a |List| this results in a new |List| with the items indicated by |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1244 | the indexes expr1a and expr1b. This works like with a String, as explained |
Bram Moolenaar | bc8801c | 2016-08-02 21:04:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1245 | just above. Also see |sublist| below. Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1246 | :let l = mylist[:3] " first four items |
| 1247 | :let l = mylist[4:4] " List with one item |
| 1248 | :let l = mylist[:] " shallow copy of a List |
| 1249 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1250 | If expr8 is a |Blob| this results in a new |Blob| with the bytes in the |
| 1251 | indexes expr1a and expr1b, inclusive. Examples: > |
| 1252 | :let b = 0zDEADBEEF |
| 1253 | :let bs = b[1:2] " 0zADBE |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1254 | :let bs = b[:] " copy of 0zDEADBEEF |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1255 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1256 | Using expr8[expr1] or expr8[expr1a : expr1b] on a |Funcref| results in an |
| 1257 | error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1258 | |
Bram Moolenaar | da440d2 | 2016-01-16 21:27:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1259 | Watch out for confusion between a namespace and a variable followed by a colon |
| 1260 | for a sublist: > |
| 1261 | mylist[n:] " uses variable n |
| 1262 | mylist[s:] " uses namespace s:, error! |
| 1263 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1264 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1265 | expr8.name entry in a |Dictionary| *expr-entry* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1266 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1267 | If expr8 is a |Dictionary| and it is followed by a dot, then the following |
| 1268 | name will be used as a key in the |Dictionary|. This is just like: |
| 1269 | expr8[name]. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1270 | |
| 1271 | The name must consist of alphanumeric characters, just like a variable name, |
| 1272 | but it may start with a number. Curly braces cannot be used. |
| 1273 | |
| 1274 | There must not be white space before or after the dot. |
| 1275 | |
| 1276 | Examples: > |
| 1277 | :let dict = {"one": 1, 2: "two"} |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1278 | :echo dict.one " shows "1" |
| 1279 | :echo dict.2 " shows "two" |
| 1280 | :echo dict .2 " error because of space before the dot |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1281 | |
| 1282 | Note that the dot is also used for String concatenation. To avoid confusion |
| 1283 | always put spaces around the dot for String concatenation. |
| 1284 | |
| 1285 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1286 | expr8(expr1, ...) |Funcref| function call |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1287 | |
| 1288 | When expr8 is a |Funcref| type variable, invoke the function it refers to. |
| 1289 | |
| 1290 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 22a0c0c | 2019-08-09 23:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1291 | expr8->name([args]) method call *method* *->* |
| 1292 | expr8->{lambda}([args]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1293 | *E276* |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1294 | For methods that are also available as global functions this is the same as: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1295 | name(expr8 [, args]) |
| 1296 | There can also be methods specifically for the type of "expr8". |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1297 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5184132 | 2019-08-08 21:10:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1298 | This allows for chaining, passing the value that one method returns to the |
| 1299 | next method: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1300 | mylist->filter(filterexpr)->map(mapexpr)->sort()->join() |
| 1301 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 22a0c0c | 2019-08-09 23:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1302 | Example of using a lambda: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1303 | GetPercentage()->{x -> x * 100}()->printf('%d%%') |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1304 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1305 | When using -> the |expr7| operators will be applied first, thus: > |
| 1306 | -1.234->string() |
| 1307 | Is equivalent to: > |
| 1308 | (-1.234)->string() |
| 1309 | And NOT: > |
| 1310 | -(1.234->string()) |
| 1311 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 5184132 | 2019-08-08 21:10:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1312 | *E274* |
| 1313 | "->name(" must not contain white space. There can be white space before the |
| 1314 | "->" and after the "(", thus you can split the lines like this: > |
| 1315 | mylist |
| 1316 | \ ->filter(filterexpr) |
| 1317 | \ ->map(mapexpr) |
| 1318 | \ ->sort() |
| 1319 | \ ->join() |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1320 | |
| 1321 | When using the lambda form there must be no white space between the } and the |
| 1322 | (. |
| 1323 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1324 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1325 | *expr9* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1326 | number |
| 1327 | ------ |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1328 | number number constant *expr-number* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1329 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1330 | *0x* *hex-number* *0o* *octal-number* *binary-number* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1331 | Decimal, Hexadecimal (starting with 0x or 0X), Binary (starting with 0b or 0B) |
Bram Moolenaar | c17e66c | 2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1332 | and Octal (starting with 0, 0o or 0O). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1333 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1334 | *floating-point-format* |
| 1335 | Floating point numbers can be written in two forms: |
| 1336 | |
| 1337 | [-+]{N}.{M} |
Bram Moolenaar | 8a94d87 | 2015-01-25 13:02:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1338 | [-+]{N}.{M}[eE][-+]{exp} |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1339 | |
| 1340 | {N} and {M} are numbers. Both {N} and {M} must be present and can only |
| 1341 | contain digits. |
| 1342 | [-+] means there is an optional plus or minus sign. |
| 1343 | {exp} is the exponent, power of 10. |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1344 | Only a decimal point is accepted, not a comma. No matter what the current |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1345 | locale is. |
| 1346 | {only when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 1347 | |
| 1348 | Examples: |
| 1349 | 123.456 |
| 1350 | +0.0001 |
| 1351 | 55.0 |
| 1352 | -0.123 |
| 1353 | 1.234e03 |
| 1354 | 1.0E-6 |
| 1355 | -3.1416e+88 |
| 1356 | |
| 1357 | These are INVALID: |
| 1358 | 3. empty {M} |
| 1359 | 1e40 missing .{M} |
| 1360 | |
| 1361 | Rationale: |
| 1362 | Before floating point was introduced, the text "123.456" was interpreted as |
| 1363 | the two numbers "123" and "456", both converted to a string and concatenated, |
| 1364 | resulting in the string "123456". Since this was considered pointless, and we |
Bram Moolenaar | e37d50a | 2008-08-06 17:06:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1365 | could not find it intentionally being used in Vim scripts, this backwards |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1366 | incompatibility was accepted in favor of being able to use the normal notation |
| 1367 | for floating point numbers. |
| 1368 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d47d522 | 2018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1369 | *float-pi* *float-e* |
| 1370 | A few useful values to copy&paste: > |
| 1371 | :let pi = 3.14159265359 |
| 1372 | :let e = 2.71828182846 |
| 1373 | Or, if you don't want to write them in as floating-point literals, you can |
| 1374 | also use functions, like the following: > |
| 1375 | :let pi = acos(-1.0) |
| 1376 | :let e = exp(1.0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1377 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1378 | *floating-point-precision* |
| 1379 | The precision and range of floating points numbers depends on what "double" |
| 1380 | means in the library Vim was compiled with. There is no way to change this at |
| 1381 | runtime. |
| 1382 | |
| 1383 | The default for displaying a |Float| is to use 6 decimal places, like using |
| 1384 | printf("%g", f). You can select something else when using the |printf()| |
| 1385 | function. Example: > |
| 1386 | :echo printf('%.15e', atan(1)) |
| 1387 | < 7.853981633974483e-01 |
| 1388 | |
| 1389 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1390 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 979243b | 2015-06-26 19:35:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1391 | string *string* *String* *expr-string* *E114* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1392 | ------ |
| 1393 | "string" string constant *expr-quote* |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 | Note that double quotes are used. |
| 1396 | |
| 1397 | A string constant accepts these special characters: |
| 1398 | \... three-digit octal number (e.g., "\316") |
| 1399 | \.. two-digit octal number (must be followed by non-digit) |
| 1400 | \. one-digit octal number (must be followed by non-digit) |
| 1401 | \x.. byte specified with two hex numbers (e.g., "\x1f") |
| 1402 | \x. byte specified with one hex number (must be followed by non-hex char) |
| 1403 | \X.. same as \x.. |
| 1404 | \X. same as \x. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1405 | \u.... character specified with up to 4 hex numbers, stored according to the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1406 | current value of 'encoding' (e.g., "\u02a4") |
Bram Moolenaar | 541f92d | 2015-06-19 13:27:23 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1407 | \U.... same as \u but allows up to 8 hex numbers. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1408 | \b backspace <BS> |
| 1409 | \e escape <Esc> |
| 1410 | \f formfeed <FF> |
| 1411 | \n newline <NL> |
| 1412 | \r return <CR> |
| 1413 | \t tab <Tab> |
| 1414 | \\ backslash |
| 1415 | \" double quote |
Bram Moolenaar | 00a927d | 2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1416 | \<xxx> Special key named "xxx". e.g. "\<C-W>" for CTRL-W. This is for use |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1417 | in mappings, the 0x80 byte is escaped. |
| 1418 | To use the double quote character it must be escaped: "<M-\">". |
| 1419 | Don't use <Char-xxxx> to get a utf-8 character, use \uxxxx as |
| 1420 | mentioned above. |
Bram Moolenaar | fccd93f | 2020-05-31 22:06:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1421 | \<*xxx> Like \<xxx> but prepends a modifier instead of including it in the |
| 1422 | character. E.g. "\<C-w>" is one character 0x17 while "\<*C-w>" is four |
Bram Moolenaar | ebe9d34 | 2020-05-30 21:52:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1423 | bytes: 3 for the CTRL modifier and then character "W". |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1424 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1425 | Note that "\xff" is stored as the byte 255, which may be invalid in some |
| 1426 | encodings. Use "\u00ff" to store character 255 according to the current value |
| 1427 | of 'encoding'. |
| 1428 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1429 | Note that "\000" and "\x00" force the end of the string. |
| 1430 | |
| 1431 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1432 | blob-literal *blob-literal* *E973* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1433 | ------------ |
| 1434 | |
| 1435 | Hexadecimal starting with 0z or 0Z, with an arbitrary number of bytes. |
| 1436 | The sequence must be an even number of hex characters. Example: > |
| 1437 | :let b = 0zFF00ED015DAF |
| 1438 | |
| 1439 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1440 | literal-string *literal-string* *E115* |
| 1441 | --------------- |
Bram Moolenaar | 3fdfa4a | 2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1442 | 'string' string constant *expr-'* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1443 | |
| 1444 | Note that single quotes are used. |
| 1445 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1446 | This string is taken as it is. No backslashes are removed or have a special |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1447 | meaning. The only exception is that two quotes stand for one quote. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3fdfa4a | 2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1448 | |
| 1449 | Single quoted strings are useful for patterns, so that backslashes do not need |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1450 | to be doubled. These two commands are equivalent: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3fdfa4a | 2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1451 | if a =~ "\\s*" |
| 1452 | if a =~ '\s*' |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1453 | |
| 1454 | |
| 1455 | option *expr-option* *E112* *E113* |
| 1456 | ------ |
| 1457 | &option option value, local value if possible |
| 1458 | &g:option global option value |
| 1459 | &l:option local option value |
| 1460 | |
| 1461 | Examples: > |
| 1462 | echo "tabstop is " . &tabstop |
| 1463 | if &insertmode |
| 1464 | |
| 1465 | Any option name can be used here. See |options|. When using the local value |
| 1466 | and there is no buffer-local or window-local value, the global value is used |
| 1467 | anyway. |
| 1468 | |
| 1469 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1470 | register *expr-register* *@r* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1471 | -------- |
| 1472 | @r contents of register 'r' |
| 1473 | |
| 1474 | The result is the contents of the named register, as a single string. |
| 1475 | Newlines are inserted where required. To get the contents of the unnamed |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1476 | register use @" or @@. See |registers| for an explanation of the available |
Bram Moolenaar | e756604 | 2005-06-17 22:00:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1477 | registers. |
| 1478 | |
| 1479 | When using the '=' register you get the expression itself, not what it |
| 1480 | evaluates to. Use |eval()| to evaluate it. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1481 | |
| 1482 | |
| 1483 | nesting *expr-nesting* *E110* |
| 1484 | ------- |
| 1485 | (expr1) nested expression |
| 1486 | |
| 1487 | |
| 1488 | environment variable *expr-env* |
| 1489 | -------------------- |
| 1490 | $VAR environment variable |
| 1491 | |
| 1492 | The String value of any environment variable. When it is not defined, the |
| 1493 | result is an empty string. |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1494 | |
| 1495 | The functions `getenv()` and `setenv()` can also be used and work for |
| 1496 | environment variables with non-alphanumeric names. |
| 1497 | The function `environ()` can be used to get a Dict with all environment |
| 1498 | variables. |
| 1499 | |
| 1500 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1501 | *expr-env-expand* |
| 1502 | Note that there is a difference between using $VAR directly and using |
| 1503 | expand("$VAR"). Using it directly will only expand environment variables that |
| 1504 | are known inside the current Vim session. Using expand() will first try using |
| 1505 | the environment variables known inside the current Vim session. If that |
| 1506 | fails, a shell will be used to expand the variable. This can be slow, but it |
| 1507 | does expand all variables that the shell knows about. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 34401cc | 2014-08-29 15:12:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1508 | :echo $shell |
| 1509 | :echo expand("$shell") |
| 1510 | The first one probably doesn't echo anything, the second echoes the $shell |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1511 | variable (if your shell supports it). |
| 1512 | |
| 1513 | |
| 1514 | internal variable *expr-variable* |
| 1515 | ----------------- |
| 1516 | variable internal variable |
| 1517 | See below |internal-variables|. |
| 1518 | |
| 1519 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1520 | function call *expr-function* *E116* *E118* *E119* *E120* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1521 | ------------- |
| 1522 | function(expr1, ...) function call |
| 1523 | See below |functions|. |
| 1524 | |
| 1525 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1526 | lambda expression *expr-lambda* *lambda* |
| 1527 | ----------------- |
| 1528 | {args -> expr1} lambda expression |
| 1529 | |
| 1530 | A lambda expression creates a new unnamed function which returns the result of |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ebd06 | 2016-07-17 13:35:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1531 | evaluating |expr1|. Lambda expressions differ from |user-functions| in |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1532 | the following ways: |
| 1533 | |
| 1534 | 1. The body of the lambda expression is an |expr1| and not a sequence of |Ex| |
| 1535 | commands. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e96d9b | 2016-07-29 22:15:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1536 | 2. The prefix "a:" should not be used for arguments. E.g.: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1537 | :let F = {arg1, arg2 -> arg1 - arg2} |
| 1538 | :echo F(5, 2) |
| 1539 | < 3 |
| 1540 | |
| 1541 | The arguments are optional. Example: > |
| 1542 | :let F = {-> 'error function'} |
| 1543 | :echo F() |
| 1544 | < error function |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e96d9b | 2016-07-29 22:15:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1545 | *closure* |
| 1546 | Lambda expressions can access outer scope variables and arguments. This is |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1547 | often called a closure. Example where "i" and "a:arg" are used in a lambda |
Bram Moolenaar | 6bb2cdf | 2018-02-24 19:53:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1548 | while they already exist in the function scope. They remain valid even after |
| 1549 | the function returns: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e96d9b | 2016-07-29 22:15:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1550 | :function Foo(arg) |
| 1551 | : let i = 3 |
| 1552 | : return {x -> x + i - a:arg} |
| 1553 | :endfunction |
| 1554 | :let Bar = Foo(4) |
| 1555 | :echo Bar(6) |
| 1556 | < 5 |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1557 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 388a5d4 | 2020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1558 | Note that the variables must exist in the outer scope before the lambda is |
Bram Moolenaar | 6bb2cdf | 2018-02-24 19:53:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1559 | defined for this to work. See also |:func-closure|. |
| 1560 | |
| 1561 | Lambda and closure support can be checked with: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1562 | if has('lambda') |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1563 | |
| 1564 | Examples for using a lambda expression with |sort()|, |map()| and |filter()|: > |
| 1565 | :echo map([1, 2, 3], {idx, val -> val + 1}) |
| 1566 | < [2, 3, 4] > |
| 1567 | :echo sort([3,7,2,1,4], {a, b -> a - b}) |
| 1568 | < [1, 2, 3, 4, 7] |
| 1569 | |
| 1570 | The lambda expression is also useful for Channel, Job and timer: > |
| 1571 | :let timer = timer_start(500, |
| 1572 | \ {-> execute("echo 'Handler called'", "")}, |
| 1573 | \ {'repeat': 3}) |
| 1574 | < Handler called |
| 1575 | Handler called |
| 1576 | Handler called |
| 1577 | |
| 1578 | Note how execute() is used to execute an Ex command. That's ugly though. |
| 1579 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e96d9b | 2016-07-29 22:15:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1580 | |
| 1581 | Lambda expressions have internal names like '<lambda>42'. If you get an error |
| 1582 | for a lambda expression, you can find what it is with the following command: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1583 | :function <lambda>42 |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e96d9b | 2016-07-29 22:15:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1584 | See also: |numbered-function| |
| 1585 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1586 | ============================================================================== |
Bram Moolenaar | 4a74803 | 2010-09-30 21:47:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1587 | 3. Internal variable *internal-variables* *E461* |
| 1588 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1589 | An internal variable name can be made up of letters, digits and '_'. But it |
| 1590 | cannot start with a digit. It's also possible to use curly braces, see |
| 1591 | |curly-braces-names|. |
| 1592 | |
| 1593 | An internal variable is created with the ":let" command |:let|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1594 | An internal variable is explicitly destroyed with the ":unlet" command |
| 1595 | |:unlet|. |
| 1596 | Using a name that is not an internal variable or refers to a variable that has |
| 1597 | been destroyed results in an error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1598 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1599 | *variable-scope* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1600 | There are several name spaces for variables. Which one is to be used is |
| 1601 | specified by what is prepended: |
| 1602 | |
| 1603 | (nothing) In a function: local to a function; otherwise: global |
| 1604 | |buffer-variable| b: Local to the current buffer. |
| 1605 | |window-variable| w: Local to the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1606 | |tabpage-variable| t: Local to the current tab page. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1607 | |global-variable| g: Global. |
| 1608 | |local-variable| l: Local to a function. |
| 1609 | |script-variable| s: Local to a |:source|'ed Vim script. |
| 1610 | |function-argument| a: Function argument (only inside a function). |
Bram Moolenaar | 75b8156 | 2014-04-06 14:09:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1611 | |vim-variable| v: Global, predefined by Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1612 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1613 | The scope name by itself can be used as a |Dictionary|. For example, to |
| 1614 | delete all script-local variables: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1615 | :for k in keys(s:) |
| 1616 | : unlet s:[k] |
| 1617 | :endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1618 | |
| 1619 | Note: in Vim9 script this is different, see |vim9-scopes|. |
| 1620 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 531da59 | 2013-05-06 05:58:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1621 | *buffer-variable* *b:var* *b:* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1622 | A variable name that is preceded with "b:" is local to the current buffer. |
| 1623 | Thus you can have several "b:foo" variables, one for each buffer. |
| 1624 | This kind of variable is deleted when the buffer is wiped out or deleted with |
| 1625 | |:bdelete|. |
| 1626 | |
| 1627 | One local buffer variable is predefined: |
Bram Moolenaar | bf88493 | 2013-04-05 22:26:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1628 | *b:changedtick* *changetick* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1629 | b:changedtick The total number of changes to the current buffer. It is |
| 1630 | incremented for each change. An undo command is also a change |
Bram Moolenaar | c024b46 | 2019-06-08 18:07:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1631 | in this case. Resetting 'modified' when writing the buffer is |
| 1632 | also counted. |
| 1633 | This can be used to perform an action only when the buffer has |
| 1634 | changed. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1635 | :if my_changedtick != b:changedtick |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1636 | : let my_changedtick = b:changedtick |
| 1637 | : call My_Update() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1638 | :endif |
Bram Moolenaar | 3df0173 | 2017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1639 | < You cannot change or delete the b:changedtick variable. |
| 1640 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 531da59 | 2013-05-06 05:58:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1641 | *window-variable* *w:var* *w:* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1642 | A variable name that is preceded with "w:" is local to the current window. It |
| 1643 | is deleted when the window is closed. |
| 1644 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ad3b366 | 2013-05-17 18:14:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1645 | *tabpage-variable* *t:var* *t:* |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1646 | A variable name that is preceded with "t:" is local to the current tab page, |
| 1647 | It is deleted when the tab page is closed. {not available when compiled |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1648 | without the |+windows| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1649 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 531da59 | 2013-05-06 05:58:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1650 | *global-variable* *g:var* *g:* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1651 | Inside functions global variables are accessed with "g:". Omitting this will |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1652 | access a variable local to a function. But "g:" can also be used in any other |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1653 | place if you like. |
| 1654 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 531da59 | 2013-05-06 05:58:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1655 | *local-variable* *l:var* *l:* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1656 | Inside functions local variables are accessed without prepending anything. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1657 | But you can also prepend "l:" if you like. However, without prepending "l:" |
| 1658 | you may run into reserved variable names. For example "count". By itself it |
| 1659 | refers to "v:count". Using "l:count" you can have a local variable with the |
| 1660 | same name. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1661 | |
| 1662 | *script-variable* *s:var* |
| 1663 | In a Vim script variables starting with "s:" can be used. They cannot be |
| 1664 | accessed from outside of the scripts, thus are local to the script. |
| 1665 | |
| 1666 | They can be used in: |
| 1667 | - commands executed while the script is sourced |
| 1668 | - functions defined in the script |
| 1669 | - autocommands defined in the script |
| 1670 | - functions and autocommands defined in functions and autocommands which were |
| 1671 | defined in the script (recursively) |
| 1672 | - user defined commands defined in the script |
| 1673 | Thus not in: |
| 1674 | - other scripts sourced from this one |
| 1675 | - mappings |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1676 | - menus |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1677 | - etc. |
| 1678 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1679 | Script variables can be used to avoid conflicts with global variable names. |
| 1680 | Take this example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1681 | |
| 1682 | let s:counter = 0 |
| 1683 | function MyCounter() |
| 1684 | let s:counter = s:counter + 1 |
| 1685 | echo s:counter |
| 1686 | endfunction |
| 1687 | command Tick call MyCounter() |
| 1688 | |
| 1689 | You can now invoke "Tick" from any script, and the "s:counter" variable in |
| 1690 | that script will not be changed, only the "s:counter" in the script where |
| 1691 | "Tick" was defined is used. |
| 1692 | |
| 1693 | Another example that does the same: > |
| 1694 | |
| 1695 | let s:counter = 0 |
| 1696 | command Tick let s:counter = s:counter + 1 | echo s:counter |
| 1697 | |
| 1698 | When calling a function and invoking a user-defined command, the context for |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1699 | script variables is set to the script where the function or command was |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1700 | defined. |
| 1701 | |
| 1702 | The script variables are also available when a function is defined inside a |
| 1703 | function that is defined in a script. Example: > |
| 1704 | |
| 1705 | let s:counter = 0 |
| 1706 | function StartCounting(incr) |
| 1707 | if a:incr |
| 1708 | function MyCounter() |
| 1709 | let s:counter = s:counter + 1 |
| 1710 | endfunction |
| 1711 | else |
| 1712 | function MyCounter() |
| 1713 | let s:counter = s:counter - 1 |
| 1714 | endfunction |
| 1715 | endif |
| 1716 | endfunction |
| 1717 | |
| 1718 | This defines the MyCounter() function either for counting up or counting down |
| 1719 | when calling StartCounting(). It doesn't matter from where StartCounting() is |
| 1720 | called, the s:counter variable will be accessible in MyCounter(). |
| 1721 | |
| 1722 | When the same script is sourced again it will use the same script variables. |
| 1723 | They will remain valid as long as Vim is running. This can be used to |
| 1724 | maintain a counter: > |
| 1725 | |
| 1726 | if !exists("s:counter") |
| 1727 | let s:counter = 1 |
| 1728 | echo "script executed for the first time" |
| 1729 | else |
| 1730 | let s:counter = s:counter + 1 |
| 1731 | echo "script executed " . s:counter . " times now" |
| 1732 | endif |
| 1733 | |
| 1734 | Note that this means that filetype plugins don't get a different set of script |
| 1735 | variables for each buffer. Use local buffer variables instead |b:var|. |
| 1736 | |
| 1737 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d47d522 | 2018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1738 | PREDEFINED VIM VARIABLES *vim-variable* *v:var* *v:* |
| 1739 | *E963* |
| 1740 | Some variables can be set by the user, but the type cannot be changed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1741 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 69bf634 | 2019-10-29 04:16:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1742 | *v:argv* *argv-variable* |
| 1743 | v:argv The command line arguments Vim was invoked with. This is a |
| 1744 | list of strings. The first item is the Vim command. |
| 1745 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e4efc3b | 2005-03-07 23:16:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1746 | *v:beval_col* *beval_col-variable* |
| 1747 | v:beval_col The number of the column, over which the mouse pointer is. |
| 1748 | This is the byte index in the |v:beval_lnum| line. |
| 1749 | Only valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option. |
| 1750 | |
| 1751 | *v:beval_bufnr* *beval_bufnr-variable* |
| 1752 | v:beval_bufnr The number of the buffer, over which the mouse pointer is. Only |
| 1753 | valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option. |
| 1754 | |
| 1755 | *v:beval_lnum* *beval_lnum-variable* |
| 1756 | v:beval_lnum The number of the line, over which the mouse pointer is. Only |
| 1757 | valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option. |
| 1758 | |
| 1759 | *v:beval_text* *beval_text-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 24bbcfe | 2005-06-28 23:32:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1760 | v:beval_text The text under or after the mouse pointer. Usually a word as |
| 1761 | it is useful for debugging a C program. 'iskeyword' applies, |
| 1762 | but a dot and "->" before the position is included. When on a |
| 1763 | ']' the text before it is used, including the matching '[' and |
Bram Moolenaar | e4efc3b | 2005-03-07 23:16:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1764 | word before it. When on a Visual area within one line the |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1765 | highlighted text is used. Also see |<cexpr>|. |
Bram Moolenaar | e4efc3b | 2005-03-07 23:16:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1766 | Only valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option. |
| 1767 | |
| 1768 | *v:beval_winnr* *beval_winnr-variable* |
| 1769 | v:beval_winnr The number of the window, over which the mouse pointer is. Only |
Bram Moolenaar | 0065402 | 2011-02-25 14:42:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1770 | valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option. The first |
| 1771 | window has number zero (unlike most other places where a |
| 1772 | window gets a number). |
Bram Moolenaar | e4efc3b | 2005-03-07 23:16:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1773 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 511972d | 2016-06-04 18:09:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1774 | *v:beval_winid* *beval_winid-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1775 | v:beval_winid The |window-ID| of the window, over which the mouse pointer |
| 1776 | is. Otherwise like v:beval_winnr. |
Bram Moolenaar | 511972d | 2016-06-04 18:09:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1777 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f193fff | 2006-04-27 00:02:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1778 | *v:char* *char-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1779 | v:char Argument for evaluating 'formatexpr' and used for the typed |
Bram Moolenaar | 945e2db | 2010-06-05 17:43:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1780 | character when using <expr> in an abbreviation |:map-<expr>|. |
Bram Moolenaar | e6ae622 | 2013-05-21 21:01:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1781 | It is also used by the |InsertCharPre| and |InsertEnter| events. |
Bram Moolenaar | f193fff | 2006-04-27 00:02:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1782 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1783 | *v:charconvert_from* *charconvert_from-variable* |
| 1784 | v:charconvert_from |
| 1785 | The name of the character encoding of a file to be converted. |
| 1786 | Only valid while evaluating the 'charconvert' option. |
| 1787 | |
| 1788 | *v:charconvert_to* *charconvert_to-variable* |
| 1789 | v:charconvert_to |
| 1790 | The name of the character encoding of a file after conversion. |
| 1791 | Only valid while evaluating the 'charconvert' option. |
| 1792 | |
| 1793 | *v:cmdarg* *cmdarg-variable* |
| 1794 | v:cmdarg This variable is used for two purposes: |
| 1795 | 1. The extra arguments given to a file read/write command. |
| 1796 | Currently these are "++enc=" and "++ff=". This variable is |
| 1797 | set before an autocommand event for a file read/write |
| 1798 | command is triggered. There is a leading space to make it |
| 1799 | possible to append this variable directly after the |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1800 | read/write command. Note: The "+cmd" argument isn't |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1801 | included here, because it will be executed anyway. |
| 1802 | 2. When printing a PostScript file with ":hardcopy" this is |
| 1803 | the argument for the ":hardcopy" command. This can be used |
| 1804 | in 'printexpr'. |
| 1805 | |
| 1806 | *v:cmdbang* *cmdbang-variable* |
| 1807 | v:cmdbang Set like v:cmdarg for a file read/write command. When a "!" |
| 1808 | was used the value is 1, otherwise it is 0. Note that this |
| 1809 | can only be used in autocommands. For user commands |<bang>| |
| 1810 | can be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1811 | *v:collate* *collate-variable* |
| 1812 | v:collate The current locale setting for collation order of the runtime |
| 1813 | environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the |
| 1814 | current locale encoding. Technical: it's the value of |
| 1815 | LC_COLLATE. When not using a locale the value is "C". |
| 1816 | This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language| |
| 1817 | command. |
| 1818 | See |multi-lang|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1819 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 42a4512 | 2015-07-10 17:56:23 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1820 | *v:completed_item* *completed_item-variable* |
| 1821 | v:completed_item |
| 1822 | |Dictionary| containing the |complete-items| for the most |
| 1823 | recently completed word after |CompleteDone|. The |
| 1824 | |Dictionary| is empty if the completion failed. |
| 1825 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1826 | *v:count* *count-variable* |
| 1827 | v:count The count given for the last Normal mode command. Can be used |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1828 | to get the count before a mapping. Read-only. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1829 | :map _x :<C-U>echo "the count is " . v:count<CR> |
| 1830 | < Note: The <C-U> is required to remove the line range that you |
| 1831 | get when typing ':' after a count. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1832 | When there are two counts, as in "3d2w", they are multiplied, |
| 1833 | just like what happens in the command, "d6w" for the example. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1834 | Also used for evaluating the 'formatexpr' option. |
Bram Moolenaar | d2e716e | 2019-04-20 14:39:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1835 | "count" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless |
| 1836 | |scriptversion| is 3 or higher. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1837 | |
| 1838 | *v:count1* *count1-variable* |
| 1839 | v:count1 Just like "v:count", but defaults to one when no count is |
| 1840 | used. |
| 1841 | |
| 1842 | *v:ctype* *ctype-variable* |
| 1843 | v:ctype The current locale setting for characters of the runtime |
| 1844 | environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the |
| 1845 | current locale encoding. Technical: it's the value of |
| 1846 | LC_CTYPE. When not using a locale the value is "C". |
| 1847 | This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language| |
| 1848 | command. |
| 1849 | See |multi-lang|. |
| 1850 | |
| 1851 | *v:dying* *dying-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1852 | v:dying Normally zero. When a deadly signal is caught it's set to |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1853 | one. When multiple signals are caught the number increases. |
| 1854 | Can be used in an autocommand to check if Vim didn't |
| 1855 | terminate normally. {only works on Unix} |
| 1856 | Example: > |
| 1857 | :au VimLeave * if v:dying | echo "\nAAAAaaaarrrggghhhh!!!\n" | endif |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e1e25f | 2010-05-28 21:07:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1858 | < Note: if another deadly signal is caught when v:dying is one, |
| 1859 | VimLeave autocommands will not be executed. |
| 1860 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f0068c5 | 2020-11-30 17:42:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1861 | *v:exiting* *exiting-variable* |
| 1862 | v:exiting Vim exit code. Normally zero, non-zero when something went |
| 1863 | wrong. The value is v:null before invoking the |VimLeavePre| |
| 1864 | and |VimLeave| autocmds. See |:q|, |:x| and |:cquit|. |
| 1865 | Example: > |
| 1866 | :au VimLeave * echo "Exit value is " .. v:exiting |
| 1867 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 37f4cbd | 2019-08-23 20:58:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1868 | *v:echospace* *echospace-variable* |
| 1869 | v:echospace Number of screen cells that can be used for an `:echo` message |
| 1870 | in the last screen line before causing the |hit-enter-prompt|. |
| 1871 | Depends on 'showcmd', 'ruler' and 'columns'. You need to |
| 1872 | check 'cmdheight' for whether there are full-width lines |
| 1873 | available above the last line. |
| 1874 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1875 | *v:errmsg* *errmsg-variable* |
| 1876 | v:errmsg Last given error message. It's allowed to set this variable. |
| 1877 | Example: > |
| 1878 | :let v:errmsg = "" |
| 1879 | :silent! next |
| 1880 | :if v:errmsg != "" |
| 1881 | : ... handle error |
Bram Moolenaar | d2e716e | 2019-04-20 14:39:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1882 | < "errmsg" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless |
| 1883 | |scriptversion| is 3 or higher. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1884 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1885 | *v:errors* *errors-variable* *assert-return* |
Bram Moolenaar | 683fa18 | 2015-11-30 21:38:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1886 | v:errors Errors found by assert functions, such as |assert_true()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4334554 | 2015-11-29 17:35:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1887 | This is a list of strings. |
| 1888 | The assert functions append an item when an assert fails. |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1889 | The return value indicates this: a one is returned if an item |
| 1890 | was added to v:errors, otherwise zero is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4334554 | 2015-11-29 17:35:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1891 | To remove old results make it empty: > |
| 1892 | :let v:errors = [] |
| 1893 | < If v:errors is set to anything but a list it is made an empty |
| 1894 | list by the assert function. |
| 1895 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e1652c | 2017-12-16 18:27:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1896 | *v:event* *event-variable* |
| 1897 | v:event Dictionary containing information about the current |
Bram Moolenaar | 560979e | 2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1898 | |autocommand|. See the specific event for what it puts in |
| 1899 | this dictionary. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c7f8c5 | 2020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1900 | The dictionary is emptied when the |autocommand| finishes, |
| 1901 | please refer to |dict-identity| for how to get an independent |
| 1902 | copy of it. Use |deepcopy()| if you want to keep the |
| 1903 | information after the event triggers. Example: > |
| 1904 | au TextYankPost * let g:foo = deepcopy(v:event) |
| 1905 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1906 | *v:exception* *exception-variable* |
| 1907 | v:exception The value of the exception most recently caught and not |
| 1908 | finished. See also |v:throwpoint| and |throw-variables|. |
| 1909 | Example: > |
| 1910 | :try |
| 1911 | : throw "oops" |
| 1912 | :catch /.*/ |
Bram Moolenaar | 5477506 | 2019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1913 | : echo "caught " .. v:exception |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1914 | :endtry |
| 1915 | < Output: "caught oops". |
| 1916 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1917 | *v:false* *false-variable* |
| 1918 | v:false A Number with value zero. Used to put "false" in JSON. See |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1919 | |json_encode()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1920 | When used as a string this evaluates to "v:false". > |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1921 | echo v:false |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1922 | < v:false ~ |
| 1923 | That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1924 | value. Read-only. |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1925 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 19a09a1 | 2005-03-04 23:39:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1926 | *v:fcs_reason* *fcs_reason-variable* |
| 1927 | v:fcs_reason The reason why the |FileChangedShell| event was triggered. |
| 1928 | Can be used in an autocommand to decide what to do and/or what |
| 1929 | to set v:fcs_choice to. Possible values: |
| 1930 | deleted file no longer exists |
| 1931 | conflict file contents, mode or timestamp was |
| 1932 | changed and buffer is modified |
| 1933 | changed file contents has changed |
| 1934 | mode mode of file changed |
| 1935 | time only file timestamp changed |
| 1936 | |
| 1937 | *v:fcs_choice* *fcs_choice-variable* |
| 1938 | v:fcs_choice What should happen after a |FileChangedShell| event was |
| 1939 | triggered. Can be used in an autocommand to tell Vim what to |
| 1940 | do with the affected buffer: |
| 1941 | reload Reload the buffer (does not work if |
| 1942 | the file was deleted). |
| 1943 | ask Ask the user what to do, as if there |
| 1944 | was no autocommand. Except that when |
| 1945 | only the timestamp changed nothing |
| 1946 | will happen. |
| 1947 | <empty> Nothing, the autocommand should do |
| 1948 | everything that needs to be done. |
| 1949 | The default is empty. If another (invalid) value is used then |
| 1950 | Vim behaves like it is empty, there is no warning message. |
| 1951 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1952 | *v:fname_in* *fname_in-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4e330bb | 2005-12-07 21:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1953 | v:fname_in The name of the input file. Valid while evaluating: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1954 | option used for ~ |
| 1955 | 'charconvert' file to be converted |
| 1956 | 'diffexpr' original file |
| 1957 | 'patchexpr' original file |
| 1958 | 'printexpr' file to be printed |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c7a29c | 2005-12-12 22:02:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1959 | And set to the swap file name for |SwapExists|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1960 | |
| 1961 | *v:fname_out* *fname_out-variable* |
| 1962 | v:fname_out The name of the output file. Only valid while |
| 1963 | evaluating: |
| 1964 | option used for ~ |
| 1965 | 'charconvert' resulting converted file (*) |
| 1966 | 'diffexpr' output of diff |
| 1967 | 'patchexpr' resulting patched file |
| 1968 | (*) When doing conversion for a write command (e.g., ":w |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1969 | file") it will be equal to v:fname_in. When doing conversion |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1970 | for a read command (e.g., ":e file") it will be a temporary |
| 1971 | file and different from v:fname_in. |
| 1972 | |
| 1973 | *v:fname_new* *fname_new-variable* |
| 1974 | v:fname_new The name of the new version of the file. Only valid while |
| 1975 | evaluating 'diffexpr'. |
| 1976 | |
| 1977 | *v:fname_diff* *fname_diff-variable* |
| 1978 | v:fname_diff The name of the diff (patch) file. Only valid while |
| 1979 | evaluating 'patchexpr'. |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | *v:folddashes* *folddashes-variable* |
| 1982 | v:folddashes Used for 'foldtext': dashes representing foldlevel of a closed |
| 1983 | fold. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1984 | Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1985 | |
| 1986 | *v:foldlevel* *foldlevel-variable* |
| 1987 | v:foldlevel Used for 'foldtext': foldlevel of closed fold. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1988 | Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1989 | |
| 1990 | *v:foldend* *foldend-variable* |
| 1991 | v:foldend Used for 'foldtext': last line of closed fold. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1992 | Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1993 | |
| 1994 | *v:foldstart* *foldstart-variable* |
| 1995 | v:foldstart Used for 'foldtext': first line of closed fold. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1996 | Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1997 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 817a880 | 2013-11-09 01:44:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1998 | *v:hlsearch* *hlsearch-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1999 | v:hlsearch Variable that indicates whether search highlighting is on. |
Bram Moolenaar | 76440e2 | 2014-11-27 19:14:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2000 | Setting it makes sense only if 'hlsearch' is enabled which |
| 2001 | requires |+extra_search|. Setting this variable to zero acts |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2002 | like the |:nohlsearch| command, setting it to one acts like > |
Bram Moolenaar | 817a880 | 2013-11-09 01:44:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2003 | let &hlsearch = &hlsearch |
Bram Moolenaar | 86ae720 | 2015-07-10 19:31:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2004 | < Note that the value is restored when returning from a |
| 2005 | function. |function-search-undo|. |
| 2006 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 843ee41 | 2004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2007 | *v:insertmode* *insertmode-variable* |
| 2008 | v:insertmode Used for the |InsertEnter| and |InsertChange| autocommand |
| 2009 | events. Values: |
| 2010 | i Insert mode |
| 2011 | r Replace mode |
| 2012 | v Virtual Replace mode |
| 2013 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2014 | *v:key* *key-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2015 | v:key Key of the current item of a |Dictionary|. Only valid while |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2016 | evaluating the expression used with |map()| and |filter()|. |
| 2017 | Read-only. |
| 2018 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2019 | *v:lang* *lang-variable* |
| 2020 | v:lang The current locale setting for messages of the runtime |
| 2021 | environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the |
| 2022 | current language. Technical: it's the value of LC_MESSAGES. |
| 2023 | The value is system dependent. |
| 2024 | This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language| |
| 2025 | command. |
| 2026 | It can be different from |v:ctype| when messages are desired |
| 2027 | in a different language than what is used for character |
| 2028 | encoding. See |multi-lang|. |
| 2029 | |
| 2030 | *v:lc_time* *lc_time-variable* |
| 2031 | v:lc_time The current locale setting for time messages of the runtime |
| 2032 | environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the |
| 2033 | current language. Technical: it's the value of LC_TIME. |
| 2034 | This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language| |
| 2035 | command. See |multi-lang|. |
| 2036 | |
| 2037 | *v:lnum* *lnum-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 368373e | 2010-07-19 20:46:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2038 | v:lnum Line number for the 'foldexpr' |fold-expr|, 'formatexpr' and |
| 2039 | 'indentexpr' expressions, tab page number for 'guitablabel' |
| 2040 | and 'guitabtooltip'. Only valid while one of these |
| 2041 | expressions is being evaluated. Read-only when in the |
| 2042 | |sandbox|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2043 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 219b870 | 2006-11-01 14:32:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2044 | *v:mouse_win* *mouse_win-variable* |
| 2045 | v:mouse_win Window number for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|. |
| 2046 | First window has number 1, like with |winnr()|. The value is |
| 2047 | zero when there was no mouse button click. |
| 2048 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 511972d | 2016-06-04 18:09:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2049 | *v:mouse_winid* *mouse_winid-variable* |
| 2050 | v:mouse_winid Window ID for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|. |
| 2051 | The value is zero when there was no mouse button click. |
| 2052 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 219b870 | 2006-11-01 14:32:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2053 | *v:mouse_lnum* *mouse_lnum-variable* |
| 2054 | v:mouse_lnum Line number for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|. |
| 2055 | This is the text line number, not the screen line number. The |
| 2056 | value is zero when there was no mouse button click. |
| 2057 | |
| 2058 | *v:mouse_col* *mouse_col-variable* |
| 2059 | v:mouse_col Column number for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|. |
| 2060 | This is the screen column number, like with |virtcol()|. The |
| 2061 | value is zero when there was no mouse button click. |
| 2062 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2063 | *v:none* *none-variable* *None* |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2064 | v:none An empty String. Used to put an empty item in JSON. See |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2065 | |json_encode()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2547aa9 | 2020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2066 | This can also be used as a function argument to use the |
| 2067 | default value, see |none-function_argument|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2068 | When used as a number this evaluates to zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2069 | When used as a string this evaluates to "v:none". > |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2070 | echo v:none |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2071 | < v:none ~ |
| 2072 | That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2073 | value. Read-only. |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2074 | |
| 2075 | *v:null* *null-variable* |
| 2076 | v:null An empty String. Used to put "null" in JSON. See |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2077 | |json_encode()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2078 | When used as a number this evaluates to zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2079 | When used as a string this evaluates to "v:null". > |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2080 | echo v:null |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2081 | < v:null ~ |
| 2082 | That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2083 | value. Read-only. |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2084 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9706e9 | 2020-02-22 14:27:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2085 | *v:numbersize* *numbersize-variable* |
| 2086 | v:numbersize Number of bits in a Number. This is normally 64, but on some |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2087 | systems it may be 32. |
Bram Moolenaar | f9706e9 | 2020-02-22 14:27:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2088 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d812df6 | 2008-11-09 12:46:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2089 | *v:oldfiles* *oldfiles-variable* |
| 2090 | v:oldfiles List of file names that is loaded from the |viminfo| file on |
| 2091 | startup. These are the files that Vim remembers marks for. |
| 2092 | The length of the List is limited by the ' argument of the |
| 2093 | 'viminfo' option (default is 100). |
Bram Moolenaar | 8d04317 | 2014-01-23 14:24:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2094 | When the |viminfo| file is not used the List is empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | d812df6 | 2008-11-09 12:46:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2095 | Also see |:oldfiles| and |c_#<|. |
| 2096 | The List can be modified, but this has no effect on what is |
| 2097 | stored in the |viminfo| file later. If you use values other |
| 2098 | than String this will cause trouble. |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2099 | {only when compiled with the |+viminfo| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | d812df6 | 2008-11-09 12:46:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2100 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5374430 | 2015-07-17 17:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2101 | *v:option_new* |
| 2102 | v:option_new New value of the option. Valid while executing an |OptionSet| |
| 2103 | autocommand. |
| 2104 | *v:option_old* |
| 2105 | v:option_old Old value of the option. Valid while executing an |OptionSet| |
Bram Moolenaar | d7c9687 | 2019-06-15 17:12:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2106 | autocommand. Depending on the command used for setting and the |
| 2107 | kind of option this is either the local old value or the |
| 2108 | global old value. |
| 2109 | *v:option_oldlocal* |
| 2110 | v:option_oldlocal |
| 2111 | Old local value of the option. Valid while executing an |
| 2112 | |OptionSet| autocommand. |
| 2113 | *v:option_oldglobal* |
| 2114 | v:option_oldglobal |
| 2115 | Old global value of the option. Valid while executing an |
| 2116 | |OptionSet| autocommand. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5374430 | 2015-07-17 17:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2117 | *v:option_type* |
| 2118 | v:option_type Scope of the set command. Valid while executing an |
| 2119 | |OptionSet| autocommand. Can be either "global" or "local" |
Bram Moolenaar | d7c9687 | 2019-06-15 17:12:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2120 | *v:option_command* |
| 2121 | v:option_command |
| 2122 | Command used to set the option. Valid while executing an |
| 2123 | |OptionSet| autocommand. |
| 2124 | value option was set via ~ |
| 2125 | "setlocal" |:setlocal| or ":let l:xxx" |
| 2126 | "setglobal" |:setglobal| or ":let g:xxx" |
| 2127 | "set" |:set| or |:let| |
| 2128 | "modeline" |modeline| |
Bram Moolenaar | 8af1fbf | 2008-01-05 12:35:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2129 | *v:operator* *operator-variable* |
| 2130 | v:operator The last operator given in Normal mode. This is a single |
| 2131 | character except for commands starting with <g> or <z>, |
| 2132 | in which case it is two characters. Best used alongside |
| 2133 | |v:prevcount| and |v:register|. Useful if you want to cancel |
| 2134 | Operator-pending mode and then use the operator, e.g.: > |
| 2135 | :omap O <Esc>:call MyMotion(v:operator)<CR> |
| 2136 | < The value remains set until another operator is entered, thus |
| 2137 | don't expect it to be empty. |
| 2138 | v:operator is not set for |:delete|, |:yank| or other Ex |
| 2139 | commands. |
| 2140 | Read-only. |
| 2141 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2142 | *v:prevcount* *prevcount-variable* |
| 2143 | v:prevcount The count given for the last but one Normal mode command. |
| 2144 | This is the v:count value of the previous command. Useful if |
Bram Moolenaar | 8af1fbf | 2008-01-05 12:35:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2145 | you want to cancel Visual or Operator-pending mode and then |
| 2146 | use the count, e.g.: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2147 | :vmap % <Esc>:call MyFilter(v:prevcount)<CR> |
| 2148 | < Read-only. |
| 2149 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2150 | *v:profiling* *profiling-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2151 | v:profiling Normally zero. Set to one after using ":profile start". |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2152 | See |profiling|. |
| 2153 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2154 | *v:progname* *progname-variable* |
| 2155 | v:progname Contains the name (with path removed) with which Vim was |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2156 | invoked. Allows you to do special initialisations for |view|, |
| 2157 | |evim| etc., or any other name you might symlink to Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2158 | Read-only. |
| 2159 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a1706c9 | 2014-04-01 19:55:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2160 | *v:progpath* *progpath-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2161 | v:progpath Contains the command with which Vim was invoked, in a form |
| 2162 | that when passed to the shell will run the same Vim executable |
| 2163 | as the current one (if $PATH remains unchanged). |
| 2164 | Useful if you want to message a Vim server using a |
Bram Moolenaar | a1706c9 | 2014-04-01 19:55:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2165 | |--remote-expr|. |
Bram Moolenaar | c7f0255 | 2014-04-01 21:00:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2166 | To get the full path use: > |
| 2167 | echo exepath(v:progpath) |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2168 | < If the command has a relative path it will be expanded to the |
| 2169 | full path, so that it still works after `:cd`. Thus starting |
| 2170 | "./vim" results in "/home/user/path/to/vim/src/vim". |
| 2171 | On Linux and other systems it will always be the full path. |
| 2172 | On Mac it may just be "vim" and using exepath() as mentioned |
| 2173 | above should be used to get the full path. |
Bram Moolenaar | 08cab96 | 2017-03-04 14:37:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2174 | On MS-Windows the executable may be called "vim.exe", but the |
| 2175 | ".exe" is not added to v:progpath. |
Bram Moolenaar | a1706c9 | 2014-04-01 19:55:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2176 | Read-only. |
| 2177 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2178 | *v:register* *register-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d58e929 | 2011-02-09 17:07:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2179 | v:register The name of the register in effect for the current normal mode |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2180 | command (regardless of whether that command actually used a |
| 2181 | register). Or for the currently executing normal mode mapping |
| 2182 | (use this in custom commands that take a register). |
| 2183 | If none is supplied it is the default register '"', unless |
| 2184 | 'clipboard' contains "unnamed" or "unnamedplus", then it is |
| 2185 | '*' or '+'. |
Bram Moolenaar | d58e929 | 2011-02-09 17:07:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2186 | Also see |getreg()| and |setreg()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2187 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c7715d | 2005-10-03 22:02:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2188 | *v:scrollstart* *scrollstart-variable* |
| 2189 | v:scrollstart String describing the script or function that caused the |
| 2190 | screen to scroll up. It's only set when it is empty, thus the |
| 2191 | first reason is remembered. It is set to "Unknown" for a |
| 2192 | typed command. |
| 2193 | This can be used to find out why your script causes the |
| 2194 | hit-enter prompt. |
| 2195 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2196 | *v:servername* *servername-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | c2ce52c | 2017-08-01 18:35:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2197 | v:servername The resulting registered |client-server-name| if any. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2198 | Read-only. |
| 2199 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2200 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2201 | v:searchforward *v:searchforward* *searchforward-variable* |
| 2202 | Search direction: 1 after a forward search, 0 after a |
| 2203 | backward search. It is reset to forward when directly setting |
| 2204 | the last search pattern, see |quote/|. |
| 2205 | Note that the value is restored when returning from a |
| 2206 | function. |function-search-undo|. |
| 2207 | Read-write. |
| 2208 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2209 | *v:shell_error* *shell_error-variable* |
| 2210 | v:shell_error Result of the last shell command. When non-zero, the last |
| 2211 | shell command had an error. When zero, there was no problem. |
| 2212 | This only works when the shell returns the error code to Vim. |
| 2213 | The value -1 is often used when the command could not be |
| 2214 | executed. Read-only. |
| 2215 | Example: > |
| 2216 | :!mv foo bar |
| 2217 | :if v:shell_error |
| 2218 | : echo 'could not rename "foo" to "bar"!' |
| 2219 | :endif |
Bram Moolenaar | d2e716e | 2019-04-20 14:39:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2220 | < "shell_error" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless |
| 2221 | |scriptversion| is 3 or higher. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2222 | |
| 2223 | *v:statusmsg* *statusmsg-variable* |
| 2224 | v:statusmsg Last given status message. It's allowed to set this variable. |
| 2225 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4e330bb | 2005-12-07 21:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2226 | *v:swapname* *swapname-variable* |
| 2227 | v:swapname Only valid when executing |SwapExists| autocommands: Name of |
| 2228 | the swap file found. Read-only. |
| 2229 | |
| 2230 | *v:swapchoice* *swapchoice-variable* |
| 2231 | v:swapchoice |SwapExists| autocommands can set this to the selected choice |
| 2232 | for handling an existing swap file: |
| 2233 | 'o' Open read-only |
| 2234 | 'e' Edit anyway |
| 2235 | 'r' Recover |
| 2236 | 'd' Delete swapfile |
| 2237 | 'q' Quit |
| 2238 | 'a' Abort |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2239 | The value should be a single-character string. An empty value |
Bram Moolenaar | 4e330bb | 2005-12-07 21:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2240 | results in the user being asked, as would happen when there is |
| 2241 | no SwapExists autocommand. The default is empty. |
| 2242 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b348038 | 2005-12-11 21:33:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2243 | *v:swapcommand* *swapcommand-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4770d09 | 2006-01-12 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2244 | v:swapcommand Normal mode command to be executed after a file has been |
Bram Moolenaar | b348038 | 2005-12-11 21:33:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2245 | opened. Can be used for a |SwapExists| autocommand to have |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2246 | another Vim open the file and jump to the right place. For |
Bram Moolenaar | b348038 | 2005-12-11 21:33:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2247 | example, when jumping to a tag the value is ":tag tagname\r". |
Bram Moolenaar | 1f35bf9 | 2006-03-07 22:38:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2248 | For ":edit +cmd file" the value is ":cmd\r". |
Bram Moolenaar | b348038 | 2005-12-11 21:33:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2249 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2250 | *v:t_TYPE* *v:t_bool* *t_bool-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2251 | v:t_bool Value of |Boolean| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2252 | *v:t_channel* *t_channel-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2253 | v:t_channel Value of |Channel| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2254 | *v:t_dict* *t_dict-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2255 | v:t_dict Value of |Dictionary| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2256 | *v:t_float* *t_float-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2257 | v:t_float Value of |Float| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2258 | *v:t_func* *t_func-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2259 | v:t_func Value of |Funcref| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2260 | *v:t_job* *t_job-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2261 | v:t_job Value of |Job| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2262 | *v:t_list* *t_list-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2263 | v:t_list Value of |List| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2264 | *v:t_none* *t_none-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2265 | v:t_none Value of |None| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2266 | *v:t_number* *t_number-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2267 | v:t_number Value of |Number| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2268 | *v:t_string* *t_string-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2269 | v:t_string Value of |String| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2270 | *v:t_blob* *t_blob-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2271 | v:t_blob Value of |Blob| type. Read-only. See: |type()| |
Bram Moolenaar | f562e72 | 2016-07-19 17:25:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2272 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2273 | *v:termresponse* *termresponse-variable* |
| 2274 | v:termresponse The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RV| |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2275 | termcap entry. It is set when Vim receives an escape sequence |
Bram Moolenaar | b423012 | 2019-05-30 18:40:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2276 | that starts with ESC [ or CSI, then '>' or '?' and ends in a |
| 2277 | 'c', with only digits and ';' in between. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2278 | When this option is set, the TermResponse autocommand event is |
| 2279 | fired, so that you can react to the response from the |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2280 | terminal. You can use |terminalprops()| to see what Vim |
| 2281 | figured out about the terminal. |
Bram Moolenaar | b423012 | 2019-05-30 18:40:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2282 | The response from a new xterm is: "<Esc>[> Pp ; Pv ; Pc c". Pp |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2283 | is the terminal type: 0 for vt100 and 1 for vt220. Pv is the |
| 2284 | patch level (since this was introduced in patch 95, it's |
| 2285 | always 95 or bigger). Pc is always zero. |
| 2286 | {only when compiled with |+termresponse| feature} |
| 2287 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f3af54e | 2017-08-30 14:53:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2288 | *v:termblinkresp* |
| 2289 | v:termblinkresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RC| |
| 2290 | termcap entry. This is used to find out whether the terminal |
| 2291 | cursor is blinking. This is used by |term_getcursor()|. |
| 2292 | |
| 2293 | *v:termstyleresp* |
| 2294 | v:termstyleresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RS| |
| 2295 | termcap entry. This is used to find out what the shape of the |
| 2296 | cursor is. This is used by |term_getcursor()|. |
| 2297 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e4c4f | 2017-10-14 23:24:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2298 | *v:termrbgresp* |
| 2299 | v:termrbgresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RB| |
Bram Moolenaar | f3af54e | 2017-08-30 14:53:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2300 | termcap entry. This is used to find out what the terminal |
| 2301 | background color is, see 'background'. |
| 2302 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e4c4f | 2017-10-14 23:24:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2303 | *v:termrfgresp* |
| 2304 | v:termrfgresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RF| |
| 2305 | termcap entry. This is used to find out what the terminal |
| 2306 | foreground color is. |
| 2307 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f3af54e | 2017-08-30 14:53:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2308 | *v:termu7resp* |
| 2309 | v:termu7resp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_u7| |
| 2310 | termcap entry. This is used to find out what the terminal |
| 2311 | does with ambiguous width characters, see 'ambiwidth'. |
| 2312 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2313 | *v:testing* *testing-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e8df25 | 2016-05-25 21:23:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2314 | v:testing Must be set before using `test_garbagecollect_now()`. |
Bram Moolenaar | 036986f | 2017-03-16 17:41:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2315 | Also, when set certain error messages won't be shown for 2 |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2316 | seconds. (e.g. "'dictionary' option is empty") |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2317 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2318 | *v:this_session* *this_session-variable* |
| 2319 | v:this_session Full filename of the last loaded or saved session file. See |
| 2320 | |:mksession|. It is allowed to set this variable. When no |
| 2321 | session file has been saved, this variable is empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | d2e716e | 2019-04-20 14:39:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2322 | "this_session" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless |
| 2323 | |scriptversion| is 3 or higher |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2324 | |
| 2325 | *v:throwpoint* *throwpoint-variable* |
| 2326 | v:throwpoint The point where the exception most recently caught and not |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2327 | finished was thrown. Not set when commands are typed. See |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2328 | also |v:exception| and |throw-variables|. |
| 2329 | Example: > |
| 2330 | :try |
| 2331 | : throw "oops" |
| 2332 | :catch /.*/ |
| 2333 | : echo "Exception from" v:throwpoint |
| 2334 | :endtry |
| 2335 | < Output: "Exception from test.vim, line 2" |
| 2336 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2337 | *v:true* *true-variable* |
| 2338 | v:true A Number with value one. Used to put "true" in JSON. See |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2339 | |json_encode()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2340 | When used as a string this evaluates to "v:true". > |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2341 | echo v:true |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2342 | < v:true ~ |
| 2343 | That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2344 | value. Read-only. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2345 | *v:val* *val-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2346 | v:val Value of the current item of a |List| or |Dictionary|. Only |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2347 | valid while evaluating the expression used with |map()| and |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2348 | |filter()|. Read-only. |
| 2349 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2350 | *v:version* *version-variable* |
| 2351 | v:version Version number of Vim: Major version number times 100 plus |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2352 | minor version number. Version 5.0 is 500. Version 5.1 |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2353 | is 501. Read-only. "version" also works, for backwards |
Bram Moolenaar | d2e716e | 2019-04-20 14:39:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2354 | compatibility, unless |scriptversion| is 3 or higher. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2355 | Use |has()| to check if a certain patch was included, e.g.: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 6716d9a | 2014-04-02 12:12:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2356 | if has("patch-7.4.123") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2357 | < Note that patch numbers are specific to the version, thus both |
| 2358 | version 5.0 and 5.1 may have a patch 123, but these are |
| 2359 | completely different. |
| 2360 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 37df9a4 | 2019-06-14 14:39:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2361 | *v:versionlong* *versionlong-variable* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2362 | v:versionlong Like v:version, but also including the patchlevel in the last |
| 2363 | four digits. Version 8.1 with patch 123 has value 8010123. |
| 2364 | This can be used like this: > |
| 2365 | if v:versionlong >= 8010123 |
Bram Moolenaar | 37df9a4 | 2019-06-14 14:39:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2366 | < However, if there are gaps in the list of patches included |
| 2367 | this will not work well. This can happen if a recent patch |
| 2368 | was included into an older version, e.g. for a security fix. |
| 2369 | Use the has() function to make sure the patch is actually |
| 2370 | included. |
| 2371 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1473551 | 2016-03-26 21:00:08 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2372 | *v:vim_did_enter* *vim_did_enter-variable* |
| 2373 | v:vim_did_enter Zero until most of startup is done. It is set to one just |
| 2374 | before |VimEnter| autocommands are triggered. |
| 2375 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2376 | *v:warningmsg* *warningmsg-variable* |
| 2377 | v:warningmsg Last given warning message. It's allowed to set this variable. |
| 2378 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 727c876 | 2010-10-20 19:17:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2379 | *v:windowid* *windowid-variable* |
| 2380 | v:windowid When any X11 based GUI is running or when running in a |
| 2381 | terminal and Vim connects to the X server (|-X|) this will be |
Bram Moolenaar | 264e9fd | 2010-10-27 12:33:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2382 | set to the window ID. |
| 2383 | When an MS-Windows GUI is running this will be set to the |
| 2384 | window handle. |
| 2385 | Otherwise the value is zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2386 | Note: for windows inside Vim use |winnr()| or |win_getid()|, |
| 2387 | see |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 727c876 | 2010-10-20 19:17:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2388 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2389 | ============================================================================== |
| 2390 | 4. Builtin Functions *functions* |
| 2391 | |
| 2392 | See |function-list| for a list grouped by what the function is used for. |
| 2393 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2394 | (Use CTRL-] on the function name to jump to the full explanation.) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2395 | |
| 2396 | USAGE RESULT DESCRIPTION ~ |
| 2397 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2398 | abs({expr}) Float or Number absolute value of {expr} |
| 2399 | acos({expr}) Float arc cosine of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2400 | add({object}, {item}) List/Blob append {item} to {object} |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2401 | and({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise AND |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2402 | append({lnum}, {text}) Number append {text} below line {lnum} |
| 2403 | appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) |
| 2404 | Number append {text} below line {lnum} |
| 2405 | in buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | f0d58ef | 2018-11-16 16:13:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2406 | argc([{winid}]) Number number of files in the argument list |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2407 | argidx() Number current index in the argument list |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2408 | arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) Number argument list id |
Bram Moolenaar | e6e3989 | 2018-10-25 12:32:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2409 | argv({nr} [, {winid}]) String {nr} entry of the argument list |
| 2410 | argv([-1, {winid}]) List the argument list |
Bram Moolenaar | fb517ba | 2020-06-03 19:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2411 | asin({expr}) Float arc sine of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2412 | assert_beeps({cmd}) Number assert {cmd} causes a beep |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2413 | assert_equal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2414 | Number assert {exp} is equal to {act} |
Bram Moolenaar | fb517ba | 2020-06-03 19:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2415 | assert_equalfile({fname-one}, {fname-two} [, {msg}]) |
| 2416 | Number assert file contents are equal |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2417 | assert_exception({error} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2418 | Number assert {error} is in v:exception |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c6737b | 2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2419 | assert_fails({cmd} [, {error} [, {msg} [, {lnum} [, {context}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c64ca1 | 2018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2420 | Number assert {cmd} fails |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2421 | assert_false({actual} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2422 | Number assert {actual} is false |
Bram Moolenaar | 61c0449 | 2016-07-23 15:35:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2423 | assert_inrange({lower}, {upper}, {actual} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2424 | Number assert {actual} is inside the range |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2425 | assert_match({pat}, {text} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2426 | Number assert {pat} matches {text} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2427 | assert_notequal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2428 | Number assert {exp} is not equal {act} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2429 | assert_notmatch({pat}, {text} [, {msg}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65a5464 | 2018-04-28 16:56:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2430 | Number assert {pat} not matches {text} |
| 2431 | assert_report({msg}) Number report a test failure |
| 2432 | assert_true({actual} [, {msg}]) Number assert {actual} is true |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2433 | atan({expr}) Float arc tangent of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 0418609 | 2016-08-29 21:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2434 | atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) Float arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2} |
Bram Moolenaar | be0a259 | 2019-05-09 13:50:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2435 | balloon_gettext() String current text in the balloon |
Bram Moolenaar | 74240d3 | 2017-12-10 15:26:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2436 | balloon_show({expr}) none show {expr} inside the balloon |
Bram Moolenaar | 246fe03 | 2017-11-19 19:56:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2437 | balloon_split({msg}) List split {msg} as used for a balloon |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2438 | browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2439 | String put up a file requester |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2440 | browsedir({title}, {initdir}) String put up a directory requester |
Bram Moolenaar | 15e248e | 2019-06-30 20:21:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2441 | bufadd({name}) Number add a buffer to the buffer list |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2442 | bufexists({expr}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {expr} exists |
| 2443 | buflisted({expr}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {expr} is listed |
Bram Moolenaar | 15e248e | 2019-06-30 20:21:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2444 | bufload({expr}) Number load buffer {expr} if not loaded yet |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2445 | bufloaded({expr}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {expr} is loaded |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2446 | bufname([{expr}]) String Name of the buffer {expr} |
| 2447 | bufnr([{expr} [, {create}]]) Number Number of the buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | b3619a9 | 2016-06-04 17:58:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2448 | bufwinid({expr}) Number window ID of buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2449 | bufwinnr({expr}) Number window number of buffer {expr} |
| 2450 | byte2line({byte}) Number line number at byte count {byte} |
| 2451 | byteidx({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr} |
| 2452 | byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr} |
| 2453 | call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2454 | any call {func} with arguments {arglist} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2455 | ceil({expr}) Float round {expr} up |
Bram Moolenaar | 4b785f6 | 2016-11-29 21:54:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2456 | ch_canread({handle}) Number check if there is something to read |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2457 | ch_close({handle}) none close {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 0874a83 | 2016-09-01 15:11:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2458 | ch_close_in({handle}) none close in part of {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2459 | ch_evalexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f148ec | 2016-03-07 22:59:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2460 | any evaluate {expr} on JSON {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2461 | ch_evalraw({handle}, {string} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f148ec | 2016-03-07 22:59:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2462 | any evaluate {string} on raw {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2463 | ch_getbufnr({handle}, {what}) Number get buffer number for {handle}/{what} |
| 2464 | ch_getjob({channel}) Job get the Job of {channel} |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2465 | ch_info({handle}) String info about channel {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2466 | ch_log({msg} [, {handle}]) none write {msg} in the channel log file |
| 2467 | ch_logfile({fname} [, {mode}]) none start logging channel activity |
| 2468 | ch_open({address} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2469 | Channel open a channel to {address} |
| 2470 | ch_read({handle} [, {options}]) String read from {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2471 | ch_readblob({handle} [, {options}]) |
| 2472 | Blob read Blob from {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2473 | ch_readraw({handle} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2474 | String read raw from {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2475 | ch_sendexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f148ec | 2016-03-07 22:59:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2476 | any send {expr} over JSON {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2477 | ch_sendraw({handle}, {expr} [, {options}]) |
| 2478 | any send {expr} over raw {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2479 | ch_setoptions({handle}, {options}) |
| 2480 | none set options for {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ef3810 | 2016-09-26 22:36:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2481 | ch_status({handle} [, {options}]) |
| 2482 | String status of channel {handle} |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2483 | changenr() Number current change number |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2484 | char2nr({expr} [, {utf8}]) Number ASCII/UTF8 value of first char in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4e4473c | 2020-08-28 22:24:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2485 | charclass({string}) Number character class of {string} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2486 | charcol({expr}) Number column number of cursor or mark |
Bram Moolenaar | 17793ef | 2020-12-28 12:56:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2487 | charidx({string}, {idx} [, {countcc}]) |
| 2488 | Number char index of byte {idx} in {string} |
Bram Moolenaar | 1063f3d | 2019-05-07 22:06:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2489 | chdir({dir}) String change current working directory |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2490 | cindent({lnum}) Number C indent for line {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2491 | clearmatches([{win}]) none clear all matches |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2492 | col({expr}) Number column byte index of cursor or mark |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2493 | complete({startcol}, {matches}) none set Insert mode completion |
| 2494 | complete_add({expr}) Number add completion match |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2495 | complete_check() Number check for key typed during completion |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2496 | complete_info([{what}]) Dict get current completion information |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2497 | confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2498 | Number number of choice picked by user |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2499 | copy({expr}) any make a shallow copy of {expr} |
| 2500 | cos({expr}) Float cosine of {expr} |
| 2501 | cosh({expr}) Float hyperbolic cosine of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2502 | count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]]) |
| 2503 | Number count how many {expr} are in {comp} |
Bram Moolenaar | dc1f164 | 2016-08-16 18:33:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2504 | cscope_connection([{num}, {dbpath} [, {prepend}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2505 | Number checks existence of cscope connection |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2506 | cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f3b510 | 2014-11-19 18:54:17 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2507 | Number move cursor to {lnum}, {col}, {off} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2508 | cursor({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4551c0a | 2018-06-20 22:38:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2509 | debugbreak({pid}) Number interrupt process being debugged |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2510 | deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) any make a full copy of {expr} |
| 2511 | delete({fname} [, {flags}]) Number delete the file or directory {fname} |
Bram Moolenaar | d473c8c | 2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2512 | deletebufline({expr}, {first} [, {last}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | d79a262 | 2018-06-07 18:17:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2513 | Number delete lines from buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2514 | did_filetype() Number |TRUE| if FileType autocmd event used |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2515 | diff_filler({lnum}) Number diff filler lines about {lnum} |
| 2516 | diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) Number diff highlighting at {lnum}/{col} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4132eb5 | 2020-02-14 16:53:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2517 | echoraw({expr}) none output {expr} as-is |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2518 | empty({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is empty |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2519 | environ() Dict return environment variables |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2520 | escape({string}, {chars}) String escape {chars} in {string} with '\' |
| 2521 | eval({string}) any evaluate {string} into its value |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2522 | eventhandler() Number |TRUE| if inside an event handler |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2523 | executable({expr}) Number 1 if executable {expr} exists |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2524 | execute({command}) String execute {command} and get the output |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2525 | exepath({expr}) String full path of the command {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2526 | exists({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} exists |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2527 | exp({expr}) Float exponential of {expr} |
| 2528 | expand({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 146e9c3 | 2012-03-07 19:18:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2529 | any expand special keywords in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 80dad48 | 2019-06-09 17:22:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2530 | expandcmd({expr}) String expand {expr} like with `:edit` |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2531 | extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) |
| 2532 | List/Dict insert items of {expr2} into {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0e6b51 | 2021-01-12 20:23:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2533 | extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) |
| 2534 | List/Dict like |extend()| but creates a new |
| 2535 | List or Dictionary |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2536 | feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) Number add key sequence to typeahead buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2537 | filereadable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a readable file |
| 2538 | filewritable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a writable file |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2539 | filter({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict remove items from {expr1} where |
| 2540 | {expr2} is 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2541 | finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | c6fe919 | 2006-04-09 21:54:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2542 | String find directory {name} in {path} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2543 | findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | c6fe919 | 2006-04-09 21:54:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2544 | String find file {name} in {path} |
Bram Moolenaar | 077a1e6 | 2020-06-08 20:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2545 | flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) List flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2546 | float2nr({expr}) Number convert Float {expr} to a Number |
| 2547 | floor({expr}) Float round {expr} down |
| 2548 | fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) Float remainder of {expr1} / {expr2} |
| 2549 | fnameescape({fname}) String escape special characters in {fname} |
| 2550 | fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) String modify file name |
| 2551 | foldclosed({lnum}) Number first line of fold at {lnum} if closed |
| 2552 | foldclosedend({lnum}) Number last line of fold at {lnum} if closed |
| 2553 | foldlevel({lnum}) Number fold level at {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | e0fa374 | 2016-02-20 15:47:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2554 | foldtext() String line displayed for closed fold |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2555 | foldtextresult({lnum}) String text for closed fold at {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | e0fa374 | 2016-02-20 15:47:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2556 | foreground() Number bring the Vim window to the foreground |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2557 | funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2558 | Funcref reference to function {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2559 | function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}]) |
| 2560 | Funcref named reference to function {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2561 | garbagecollect([{atexit}]) none free memory, breaking cyclic references |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2562 | get({list}, {idx} [, {def}]) any get item {idx} from {list} or {def} |
| 2563 | get({dict}, {key} [, {def}]) any get item {key} from {dict} or {def} |
Bram Moolenaar | 03e19a0 | 2016-05-24 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2564 | get({func}, {what}) any get property of funcref/partial {func} |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2565 | getbufinfo([{expr}]) List information about buffers |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2566 | getbufline({expr}, {lnum} [, {end}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2567 | List lines {lnum} to {end} of buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2568 | getbufvar({expr}, {varname} [, {def}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2569 | any variable {varname} in buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2570 | getchangelist([{expr}]) List list of change list items |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2571 | getchar([expr]) Number get one character from the user |
Bram Moolenaar | e0fa374 | 2016-02-20 15:47:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2572 | getcharmod() Number modifiers for the last typed character |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2573 | getcharpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | fc39ecf | 2015-08-11 20:34:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2574 | getcharsearch() Dict last character search |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2575 | getcmdline() String return the current command-line |
| 2576 | getcmdpos() Number return cursor position in command-line |
Bram Moolenaar | fb53927 | 2014-08-22 19:21:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2577 | getcmdtype() String return current command-line type |
| 2578 | getcmdwintype() String return current command-line window type |
Bram Moolenaar | e9d58a6 | 2016-08-13 15:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2579 | getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}]) |
| 2580 | List list of cmdline completion matches |
Bram Moolenaar | 99ca9c4 | 2020-09-22 21:55:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2581 | getcurpos([{winnr}]) List position of the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2582 | getcursorcharpos([{winnr}]) List character position of the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2583 | getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) String get the current working directory |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2584 | getenv({name}) String return environment variable |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2585 | getfontname([{name}]) String name of font being used |
| 2586 | getfperm({fname}) String file permissions of file {fname} |
| 2587 | getfsize({fname}) Number size in bytes of file {fname} |
| 2588 | getftime({fname}) Number last modification time of file |
| 2589 | getftype({fname}) String description of type of file {fname} |
Bram Moolenaar | a3a1246 | 2019-09-07 15:08:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2590 | getimstatus() Number |TRUE| if the IME status is active |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f50588 | 2018-02-10 21:06:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2591 | getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) |
| 2592 | List list of jump list items |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2593 | getline({lnum}) String line {lnum} of current buffer |
| 2594 | getline({lnum}, {end}) List lines {lnum} to {end} of current buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2595 | getloclist({nr}) List list of location list items |
| 2596 | getloclist({nr}, {what}) Dict get specific location list properties |
Bram Moolenaar | cfb4b47 | 2020-05-31 15:41:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2597 | getmarklist([{expr}]) List list of global/local marks |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2598 | getmatches([{win}]) List list of current matches |
Bram Moolenaar | db3a205 | 2019-11-16 18:22:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2599 | getmousepos() Dict last known mouse position |
Bram Moolenaar | 18081e3 | 2008-02-20 19:11:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2600 | getpid() Number process ID of Vim |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2601 | getpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2602 | getqflist() List list of quickfix items |
| 2603 | getqflist({what}) Dict get specific quickfix list properties |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2604 | getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | bb861e2 | 2020-06-07 18:16:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2605 | String or List contents of a register |
| 2606 | getreginfo([{regname}]) Dict information about a register |
| 2607 | getregtype([{regname}]) String type of a register |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2608 | gettabinfo([{expr}]) List list of tab pages |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2609 | gettabvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2610 | any variable {varname} in tab {nr} or {def} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2611 | gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {name} [, {def}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2612 | any {name} in {winnr} in tab page {tabnr} |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2613 | gettagstack([{nr}]) Dict get the tag stack of window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b39c3f | 2020-08-30 15:52:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2614 | gettext({text}) String lookup translation of {text} |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2615 | getwininfo([{winid}]) List list of info about each window |
Bram Moolenaar | 98ef233 | 2018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2616 | getwinpos([{timeout}]) List X and Y coord in pixels of the Vim window |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f54fd3 | 2018-03-03 21:29:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2617 | getwinposx() Number X coord in pixels of the Vim window |
| 2618 | getwinposy() Number Y coord in pixels of the Vim window |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2619 | getwinvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2620 | any variable {varname} in window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2621 | glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 146e9c3 | 2012-03-07 19:18:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2622 | any expand file wildcards in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2623 | glob2regpat({expr}) String convert a glob pat into a search pat |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2624 | globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | bb5ddda | 2008-11-28 10:01:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2625 | String do glob({expr}) for all dirs in {path} |
Bram Moolenaar | 7929651 | 2020-03-22 16:17:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2626 | has({feature} [, {check}]) Number |TRUE| if feature {feature} supported |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2627 | has_key({dict}, {key}) Number |TRUE| if {dict} has entry {key} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2628 | haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2629 | Number |TRUE| if the window executed |:lcd| |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2630 | or |:tcd| |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2631 | hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2632 | Number |TRUE| if mapping to {what} exists |
Bram Moolenaar | 8a7d654 | 2020-01-26 15:56:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2633 | histadd({history}, {item}) Number add an item to a history |
| 2634 | histdel({history} [, {item}]) Number remove an item from a history |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2635 | histget({history} [, {index}]) String get the item {index} from a history |
| 2636 | histnr({history}) Number highest index of a history |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2637 | hlID({name}) Number syntax ID of highlight group {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2638 | hlexists({name}) Number |TRUE| if highlight group {name} exists |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2639 | hostname() String name of the machine Vim is running on |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2640 | iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) String convert encoding of {expr} |
| 2641 | indent({lnum}) Number indent of line {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2642 | index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]]) |
| 2643 | Number index in {object} where {expr} appears |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2644 | input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2645 | String get input from the user |
Bram Moolenaar | b6e0ec6 | 2017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2646 | inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2647 | String like input() but in a GUI dialog |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2648 | inputlist({textlist}) Number let the user pick from a choice list |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2649 | inputrestore() Number restore typeahead |
| 2650 | inputsave() Number save and clear typeahead |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2651 | inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) String like input() but hiding the text |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2652 | insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) List insert {item} in {object} [before {idx}] |
Bram Moolenaar | 67a2deb | 2019-11-25 00:05:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2653 | interrupt() none interrupt script execution |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2654 | invert({expr}) Number bitwise invert |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2655 | isdirectory({directory}) Number |TRUE| if {directory} is a directory |
Bram Moolenaar | fda1bff | 2019-04-04 13:44:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2656 | isinf({expr}) Number determine if {expr} is infinity value |
| 2657 | (positive or negative) |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2658 | islocked({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is locked |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2659 | isnan({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is NaN |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2660 | items({dict}) List key-value pairs in {dict} |
| 2661 | job_getchannel({job}) Channel get the channel handle for {job} |
Bram Moolenaar | e1fc515 | 2018-04-21 19:49:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2662 | job_info([{job}]) Dict get information about {job} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2663 | job_setoptions({job}, {options}) none set options for {job} |
| 2664 | job_start({command} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2665 | Job start a job |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2666 | job_status({job}) String get the status of {job} |
| 2667 | job_stop({job} [, {how}]) Number stop {job} |
| 2668 | join({list} [, {sep}]) String join {list} items into one String |
| 2669 | js_decode({string}) any decode JS style JSON |
| 2670 | js_encode({expr}) String encode JS style JSON |
| 2671 | json_decode({string}) any decode JSON |
| 2672 | json_encode({expr}) String encode JSON |
| 2673 | keys({dict}) List keys in {dict} |
| 2674 | len({expr}) Number the length of {expr} |
| 2675 | libcall({lib}, {func}, {arg}) String call {func} in library {lib} with {arg} |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2676 | libcallnr({lib}, {func}, {arg}) Number idem, but return a Number |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2677 | line({expr} [, {winid}]) Number line nr of cursor, last line or mark |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2678 | line2byte({lnum}) Number byte count of line {lnum} |
| 2679 | lispindent({lnum}) Number Lisp indent for line {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d40128 | 2019-04-06 13:18:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2680 | list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) String turn numbers in {list} into a String |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2681 | listener_add({callback} [, {buf}]) |
| 2682 | Number add a callback to listen to changes |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2683 | listener_flush([{buf}]) none invoke listener callbacks |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2684 | listener_remove({id}) none remove a listener callback |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2685 | localtime() Number current time |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2686 | log({expr}) Float natural logarithm (base e) of {expr} |
| 2687 | log10({expr}) Float logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10 |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2688 | luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) any evaluate |Lua| expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2689 | map({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict change each item in {expr1} to {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2690 | maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | f1568ec | 2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2691 | String or Dict |
| 2692 | rhs of mapping {name} in mode {mode} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2693 | mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2694 | String check for mappings matching {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | ea69685 | 2020-11-09 18:31:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2695 | mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict like |map()| but creates a new List |
| 2696 | or Dictionary |
| 2697 | mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) none restore mapping from |maparg()| result |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2698 | match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2699 | Number position where {pat} matches in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2700 | matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2701 | Number highlight {pattern} with {group} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2702 | matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | b341459 | 2014-06-17 17:48:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2703 | Number highlight positions with {group} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2704 | matcharg({nr}) List arguments of |:match| |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2705 | matchdelete({id} [, {win}]) Number delete match identified by {id} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2706 | matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2707 | Number position where {pat} ends in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2708 | matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) |
| 2709 | List fuzzy match {str} in {list} |
| 2710 | matchfuzzypos({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) |
| 2711 | List fuzzy match {str} in {list} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2712 | matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2713 | List match and submatches of {pat} in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2714 | matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2715 | String {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2716 | matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 7fed5c1 | 2016-03-29 23:10:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2717 | List {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 690afe1 | 2017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2718 | max({expr}) Number maximum value of items in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 0eabd4d | 2020-03-15 16:13:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2719 | menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) Dict get menu item information |
Bram Moolenaar | 690afe1 | 2017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2720 | min({expr}) Number minimum value of items in {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2721 | mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2722 | Number create directory {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2723 | mode([expr]) String current editing mode |
| 2724 | mzeval({expr}) any evaluate |MzScheme| expression |
| 2725 | nextnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line >= {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2726 | nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) String single char with ASCII/UTF8 value {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2727 | or({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise OR |
Bram Moolenaar | 6a33ef0 | 2020-09-25 22:42:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2728 | pathshorten({expr} [, {len}]) String shorten directory names in a path |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2729 | perleval({expr}) any evaluate |Perl| expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2730 | popup_atcursor({what}, {options}) Number create popup window near the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 589edb3 | 2019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2731 | popup_beval({what}, {options}) Number create popup window for 'ballooneval' |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2732 | popup_clear() none close all popup windows |
| 2733 | popup_close({id} [, {result}]) none close popup window {id} |
| 2734 | popup_create({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window |
| 2735 | popup_dialog({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a dialog |
| 2736 | popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) Number filter for a menu popup window |
| 2737 | popup_filter_yesno({id}, {key}) Number filter for a dialog popup window |
Bram Moolenaar | e49fbff | 2019-08-21 22:50:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2738 | popup_findinfo() Number get window ID of info popup window |
| 2739 | popup_findpreview() Number get window ID of preview popup window |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2740 | popup_getoptions({id}) Dict get options of popup window {id} |
| 2741 | popup_getpos({id}) Dict get position of popup window {id} |
| 2742 | popup_hide({id}) none hide popup menu {id} |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2743 | popup_list() List get a list of window IDs of all popups |
Bram Moolenaar | ef6b979 | 2020-05-13 16:34:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2744 | popup_locate({row}, {col}) Number get window ID of popup at position |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2745 | popup_menu({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a menu |
| 2746 | popup_move({id}, {options}) none set position of popup window {id} |
| 2747 | popup_notification({what}, {options}) |
| 2748 | Number create a notification popup window |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2749 | popup_setoptions({id}, {options}) |
| 2750 | none set options for popup window {id} |
| 2751 | popup_settext({id}, {text}) none set the text of popup window {id} |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2752 | popup_show({id}) none unhide popup window {id} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2753 | pow({x}, {y}) Float {x} to the power of {y} |
| 2754 | prevnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line <= {lnum} |
| 2755 | printf({fmt}, {expr1}...) String format text |
Bram Moolenaar | 077cc7a | 2020-09-04 16:35:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2756 | prompt_getprompt({buf}) String get prompt text |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2757 | prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) none set prompt callback function |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e5979a | 2018-06-17 19:36:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2758 | prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt interrupt function |
| 2759 | prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt text |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2760 | prop_add({lnum}, {col}, {props}) none add a text property |
Bram Moolenaar | e3d31b0 | 2018-12-24 23:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2761 | prop_clear({lnum} [, {lnum-end} [, {props}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2762 | none remove all text properties |
| 2763 | prop_find({props} [, {direction}]) |
| 2764 | Dict search for a text property |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ceefb3 | 2020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2765 | prop_list({lnum} [, {props}]) List text properties in {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | c8c8849 | 2018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2766 | prop_remove({props} [, {lnum} [, {lnum-end}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2767 | Number remove a text property |
| 2768 | prop_type_add({name}, {props}) none define a new property type |
| 2769 | prop_type_change({name}, {props}) |
| 2770 | none change an existing property type |
| 2771 | prop_type_delete({name} [, {props}]) |
| 2772 | none delete a property type |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2773 | prop_type_get({name} [, {props}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2774 | Dict get property type values |
| 2775 | prop_type_list([{props}]) List get list of property types |
Bram Moolenaar | e9bd572 | 2019-08-17 19:36:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2776 | pum_getpos() Dict position and size of pum if visible |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2777 | pumvisible() Number whether popup menu is visible |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2778 | py3eval({expr}) any evaluate |python3| expression |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2779 | pyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Python| expression |
Bram Moolenaar | f42dd3c | 2017-01-28 16:06:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2780 | pyxeval({expr}) any evaluate |python_x| expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2781 | rand([{expr}]) Number get pseudo-random number |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2782 | range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2783 | List items from {expr} to {max} |
Bram Moolenaar | c423ad7 | 2021-01-13 20:38:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2784 | readblob({fname}) Blob read a |Blob| from {fname} |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2785 | readdir({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) |
| 2786 | List file names in {dir} selected by {expr} |
| 2787 | readdirex({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) |
| 2788 | List file info in {dir} selected by {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2789 | readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2790 | List get list of lines from file {fname} |
Bram Moolenaar | 8562998 | 2020-06-01 18:39:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2791 | reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}]) |
| 2792 | any reduce {object} using {func} |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2793 | reg_executing() String get the executing register name |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b6d911 | 2018-05-22 20:35:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2794 | reg_recording() String get the recording register name |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2795 | reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) List get time value |
| 2796 | reltimefloat({time}) Float turn the time value into a Float |
| 2797 | reltimestr({time}) String turn time value into a String |
Bram Moolenaar | 3c2881d | 2017-03-21 19:18:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2798 | remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2799 | String send expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2800 | remote_foreground({server}) Number bring Vim server to the foreground |
| 2801 | remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2802 | Number check for reply string |
Bram Moolenaar | 3c2881d | 2017-03-21 19:18:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2803 | remote_read({serverid} [, {timeout}]) |
| 2804 | String read reply string |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2805 | remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2806 | String send key sequence |
Bram Moolenaar | 7416f3e | 2017-03-18 18:10:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2807 | remote_startserver({name}) none become server {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2808 | remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) any/List |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2809 | remove items {idx}-{end} from {list} |
| 2810 | remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}]) Number/Blob |
| 2811 | remove bytes {idx}-{end} from {blob} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2812 | remove({dict}, {key}) any remove entry {key} from {dict} |
| 2813 | rename({from}, {to}) Number rename (move) file from {from} to {to} |
| 2814 | repeat({expr}, {count}) String repeat {expr} {count} times |
| 2815 | resolve({filename}) String get filename a shortcut points to |
| 2816 | reverse({list}) List reverse {list} in-place |
| 2817 | round({expr}) Float round off {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | e99be0e | 2019-03-26 22:51:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2818 | rubyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Ruby| expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2819 | screenattr({row}, {col}) Number attribute at screen position |
| 2820 | screenchar({row}, {col}) Number character at screen position |
Bram Moolenaar | 2912abb | 2019-03-29 14:16:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2821 | screenchars({row}, {col}) List List of characters at screen position |
Bram Moolenaar | 9750bb1 | 2012-12-05 16:10:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2822 | screencol() Number current cursor column |
Bram Moolenaar | b3d17a2 | 2019-07-07 18:28:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2823 | screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) Dict screen row and col of a text character |
Bram Moolenaar | 9750bb1 | 2012-12-05 16:10:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2824 | screenrow() Number current cursor row |
Bram Moolenaar | 2912abb | 2019-03-29 14:16:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2825 | screenstring({row}, {col}) String characters at screen position |
Bram Moolenaar | adc17a5 | 2020-06-06 18:37:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2826 | search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 7692929 | 2008-01-06 19:07:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2827 | Number search for {pattern} |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2828 | searchcount([{options}]) Dict get or update search stats |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2829 | searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2830 | Number search for variable declaration |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2831 | searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2832 | Number search for other end of start/end pair |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2833 | searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2834 | List search for other end of start/end pair |
Bram Moolenaar | adc17a5 | 2020-06-06 18:37:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2835 | searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2836 | List search for {pattern} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2837 | server2client({clientid}, {string}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2838 | Number send reply string |
| 2839 | serverlist() String get a list of available servers |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2840 | setbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) |
| 2841 | Number set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2842 | {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2843 | setbufvar({expr}, {varname}, {val}) |
| 2844 | none set {varname} in buffer {expr} to {val} |
Bram Moolenaar | 08aac3c | 2020-08-28 21:04:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2845 | setcellwidths({list}) none set character cell width overrides |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2846 | setcharpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2847 | setcharsearch({dict}) Dict set character search from {dict} |
| 2848 | setcmdpos({pos}) Number set cursor position in command-line |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2849 | setcursorcharpos({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list} |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2850 | setenv({name}, {val}) none set environment variable |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2851 | setfperm({fname}, {mode}) Number set {fname} file permissions to {mode} |
| 2852 | setline({lnum}, {line}) Number set line {lnum} to {line} |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2853 | setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action}]) |
| 2854 | Number modify location list using {list} |
| 2855 | setloclist({nr}, {list}, {action}, {what}) |
| 2856 | Number modify specific location list props |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2857 | setmatches({list} [, {win}]) Number restore a list of matches |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2858 | setpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list} |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2859 | setqflist({list} [, {action}]) Number modify quickfix list using {list} |
| 2860 | setqflist({list}, {action}, {what}) |
| 2861 | Number modify specific quickfix list props |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2862 | setreg({n}, {v} [, {opt}]) Number set register to value and type |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2863 | settabvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in tab page {nr} to {val} |
| 2864 | settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val}) |
| 2865 | none set {varname} in window {winnr} in tab |
| 2866 | page {tabnr} to {val} |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2867 | settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}]) |
| 2868 | Number modify tag stack using {dict} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2869 | setwinvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in window {nr} to {val} |
| 2870 | sha256({string}) String SHA256 checksum of {string} |
| 2871 | shellescape({string} [, {special}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2872 | String escape {string} for use as shell |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a495f | 2006-10-03 12:44:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2873 | command argument |
Bram Moolenaar | f951416 | 2018-11-22 03:08:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2874 | shiftwidth([{col}]) Number effective value of 'shiftwidth' |
Bram Moolenaar | 162b714 | 2018-12-21 15:17:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2875 | sign_define({name} [, {dict}]) Number define or update a sign |
Bram Moolenaar | 809ce4d | 2019-07-13 21:21:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2876 | sign_define({list}) List define or update a list of signs |
Bram Moolenaar | 162b714 | 2018-12-21 15:17:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2877 | sign_getdefined([{name}]) List get a list of defined signs |
| 2878 | sign_getplaced([{expr} [, {dict}]]) |
| 2879 | List get a list of placed signs |
Bram Moolenaar | 6b7b719 | 2019-01-11 13:42:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2880 | sign_jump({id}, {group}, {expr}) |
| 2881 | Number jump to a sign |
Bram Moolenaar | 162b714 | 2018-12-21 15:17:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2882 | sign_place({id}, {group}, {name}, {expr} [, {dict}]) |
| 2883 | Number place a sign |
Bram Moolenaar | 809ce4d | 2019-07-13 21:21:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2884 | sign_placelist({list}) List place a list of signs |
Bram Moolenaar | 162b714 | 2018-12-21 15:17:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2885 | sign_undefine([{name}]) Number undefine a sign |
Bram Moolenaar | 809ce4d | 2019-07-13 21:21:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2886 | sign_undefine({list}) List undefine a list of signs |
Bram Moolenaar | 162b714 | 2018-12-21 15:17:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2887 | sign_unplace({group} [, {dict}]) |
| 2888 | Number unplace a sign |
Bram Moolenaar | 809ce4d | 2019-07-13 21:21:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2889 | sign_unplacelist({list}) List unplace a list of signs |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2890 | simplify({filename}) String simplify filename as much as possible |
| 2891 | sin({expr}) Float sine of {expr} |
| 2892 | sinh({expr}) Float hyperbolic sine of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6601b62 | 2021-01-13 21:47:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2893 | slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) String, List or Blob |
| 2894 | slice of a String, List or Blob |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2895 | sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f89496 | 2011-06-19 02:55:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2896 | List sort {list}, using {func} to compare |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2897 | sound_clear() none stop playing all sounds |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2898 | sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}]) |
| 2899 | Number play an event sound |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2900 | sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}]) |
| 2901 | Number play sound file {path} |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2902 | sound_stop({id}) none stop playing sound {id} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2903 | soundfold({word}) String sound-fold {word} |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2904 | spellbadword() String badly spelled word at cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2905 | spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | c54b8a7 | 2005-09-30 21:20:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2906 | List spelling suggestions |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2907 | split({expr} [, {pat} [, {keepempty}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2908 | List make |List| from {pat} separated {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2909 | sqrt({expr}) Float square root of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2910 | srand([{expr}]) List get seed for |rand()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e57dd8 | 2019-09-16 22:56:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2911 | state([{what}]) String current state of Vim |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2912 | str2float({expr}) Float convert String to Float |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d40128 | 2019-04-06 13:18:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2913 | str2list({expr} [, {utf8}]) List convert each character of {expr} to |
| 2914 | ASCII/UTF8 value |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2915 | str2nr({expr} [, {base} [, {quoted}]]) |
| 2916 | Number convert String to Number |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2917 | strcharpart({str}, {start} [, {len}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2918 | String {len} characters of {str} at |
| 2919 | character {start} |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2920 | strchars({expr} [, {skipcc}]) Number character length of the String {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2921 | strdisplaywidth({expr} [, {col}]) Number display length of the String {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2922 | strftime({format} [, {time}]) String format time with a specified format |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2923 | strgetchar({str}, {index}) Number get char {index} from {str} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2924 | stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2925 | Number index of {needle} in {haystack} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2926 | string({expr}) String String representation of {expr} value |
| 2927 | strlen({expr}) Number length of the String {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2928 | strpart({str}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]]) |
| 2929 | String {len} bytes/chars of {str} at |
| 2930 | byte {start} |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2931 | strptime({format}, {timestring}) |
| 2932 | Number Convert {timestring} to unix timestamp |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2933 | strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2934 | Number last index of {needle} in {haystack} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2935 | strtrans({expr}) String translate string to make it printable |
| 2936 | strwidth({expr}) Number display cell length of the String {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2937 | submatch({nr} [, {list}]) String or List |
Bram Moolenaar | 4157176 | 2014-04-02 19:00:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2938 | specific match in ":s" or substitute() |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2939 | substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2940 | String all {pat} in {expr} replaced with {sub} |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f123a | 2018-08-21 20:28:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2941 | swapinfo({fname}) Dict information about swap file {fname} |
Bram Moolenaar | 110bd60 | 2018-09-16 18:46:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2942 | swapname({expr}) String swap file of buffer {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2943 | synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) Number syntax ID at {lnum} and {col} |
| 2944 | synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2945 | String attribute {what} of syntax ID {synID} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2946 | synIDtrans({synID}) Number translated syntax ID of {synID} |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2947 | synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) List info about concealing |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2948 | synstack({lnum}, {col}) List stack of syntax IDs at {lnum} and {col} |
| 2949 | system({expr} [, {input}]) String output of shell command/filter {expr} |
| 2950 | systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) List output of shell command/filter {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 802a0d9 | 2016-06-26 16:17:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2951 | tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) List list of buffer numbers in tab page |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2952 | tabpagenr([{arg}]) Number number of current or last tab page |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2953 | tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) Number number of current window in tab page |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2954 | tagfiles() List tags files used |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2955 | taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) List list of tags matching {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2956 | tan({expr}) Float tangent of {expr} |
| 2957 | tanh({expr}) Float hyperbolic tangent of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2958 | tempname() String name for a temporary file |
Bram Moolenaar | d96ff16 | 2018-02-18 22:13:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2959 | term_dumpdiff({filename}, {filename} [, {options}]) |
| 2960 | Number display difference between two dumps |
| 2961 | term_dumpload({filename} [, {options}]) |
| 2962 | Number displaying a screen dump |
Bram Moolenaar | 6bb2cdf | 2018-02-24 19:53:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2963 | term_dumpwrite({buf}, {filename} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | d96ff16 | 2018-02-18 22:13:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2964 | none dump terminal window contents |
Bram Moolenaar | e41e3b4 | 2017-08-11 16:24:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2965 | term_getaltscreen({buf}) Number get the alternate screen flag |
Bram Moolenaar | f59c6e8 | 2018-04-10 15:59:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2966 | term_getansicolors({buf}) List get ANSI palette in GUI color mode |
Bram Moolenaar | 4535654 | 2017-08-06 17:53:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2967 | term_getattr({attr}, {what}) Number get the value of attribute {what} |
Bram Moolenaar | 9787000 | 2017-07-30 18:28:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2968 | term_getcursor({buf}) List get the cursor position of a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | c6df10e | 2017-07-29 20:15:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2969 | term_getjob({buf}) Job get the job associated with a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | c2ce52c | 2017-08-01 18:35:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2970 | term_getline({buf}, {row}) String get a line of text from a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | 82b9ca0 | 2017-08-08 23:06:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2971 | term_getscrolled({buf}) Number get the scroll count of a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | c6df10e | 2017-07-29 20:15:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2972 | term_getsize({buf}) List get the size of a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | b000e32 | 2017-07-30 19:38:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2973 | term_getstatus({buf}) String get the status of a terminal |
| 2974 | term_gettitle({buf}) String get the title of a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2975 | term_gettty({buf}, [{input}]) String get the tty name of a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | c6df10e | 2017-07-29 20:15:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2976 | term_list() List get the list of terminal buffers |
Bram Moolenaar | c2ce52c | 2017-08-01 18:35:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2977 | term_scrape({buf}, {row}) List get row of a terminal screen |
Bram Moolenaar | c6df10e | 2017-07-29 20:15:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2978 | term_sendkeys({buf}, {keys}) none send keystrokes to a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | f59c6e8 | 2018-04-10 15:59:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2979 | term_setansicolors({buf}, {colors}) |
| 2980 | none set ANSI palette in GUI color mode |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2981 | term_setapi({buf}, {expr}) none set |terminal-api| function name prefix |
Bram Moolenaar | 7dda86f | 2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2982 | term_setkill({buf}, {how}) none set signal to stop job in terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | b5b7562 | 2018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2983 | term_setrestore({buf}, {command}) none set command to restore terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | 7dda86f | 2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2984 | term_setsize({buf}, {rows}, {cols}) |
| 2985 | none set the size of a terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | 911ead1 | 2019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2986 | term_start({cmd} [, {options}]) Number open a terminal window and run a job |
Bram Moolenaar | f3402b1 | 2017-08-06 19:07:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2987 | term_wait({buf} [, {time}]) Number wait for screen to be updated |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2988 | terminalprops() Dict properties of the terminal |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e8df25 | 2016-05-25 21:23:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2989 | test_alloc_fail({id}, {countdown}, {repeat}) |
| 2990 | none make memory allocation fail |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f1d9a0 | 2016-07-24 14:12:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2991 | test_autochdir() none enable 'autochdir' during startup |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2992 | test_feedinput({string}) none add key sequence to input buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2993 | test_garbagecollect_now() none free memory right now for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | adc6714 | 2019-06-22 01:40:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2994 | test_garbagecollect_soon() none free memory soon for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | eda6522 | 2019-05-16 20:29:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2995 | test_getvalue({string}) any get value of an internal variable |
Bram Moolenaar | e0c31f6 | 2017-03-01 15:07:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2996 | test_ignore_error({expr}) none ignore a specific error |
Bram Moolenaar | c0f5a78 | 2019-01-13 15:16:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 2997 | test_null_blob() Blob null value for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2998 | test_null_channel() Channel null value for testing |
| 2999 | test_null_dict() Dict null value for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | e69f6d0 | 2020-04-01 22:11:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3000 | test_null_function() Funcref null value for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3001 | test_null_job() Job null value for testing |
| 3002 | test_null_list() List null value for testing |
| 3003 | test_null_partial() Funcref null value for testing |
| 3004 | test_null_string() String null value for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c64ca1 | 2018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3005 | test_option_not_set({name}) none reset flag indicating option was set |
| 3006 | test_override({expr}, {val}) none test with Vim internal overrides |
Bram Moolenaar | c3e92c1 | 2019-03-23 14:23:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3007 | test_refcount({expr}) Number get the reference count of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | ab18673 | 2018-09-14 21:27:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3008 | test_scrollbar({which}, {value}, {dragging}) |
| 3009 | none scroll in the GUI for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | bb8476b | 2019-05-04 15:47:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3010 | test_setmouse({row}, {col}) none set the mouse position for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | c95a302 | 2016-06-12 23:01:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3011 | test_settime({expr}) none set current time for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3012 | test_srand_seed([seed]) none set seed for testing srand() |
| 3013 | test_unknown() any unknown value for testing |
| 3014 | test_void() any void value for testing |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3015 | timer_info([{id}]) List information about timers |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3016 | timer_pause({id}, {pause}) none pause or unpause a timer |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3017 | timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3018 | Number create a timer |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3019 | timer_stop({timer}) none stop a timer |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3020 | timer_stopall() none stop all timers |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3021 | tolower({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to lowercase |
| 3022 | toupper({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to uppercase |
| 3023 | tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) String translate chars of {src} in {fromstr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 8299df9 | 2004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3024 | to chars in {tostr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 2245ae1 | 2020-05-31 22:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3025 | trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]]) |
| 3026 | String trim characters in {mask} from {text} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3027 | trunc({expr}) Float truncate Float {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | a47e05f | 2021-01-12 21:49:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3028 | type({expr}) Number type of value {expr} |
| 3029 | typename({expr}) String representation of the type of {expr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3030 | undofile({name}) String undo file name for {name} |
Bram Moolenaar | a800b42 | 2010-06-27 01:15:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3031 | undotree() List undo file tree |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3032 | uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3033 | List remove adjacent duplicates from a list |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3034 | values({dict}) List values in {dict} |
| 3035 | virtcol({expr}) Number screen column of cursor or mark |
| 3036 | visualmode([expr]) String last visual mode used |
Bram Moolenaar | 8738fc1 | 2013-02-20 17:59:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3037 | wildmenumode() Number whether 'wildmenu' mode is active |
Bram Moolenaar | 868b7b6 | 2019-05-29 21:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3038 | win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}]) |
| 3039 | String execute {command} in window {id} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3040 | win_findbuf({bufnr}) List find windows containing {bufnr} |
| 3041 | win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) Number get window ID for {win} in {tab} |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c7f8c5 | 2020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3042 | win_gettype([{nr}]) String type of window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3043 | win_gotoid({expr}) Number go to window with ID {expr} |
| 3044 | win_id2tabwin({expr}) List get tab and window nr from window ID |
| 3045 | win_id2win({expr}) Number get window nr from window ID |
Bram Moolenaar | 22044dc | 2017-12-02 15:43:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3046 | win_screenpos({nr}) List get screen position of window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | d20dcb3 | 2019-09-10 21:22:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3047 | win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3048 | Number move window {nr} to split of {target} |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3049 | winbufnr({nr}) Number buffer number of window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3050 | wincol() Number window column of the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 388a5d4 | 2020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3051 | windowsversion() String MS-Windows OS version |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3052 | winheight({nr}) Number height of window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f6b4f0 | 2018-08-21 16:56:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3053 | winlayout([{tabnr}]) List layout of windows in tab {tabnr} |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3054 | winline() Number window line of the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3055 | winnr([{expr}]) Number number of current window |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3056 | winrestcmd() String returns command to restore window sizes |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3057 | winrestview({dict}) none restore view of current window |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3058 | winsaveview() Dict save view of current window |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3059 | winwidth({nr}) Number width of window {nr} |
Bram Moolenaar | ed767a2 | 2016-01-03 22:49:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3060 | wordcount() Dict get byte/char/word statistics |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3061 | writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}]) |
| 3062 | Number write |Blob| or |List| of lines to file |
Bram Moolenaar | a06ecab | 2016-07-16 14:47:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3063 | xor({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise XOR |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3064 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3065 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3066 | abs({expr}) *abs()* |
| 3067 | Return the absolute value of {expr}. When {expr} evaluates to |
| 3068 | a |Float| abs() returns a |Float|. When {expr} can be |
| 3069 | converted to a |Number| abs() returns a |Number|. Otherwise |
| 3070 | abs() gives an error message and returns -1. |
| 3071 | Examples: > |
| 3072 | echo abs(1.456) |
| 3073 | < 1.456 > |
| 3074 | echo abs(-5.456) |
| 3075 | < 5.456 > |
| 3076 | echo abs(-4) |
| 3077 | < 4 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3078 | |
| 3079 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3080 | Compute()->abs() |
| 3081 | |
| 3082 | < {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3083 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3084 | |
| 3085 | acos({expr}) *acos()* |
| 3086 | Return the arc cosine of {expr} measured in radians, as a |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3087 | |Float| in the range of [0, pi]. |
| 3088 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3089 | [-1, 1]. |
| 3090 | Examples: > |
| 3091 | :echo acos(0) |
| 3092 | < 1.570796 > |
| 3093 | :echo acos(-0.5) |
| 3094 | < 2.094395 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3095 | |
| 3096 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3097 | Compute()->acos() |
| 3098 | |
| 3099 | < {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3100 | |
| 3101 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3102 | add({object}, {expr}) *add()* |
| 3103 | Append the item {expr} to |List| or |Blob| {object}. Returns |
| 3104 | the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3105 | :let alist = add([1, 2, 3], item) |
| 3106 | :call add(mylist, "woodstock") |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3107 | < Note that when {expr} is a |List| it is appended as a single |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3108 | item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3109 | When {object} is a |Blob| then {expr} must be a number. |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3110 | Use |insert()| to add an item at another position. |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3111 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3112 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3113 | mylist->add(val1)->add(val2) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3114 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3115 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3116 | and({expr}, {expr}) *and()* |
| 3117 | Bitwise AND on the two arguments. The arguments are converted |
| 3118 | to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. |
| 3119 | Example: > |
| 3120 | :let flag = and(bits, 0x80) |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3121 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3122 | :let flag = bits->and(0x80) |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3123 | |
| 3124 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3125 | append({lnum}, {text}) *append()* |
| 3126 | When {text} is a |List|: Append each item of the |List| as a |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3127 | text line below line {lnum} in the current buffer. |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3128 | Otherwise append {text} as one text line below line {lnum} in |
Bram Moolenaar | 748bf03 | 2005-02-02 23:04:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3129 | the current buffer. |
| 3130 | {lnum} can be zero to insert a line before the first one. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3131 | Returns 1 for failure ({lnum} out of range or out of memory), |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3132 | 0 for success. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3133 | :let failed = append(line('$'), "# THE END") |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3134 | :let failed = append(0, ["Chapter 1", "the beginning"]) |
Bram Moolenaar | ca85159 | 2018-06-06 21:04:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3135 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3136 | < Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is |
| 3137 | passed as the second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3138 | mylist->append(lnum) |
| 3139 | |
| 3140 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ca85159 | 2018-06-06 21:04:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3141 | appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) *appendbufline()* |
| 3142 | Like |append()| but append the text in buffer {expr}. |
| 3143 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3144 | This function works only for loaded buffers. First call |
| 3145 | |bufload()| if needed. |
| 3146 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ca85159 | 2018-06-06 21:04:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3147 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()|. |
| 3148 | |
| 3149 | {lnum} is used like with |append()|. Note that using |line()| |
| 3150 | would use the current buffer, not the one appending to. |
| 3151 | Use "$" to append at the end of the buffer. |
| 3152 | |
| 3153 | On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned. |
| 3154 | |
| 3155 | If {expr} is not a valid buffer or {lnum} is not valid, an |
| 3156 | error message is given. Example: > |
| 3157 | :let failed = appendbufline(13, 0, "# THE START") |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3158 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3159 | Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3160 | passed as the second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3161 | mylist->appendbufline(buf, lnum) |
| 3162 | |
| 3163 | |
| 3164 | argc([{winid}]) *argc()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e6e3989 | 2018-10-25 12:32:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3165 | The result is the number of files in the argument list. See |
| 3166 | |arglist|. |
| 3167 | If {winid} is not supplied, the argument list of the current |
| 3168 | window is used. |
| 3169 | If {winid} is -1, the global argument list is used. |
| 3170 | Otherwise {winid} specifies the window of which the argument |
| 3171 | list is used: either the window number or the window ID. |
| 3172 | Returns -1 if the {winid} argument is invalid. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3173 | |
| 3174 | *argidx()* |
| 3175 | argidx() The result is the current index in the argument list. 0 is |
| 3176 | the first file. argc() - 1 is the last one. See |arglist|. |
| 3177 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d1fe05 | 2014-05-28 18:22:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3178 | *arglistid()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e0fa374 | 2016-02-20 15:47:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3179 | arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d1fe05 | 2014-05-28 18:22:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3180 | Return the argument list ID. This is a number which |
| 3181 | identifies the argument list being used. Zero is used for the |
Bram Moolenaar | fb53927 | 2014-08-22 19:21:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3182 | global argument list. See |arglist|. |
Bram Moolenaar | e6e3989 | 2018-10-25 12:32:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3183 | Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d1fe05 | 2014-05-28 18:22:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3184 | |
| 3185 | Without arguments use the current window. |
| 3186 | With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page. |
| 3187 | With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab |
| 3188 | page. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3189 | {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d1fe05 | 2014-05-28 18:22:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3190 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3191 | *argv()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ceefb3 | 2020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3192 | argv([{nr} [, {winid}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | e6e3989 | 2018-10-25 12:32:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3193 | The result is the {nr}th file in the argument list. See |
| 3194 | |arglist|. "argv(0)" is the first one. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3195 | :let i = 0 |
| 3196 | :while i < argc() |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3197 | : let f = escape(fnameescape(argv(i)), '.') |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3198 | : exe 'amenu Arg.' . f . ' :e ' . f . '<CR>' |
| 3199 | : let i = i + 1 |
| 3200 | :endwhile |
Bram Moolenaar | e6e3989 | 2018-10-25 12:32:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3201 | < Without the {nr} argument, or when {nr} is -1, a |List| with |
| 3202 | the whole |arglist| is returned. |
| 3203 | |
| 3204 | The {winid} argument specifies the window ID, see |argc()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 69bf634 | 2019-10-29 04:16:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3205 | For the Vim command line arguments see |v:argv|. |
Bram Moolenaar | e2f98b9 | 2006-03-29 21:18:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3206 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3207 | asin({expr}) *asin()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3208 | Return the arc sine of {expr} measured in radians, as a |Float| |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3209 | in the range of [-pi/2, pi/2]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3210 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3211 | [-1, 1]. |
| 3212 | Examples: > |
| 3213 | :echo asin(0.8) |
| 3214 | < 0.927295 > |
| 3215 | :echo asin(-0.5) |
| 3216 | < -0.523599 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3217 | |
| 3218 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3219 | Compute()->asin() |
| 3220 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3221 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3222 | |
| 3223 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2963456 | 2020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3224 | assert_ functions are documented here: |assert-functions-details| |
| 3225 | |
| 3226 | |
| 3227 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3228 | atan({expr}) *atan()* |
| 3229 | Return the principal value of the arc tangent of {expr}, in |
| 3230 | the range [-pi/2, +pi/2] radians, as a |Float|. |
| 3231 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 3232 | Examples: > |
| 3233 | :echo atan(100) |
| 3234 | < 1.560797 > |
| 3235 | :echo atan(-4.01) |
| 3236 | < -1.326405 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3237 | |
| 3238 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3239 | Compute()->atan() |
| 3240 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3241 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 3242 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3243 | |
| 3244 | atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) *atan2()* |
| 3245 | Return the arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}, measured in |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3246 | radians, as a |Float| in the range [-pi, pi]. |
| 3247 | {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3248 | Examples: > |
| 3249 | :echo atan2(-1, 1) |
| 3250 | < -0.785398 > |
| 3251 | :echo atan2(1, -1) |
| 3252 | < 2.356194 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3253 | |
| 3254 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3255 | Compute()->atan(1) |
| 3256 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3257 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3258 | |
Bram Moolenaar | be0a259 | 2019-05-09 13:50:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3259 | balloon_gettext() *balloon_gettext()* |
| 3260 | Return the current text in the balloon. Only for the string, |
| 3261 | not used for the List. |
| 3262 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 246fe03 | 2017-11-19 19:56:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3263 | balloon_show({expr}) *balloon_show()* |
| 3264 | Show {expr} inside the balloon. For the GUI {expr} is used as |
| 3265 | a string. For a terminal {expr} can be a list, which contains |
| 3266 | the lines of the balloon. If {expr} is not a list it will be |
| 3267 | split with |balloon_split()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | be0a259 | 2019-05-09 13:50:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3268 | If {expr} is an empty string any existing balloon is removed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 246fe03 | 2017-11-19 19:56:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3269 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3270 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 59716a2 | 2017-03-01 20:32:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3271 | func GetBalloonContent() |
Bram Moolenaar | be0a259 | 2019-05-09 13:50:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3272 | " ... initiate getting the content |
Bram Moolenaar | 59716a2 | 2017-03-01 20:32:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3273 | return '' |
| 3274 | endfunc |
| 3275 | set balloonexpr=GetBalloonContent() |
| 3276 | |
| 3277 | func BalloonCallback(result) |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3278 | call balloon_show(a:result) |
Bram Moolenaar | 59716a2 | 2017-03-01 20:32:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3279 | endfunc |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3280 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3281 | GetText()->balloon_show() |
Bram Moolenaar | 59716a2 | 2017-03-01 20:32:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3282 | < |
| 3283 | The intended use is that fetching the content of the balloon |
| 3284 | is initiated from 'balloonexpr'. It will invoke an |
| 3285 | asynchronous method, in which a callback invokes |
| 3286 | balloon_show(). The 'balloonexpr' itself can return an |
| 3287 | empty string or a placeholder. |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3288 | |
| 3289 | When showing a balloon is not possible nothing happens, no |
| 3290 | error message. |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3291 | {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval| or |
| 3292 | |+balloon_eval_term| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3293 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 246fe03 | 2017-11-19 19:56:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3294 | balloon_split({msg}) *balloon_split()* |
| 3295 | Split {msg} into lines to be displayed in a balloon. The |
| 3296 | splits are made for the current window size and optimize to |
| 3297 | show debugger output. |
| 3298 | Returns a |List| with the split lines. |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3299 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3300 | GetText()->balloon_split()->balloon_show() |
| 3301 | |
| 3302 | < {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval_term| |
Bram Moolenaar | 669a828 | 2017-11-19 20:13:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3303 | feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 246fe03 | 2017-11-19 19:56:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3304 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3305 | *browse()* |
| 3306 | browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default}) |
| 3307 | Put up a file requester. This only works when "has("browse")" |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3308 | returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3309 | The input fields are: |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3310 | {save} when |TRUE|, select file to write |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3311 | {title} title for the requester |
| 3312 | {initdir} directory to start browsing in |
| 3313 | {default} default file name |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3314 | An empty string is returned when the "Cancel" button is hit, |
| 3315 | something went wrong, or browsing is not possible. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3316 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3317 | *browsedir()* |
| 3318 | browsedir({title}, {initdir}) |
| 3319 | Put up a directory requester. This only works when |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3320 | "has("browse")" returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions). |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3321 | On systems where a directory browser is not supported a file |
| 3322 | browser is used. In that case: select a file in the directory |
| 3323 | to be used. |
| 3324 | The input fields are: |
| 3325 | {title} title for the requester |
| 3326 | {initdir} directory to start browsing in |
| 3327 | When the "Cancel" button is hit, something went wrong, or |
| 3328 | browsing is not possible, an empty string is returned. |
| 3329 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 15e248e | 2019-06-30 20:21:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3330 | bufadd({name}) *bufadd()* |
| 3331 | Add a buffer to the buffer list with {name}. |
| 3332 | If a buffer for file {name} already exists, return that buffer |
| 3333 | number. Otherwise return the buffer number of the newly |
| 3334 | created buffer. When {name} is an empty string then a new |
| 3335 | buffer is always created. |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3336 | The buffer will not have 'buflisted' set and not be loaded |
Bram Moolenaar | 5ca1ac3 | 2019-07-04 15:39:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3337 | yet. To add some text to the buffer use this: > |
| 3338 | let bufnr = bufadd('someName') |
| 3339 | call bufload(bufnr) |
| 3340 | call setbufline(bufnr, 1, ['some', 'text']) |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3341 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3342 | let bufnr = 'somename'->bufadd() |
Bram Moolenaar | 15e248e | 2019-06-30 20:21:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3343 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3344 | bufexists({expr}) *bufexists()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3345 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3346 | {expr} exists. |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3347 | If the {expr} argument is a number, buffer numbers are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | a2a8016 | 2017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3348 | Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window. |
| 3349 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3350 | If the {expr} argument is a string it must match a buffer name |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3351 | exactly. The name can be: |
| 3352 | - Relative to the current directory. |
| 3353 | - A full path. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3354 | - The name of a buffer with 'buftype' set to "nofile". |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3355 | - A URL name. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3356 | Unlisted buffers will be found. |
| 3357 | Note that help files are listed by their short name in the |
| 3358 | output of |:buffers|, but bufexists() requires using their |
| 3359 | long name to be able to find them. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3360 | bufexists() may report a buffer exists, but to use the name |
| 3361 | with a |:buffer| command you may need to use |expand()|. Esp |
| 3362 | for MS-Windows 8.3 names in the form "c:\DOCUME~1" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3363 | Use "bufexists(0)" to test for the existence of an alternate |
| 3364 | file name. |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3365 | |
| 3366 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3367 | let exists = 'somename'->bufexists() |
| 3368 | < |
| 3369 | Obsolete name: buffer_exists(). *buffer_exists()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3370 | |
| 3371 | buflisted({expr}) *buflisted()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3372 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3373 | {expr} exists and is listed (has the 'buflisted' option set). |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3374 | The {expr} argument is used like with |bufexists()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3375 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3376 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3377 | let listed = 'somename'->buflisted() |
| 3378 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 15e248e | 2019-06-30 20:21:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3379 | bufload({expr}) *bufload()* |
| 3380 | Ensure the buffer {expr} is loaded. When the buffer name |
| 3381 | refers to an existing file then the file is read. Otherwise |
| 3382 | the buffer will be empty. If the buffer was already loaded |
| 3383 | then there is no change. |
| 3384 | If there is an existing swap file for the file of the buffer, |
| 3385 | there will be no dialog, the buffer will be loaded anyway. |
| 3386 | The {expr} argument is used like with |bufexists()|. |
| 3387 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3388 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3389 | eval 'somename'->bufload() |
| 3390 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3391 | bufloaded({expr}) *bufloaded()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3392 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3393 | {expr} exists and is loaded (shown in a window or hidden). |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3394 | The {expr} argument is used like with |bufexists()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3395 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3396 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3397 | let loaded = 'somename'->bufloaded() |
| 3398 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3399 | bufname([{expr}]) *bufname()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3400 | The result is the name of a buffer, as it is displayed by the |
| 3401 | ":ls" command. |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3402 | If {expr} is omitted the current buffer is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3403 | If {expr} is a Number, that buffer number's name is given. |
| 3404 | Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window. |
| 3405 | If {expr} is a String, it is used as a |file-pattern| to match |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3406 | with the buffer names. This is always done like 'magic' is |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3407 | set and 'cpoptions' is empty. When there is more than one |
| 3408 | match an empty string is returned. |
| 3409 | "" or "%" can be used for the current buffer, "#" for the |
| 3410 | alternate buffer. |
| 3411 | A full match is preferred, otherwise a match at the start, end |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3412 | or middle of the buffer name is accepted. If you only want a |
| 3413 | full match then put "^" at the start and "$" at the end of the |
| 3414 | pattern. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3415 | Listed buffers are found first. If there is a single match |
| 3416 | with a listed buffer, that one is returned. Next unlisted |
| 3417 | buffers are searched for. |
| 3418 | If the {expr} is a String, but you want to use it as a buffer |
| 3419 | number, force it to be a Number by adding zero to it: > |
| 3420 | :echo bufname("3" + 0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3421 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3422 | echo bufnr->bufname() |
| 3423 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3424 | < If the buffer doesn't exist, or doesn't have a name, an empty |
| 3425 | string is returned. > |
| 3426 | bufname("#") alternate buffer name |
| 3427 | bufname(3) name of buffer 3 |
| 3428 | bufname("%") name of current buffer |
| 3429 | bufname("file2") name of buffer where "file2" matches. |
| 3430 | < *buffer_name()* |
| 3431 | Obsolete name: buffer_name(). |
| 3432 | |
| 3433 | *bufnr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3434 | bufnr([{expr} [, {create}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3435 | The result is the number of a buffer, as it is displayed by |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3436 | the ":ls" command. For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3437 | above. |
Bram Moolenaar | d2842ea | 2019-09-26 23:08:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3438 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3439 | If the buffer doesn't exist, -1 is returned. Or, if the |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c6737b | 2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3440 | {create} argument is present and TRUE, a new, unlisted, |
Bram Moolenaar | d2842ea | 2019-09-26 23:08:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3441 | buffer is created and its number is returned. Example: > |
| 3442 | let newbuf = bufnr('Scratch001', 1) |
| 3443 | < Using an empty name uses the current buffer. To create a new |
| 3444 | buffer with an empty name use |bufadd()|. |
| 3445 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3446 | bufnr("$") is the last buffer: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3447 | :let last_buffer = bufnr("$") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3448 | < The result is a Number, which is the highest buffer number |
| 3449 | of existing buffers. Note that not all buffers with a smaller |
| 3450 | number necessarily exist, because ":bwipeout" may have removed |
| 3451 | them. Use bufexists() to test for the existence of a buffer. |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3452 | |
| 3453 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3454 | echo bufref->bufnr() |
| 3455 | < |
| 3456 | Obsolete name: buffer_number(). *buffer_number()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3457 | *last_buffer_nr()* |
| 3458 | Obsolete name for bufnr("$"): last_buffer_nr(). |
| 3459 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b3619a9 | 2016-06-04 17:58:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3460 | bufwinid({expr}) *bufwinid()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3461 | The result is a Number, which is the |window-ID| of the first |
Bram Moolenaar | b3619a9 | 2016-06-04 17:58:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3462 | window associated with buffer {expr}. For the use of {expr}, |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3463 | see |bufname()| above. If buffer {expr} doesn't exist or |
Bram Moolenaar | b3619a9 | 2016-06-04 17:58:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3464 | there is no such window, -1 is returned. Example: > |
| 3465 | |
| 3466 | echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " . (bufwinid(1)) |
| 3467 | < |
| 3468 | Only deals with the current tab page. |
| 3469 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e49fbff | 2019-08-21 22:50:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3470 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3471 | FindBuffer()->bufwinid() |
| 3472 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3473 | bufwinnr({expr}) *bufwinnr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e49fbff | 2019-08-21 22:50:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3474 | Like |bufwinid()| but return the window number instead of the |
| 3475 | |window-ID|. |
| 3476 | If buffer {expr} doesn't exist or there is no such window, -1 |
| 3477 | is returned. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3478 | |
| 3479 | echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " . (bufwinnr(1)) |
| 3480 | |
| 3481 | < The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w" |
| 3482 | |:wincmd|. |
Bram Moolenaar | e49fbff | 2019-08-21 22:50:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3483 | |
| 3484 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3485 | FindBuffer()->bufwinnr() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3486 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3487 | byte2line({byte}) *byte2line()* |
| 3488 | Return the line number that contains the character at byte |
| 3489 | count {byte} in the current buffer. This includes the |
| 3490 | end-of-line character, depending on the 'fileformat' option |
| 3491 | for the current buffer. The first character has byte count |
| 3492 | one. |
| 3493 | Also see |line2byte()|, |go| and |:goto|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 64b4d73 | 2019-08-22 22:18:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3494 | |
| 3495 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3496 | GetOffset()->byte2line() |
| 3497 | |
| 3498 | < {not available when compiled without the |+byte_offset| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3499 | feature} |
| 3500 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3501 | byteidx({expr}, {nr}) *byteidx()* |
| 3502 | Return byte index of the {nr}'th character in the string |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3503 | {expr}. Use zero for the first character, it then returns |
| 3504 | zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4466ad6 | 2020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3505 | If there are no multibyte characters the returned value is |
| 3506 | equal to {nr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0ffbbf9 | 2013-11-02 23:29:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3507 | Composing characters are not counted separately, their byte |
| 3508 | length is added to the preceding base character. See |
| 3509 | |byteidxcomp()| below for counting composing characters |
| 3510 | separately. |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3511 | Example : > |
| 3512 | echo matchstr(str, ".", byteidx(str, 3)) |
| 3513 | < will display the fourth character. Another way to do the |
| 3514 | same: > |
| 3515 | let s = strpart(str, byteidx(str, 3)) |
| 3516 | echo strpart(s, 0, byteidx(s, 1)) |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3517 | < Also see |strgetchar()| and |strcharpart()|. |
| 3518 | |
| 3519 | If there are less than {nr} characters -1 is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3520 | If there are exactly {nr} characters the length of the string |
Bram Moolenaar | 0ffbbf9 | 2013-11-02 23:29:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3521 | in bytes is returned. |
| 3522 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 64b4d73 | 2019-08-22 22:18:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3523 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3524 | GetName()->byteidx(idx) |
| 3525 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0ffbbf9 | 2013-11-02 23:29:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3526 | byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) *byteidxcomp()* |
| 3527 | Like byteidx(), except that a composing character is counted |
| 3528 | as a separate character. Example: > |
| 3529 | let s = 'e' . nr2char(0x301) |
| 3530 | echo byteidx(s, 1) |
| 3531 | echo byteidxcomp(s, 1) |
| 3532 | echo byteidxcomp(s, 2) |
| 3533 | < The first and third echo result in 3 ('e' plus composing |
| 3534 | character is 3 bytes), the second echo results in 1 ('e' is |
| 3535 | one byte). |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3536 | Only works differently from byteidx() when 'encoding' is set |
| 3537 | to a Unicode encoding. |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3538 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 64b4d73 | 2019-08-22 22:18:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3539 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3540 | GetName()->byteidxcomp(idx) |
| 3541 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3542 | call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}]) *call()* *E699* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3543 | Call function {func} with the items in |List| {arglist} as |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3544 | arguments. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3545 | {func} can either be a |Funcref| or the name of a function. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3546 | a:firstline and a:lastline are set to the cursor line. |
| 3547 | Returns the return value of the called function. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3548 | {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be |
| 3549 | used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function| |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3550 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 64b4d73 | 2019-08-22 22:18:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3551 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3552 | GetFunc()->call([arg, arg], dict) |
| 3553 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3554 | ceil({expr}) *ceil()* |
| 3555 | Return the smallest integral value greater than or equal to |
| 3556 | {expr} as a |Float| (round up). |
| 3557 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 3558 | Examples: > |
| 3559 | echo ceil(1.456) |
| 3560 | < 2.0 > |
| 3561 | echo ceil(-5.456) |
| 3562 | < -5.0 > |
| 3563 | echo ceil(4.0) |
| 3564 | < 4.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3565 | |
| 3566 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3567 | Compute()->ceil() |
| 3568 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3569 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 3570 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4b785f6 | 2016-11-29 21:54:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3571 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ed997ad | 2019-07-21 16:42:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3572 | ch_ functions are documented here: |channel-functions-details| |
Bram Moolenaar | 82b9ca0 | 2017-08-08 23:06:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3573 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 328da0d | 2016-03-04 22:22:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3574 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3575 | changenr() *changenr()* |
| 3576 | Return the number of the most recent change. This is the same |
| 3577 | number as what is displayed with |:undolist| and can be used |
| 3578 | with the |:undo| command. |
| 3579 | When a change was made it is the number of that change. After |
| 3580 | redo it is the number of the redone change. After undo it is |
| 3581 | one less than the number of the undone change. |
| 3582 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3583 | char2nr({expr} [, {utf8}]) *char2nr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3584 | Return number value of the first char in {expr}. Examples: > |
| 3585 | char2nr(" ") returns 32 |
| 3586 | char2nr("ABC") returns 65 |
| 3587 | < When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used. |
| 3588 | Example for "utf-8": > |
Bram Moolenaar | 98ef233 | 2018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3589 | char2nr("á") returns 225 |
| 3590 | char2nr("á"[0]) returns 195 |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c6737b | 2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3591 | < With {utf8} set to TRUE, always treat as utf-8 characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3592 | A combining character is a separate character. |
| 3593 | |nr2char()| does the opposite. |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3594 | To turn a string into a list of character numbers: > |
| 3595 | let str = "ABC" |
| 3596 | let list = map(split(str, '\zs'), {_, val -> char2nr(val)}) |
| 3597 | < Result: [65, 66, 67] |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3598 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3599 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3600 | GetChar()->char2nr() |
| 3601 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4e4473c | 2020-08-28 22:24:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3602 | |
| 3603 | charclass({string}) *charclass()* |
| 3604 | Return the character class of the first character in {string}. |
| 3605 | The character class is one of: |
| 3606 | 0 blank |
| 3607 | 1 punctuation |
| 3608 | 2 word character |
| 3609 | 3 emoji |
| 3610 | other specific Unicode class |
| 3611 | The class is used in patterns and word motions. |
| 3612 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3613 | *charcol()* |
| 3614 | charcol({expr}) Same as |col()| but returns the character index of the column |
| 3615 | position given with {expr} instead of the byte position. |
| 3616 | |
| 3617 | Example: |
| 3618 | With the cursor on '세' in line 5 with text "여보세요": > |
| 3619 | charcol('.') returns 3 |
| 3620 | col('.') returns 7 |
| 3621 | |
| 3622 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3623 | GetPos()->col() |
| 3624 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 17793ef | 2020-12-28 12:56:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3625 | *charidx()* |
| 3626 | charidx({string}, {idx} [, {countcc}]) |
| 3627 | Return the character index of the byte at {idx} in {string}. |
| 3628 | The index of the first character is zero. |
| 3629 | If there are no multibyte characters the returned value is |
| 3630 | equal to {idx}. |
| 3631 | When {countcc} is omitted or zero, then composing characters |
| 3632 | are not counted separately, their byte length is added to the |
| 3633 | preceding base character. |
| 3634 | When {countcc} is set to 1, then composing characters are |
| 3635 | counted as separate characters. |
| 3636 | Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid or if {idx} is greater |
| 3637 | than the index of the last byte in {string}. An error is |
| 3638 | given if the first argument is not a string, the second |
| 3639 | argument is not a number or when the third argument is present |
| 3640 | and is not zero or one. |
| 3641 | See |byteidx()| and |byteidxcomp()| for getting the byte index |
| 3642 | from the character index. |
| 3643 | Examples: > |
| 3644 | echo charidx('áb́ć', 3) returns 1 |
| 3645 | echo charidx('áb́ć', 6, 1) returns 4 |
| 3646 | echo charidx('áb́ć', 16) returns -1 |
| 3647 | < |
| 3648 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3649 | GetName()->charidx(idx) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4e4473c | 2020-08-28 22:24:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3650 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1063f3d | 2019-05-07 22:06:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3651 | chdir({dir}) *chdir()* |
| 3652 | Change the current working directory to {dir}. The scope of |
| 3653 | the directory change depends on the directory of the current |
| 3654 | window: |
| 3655 | - If the current window has a window-local directory |
| 3656 | (|:lcd|), then changes the window local directory. |
| 3657 | - Otherwise, if the current tabpage has a local |
| 3658 | directory (|:tcd|) then changes the tabpage local |
| 3659 | directory. |
| 3660 | - Otherwise, changes the global directory. |
Bram Moolenaar | 560979e | 2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3661 | {dir} must be a String. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1063f3d | 2019-05-07 22:06:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3662 | If successful, returns the previous working directory. Pass |
| 3663 | this to another chdir() to restore the directory. |
| 3664 | On failure, returns an empty string. |
| 3665 | |
| 3666 | Example: > |
| 3667 | let save_dir = chdir(newdir) |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3668 | if save_dir != "" |
Bram Moolenaar | 1063f3d | 2019-05-07 22:06:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3669 | " ... do some work |
| 3670 | call chdir(save_dir) |
| 3671 | endif |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3672 | |
| 3673 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3674 | GetDir()->chdir() |
Bram Moolenaar | 1063f3d | 2019-05-07 22:06:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3675 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3676 | cindent({lnum}) *cindent()* |
| 3677 | Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the C |
| 3678 | indenting rules, as with 'cindent'. |
| 3679 | The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is |
| 3680 | relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|. |
| 3681 | When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the |+cindent| |
| 3682 | feature, -1 is returned. |
| 3683 | See |C-indenting|. |
| 3684 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3685 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3686 | GetLnum()->cindent() |
| 3687 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3688 | clearmatches([{win}]) *clearmatches()* |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3689 | Clears all matches previously defined for the current window |
| 3690 | by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands. |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3691 | If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or |
| 3692 | window ID instead of the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3693 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3694 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3695 | GetWin()->clearmatches() |
| 3696 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3697 | *col()* |
| 3698 | col({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the byte index of the column |
| 3699 | position given with {expr}. The accepted positions are: |
| 3700 | . the cursor position |
| 3701 | $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the |
| 3702 | number of bytes in the cursor line plus one) |
| 3703 | 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is |
| 3704 | returned) |
| 3705 | v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the |
| 3706 | cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode |
| 3707 | returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in |
| 3708 | that it's updated right away. |
| 3709 | Additionally {expr} can be [lnum, col]: a |List| with the line |
| 3710 | and column number. Most useful when the column is "$", to get |
| 3711 | the last column of a specific line. When "lnum" or "col" is |
| 3712 | out of range then col() returns zero. |
| 3713 | To get the line number use |line()|. To get both use |
| 3714 | |getpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3715 | For the screen column position use |virtcol()|. For the |
| 3716 | character position use |charcol()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3717 | Note that only marks in the current file can be used. |
| 3718 | Examples: > |
| 3719 | col(".") column of cursor |
| 3720 | col("$") length of cursor line plus one |
| 3721 | col("'t") column of mark t |
| 3722 | col("'" . markname) column of mark markname |
| 3723 | < The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error. |
| 3724 | For an uppercase mark the column may actually be in another |
| 3725 | buffer. |
| 3726 | For the cursor position, when 'virtualedit' is active, the |
| 3727 | column is one higher if the cursor is after the end of the |
| 3728 | line. This can be used to obtain the column in Insert mode: > |
| 3729 | :imap <F2> <C-O>:let save_ve = &ve<CR> |
| 3730 | \<C-O>:set ve=all<CR> |
| 3731 | \<C-O>:echo col(".") . "\n" <Bar> |
| 3732 | \let &ve = save_ve<CR> |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3733 | |
| 3734 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3735 | GetPos()->col() |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3736 | < |
| 3737 | |
| 3738 | complete({startcol}, {matches}) *complete()* *E785* |
| 3739 | Set the matches for Insert mode completion. |
| 3740 | Can only be used in Insert mode. You need to use a mapping |
| 3741 | with CTRL-R = (see |i_CTRL-R|). It does not work after CTRL-O |
| 3742 | or with an expression mapping. |
| 3743 | {startcol} is the byte offset in the line where the completed |
| 3744 | text start. The text up to the cursor is the original text |
| 3745 | that will be replaced by the matches. Use col('.') for an |
| 3746 | empty string. "col('.') - 1" will replace one character by a |
| 3747 | match. |
| 3748 | {matches} must be a |List|. Each |List| item is one match. |
| 3749 | See |complete-items| for the kind of items that are possible. |
| 3750 | Note that the after calling this function you need to avoid |
| 3751 | inserting anything that would cause completion to stop. |
| 3752 | The match can be selected with CTRL-N and CTRL-P as usual with |
| 3753 | Insert mode completion. The popup menu will appear if |
| 3754 | specified, see |ins-completion-menu|. |
| 3755 | Example: > |
| 3756 | inoremap <F5> <C-R>=ListMonths()<CR> |
| 3757 | |
| 3758 | func! ListMonths() |
| 3759 | call complete(col('.'), ['January', 'February', 'March', |
| 3760 | \ 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', |
| 3761 | \ 'October', 'November', 'December']) |
| 3762 | return '' |
| 3763 | endfunc |
| 3764 | < This isn't very useful, but it shows how it works. Note that |
| 3765 | an empty string is returned to avoid a zero being inserted. |
| 3766 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3767 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 3768 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3769 | GetMatches()->complete(col('.')) |
| 3770 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3771 | complete_add({expr}) *complete_add()* |
| 3772 | Add {expr} to the list of matches. Only to be used by the |
| 3773 | function specified with the 'completefunc' option. |
| 3774 | Returns 0 for failure (empty string or out of memory), |
| 3775 | 1 when the match was added, 2 when the match was already in |
| 3776 | the list. |
| 3777 | See |complete-functions| for an explanation of {expr}. It is |
| 3778 | the same as one item in the list that 'omnifunc' would return. |
| 3779 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3780 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3781 | GetMoreMatches()->complete_add() |
| 3782 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3783 | complete_check() *complete_check()* |
| 3784 | Check for a key typed while looking for completion matches. |
| 3785 | This is to be used when looking for matches takes some time. |
| 3786 | Returns |TRUE| when searching for matches is to be aborted, |
| 3787 | zero otherwise. |
| 3788 | Only to be used by the function specified with the |
| 3789 | 'completefunc' option. |
| 3790 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3791 | *complete_info()* |
| 3792 | complete_info([{what}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3793 | Returns a |Dictionary| with information about Insert mode |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3794 | completion. See |ins-completion|. |
| 3795 | The items are: |
| 3796 | mode Current completion mode name string. |
Bram Moolenaar | 723dd94 | 2019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3797 | See |complete_info_mode| for the values. |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3798 | pum_visible |TRUE| if popup menu is visible. |
| 3799 | See |pumvisible()|. |
| 3800 | items List of completion matches. Each item is a |
| 3801 | dictionary containing the entries "word", |
| 3802 | "abbr", "menu", "kind", "info" and "user_data". |
| 3803 | See |complete-items|. |
| 3804 | selected Selected item index. First index is zero. |
| 3805 | Index is -1 if no item is selected (showing |
| 3806 | typed text only) |
| 3807 | inserted Inserted string. [NOT IMPLEMENT YET] |
| 3808 | |
| 3809 | *complete_info_mode* |
| 3810 | mode values are: |
| 3811 | "" Not in completion mode |
| 3812 | "keyword" Keyword completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N| |
| 3813 | "ctrl_x" Just pressed CTRL-X |i_CTRL-X| |
| 3814 | "whole_line" Whole lines |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L| |
| 3815 | "files" File names |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F| |
| 3816 | "tags" Tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| |
| 3817 | "path_defines" Definition completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D| |
| 3818 | "path_patterns" Include completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I| |
| 3819 | "dictionary" Dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K| |
| 3820 | "thesaurus" Thesaurus |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T| |
| 3821 | "cmdline" Vim Command line |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V| |
| 3822 | "function" User defined completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U| |
| 3823 | "omni" Omni completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| |
| 3824 | "spell" Spelling suggestions |i_CTRL-X_s| |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3825 | "eval" |complete()| completion |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3826 | "unknown" Other internal modes |
| 3827 | |
| 3828 | If the optional {what} list argument is supplied, then only |
| 3829 | the items listed in {what} are returned. Unsupported items in |
| 3830 | {what} are silently ignored. |
| 3831 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e9bd572 | 2019-08-17 19:36:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3832 | To get the position and size of the popup menu, see |
| 3833 | |pum_getpos()|. It's also available in |v:event| during the |
| 3834 | |CompleteChanged| event. |
| 3835 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3836 | Examples: > |
| 3837 | " Get all items |
| 3838 | call complete_info() |
| 3839 | " Get only 'mode' |
| 3840 | call complete_info(['mode']) |
| 3841 | " Get only 'mode' and 'pum_visible' |
| 3842 | call complete_info(['mode', 'pum_visible']) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3843 | |
| 3844 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3845 | GetItems()->complete_info() |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3846 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3847 | *confirm()* |
| 3848 | confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3849 | confirm() offers the user a dialog, from which a choice can be |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3850 | made. It returns the number of the choice. For the first |
| 3851 | choice this is 1. |
| 3852 | Note: confirm() is only supported when compiled with dialog |
| 3853 | support, see |+dialog_con| and |+dialog_gui|. |
| 3854 | |
| 3855 | {msg} is displayed in a |dialog| with {choices} as the |
| 3856 | alternatives. When {choices} is missing or empty, "&OK" is |
| 3857 | used (and translated). |
| 3858 | {msg} is a String, use '\n' to include a newline. Only on |
| 3859 | some systems the string is wrapped when it doesn't fit. |
| 3860 | |
| 3861 | {choices} is a String, with the individual choices separated |
| 3862 | by '\n', e.g. > |
| 3863 | confirm("Save changes?", "&Yes\n&No\n&Cancel") |
| 3864 | < The letter after the '&' is the shortcut key for that choice. |
| 3865 | Thus you can type 'c' to select "Cancel". The shortcut does |
| 3866 | not need to be the first letter: > |
| 3867 | confirm("file has been modified", "&Save\nSave &All") |
| 3868 | < For the console, the first letter of each choice is used as |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3869 | the default shortcut key. Case is ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3870 | |
| 3871 | The optional {default} argument is the number of the choice |
| 3872 | that is made if the user hits <CR>. Use 1 to make the first |
| 3873 | choice the default one. Use 0 to not set a default. If |
| 3874 | {default} is omitted, 1 is used. |
| 3875 | |
| 3876 | The optional {type} argument gives the type of dialog. This |
| 3877 | is only used for the icon of the GTK, Mac, Motif and Win32 |
| 3878 | GUI. It can be one of these values: "Error", "Question", |
| 3879 | "Info", "Warning" or "Generic". Only the first character is |
| 3880 | relevant. When {type} is omitted, "Generic" is used. |
| 3881 | |
| 3882 | If the user aborts the dialog by pressing <Esc>, CTRL-C, |
| 3883 | or another valid interrupt key, confirm() returns 0. |
| 3884 | |
| 3885 | An example: > |
| 3886 | :let choice = confirm("What do you want?", "&Apples\n&Oranges\n&Bananas", 2) |
| 3887 | :if choice == 0 |
| 3888 | : echo "make up your mind!" |
| 3889 | :elseif choice == 3 |
| 3890 | : echo "tasteful" |
| 3891 | :else |
| 3892 | : echo "I prefer bananas myself." |
| 3893 | :endif |
| 3894 | < In a GUI dialog, buttons are used. The layout of the buttons |
| 3895 | depends on the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'. If it is included, |
| 3896 | the buttons are always put vertically. Otherwise, confirm() |
| 3897 | tries to put the buttons in one horizontal line. If they |
| 3898 | don't fit, a vertical layout is used anyway. For some systems |
| 3899 | the horizontal layout is always used. |
| 3900 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3901 | Can also be used as a |method|in: > |
| 3902 | BuildMessage()->confirm("&Yes\n&No") |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3903 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3904 | *copy()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3905 | copy({expr}) Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3906 | different from using {expr} directly. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3907 | When {expr} is a |List| a shallow copy is created. This means |
| 3908 | that the original |List| can be changed without changing the |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3909 | copy, and vice versa. But the items are identical, thus |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3910 | changing an item changes the contents of both |Lists|. |
| 3911 | A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|. |
| 3912 | Also see |deepcopy()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3913 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3914 | mylist->copy() |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3915 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3916 | cos({expr}) *cos()* |
| 3917 | Return the cosine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|. |
| 3918 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 3919 | Examples: > |
| 3920 | :echo cos(100) |
| 3921 | < 0.862319 > |
| 3922 | :echo cos(-4.01) |
| 3923 | < -0.646043 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3924 | |
| 3925 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3926 | Compute()->cos() |
| 3927 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3928 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 3929 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3930 | |
| 3931 | cosh({expr}) *cosh()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3932 | Return the hyperbolic cosine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3933 | [1, inf]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3934 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3935 | Examples: > |
| 3936 | :echo cosh(0.5) |
| 3937 | < 1.127626 > |
| 3938 | :echo cosh(-0.5) |
| 3939 | < -1.127626 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3940 | |
| 3941 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3942 | Compute()->cosh() |
| 3943 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3944 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3945 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3946 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3947 | count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]]) *count()* |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3948 | Return the number of times an item with value {expr} appears |
Bram Moolenaar | 9966b21 | 2017-07-28 16:46:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3949 | in |String|, |List| or |Dictionary| {comp}. |
| 3950 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3951 | If {start} is given then start with the item with this index. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3952 | {start} can only be used with a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9966b21 | 2017-07-28 16:46:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3953 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3954 | When {ic} is given and it's |TRUE| then case is ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3955 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9966b21 | 2017-07-28 16:46:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3956 | When {comp} is a string then the number of not overlapping |
Bram Moolenaar | 338e47f | 2017-12-19 11:55:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3957 | occurrences of {expr} is returned. Zero is returned when |
| 3958 | {expr} is an empty string. |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3959 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3960 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 3961 | mylist->count(val) |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3962 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3963 | *cscope_connection()* |
| 3964 | cscope_connection([{num} , {dbpath} [, {prepend}]]) |
| 3965 | Checks for the existence of a |cscope| connection. If no |
| 3966 | parameters are specified, then the function returns: |
| 3967 | 0, if cscope was not available (not compiled in), or |
| 3968 | if there are no cscope connections; |
| 3969 | 1, if there is at least one cscope connection. |
| 3970 | |
| 3971 | If parameters are specified, then the value of {num} |
| 3972 | determines how existence of a cscope connection is checked: |
| 3973 | |
| 3974 | {num} Description of existence check |
| 3975 | ----- ------------------------------ |
| 3976 | 0 Same as no parameters (e.g., "cscope_connection()"). |
| 3977 | 1 Ignore {prepend}, and use partial string matches for |
| 3978 | {dbpath}. |
| 3979 | 2 Ignore {prepend}, and use exact string matches for |
| 3980 | {dbpath}. |
| 3981 | 3 Use {prepend}, use partial string matches for both |
| 3982 | {dbpath} and {prepend}. |
| 3983 | 4 Use {prepend}, use exact string matches for both |
| 3984 | {dbpath} and {prepend}. |
| 3985 | |
| 3986 | Note: All string comparisons are case sensitive! |
| 3987 | |
| 3988 | Examples. Suppose we had the following (from ":cs show"): > |
| 3989 | |
| 3990 | # pid database name prepend path |
| 3991 | 0 27664 cscope.out /usr/local |
| 3992 | < |
| 3993 | Invocation Return Val ~ |
| 3994 | ---------- ---------- > |
| 3995 | cscope_connection() 1 |
| 3996 | cscope_connection(1, "out") 1 |
| 3997 | cscope_connection(2, "out") 0 |
| 3998 | cscope_connection(3, "out") 0 |
| 3999 | cscope_connection(3, "out", "local") 1 |
| 4000 | cscope_connection(4, "out") 0 |
| 4001 | cscope_connection(4, "out", "local") 0 |
| 4002 | cscope_connection(4, "cscope.out", "/usr/local") 1 |
| 4003 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4004 | cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *cursor()* |
| 4005 | cursor({list}) |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4006 | Positions the cursor at the column (byte count) {col} in the |
| 4007 | line {lnum}. The first column is one. |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4008 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4009 | When there is one argument {list} this is used as a |List| |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4010 | with two, three or four item: |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4011 | [{lnum}, {col}] |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4012 | [{lnum}, {col}, {off}] |
| 4013 | [{lnum}, {col}, {off}, {curswant}] |
Bram Moolenaar | 946e27a | 2014-06-25 18:50:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4014 | This is like the return value of |getpos()| or |getcurpos()|, |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f6c0f8 | 2014-05-28 20:31:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4015 | but without the first item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4016 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4017 | To position the cursor using the character count, use |
| 4018 | |setcursorcharpos()|. |
| 4019 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4020 | Does not change the jumplist. |
| 4021 | If {lnum} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer, |
| 4022 | the cursor will be positioned at the last line in the buffer. |
| 4023 | If {lnum} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f16eb8 | 2005-08-23 21:02:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4024 | If {col} is greater than the number of bytes in the line, |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4025 | the cursor will be positioned at the last character in the |
| 4026 | line. |
| 4027 | If {col} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current column. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f6c0f8 | 2014-05-28 20:31:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4028 | If {curswant} is given it is used to set the preferred column |
Bram Moolenaar | 34401cc | 2014-08-29 15:12:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4029 | for vertical movement. Otherwise {col} is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f3b510 | 2014-11-19 18:54:17 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4030 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4031 | When 'virtualedit' is used {off} specifies the offset in |
| 4032 | screen columns from the start of the character. E.g., a |
Bram Moolenaar | d46bbc7 | 2007-05-12 14:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4033 | position within a <Tab> or after the last character. |
Bram Moolenaar | 798b30b | 2009-04-22 10:56:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4034 | Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4035 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4036 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4037 | GetCursorPos()->cursor() |
| 4038 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4551c0a | 2018-06-20 22:38:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4039 | debugbreak({pid}) *debugbreak()* |
| 4040 | Specifically used to interrupt a program being debugged. It |
| 4041 | will cause process {pid} to get a SIGTRAP. Behavior for other |
| 4042 | processes is undefined. See |terminal-debugger|. |
| 4043 | {only available on MS-Windows} |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4044 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4045 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4046 | GetPid()->debugbreak() |
| 4047 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4048 | deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) *deepcopy()* *E698* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4049 | Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4050 | different from using {expr} directly. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4051 | When {expr} is a |List| a full copy is created. This means |
| 4052 | that the original |List| can be changed without changing the |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4053 | copy, and vice versa. When an item is a |List| or |
| 4054 | |Dictionary|, a copy for it is made, recursively. Thus |
| 4055 | changing an item in the copy does not change the contents of |
| 4056 | the original |List|. |
| 4057 | A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4058 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4059 | When {noref} is omitted or zero a contained |List| or |
| 4060 | |Dictionary| is only copied once. All references point to |
| 4061 | this single copy. With {noref} set to 1 every occurrence of a |
| 4062 | |List| or |Dictionary| results in a new copy. This also means |
| 4063 | that a cyclic reference causes deepcopy() to fail. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4064 | *E724* |
| 4065 | Nesting is possible up to 100 levels. When there is an item |
Bram Moolenaar | 4399ef4 | 2005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4066 | that refers back to a higher level making a deep copy with |
| 4067 | {noref} set to 1 will fail. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4068 | Also see |copy()|. |
| 4069 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4070 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4071 | GetObject()->deepcopy() |
| 4072 | |
Bram Moolenaar | da440d2 | 2016-01-16 21:27:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4073 | delete({fname} [, {flags}]) *delete()* |
| 4074 | Without {flags} or with {flags} empty: Deletes the file by the |
Bram Moolenaar | 43a34f9 | 2016-01-17 15:56:34 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4075 | name {fname}. This also works when {fname} is a symbolic link. |
Bram Moolenaar | da440d2 | 2016-01-16 21:27:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4076 | |
| 4077 | When {flags} is "d": Deletes the directory by the name |
Bram Moolenaar | 43a34f9 | 2016-01-17 15:56:34 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4078 | {fname}. This fails when directory {fname} is not empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4079 | |
Bram Moolenaar | da440d2 | 2016-01-16 21:27:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4080 | When {flags} is "rf": Deletes the directory by the name |
Bram Moolenaar | 43a34f9 | 2016-01-17 15:56:34 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4081 | {fname} and everything in it, recursively. BE CAREFUL! |
Bram Moolenaar | 36f44c2 | 2016-08-28 18:17:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4082 | Note: on MS-Windows it is not possible to delete a directory |
| 4083 | that is being used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 818078d | 2016-08-27 21:58:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4084 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 43a34f9 | 2016-01-17 15:56:34 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4085 | A symbolic link itself is deleted, not what it points to. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4086 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4087 | The result is a Number, which is 0/false if the delete |
| 4088 | operation was successful and -1/true when the deletion failed |
| 4089 | or partly failed. |
Bram Moolenaar | da440d2 | 2016-01-16 21:27:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4090 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4091 | Use |remove()| to delete an item from a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d79a262 | 2018-06-07 18:17:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4092 | To delete a line from the buffer use |:delete| or |
| 4093 | |deletebufline()|. |
| 4094 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4095 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4096 | GetName()->delete() |
| 4097 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d473c8c | 2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4098 | deletebufline({expr}, {first} [, {last}]) *deletebufline()* |
Bram Moolenaar | d79a262 | 2018-06-07 18:17:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4099 | Delete lines {first} to {last} (inclusive) from buffer {expr}. |
| 4100 | If {last} is omitted then delete line {first} only. |
| 4101 | On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned. |
| 4102 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4103 | This function works only for loaded buffers. First call |
| 4104 | |bufload()| if needed. |
| 4105 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d79a262 | 2018-06-07 18:17:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4106 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. |
| 4107 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4108 | {first} and {last} are used like with |getline()|. Note that |
Bram Moolenaar | d79a262 | 2018-06-07 18:17:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4109 | when using |line()| this refers to the current buffer. Use "$" |
| 4110 | to refer to the last line in buffer {expr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4111 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4112 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4113 | GetBuffer()->deletebufline(1) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4114 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4115 | *did_filetype()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4116 | did_filetype() Returns |TRUE| when autocommands are being executed and the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4117 | FileType event has been triggered at least once. Can be used |
| 4118 | to avoid triggering the FileType event again in the scripts |
| 4119 | that detect the file type. |FileType| |
Bram Moolenaar | 6aa8cea | 2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4120 | Returns |FALSE| when `:setf FALLBACK` was used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4121 | When editing another file, the counter is reset, thus this |
| 4122 | really checks if the FileType event has been triggered for the |
| 4123 | current buffer. This allows an autocommand that starts |
| 4124 | editing another buffer to set 'filetype' and load a syntax |
| 4125 | file. |
| 4126 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 47136d7 | 2004-10-12 20:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4127 | diff_filler({lnum}) *diff_filler()* |
| 4128 | Returns the number of filler lines above line {lnum}. |
| 4129 | These are the lines that were inserted at this point in |
| 4130 | another diff'ed window. These filler lines are shown in the |
| 4131 | display but don't exist in the buffer. |
| 4132 | {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current |
| 4133 | line, "'m" mark m, etc. |
| 4134 | Returns 0 if the current window is not in diff mode. |
| 4135 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4136 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4137 | GetLnum()->diff_filler() |
| 4138 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 47136d7 | 2004-10-12 20:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4139 | diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) *diff_hlID()* |
| 4140 | Returns the highlight ID for diff mode at line {lnum} column |
| 4141 | {col} (byte index). When the current line does not have a |
| 4142 | diff change zero is returned. |
| 4143 | {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current |
| 4144 | line, "'m" mark m, etc. |
| 4145 | {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first |
| 4146 | line. |
| 4147 | The highlight ID can be used with |synIDattr()| to obtain |
| 4148 | syntax information about the highlighting. |
| 4149 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1a3a891 | 2019-08-23 22:31:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4150 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4151 | GetLnum()->diff_hlID(col) |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4152 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4132eb5 | 2020-02-14 16:53:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4153 | |
| 4154 | echoraw({expr}) *echoraw()* |
| 4155 | Output {expr} as-is, including unprintable characters. This |
| 4156 | can be used to output a terminal code. For example, to disable |
| 4157 | modifyOtherKeys: > |
| 4158 | call echoraw(&t_TE) |
| 4159 | < and to enable it again: > |
| 4160 | call echoraw(&t_TI) |
| 4161 | < Use with care, you can mess up the terminal this way. |
| 4162 | |
| 4163 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4164 | empty({expr}) *empty()* |
| 4165 | Return the Number 1 if {expr} is empty, zero otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4166 | - A |List| or |Dictionary| is empty when it does not have any |
| 4167 | items. |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4168 | - A |String| is empty when its length is zero. |
| 4169 | - A |Number| and |Float| are empty when their value is zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4170 | - |v:false|, |v:none| and |v:null| are empty, |v:true| is not. |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4171 | - A |Job| is empty when it failed to start. |
| 4172 | - A |Channel| is empty when it is closed. |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4173 | - A |Blob| is empty when its length is zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4174 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4175 | For a long |List| this is much faster than comparing the |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4176 | length with zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4177 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4178 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4179 | mylist->empty() |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4180 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2963456 | 2020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4181 | environ() *environ()* |
| 4182 | Return all of environment variables as dictionary. You can |
| 4183 | check if an environment variable exists like this: > |
| 4184 | :echo has_key(environ(), 'HOME') |
| 4185 | < Note that the variable name may be CamelCase; to ignore case |
| 4186 | use this: > |
| 4187 | :echo index(keys(environ()), 'HOME', 0, 1) != -1 |
| 4188 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4189 | escape({string}, {chars}) *escape()* |
| 4190 | Escape the characters in {chars} that occur in {string} with a |
| 4191 | backslash. Example: > |
| 4192 | :echo escape('c:\program files\vim', ' \') |
| 4193 | < results in: > |
| 4194 | c:\\program\ files\\vim |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4195 | < Also see |shellescape()| and |fnameescape()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4196 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4197 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4198 | GetText()->escape(' \') |
| 4199 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4200 | *eval()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4201 | eval({string}) Evaluate {string} and return the result. Especially useful to |
| 4202 | turn the result of |string()| back into the original value. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4203 | This works for Numbers, Floats, Strings, Blobs and composites |
| 4204 | of them. Also works for |Funcref|s that refer to existing |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4205 | functions. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4206 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4207 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4208 | argv->join()->eval() |
| 4209 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4210 | eventhandler() *eventhandler()* |
| 4211 | Returns 1 when inside an event handler. That is that Vim got |
| 4212 | interrupted while waiting for the user to type a character, |
| 4213 | e.g., when dropping a file on Vim. This means interactive |
| 4214 | commands cannot be used. Otherwise zero is returned. |
| 4215 | |
| 4216 | executable({expr}) *executable()* |
| 4217 | This function checks if an executable with the name {expr} |
| 4218 | exists. {expr} must be the name of the program without any |
Bram Moolenaar | f4b8e57 | 2004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4219 | arguments. |
| 4220 | executable() uses the value of $PATH and/or the normal |
| 4221 | searchpath for programs. *PATHEXT* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5666fcd | 2019-12-26 14:35:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4222 | On MS-Windows the ".exe", ".bat", etc. can optionally be |
| 4223 | included. Then the extensions in $PATHEXT are tried. Thus if |
| 4224 | "foo.exe" does not exist, "foo.exe.bat" can be found. If |
Bram Moolenaar | 95da136 | 2020-05-30 18:37:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4225 | $PATHEXT is not set then ".com;.exe;.bat;.cmd" is used. A dot |
Bram Moolenaar | 5666fcd | 2019-12-26 14:35:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4226 | by itself can be used in $PATHEXT to try using the name |
| 4227 | without an extension. When 'shell' looks like a Unix shell, |
| 4228 | then the name is also tried without adding an extension. |
| 4229 | On MS-Windows it only checks if the file exists and is not a |
| 4230 | directory, not if it's really executable. |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4231 | On MS-Windows an executable in the same directory as Vim is |
| 4232 | always found. Since this directory is added to $PATH it |
| 4233 | should also work to execute it |win32-PATH|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4234 | The result is a Number: |
| 4235 | 1 exists |
| 4236 | 0 does not exist |
| 4237 | -1 not implemented on this system |
Bram Moolenaar | 6dc819b | 2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4238 | |exepath()| can be used to get the full path of an executable. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4239 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4240 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4241 | GetCommand()->executable() |
| 4242 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4243 | execute({command} [, {silent}]) *execute()* |
| 4244 | Execute an Ex command or commands and return the output as a |
| 4245 | string. |
| 4246 | {command} can be a string or a List. In case of a List the |
| 4247 | lines are executed one by one. |
| 4248 | This is equivalent to: > |
| 4249 | redir => var |
| 4250 | {command} |
| 4251 | redir END |
| 4252 | < |
| 4253 | The optional {silent} argument can have these values: |
| 4254 | "" no `:silent` used |
| 4255 | "silent" `:silent` used |
| 4256 | "silent!" `:silent!` used |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4257 | The default is "silent". Note that with "silent!", unlike |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4258 | `:redir`, error messages are dropped. When using an external |
| 4259 | command the screen may be messed up, use `system()` instead. |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4260 | *E930* |
| 4261 | It is not possible to use `:redir` anywhere in {command}. |
| 4262 | |
| 4263 | To get a list of lines use |split()| on the result: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 063b9d1 | 2016-07-09 20:21:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4264 | split(execute('args'), "\n") |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4265 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 868b7b6 | 2019-05-29 21:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4266 | < To execute a command in another window than the current one |
| 4267 | use `win_execute()`. |
| 4268 | |
| 4269 | When used recursively the output of the recursive call is not |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4270 | included in the output of the higher level call. |
| 4271 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4272 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4273 | GetCommand()->execute() |
| 4274 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c7f0255 | 2014-04-01 21:00:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4275 | exepath({expr}) *exepath()* |
| 4276 | If {expr} is an executable and is either an absolute path, a |
| 4277 | relative path or found in $PATH, return the full path. |
| 4278 | Note that the current directory is used when {expr} starts |
| 4279 | with "./", which may be a problem for Vim: > |
| 4280 | echo exepath(v:progpath) |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e38ea2 | 2014-04-05 22:55:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4281 | < If {expr} cannot be found in $PATH or is not executable then |
Bram Moolenaar | c7f0255 | 2014-04-01 21:00:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4282 | an empty string is returned. |
| 4283 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4284 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4285 | GetCommand()->exepath() |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4286 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4287 | *exists()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4288 | exists({expr}) The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if {expr} is defined, |
| 4289 | zero otherwise. |
| 4290 | |
| 4291 | For checking for a supported feature use |has()|. |
| 4292 | For checking if a file exists use |filereadable()|. |
| 4293 | |
| 4294 | The {expr} argument is a string, which contains one of these: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4295 | &option-name Vim option (only checks if it exists, |
| 4296 | not if it really works) |
| 4297 | +option-name Vim option that works. |
| 4298 | $ENVNAME environment variable (could also be |
| 4299 | done by comparing with an empty |
| 4300 | string) |
| 4301 | *funcname built-in function (see |functions|) |
| 4302 | or user defined function (see |
Bram Moolenaar | 15c4760 | 2020-03-26 22:16:48 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4303 | |user-functions|) that is implemented. |
| 4304 | Also works for a variable that is a |
| 4305 | Funcref. |
| 4306 | ?funcname built-in function that could be |
| 4307 | implemented; to be used to check if |
| 4308 | "funcname" is valid |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4309 | varname internal variable (see |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4310 | |internal-variables|). Also works |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4311 | for |curly-braces-names|, |Dictionary| |
| 4312 | entries, |List| items, etc. Beware |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4313 | that evaluating an index may cause an |
| 4314 | error message for an invalid |
| 4315 | expression. E.g.: > |
| 4316 | :let l = [1, 2, 3] |
| 4317 | :echo exists("l[5]") |
| 4318 | < 0 > |
| 4319 | :echo exists("l[xx]") |
| 4320 | < E121: Undefined variable: xx |
| 4321 | 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4322 | :cmdname Ex command: built-in command, user |
| 4323 | command or command modifier |:command|. |
| 4324 | Returns: |
| 4325 | 1 for match with start of a command |
| 4326 | 2 full match with a command |
| 4327 | 3 matches several user commands |
| 4328 | To check for a supported command |
| 4329 | always check the return value to be 2. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1471681 | 2006-05-04 21:54:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4330 | :2match The |:2match| command. |
| 4331 | :3match The |:3match| command. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4332 | #event autocommand defined for this event |
| 4333 | #event#pattern autocommand defined for this event and |
| 4334 | pattern (the pattern is taken |
| 4335 | literally and compared to the |
| 4336 | autocommand patterns character by |
| 4337 | character) |
Bram Moolenaar | a9b1e74 | 2005-12-19 22:14:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4338 | #group autocommand group exists |
| 4339 | #group#event autocommand defined for this group and |
| 4340 | event. |
| 4341 | #group#event#pattern |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4342 | autocommand defined for this group, |
Bram Moolenaar | a9b1e74 | 2005-12-19 22:14:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4343 | event and pattern. |
Bram Moolenaar | f4cd3e8 | 2005-12-22 22:47:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4344 | ##event autocommand for this event is |
| 4345 | supported. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4346 | |
| 4347 | Examples: > |
| 4348 | exists("&shortname") |
| 4349 | exists("$HOSTNAME") |
| 4350 | exists("*strftime") |
| 4351 | exists("*s:MyFunc") |
| 4352 | exists("bufcount") |
| 4353 | exists(":Make") |
Bram Moolenaar | a9b1e74 | 2005-12-19 22:14:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4354 | exists("#CursorHold") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4355 | exists("#BufReadPre#*.gz") |
Bram Moolenaar | a9b1e74 | 2005-12-19 22:14:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4356 | exists("#filetypeindent") |
| 4357 | exists("#filetypeindent#FileType") |
| 4358 | exists("#filetypeindent#FileType#*") |
Bram Moolenaar | f4cd3e8 | 2005-12-22 22:47:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4359 | exists("##ColorScheme") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4360 | < There must be no space between the symbol (&/$/*/#) and the |
| 4361 | name. |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4362 | There must be no extra characters after the name, although in |
| 4363 | a few cases this is ignored. That may become more strict in |
| 4364 | the future, thus don't count on it! |
| 4365 | Working example: > |
| 4366 | exists(":make") |
| 4367 | < NOT working example: > |
| 4368 | exists(":make install") |
Bram Moolenaar | 9c10238 | 2006-05-03 21:26:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4369 | |
| 4370 | < Note that the argument must be a string, not the name of the |
| 4371 | variable itself. For example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4372 | exists(bufcount) |
| 4373 | < This doesn't check for existence of the "bufcount" variable, |
Bram Moolenaar | 06a89a5 | 2006-04-29 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4374 | but gets the value of "bufcount", and checks if that exists. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4375 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4376 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4377 | Varname()->exists() |
| 4378 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4379 | exp({expr}) *exp()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4380 | Return the exponential of {expr} as a |Float| in the range |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4381 | [0, inf]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4382 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4383 | Examples: > |
| 4384 | :echo exp(2) |
| 4385 | < 7.389056 > |
| 4386 | :echo exp(-1) |
| 4387 | < 0.367879 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4388 | |
| 4389 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4390 | Compute()->exp() |
| 4391 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4392 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4393 | |
| 4394 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4395 | expand({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]]) *expand()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4396 | Expand wildcards and the following special keywords in {expr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4397 | 'wildignorecase' applies. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4398 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4399 | If {list} is given and it is |TRUE|, a List will be returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4400 | Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several |
| 4401 | matches, they are separated by <NL> characters. [Note: in |
| 4402 | version 5.0 a space was used, which caused problems when a |
| 4403 | file name contains a space] |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4404 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4405 | If the expansion fails, the result is an empty string. A name |
Bram Moolenaar | ec7944a | 2013-06-12 21:29:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4406 | for a non-existing file is not included, unless {expr} does |
| 4407 | not start with '%', '#' or '<', see below. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4408 | |
| 4409 | When {expr} starts with '%', '#' or '<', the expansion is done |
| 4410 | like for the |cmdline-special| variables with their associated |
| 4411 | modifiers. Here is a short overview: |
| 4412 | |
| 4413 | % current file name |
| 4414 | # alternate file name |
| 4415 | #n alternate file name n |
| 4416 | <cfile> file name under the cursor |
| 4417 | <afile> autocmd file name |
| 4418 | <abuf> autocmd buffer number (as a String!) |
| 4419 | <amatch> autocmd matched name |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d59aa1 | 2020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4420 | <cexpr> C expression under the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | a687837 | 2014-03-22 21:02:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4421 | <sfile> sourced script file or function name |
Bram Moolenaar | f29c1c6 | 2018-09-10 21:05:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4422 | <slnum> sourced script line number or function |
| 4423 | line number |
| 4424 | <sflnum> script file line number, also when in |
| 4425 | a function |
Bram Moolenaar | aa970ab | 2020-08-02 16:10:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4426 | <SID> "<SNR>123_" where "123" is the |
| 4427 | current script ID |<SID>| |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d59aa1 | 2020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4428 | <stack> call stack |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4429 | <cword> word under the cursor |
| 4430 | <cWORD> WORD under the cursor |
| 4431 | <client> the {clientid} of the last received |
| 4432 | message |server2client()| |
| 4433 | Modifiers: |
| 4434 | :p expand to full path |
| 4435 | :h head (last path component removed) |
| 4436 | :t tail (last path component only) |
| 4437 | :r root (one extension removed) |
| 4438 | :e extension only |
| 4439 | |
| 4440 | Example: > |
| 4441 | :let &tags = expand("%:p:h") . "/tags" |
| 4442 | < Note that when expanding a string that starts with '%', '#' or |
| 4443 | '<', any following text is ignored. This does NOT work: > |
| 4444 | :let doesntwork = expand("%:h.bak") |
| 4445 | < Use this: > |
| 4446 | :let doeswork = expand("%:h") . ".bak" |
| 4447 | < Also note that expanding "<cfile>" and others only returns the |
| 4448 | referenced file name without further expansion. If "<cfile>" |
| 4449 | is "~/.cshrc", you need to do another expand() to have the |
| 4450 | "~/" expanded into the path of the home directory: > |
| 4451 | :echo expand(expand("<cfile>")) |
| 4452 | < |
| 4453 | There cannot be white space between the variables and the |
| 4454 | following modifier. The |fnamemodify()| function can be used |
| 4455 | to modify normal file names. |
| 4456 | |
| 4457 | When using '%' or '#', and the current or alternate file name |
| 4458 | is not defined, an empty string is used. Using "%:p" in a |
| 4459 | buffer with no name, results in the current directory, with a |
| 4460 | '/' added. |
| 4461 | |
| 4462 | When {expr} does not start with '%', '#' or '<', it is |
| 4463 | expanded like a file name is expanded on the command line. |
| 4464 | 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' are used, unless the optional |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4465 | {nosuf} argument is given and it is |TRUE|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 146e9c3 | 2012-03-07 19:18:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4466 | Names for non-existing files are included. The "**" item can |
| 4467 | be used to search in a directory tree. For example, to find |
| 4468 | all "README" files in the current directory and below: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 0274363 | 2005-07-25 20:42:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4469 | :echo expand("**/README") |
| 4470 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4471 | expand() can also be used to expand variables and environment |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4472 | variables that are only known in a shell. But this can be |
Bram Moolenaar | 34401cc | 2014-08-29 15:12:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4473 | slow, because a shell may be used to do the expansion. See |
| 4474 | |expr-env-expand|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4475 | The expanded variable is still handled like a list of file |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4476 | names. When an environment variable cannot be expanded, it is |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4477 | left unchanged. Thus ":echo expand('$FOOBAR')" results in |
| 4478 | "$FOOBAR". |
| 4479 | |
| 4480 | See |glob()| for finding existing files. See |system()| for |
| 4481 | getting the raw output of an external command. |
| 4482 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4483 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4484 | Getpattern()->expand() |
| 4485 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 80dad48 | 2019-06-09 17:22:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4486 | expandcmd({expr}) *expandcmd()* |
| 4487 | Expand special items in {expr} like what is done for an Ex |
| 4488 | command such as `:edit`. This expands special keywords, like |
| 4489 | with |expand()|, and environment variables, anywhere in |
Bram Moolenaar | 96f45c0 | 2019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4490 | {expr}. "~user" and "~/path" are only expanded at the start. |
| 4491 | Returns the expanded string. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 80dad48 | 2019-06-09 17:22:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4492 | :echo expandcmd('make %<.o') |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4493 | |
| 4494 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4495 | GetCommand()->expandcmd() |
Bram Moolenaar | 80dad48 | 2019-06-09 17:22:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4496 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4497 | extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extend()* |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4498 | {expr1} and {expr2} must be both |Lists| or both |
| 4499 | |Dictionaries|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4500 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4501 | If they are |Lists|: Append {expr2} to {expr1}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4502 | If {expr3} is given insert the items of {expr2} before the |
| 4503 | item with index {expr3} in {expr1}. When {expr3} is zero |
| 4504 | insert before the first item. When {expr3} is equal to |
| 4505 | len({expr1}) then {expr2} is appended. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4506 | Examples: > |
| 4507 | :echo sort(extend(mylist, [7, 5])) |
| 4508 | :call extend(mylist, [2, 3], 1) |
Bram Moolenaar | dc9cf9c | 2008-08-08 10:36:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4509 | < When {expr1} is the same List as {expr2} then the number of |
| 4510 | items copied is equal to the original length of the List. |
| 4511 | E.g., when {expr3} is 1 you get N new copies of the first item |
| 4512 | (where N is the original length of the List). |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4513 | Use |add()| to concatenate one item to a list. To concatenate |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4514 | two lists into a new list use the + operator: > |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4515 | :let newlist = [1, 2, 3] + [4, 5] |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4516 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4517 | If they are |Dictionaries|: |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4518 | Add all entries from {expr2} to {expr1}. |
| 4519 | If a key exists in both {expr1} and {expr2} then {expr3} is |
| 4520 | used to decide what to do: |
| 4521 | {expr3} = "keep": keep the value of {expr1} |
| 4522 | {expr3} = "force": use the value of {expr2} |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4523 | {expr3} = "error": give an error message *E737* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4524 | When {expr3} is omitted then "force" is assumed. |
| 4525 | |
| 4526 | {expr1} is changed when {expr2} is not empty. If necessary |
| 4527 | make a copy of {expr1} first. |
| 4528 | {expr2} remains unchanged. |
Bram Moolenaar | f2571c6 | 2015-06-09 19:44:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4529 | When {expr1} is locked and {expr2} is not empty the operation |
| 4530 | fails. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4531 | Returns {expr1}. |
| 4532 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4533 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4534 | mylist->extend(otherlist) |
| 4535 | |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4536 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0e6b51 | 2021-01-12 20:23:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4537 | extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extendnew()* |
| 4538 | Like |extend()| but instead of adding items to {expr1} a new |
| 4539 | List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains |
| 4540 | unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you |
| 4541 | don't want that use |deepcopy()| first. |
| 4542 | |
| 4543 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4544 | feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) *feedkeys()* |
| 4545 | Characters in {string} are queued for processing as if they |
Bram Moolenaar | 0a988df | 2015-01-27 15:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4546 | come from a mapping or were typed by the user. |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4547 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0a988df | 2015-01-27 15:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4548 | By default the string is added to the end of the typeahead |
| 4549 | buffer, thus if a mapping is still being executed the |
| 4550 | characters come after them. Use the 'i' flag to insert before |
| 4551 | other characters, they will be executed next, before any |
| 4552 | characters from a mapping. |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4553 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4554 | The function does not wait for processing of keys contained in |
| 4555 | {string}. |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4556 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4557 | To include special keys into {string}, use double-quotes |
| 4558 | and "\..." notation |expr-quote|. For example, |
Bram Moolenaar | 79166c4 | 2007-05-10 18:29:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4559 | feedkeys("\<CR>") simulates pressing of the <Enter> key. But |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4560 | feedkeys('\<CR>') pushes 5 characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | be0a259 | 2019-05-09 13:50:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4561 | A special code that might be useful is <Ignore>, it exits the |
| 4562 | wait for a character without doing anything. *<Ignore>* |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4563 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4564 | {mode} is a String, which can contain these character flags: |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4565 | 'm' Remap keys. This is default. If {mode} is absent, |
| 4566 | keys are remapped. |
Bram Moolenaar | 551dbcc | 2006-04-25 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4567 | 'n' Do not remap keys. |
| 4568 | 't' Handle keys as if typed; otherwise they are handled as |
| 4569 | if coming from a mapping. This matters for undo, |
| 4570 | opening folds, etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4571 | 'L' Lowlevel input. Only works for Unix or when using the |
| 4572 | GUI. Keys are used as if they were coming from the |
| 4573 | terminal. Other flags are not used. *E980* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7929651 | 2020-03-22 16:17:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4574 | When a CTRL-C interrupts and 't' is included it sets |
| 4575 | the internal "got_int" flag. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0a988df | 2015-01-27 15:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4576 | 'i' Insert the string instead of appending (see above). |
Bram Moolenaar | 2528163 | 2016-01-21 23:32:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4577 | 'x' Execute commands until typeahead is empty. This is |
| 4578 | similar to using ":normal!". You can call feedkeys() |
| 4579 | several times without 'x' and then one time with 'x' |
| 4580 | (possibly with an empty {string}) to execute all the |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4581 | typeahead. Note that when Vim ends in Insert mode it |
| 4582 | will behave as if <Esc> is typed, to avoid getting |
| 4583 | stuck, waiting for a character to be typed before the |
| 4584 | script continues. |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4585 | Note that if you manage to call feedkeys() while |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4586 | executing commands, thus calling it recursively, then |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4587 | all typeahead will be consumed by the last call. |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4588 | '!' When used with 'x' will not end Insert mode. Can be |
| 4589 | used in a test when a timer is set to exit Insert mode |
| 4590 | a little later. Useful for testing CursorHoldI. |
| 4591 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4592 | Return value is always 0. |
| 4593 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4594 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4595 | GetInput()->feedkeys() |
| 4596 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4597 | filereadable({file}) *filereadable()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4598 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a file with the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4599 | name {file} exists, and can be read. If {file} doesn't exist, |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4600 | or is a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {file} is any |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4601 | expression, which is used as a String. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4602 | If you don't care about the file being readable you can use |
| 4603 | |glob()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4604 | {file} is used as-is, you may want to expand wildcards first: > |
| 4605 | echo filereadable('~/.vimrc') |
| 4606 | 0 |
| 4607 | echo filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc')) |
| 4608 | 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4609 | |
| 4610 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4611 | GetName()->filereadable() |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4612 | < *file_readable()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4613 | Obsolete name: file_readable(). |
| 4614 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4615 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4616 | filewritable({file}) *filewritable()* |
| 4617 | The result is a Number, which is 1 when a file with the |
| 4618 | name {file} exists, and can be written. If {file} doesn't |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4619 | exist, or is not writable, the result is 0. If {file} is a |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4620 | directory, and we can write to it, the result is 2. |
| 4621 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4622 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4623 | GetName()->filewritable() |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4624 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4625 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4626 | filter({expr1}, {expr2}) *filter()* |
| 4627 | {expr1} must be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. |
| 4628 | For each item in {expr1} evaluate {expr2} and when the result |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4629 | is zero remove the item from the |List| or |Dictionary|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4630 | {expr2} must be a |string| or |Funcref|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4631 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4632 | If {expr2} is a |string|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4633 | of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4634 | of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of |
| 4635 | the current item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4636 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4637 | call filter(mylist, 'v:val !~ "OLD"') |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4638 | < Removes the items where "OLD" appears. > |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4639 | call filter(mydict, 'v:key >= 8') |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4640 | < Removes the items with a key below 8. > |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4641 | call filter(var, 0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4642 | < Removes all the items, thus clears the |List| or |Dictionary|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4643 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4644 | Note that {expr2} is the result of expression and is then |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4645 | used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a |
| 4646 | |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes. |
| 4647 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4648 | If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it must take two arguments: |
| 4649 | 1. the key or the index of the current item. |
| 4650 | 2. the value of the current item. |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4651 | The function must return |TRUE| if the item should be kept. |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4652 | Example that keeps the odd items of a list: > |
| 4653 | func Odd(idx, val) |
| 4654 | return a:idx % 2 == 1 |
| 4655 | endfunc |
| 4656 | call filter(mylist, function('Odd')) |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4657 | < It is shorter when using a |lambda|: > |
| 4658 | call filter(myList, {idx, val -> idx * val <= 42}) |
| 4659 | < If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: > |
| 4660 | call filter(myList, {idx -> idx % 2 == 1}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ec618c | 2016-10-01 14:47:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4661 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4662 | The operation is done in-place. If you want a |List| or |
| 4663 | |Dictionary| to remain unmodified make a copy first: > |
Bram Moolenaar | afeb4fa | 2006-02-01 21:51:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4664 | :let l = filter(copy(mylist), 'v:val =~ "KEEP"') |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4665 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4666 | < Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered. |
| 4667 | When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no |
| 4668 | further items in {expr1} are processed. When {expr2} is a |
| 4669 | Funcref errors inside a function are ignored, unless it was |
| 4670 | defined with the "abort" flag. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4671 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4672 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4673 | mylist->filter(expr2) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4674 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4675 | finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *finddir()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b6b1ca | 2007-03-27 08:19:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4676 | Find directory {name} in {path}. Supports both downwards and |
| 4677 | upwards recursive directory searches. See |file-searching| |
| 4678 | for the syntax of {path}. |
| 4679 | Returns the path of the first found match. When the found |
| 4680 | directory is below the current directory a relative path is |
| 4681 | returned. Otherwise a full path is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4682 | If {path} is omitted or empty then 'path' is used. |
| 4683 | If the optional {count} is given, find {count}'s occurrence of |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4684 | {name} in {path} instead of the first one. |
Bram Moolenaar | 899dddf | 2006-03-26 21:06:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4685 | When {count} is negative return all the matches in a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4686 | This is quite similar to the ex-command |:find|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4687 | {only available when compiled with the |+file_in_path| |
| 4688 | feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4689 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4690 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4691 | GetName()->finddir() |
| 4692 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4693 | findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *findfile()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4694 | Just like |finddir()|, but find a file instead of a directory. |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4695 | Uses 'suffixesadd'. |
| 4696 | Example: > |
| 4697 | :echo findfile("tags.vim", ".;") |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4698 | < Searches from the directory of the current file upwards until |
| 4699 | it finds the file "tags.vim". |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4700 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4701 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4702 | GetName()->findfile() |
| 4703 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 077a1e6 | 2020-06-08 20:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4704 | flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) *flatten()* |
| 4705 | Flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels. Without {maxdepth} |
| 4706 | the result is a |List| without nesting, as if {maxdepth} is |
| 4707 | a very large number. |
| 4708 | The {list} is changed in place, make a copy first if you do |
| 4709 | not want that. |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4710 | *E900* |
Bram Moolenaar | 077a1e6 | 2020-06-08 20:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4711 | {maxdepth} means how deep in nested lists changes are made. |
| 4712 | {list} is not modified when {maxdepth} is 0. |
| 4713 | {maxdepth} must be positive number. |
| 4714 | |
| 4715 | If there is an error the number zero is returned. |
| 4716 | |
| 4717 | Example: > |
| 4718 | :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5]) |
| 4719 | < [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] > |
| 4720 | :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5], 1) |
| 4721 | < [1, 2, [3, 4], 5] |
| 4722 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4723 | float2nr({expr}) *float2nr()* |
| 4724 | Convert {expr} to a Number by omitting the part after the |
| 4725 | decimal point. |
| 4726 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a Number. |
| 4727 | When the value of {expr} is out of range for a |Number| the |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4728 | result is truncated to 0x7fffffff or -0x7fffffff (or when |
| 4729 | 64-bit Number support is enabled, 0x7fffffffffffffff or |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4730 | -0x7fffffffffffffff). NaN results in -0x80000000 (or when |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4731 | 64-bit Number support is enabled, -0x8000000000000000). |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4732 | Examples: > |
| 4733 | echo float2nr(3.95) |
| 4734 | < 3 > |
| 4735 | echo float2nr(-23.45) |
| 4736 | < -23 > |
| 4737 | echo float2nr(1.0e100) |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4738 | < 2147483647 (or 9223372036854775807) > |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4739 | echo float2nr(-1.0e150) |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4740 | < -2147483647 (or -9223372036854775807) > |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4741 | echo float2nr(1.0e-100) |
| 4742 | < 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4743 | |
| 4744 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4745 | Compute()->float2nr() |
| 4746 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4747 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 4748 | |
| 4749 | |
| 4750 | floor({expr}) *floor()* |
| 4751 | Return the largest integral value less than or equal to |
| 4752 | {expr} as a |Float| (round down). |
| 4753 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 4754 | Examples: > |
| 4755 | echo floor(1.856) |
| 4756 | < 1.0 > |
| 4757 | echo floor(-5.456) |
| 4758 | < -6.0 > |
| 4759 | echo floor(4.0) |
| 4760 | < 4.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4761 | |
| 4762 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4763 | Compute()->floor() |
| 4764 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4765 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4766 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4767 | |
| 4768 | fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) *fmod()* |
| 4769 | Return the remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}, even if the |
| 4770 | division is not representable. Returns {expr1} - i * {expr2} |
| 4771 | for some integer i such that if {expr2} is non-zero, the |
| 4772 | result has the same sign as {expr1} and magnitude less than |
| 4773 | the magnitude of {expr2}. If {expr2} is zero, the value |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4774 | returned is zero. The value returned is a |Float|. |
| 4775 | {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4776 | Examples: > |
| 4777 | :echo fmod(12.33, 1.22) |
| 4778 | < 0.13 > |
| 4779 | :echo fmod(-12.33, 1.22) |
| 4780 | < -0.13 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4781 | |
| 4782 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4783 | Compute()->fmod(1.22) |
| 4784 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4785 | {only available when compiled with |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4786 | |
| 4787 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aebaf89 | 2008-05-28 14:49:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4788 | fnameescape({string}) *fnameescape()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4789 | Escape {string} for use as file name command argument. All |
Bram Moolenaar | aebaf89 | 2008-05-28 14:49:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4790 | characters that have a special meaning, such as '%' and '|' |
| 4791 | are escaped with a backslash. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4792 | For most systems the characters escaped are |
| 4793 | " \t\n*?[{`$\\%#'\"|!<". For systems where a backslash |
| 4794 | appears in a filename, it depends on the value of 'isfname'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b24e4b | 2008-08-08 10:59:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4795 | A leading '+' and '>' is also escaped (special after |:edit| |
| 4796 | and |:write|). And a "-" by itself (special after |:cd|). |
Bram Moolenaar | aebaf89 | 2008-05-28 14:49:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4797 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b24e4b | 2008-08-08 10:59:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4798 | :let fname = '+some str%nge|name' |
Bram Moolenaar | aebaf89 | 2008-05-28 14:49:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4799 | :exe "edit " . fnameescape(fname) |
| 4800 | < results in executing: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b24e4b | 2008-08-08 10:59:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4801 | edit \+some\ str\%nge\|name |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4802 | < |
| 4803 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4804 | GetName()->fnameescape() |
Bram Moolenaar | aebaf89 | 2008-05-28 14:49:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4805 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4806 | fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) *fnamemodify()* |
| 4807 | Modify file name {fname} according to {mods}. {mods} is a |
| 4808 | string of characters like it is used for file names on the |
| 4809 | command line. See |filename-modifiers|. |
| 4810 | Example: > |
| 4811 | :echo fnamemodify("main.c", ":p:h") |
| 4812 | < results in: > |
| 4813 | /home/mool/vim/vim/src |
Bram Moolenaar | 4072ba5 | 2020-12-23 13:56:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4814 | < If {mods} is empty then {fname} is returned. |
| 4815 | Note: Environment variables don't work in {fname}, use |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4816 | |expand()| first then. |
| 4817 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4818 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4819 | GetName()->fnamemodify(':p:h') |
| 4820 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4821 | foldclosed({lnum}) *foldclosed()* |
| 4822 | The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed |
| 4823 | fold, the result is the number of the first line in that fold. |
| 4824 | If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned. |
| 4825 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4826 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4827 | GetLnum()->foldclosed() |
| 4828 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4829 | foldclosedend({lnum}) *foldclosedend()* |
| 4830 | The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed |
| 4831 | fold, the result is the number of the last line in that fold. |
| 4832 | If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned. |
| 4833 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4834 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4835 | GetLnum()->foldclosedend() |
| 4836 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4837 | foldlevel({lnum}) *foldlevel()* |
| 4838 | The result is a Number, which is the foldlevel of line {lnum} |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4839 | in the current buffer. For nested folds the deepest level is |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4840 | returned. If there is no fold at line {lnum}, zero is |
| 4841 | returned. It doesn't matter if the folds are open or closed. |
| 4842 | When used while updating folds (from 'foldexpr') -1 is |
| 4843 | returned for lines where folds are still to be updated and the |
| 4844 | foldlevel is unknown. As a special case the level of the |
| 4845 | previous line is usually available. |
| 4846 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4847 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4848 | GetLnum()->foldlevel() |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4849 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4850 | *foldtext()* |
| 4851 | foldtext() Returns a String, to be displayed for a closed fold. This is |
| 4852 | the default function used for the 'foldtext' option and should |
| 4853 | only be called from evaluating 'foldtext'. It uses the |
| 4854 | |v:foldstart|, |v:foldend| and |v:folddashes| variables. |
| 4855 | The returned string looks like this: > |
| 4856 | +-- 45 lines: abcdef |
Bram Moolenaar | 4220555 | 2017-03-18 19:42:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4857 | < The number of leading dashes depends on the foldlevel. The |
| 4858 | "45" is the number of lines in the fold. "abcdef" is the text |
| 4859 | in the first non-blank line of the fold. Leading white space, |
| 4860 | "//" or "/*" and the text from the 'foldmarker' and |
| 4861 | 'commentstring' options is removed. |
| 4862 | When used to draw the actual foldtext, the rest of the line |
| 4863 | will be filled with the fold char from the 'fillchars' |
| 4864 | setting. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4865 | {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature} |
| 4866 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4867 | foldtextresult({lnum}) *foldtextresult()* |
| 4868 | Returns the text that is displayed for the closed fold at line |
| 4869 | {lnum}. Evaluates 'foldtext' in the appropriate context. |
| 4870 | When there is no closed fold at {lnum} an empty string is |
| 4871 | returned. |
| 4872 | {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current |
| 4873 | line, "'m" mark m, etc. |
| 4874 | Useful when exporting folded text, e.g., to HTML. |
| 4875 | {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature} |
| 4876 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4877 | |
| 4878 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4879 | GetLnum()->foldtextresult() |
| 4880 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4881 | *foreground()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4882 | foreground() Move the Vim window to the foreground. Useful when sent from |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4883 | a client to a Vim server. |remote_send()| |
| 4884 | On Win32 systems this might not work, the OS does not always |
| 4885 | allow a window to bring itself to the foreground. Use |
| 4886 | |remote_foreground()| instead. |
| 4887 | {only in the Win32, Athena, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the |
| 4888 | Win32 console version} |
| 4889 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4890 | *funcref()* |
| 4891 | funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}]) |
| 4892 | Just like |function()|, but the returned Funcref will lookup |
| 4893 | the function by reference, not by name. This matters when the |
| 4894 | function {name} is redefined later. |
| 4895 | |
| 4896 | Unlike |function()|, {name} must be an existing user function. |
| 4897 | Also for autoloaded functions. {name} cannot be a builtin |
| 4898 | function. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4899 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4900 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4901 | GetFuncname()->funcref([arg]) |
| 4902 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4903 | *function()* *E700* *E922* *E923* |
| 4904 | function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4905 | Return a |Funcref| variable that refers to function {name}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4906 | {name} can be the name of a user defined function or an |
| 4907 | internal function. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4908 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4909 | {name} can also be a Funcref or a partial. When it is a |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4910 | partial the dict stored in it will be used and the {dict} |
| 4911 | argument is not allowed. E.g.: > |
| 4912 | let FuncWithArg = function(dict.Func, [arg]) |
| 4913 | let Broken = function(dict.Func, [arg], dict) |
| 4914 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4915 | When using the Funcref the function will be found by {name}, |
| 4916 | also when it was redefined later. Use |funcref()| to keep the |
| 4917 | same function. |
| 4918 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4919 | When {arglist} or {dict} is present this creates a partial. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06d2d38 | 2016-05-20 17:24:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4920 | That means the argument list and/or the dictionary is stored in |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4921 | the Funcref and will be used when the Funcref is called. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4922 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4923 | The arguments are passed to the function in front of other |
Bram Moolenaar | 088e8e3 | 2019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4924 | arguments, but after any argument from |method|. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4925 | func Callback(arg1, arg2, name) |
| 4926 | ... |
Bram Moolenaar | 088e8e3 | 2019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4927 | let Partial = function('Callback', ['one', 'two']) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4928 | ... |
Bram Moolenaar | 088e8e3 | 2019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4929 | call Partial('name') |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4930 | < Invokes the function as with: > |
| 4931 | call Callback('one', 'two', 'name') |
| 4932 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 088e8e3 | 2019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4933 | < With a |method|: > |
| 4934 | func Callback(one, two, three) |
| 4935 | ... |
| 4936 | let Partial = function('Callback', ['two']) |
| 4937 | ... |
| 4938 | eval 'one'->Partial('three') |
| 4939 | < Invokes the function as with: > |
| 4940 | call Callback('one', 'two', 'three') |
| 4941 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 03602ec | 2016-03-20 20:57:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4942 | < The function() call can be nested to add more arguments to the |
| 4943 | Funcref. The extra arguments are appended to the list of |
| 4944 | arguments. Example: > |
| 4945 | func Callback(arg1, arg2, name) |
| 4946 | ... |
| 4947 | let Func = function('Callback', ['one']) |
| 4948 | let Func2 = function(Func, ['two']) |
| 4949 | ... |
| 4950 | call Func2('name') |
| 4951 | < Invokes the function as with: > |
| 4952 | call Callback('one', 'two', 'name') |
| 4953 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4954 | < The Dictionary is only useful when calling a "dict" function. |
| 4955 | In that case the {dict} is passed in as "self". Example: > |
| 4956 | function Callback() dict |
| 4957 | echo "called for " . self.name |
| 4958 | endfunction |
| 4959 | ... |
| 4960 | let context = {"name": "example"} |
| 4961 | let Func = function('Callback', context) |
| 4962 | ... |
| 4963 | call Func() " will echo: called for example |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4964 | < The use of function() is not needed when there are no extra |
| 4965 | arguments, these two are equivalent: > |
| 4966 | let Func = function('Callback', context) |
| 4967 | let Func = context.Callback |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4968 | |
| 4969 | < The argument list and the Dictionary can be combined: > |
| 4970 | function Callback(arg1, count) dict |
| 4971 | ... |
| 4972 | let context = {"name": "example"} |
| 4973 | let Func = function('Callback', ['one'], context) |
| 4974 | ... |
| 4975 | call Func(500) |
| 4976 | < Invokes the function as with: > |
| 4977 | call context.Callback('one', 500) |
Bram Moolenaar | a420896 | 2019-08-24 20:50:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4978 | < |
| 4979 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 4980 | GetFuncname()->function([arg]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1735bc9 | 2016-03-14 23:05:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4981 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4982 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f1568ec | 2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4983 | garbagecollect([{atexit}]) *garbagecollect()* |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4984 | Cleanup unused |Lists|, |Dictionaries|, |Channels| and |Jobs| |
| 4985 | that have circular references. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4986 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4987 | There is hardly ever a need to invoke this function, as it is |
| 4988 | automatically done when Vim runs out of memory or is waiting |
| 4989 | for the user to press a key after 'updatetime'. Items without |
| 4990 | circular references are always freed when they become unused. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4991 | This is useful if you have deleted a very big |List| and/or |
| 4992 | |Dictionary| with circular references in a script that runs |
| 4993 | for a long time. |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4994 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f1568ec | 2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4995 | When the optional {atexit} argument is one, garbage |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d2c8c1 | 2007-09-25 16:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4996 | collection will also be done when exiting Vim, if it wasn't |
| 4997 | done before. This is useful when checking for memory leaks. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39a58ca | 2005-06-27 22:42:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4998 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4999 | The garbage collection is not done immediately but only when |
| 5000 | it's safe to perform. This is when waiting for the user to |
| 5001 | type a character. To force garbage collection immediately use |
| 5002 | |test_garbagecollect_now()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | ebf7dfa | 2016-04-14 12:46:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5003 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5004 | get({list}, {idx} [, {default}]) *get()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5005 | Get item {idx} from |List| {list}. When this item is not |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5006 | available return {default}. Return zero when {default} is |
| 5007 | omitted. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5008 | Preferably used as a |method|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5009 | mylist->get(idx) |
Bram Moolenaar | d896824 | 2019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5010 | get({blob}, {idx} [, {default}]) |
| 5011 | Get byte {idx} from |Blob| {blob}. When this byte is not |
| 5012 | available return {default}. Return -1 when {default} is |
| 5013 | omitted. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5014 | Preferably used as a |method|: > |
| 5015 | myblob->get(idx) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5016 | get({dict}, {key} [, {default}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5017 | Get item with key {key} from |Dictionary| {dict}. When this |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5018 | item is not available return {default}. Return zero when |
Bram Moolenaar | 5477506 | 2019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5019 | {default} is omitted. Useful example: > |
| 5020 | let val = get(g:, 'var_name', 'default') |
| 5021 | < This gets the value of g:var_name if it exists, and uses |
| 5022 | 'default' when it does not exist. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5023 | Preferably used as a |method|: > |
| 5024 | mydict->get(key) |
Bram Moolenaar | 03e19a0 | 2016-05-24 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5025 | get({func}, {what}) |
| 5026 | Get an item with from Funcref {func}. Possible values for |
Bram Moolenaar | 2bbf8ef | 2016-05-24 18:37:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5027 | {what} are: |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5028 | "name" The function name |
| 5029 | "func" The function |
| 5030 | "dict" The dictionary |
| 5031 | "args" The list with arguments |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5032 | Preferably used as a |method|: > |
| 5033 | myfunc->get(what) |
| 5034 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5035 | *getbufinfo()* |
| 5036 | getbufinfo([{expr}]) |
| 5037 | getbufinfo([{dict}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5038 | Get information about buffers as a List of Dictionaries. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5039 | |
| 5040 | Without an argument information about all the buffers is |
| 5041 | returned. |
| 5042 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5043 | When the argument is a |Dictionary| only the buffers matching |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5044 | the specified criteria are returned. The following keys can |
| 5045 | be specified in {dict}: |
| 5046 | buflisted include only listed buffers. |
| 5047 | bufloaded include only loaded buffers. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e6a31d | 2017-12-10 21:06:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5048 | bufmodified include only modified buffers. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5049 | |
| 5050 | Otherwise, {expr} specifies a particular buffer to return |
| 5051 | information for. For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| |
| 5052 | above. If the buffer is found the returned List has one item. |
| 5053 | Otherwise the result is an empty list. |
| 5054 | |
| 5055 | Each returned List item is a dictionary with the following |
| 5056 | entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5057 | bufnr Buffer number. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5058 | changed TRUE if the buffer is modified. |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5059 | changedtick Number of changes made to the buffer. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5060 | hidden TRUE if the buffer is hidden. |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5061 | lastused Timestamp in seconds, like |
Bram Moolenaar | 5241057 | 2019-10-27 05:12:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5062 | |localtime()|, when the buffer was |
| 5063 | last used. |
| 5064 | {only with the |+viminfo| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5065 | listed TRUE if the buffer is listed. |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5066 | lnum Line number used for the buffer when |
| 5067 | opened in the current window. |
| 5068 | linecount Number of lines in the buffer (only |
Bram Moolenaar | a9e9679 | 2019-12-17 22:40:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5069 | valid when loaded) |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5070 | loaded TRUE if the buffer is loaded. |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5071 | name Full path to the file in the buffer. |
| 5072 | signs List of signs placed in the buffer. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5073 | Each list item is a dictionary with |
| 5074 | the following fields: |
| 5075 | id sign identifier |
| 5076 | lnum line number |
| 5077 | name sign name |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5078 | variables A reference to the dictionary with |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5079 | buffer-local variables. |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5080 | windows List of |window-ID|s that display this |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5081 | buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5082 | popups List of popup |window-ID|s that |
Bram Moolenaar | 5ca1ac3 | 2019-07-04 15:39:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5083 | display this buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5084 | |
| 5085 | Examples: > |
| 5086 | for buf in getbufinfo() |
| 5087 | echo buf.name |
| 5088 | endfor |
| 5089 | for buf in getbufinfo({'buflisted':1}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5090 | if buf.changed |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5091 | .... |
| 5092 | endif |
| 5093 | endfor |
| 5094 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5095 | To get buffer-local options use: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d473c8c | 2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5096 | getbufvar({bufnr}, '&option_name') |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5097 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 6434fc5 | 2020-07-18 22:24:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5098 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5099 | GetBufnr()->getbufinfo() |
| 5100 | < |
| 5101 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5102 | *getbufline()* |
| 5103 | getbufline({expr}, {lnum} [, {end}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5104 | Return a |List| with the lines starting from {lnum} to {end} |
| 5105 | (inclusive) in the buffer {expr}. If {end} is omitted, a |
| 5106 | |List| with only the line {lnum} is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5107 | |
| 5108 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. |
| 5109 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 661b182 | 2005-07-28 22:36:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5110 | For {lnum} and {end} "$" can be used for the last line of the |
| 5111 | buffer. Otherwise a number must be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5112 | |
| 5113 | When {lnum} is smaller than 1 or bigger than the number of |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5114 | lines in the buffer, an empty |List| is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5115 | |
| 5116 | When {end} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer, |
| 5117 | it is treated as {end} is set to the number of lines in the |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5118 | buffer. When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5119 | returned. |
| 5120 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 661b182 | 2005-07-28 22:36:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5121 | This function works only for loaded buffers. For unloaded and |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5122 | non-existing buffers, an empty |List| is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5123 | |
| 5124 | Example: > |
| 5125 | :let lines = getbufline(bufnr("myfile"), 1, "$") |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5126 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5127 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5128 | GetBufnr()->getbufline(lnum) |
| 5129 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5130 | getbufvar({expr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getbufvar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5131 | The result is the value of option or local buffer variable |
| 5132 | {varname} in buffer {expr}. Note that the name without "b:" |
| 5133 | must be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5134 | When {varname} is empty returns a |Dictionary| with all the |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5135 | buffer-local variables. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5136 | When {varname} is equal to "&" returns a |Dictionary| with all |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5137 | the buffer-local options. |
| 5138 | Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" returns the value of |
| 5139 | a buffer-local option. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4317d9b | 2005-03-18 20:25:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5140 | This also works for a global or buffer-local option, but it |
| 5141 | doesn't work for a global variable, window-local variable or |
| 5142 | window-local option. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5143 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5144 | When the buffer or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty |
| 5145 | string is returned, there is no error message. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5146 | Examples: > |
| 5147 | :let bufmodified = getbufvar(1, "&mod") |
| 5148 | :echo "todo myvar = " . getbufvar("todo", "myvar") |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5149 | |
| 5150 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5151 | GetBufnr()->getbufvar(varname) |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5152 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5153 | getchangelist([{expr}]) *getchangelist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 07ad816 | 2018-02-13 13:59:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5154 | Returns the |changelist| for the buffer {expr}. For the use |
| 5155 | of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. If buffer {expr} doesn't |
| 5156 | exist, an empty list is returned. |
| 5157 | |
| 5158 | The returned list contains two entries: a list with the change |
| 5159 | locations and the current position in the list. Each |
| 5160 | entry in the change list is a dictionary with the following |
| 5161 | entries: |
| 5162 | col column number |
| 5163 | coladd column offset for 'virtualedit' |
| 5164 | lnum line number |
| 5165 | If buffer {expr} is the current buffer, then the current |
| 5166 | position refers to the position in the list. For other |
| 5167 | buffers, it is set to the length of the list. |
| 5168 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5169 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5170 | GetBufnr()->getchangelist() |
| 5171 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5172 | getchar([expr]) *getchar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5173 | Get a single character from the user or input stream. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5174 | If [expr] is omitted, wait until a character is available. |
| 5175 | If [expr] is 0, only get a character when one is available. |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5176 | Return zero otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5177 | If [expr] is 1, only check if a character is available, it is |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5178 | not consumed. Return zero if no character available. |
| 5179 | |
Bram Moolenaar | dfb1841 | 2013-12-11 18:53:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5180 | Without [expr] and when [expr] is 0 a whole character or |
Bram Moolenaar | c577d81 | 2017-07-08 22:37:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5181 | special key is returned. If it is a single character, the |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5182 | result is a number. Use nr2char() to convert it to a String. |
| 5183 | Otherwise a String is returned with the encoded character. |
Bram Moolenaar | c577d81 | 2017-07-08 22:37:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5184 | For a special key it's a String with a sequence of bytes |
| 5185 | starting with 0x80 (decimal: 128). This is the same value as |
| 5186 | the String "\<Key>", e.g., "\<Left>". The returned value is |
| 5187 | also a String when a modifier (shift, control, alt) was used |
| 5188 | that is not included in the character. |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5189 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 822ff86 | 2014-06-12 21:46:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5190 | When [expr] is 0 and Esc is typed, there will be a short delay |
| 5191 | while Vim waits to see if this is the start of an escape |
| 5192 | sequence. |
| 5193 | |
Bram Moolenaar | dfb1841 | 2013-12-11 18:53:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5194 | When [expr] is 1 only the first byte is returned. For a |
Bram Moolenaar | 56a907a | 2006-05-06 21:44:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5195 | one-byte character it is the character itself as a number. |
| 5196 | Use nr2char() to convert it to a String. |
Bram Moolenaar | 91170f8 | 2006-05-05 21:15:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5197 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f1568ec | 2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5198 | Use getcharmod() to obtain any additional modifiers. |
| 5199 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 219b870 | 2006-11-01 14:32:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5200 | When the user clicks a mouse button, the mouse event will be |
| 5201 | returned. The position can then be found in |v:mouse_col|, |
Bram Moolenaar | db3a205 | 2019-11-16 18:22:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5202 | |v:mouse_lnum|, |v:mouse_winid| and |v:mouse_win|. |
Bram Moolenaar | ae97b94 | 2020-07-09 19:16:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5203 | |getmousepos()| can also be used. Mouse move events will be |
| 5204 | ignored. |
| 5205 | This example positions the mouse as it would normally happen: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 219b870 | 2006-11-01 14:32:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5206 | let c = getchar() |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5207 | if c == "\<LeftMouse>" && v:mouse_win > 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 219b870 | 2006-11-01 14:32:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5208 | exe v:mouse_win . "wincmd w" |
| 5209 | exe v:mouse_lnum |
| 5210 | exe "normal " . v:mouse_col . "|" |
| 5211 | endif |
| 5212 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 690afe1 | 2017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5213 | When using bracketed paste only the first character is |
| 5214 | returned, the rest of the pasted text is dropped. |
| 5215 | |xterm-bracketed-paste|. |
| 5216 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5217 | There is no prompt, you will somehow have to make clear to the |
Bram Moolenaar | 4072ba5 | 2020-12-23 13:56:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5218 | user that a character has to be typed. The screen is not |
| 5219 | redrawn, e.g. when resizing the window. When using a popup |
| 5220 | window it should work better with a |popup-filter|. |
| 5221 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5222 | There is no mapping for the character. |
| 5223 | Key codes are replaced, thus when the user presses the <Del> |
| 5224 | key you get the code for the <Del> key, not the raw character |
| 5225 | sequence. Examples: > |
| 5226 | getchar() == "\<Del>" |
| 5227 | getchar() == "\<S-Left>" |
| 5228 | < This example redefines "f" to ignore case: > |
| 5229 | :nmap f :call FindChar()<CR> |
| 5230 | :function FindChar() |
| 5231 | : let c = nr2char(getchar()) |
| 5232 | : while col('.') < col('$') - 1 |
| 5233 | : normal l |
| 5234 | : if getline('.')[col('.') - 1] ==? c |
| 5235 | : break |
| 5236 | : endif |
| 5237 | : endwhile |
| 5238 | :endfunction |
Bram Moolenaar | ed32d94 | 2014-12-06 23:33:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5239 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 2b8388b | 2015-02-28 13:11:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5240 | You may also receive synthetic characters, such as |
Bram Moolenaar | ed32d94 | 2014-12-06 23:33:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5241 | |<CursorHold>|. Often you will want to ignore this and get |
| 5242 | another character: > |
| 5243 | :function GetKey() |
| 5244 | : let c = getchar() |
| 5245 | : while c == "\<CursorHold>" |
| 5246 | : let c = getchar() |
| 5247 | : endwhile |
| 5248 | : return c |
| 5249 | :endfunction |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5250 | |
| 5251 | getcharmod() *getcharmod()* |
| 5252 | The result is a Number which is the state of the modifiers for |
| 5253 | the last obtained character with getchar() or in another way. |
| 5254 | These values are added together: |
| 5255 | 2 shift |
| 5256 | 4 control |
| 5257 | 8 alt (meta) |
Bram Moolenaar | f1568ec | 2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5258 | 16 meta (when it's different from ALT) |
| 5259 | 32 mouse double click |
| 5260 | 64 mouse triple click |
| 5261 | 96 mouse quadruple click (== 32 + 64) |
| 5262 | 128 command (Macintosh only) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5263 | Only the modifiers that have not been included in the |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5264 | character itself are obtained. Thus Shift-a results in "A" |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5265 | without a modifier. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5266 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5267 | *getcharpos()* |
| 5268 | getcharpos({expr}) |
| 5269 | Get the position for {expr}. Same as |getpos()| but the column |
| 5270 | number in the returned List is a character index instead of |
| 5271 | a byte index. |
| 5272 | |
| 5273 | Example: |
| 5274 | With the cursor on '세' in line 5 with text "여보세요": > |
| 5275 | getcharpos('.') returns [0, 5, 3, 0] |
| 5276 | getpos('.') returns [0, 5, 7, 0] |
| 5277 | < |
| 5278 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5279 | GetMark()->getcharpos() |
| 5280 | |
Bram Moolenaar | dbd24b5 | 2015-08-11 14:26:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5281 | getcharsearch() *getcharsearch()* |
| 5282 | Return the current character search information as a {dict} |
| 5283 | with the following entries: |
| 5284 | |
| 5285 | char character previously used for a character |
| 5286 | search (|t|, |f|, |T|, or |F|); empty string |
| 5287 | if no character search has been performed |
| 5288 | forward direction of character search; 1 for forward, |
| 5289 | 0 for backward |
| 5290 | until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T| |
| 5291 | character search, 0 for an |f| or |F| |
| 5292 | character search |
| 5293 | |
| 5294 | This can be useful to always have |;| and |,| search |
| 5295 | forward/backward regardless of the direction of the previous |
| 5296 | character search: > |
| 5297 | :nnoremap <expr> ; getcharsearch().forward ? ';' : ',' |
| 5298 | :nnoremap <expr> , getcharsearch().forward ? ',' : ';' |
| 5299 | < Also see |setcharsearch()|. |
| 5300 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5301 | getcmdline() *getcmdline()* |
| 5302 | Return the current command-line. Only works when the command |
| 5303 | line is being edited, thus requires use of |c_CTRL-\_e| or |
| 5304 | |c_CTRL-R_=|. |
| 5305 | Example: > |
| 5306 | :cmap <F7> <C-\>eescape(getcmdline(), ' \')<CR> |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5307 | < Also see |getcmdtype()|, |getcmdpos()| and |setcmdpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5308 | Returns an empty string when entering a password or using |
| 5309 | |inputsecret()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5310 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5311 | getcmdpos() *getcmdpos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5312 | Return the position of the cursor in the command line as a |
| 5313 | byte count. The first column is 1. |
| 5314 | Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b435d6 | 2012-04-05 17:33:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5315 | |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping. |
| 5316 | Returns 0 otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5317 | Also see |getcmdtype()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|. |
| 5318 | |
| 5319 | getcmdtype() *getcmdtype()* |
| 5320 | Return the current command-line type. Possible return values |
| 5321 | are: |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e01546 | 2005-09-25 22:16:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5322 | : normal Ex command |
| 5323 | > debug mode command |debug-mode| |
| 5324 | / forward search command |
| 5325 | ? backward search command |
| 5326 | @ |input()| command |
| 5327 | - |:insert| or |:append| command |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e93246 | 2014-09-09 18:48:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5328 | = |i_CTRL-R_=| |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5329 | Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b435d6 | 2012-04-05 17:33:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5330 | |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping. |
| 5331 | Returns an empty string otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5332 | Also see |getcmdpos()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5333 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fb53927 | 2014-08-22 19:21:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5334 | getcmdwintype() *getcmdwintype()* |
| 5335 | Return the current |command-line-window| type. Possible return |
| 5336 | values are the same as |getcmdtype()|. Returns an empty string |
| 5337 | when not in the command-line window. |
| 5338 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e9d58a6 | 2016-08-13 15:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5339 | getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}]) *getcompletion()* |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5340 | Return a list of command-line completion matches. {type} |
| 5341 | specifies what for. The following completion types are |
| 5342 | supported: |
| 5343 | |
Bram Moolenaar | cd43eff | 2018-03-29 15:55:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5344 | arglist file names in argument list |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5345 | augroup autocmd groups |
| 5346 | buffer buffer names |
| 5347 | behave :behave suboptions |
| 5348 | color color schemes |
| 5349 | command Ex command (and arguments) |
Bram Moolenaar | 1f1fd44 | 2020-06-07 18:45:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5350 | cmdline |cmdline-completion| result |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5351 | compiler compilers |
| 5352 | cscope |:cscope| suboptions |
Bram Moolenaar | ae7dba8 | 2019-12-29 13:56:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5353 | diff_buffer |:diffget| and |:diffput| completion |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5354 | dir directory names |
| 5355 | environment environment variable names |
| 5356 | event autocommand events |
| 5357 | expression Vim expression |
| 5358 | file file and directory names |
| 5359 | file_in_path file and directory names in |'path'| |
| 5360 | filetype filetype names |'filetype'| |
| 5361 | function function name |
| 5362 | help help subjects |
| 5363 | highlight highlight groups |
| 5364 | history :history suboptions |
| 5365 | locale locale names (as output of locale -a) |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5366 | mapclear buffer argument |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5367 | mapping mapping name |
| 5368 | menu menus |
Bram Moolenaar | 9e507ca | 2016-10-15 15:39:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5369 | messages |:messages| suboptions |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5370 | option options |
Bram Moolenaar | 9e507ca | 2016-10-15 15:39:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5371 | packadd optional package |pack-add| names |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5372 | shellcmd Shell command |
| 5373 | sign |:sign| suboptions |
| 5374 | syntax syntax file names |'syntax'| |
| 5375 | syntime |:syntime| suboptions |
| 5376 | tag tags |
| 5377 | tag_listfiles tags, file names |
| 5378 | user user names |
| 5379 | var user variables |
| 5380 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1f1fd44 | 2020-06-07 18:45:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5381 | If {pat} is an empty string, then all the matches are |
| 5382 | returned. Otherwise only items matching {pat} are returned. |
| 5383 | See |wildcards| for the use of special characters in {pat}. |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5384 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e9d58a6 | 2016-08-13 15:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5385 | If the optional {filtered} flag is set to 1, then 'wildignore' |
| 5386 | is applied to filter the results. Otherwise all the matches |
| 5387 | are returned. The 'wildignorecase' option always applies. |
| 5388 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1f1fd44 | 2020-06-07 18:45:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5389 | If {type} is "cmdline", then the |cmdline-completion| result is |
| 5390 | returned. For example, to complete the possible values after |
| 5391 | a ":call" command: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5392 | echo getcompletion('call ', 'cmdline') |
Bram Moolenaar | 1f1fd44 | 2020-06-07 18:45:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5393 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | aa4d732 | 2016-07-09 18:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5394 | If there are no matches, an empty list is returned. An |
| 5395 | invalid value for {type} produces an error. |
| 5396 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5397 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5398 | GetPattern()->getcompletion('color') |
| 5399 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f6c0f8 | 2014-05-28 20:31:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5400 | *getcurpos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 99ca9c4 | 2020-09-22 21:55:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5401 | getcurpos([{winid}]) |
| 5402 | Get the position of the cursor. This is like getpos('.'), but |
Bram Moolenaar | d1caa94 | 2020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5403 | includes an extra "curswant" item in the list: |
| 5404 | [0, lnum, col, off, curswant] ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f6c0f8 | 2014-05-28 20:31:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5405 | The "curswant" number is the preferred column when moving the |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5406 | cursor vertically. Also see |getcursorcharpos()| and |
| 5407 | |getpos()|. |
| 5408 | The first "bufnum" item is always zero. The byte position of |
| 5409 | the cursor is returned in 'col'. To get the character |
| 5410 | position, use |getcursorcharpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5411 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 99ca9c4 | 2020-09-22 21:55:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5412 | The optional {winid} argument can specify the window. It can |
| 5413 | be the window number or the |window-ID|. The last known |
| 5414 | cursor position is returned, this may be invalid for the |
| 5415 | current value of the buffer if it is not the current window. |
| 5416 | If {winid} is invalid a list with zeroes is returned. |
| 5417 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f6c0f8 | 2014-05-28 20:31:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5418 | This can be used to save and restore the cursor position: > |
| 5419 | let save_cursor = getcurpos() |
| 5420 | MoveTheCursorAround |
| 5421 | call setpos('.', save_cursor) |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5422 | < Note that this only works within the window. See |
| 5423 | |winrestview()| for restoring more state. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5424 | |
| 5425 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5426 | GetWinid()->getcurpos() |
| 5427 | |
| 5428 | < *getcursorcharpos()* |
| 5429 | getcursorcharpos([{winid}]) |
| 5430 | Same as |getcurpos()| but the column number in the returned |
| 5431 | List is a character index instead of a byte index. |
| 5432 | |
| 5433 | Example: |
| 5434 | With the cursor on '보' in line 3 with text "여보세요": > |
| 5435 | getcursorcharpos() returns [0, 3, 2, 0, 3] |
| 5436 | getcurpos() returns [0, 3, 4, 0, 3] |
| 5437 | |
| 5438 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5439 | GetWinid()->getcursorcharpos() |
| 5440 | |
| 5441 | < *getcwd()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5442 | getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) |
| 5443 | The result is a String, which is the name of the current |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5444 | working directory. |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5445 | |
| 5446 | With {winnr} return the local current directory of this window |
Bram Moolenaar | 5459129 | 2018-02-09 20:53:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5447 | in the current tab page. {winnr} can be the window number or |
| 5448 | the |window-ID|. |
| 5449 | If {winnr} is -1 return the name of the global working |
| 5450 | directory. See also |haslocaldir()|. |
| 5451 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5452 | With {winnr} and {tabnr} return the local current directory of |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5453 | the window in the specified tab page. If {winnr} is -1 return |
| 5454 | the working directory of the tabpage. |
| 5455 | If {winnr} is zero use the current window, if {tabnr} is zero |
| 5456 | use the current tabpage. |
| 5457 | Without any arguments, return the working directory of the |
| 5458 | current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5459 | Return an empty string if the arguments are invalid. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5460 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5461 | Examples: > |
| 5462 | " Get the working directory of the current window |
| 5463 | :echo getcwd() |
| 5464 | :echo getcwd(0) |
| 5465 | :echo getcwd(0, 0) |
| 5466 | " Get the working directory of window 3 in tabpage 2 |
| 5467 | :echo getcwd(3, 2) |
| 5468 | " Get the global working directory |
| 5469 | :echo getcwd(-1) |
| 5470 | " Get the working directory of tabpage 3 |
| 5471 | :echo getcwd(-1, 3) |
| 5472 | " Get the working directory of current tabpage |
| 5473 | :echo getcwd(-1, 0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5474 | |
| 5475 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5476 | GetWinnr()->getcwd() |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5477 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5478 | getenv({name}) *getenv()* |
| 5479 | Return the value of environment variable {name}. |
| 5480 | When the variable does not exist |v:null| is returned. That |
Bram Moolenaar | 5477506 | 2019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5481 | is different from a variable set to an empty string, although |
| 5482 | some systems interpret the empty value as the variable being |
| 5483 | deleted. See also |expr-env|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5484 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5485 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5486 | GetVarname()->getenv() |
| 5487 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0cf1 | 2004-12-12 11:33:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5488 | getfontname([{name}]) *getfontname()* |
| 5489 | Without an argument returns the name of the normal font being |
| 5490 | used. Like what is used for the Normal highlight group |
| 5491 | |hl-Normal|. |
| 5492 | With an argument a check is done whether {name} is a valid |
| 5493 | font name. If not then an empty string is returned. |
| 5494 | Otherwise the actual font name is returned, or {name} if the |
| 5495 | GUI does not support obtaining the real name. |
Bram Moolenaar | c6fe919 | 2006-04-09 21:54:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5496 | Only works when the GUI is running, thus not in your vimrc or |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0cf1 | 2004-12-12 11:33:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5497 | gvimrc file. Use the |GUIEnter| autocommand to use this |
| 5498 | function just after the GUI has started. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3df0173 | 2017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5499 | Note that the GTK GUI accepts any font name, thus checking for |
| 5500 | a valid name does not work. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0cf1 | 2004-12-12 11:33:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5501 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5502 | getfperm({fname}) *getfperm()* |
| 5503 | The result is a String, which is the read, write, and execute |
| 5504 | permissions of the given file {fname}. |
| 5505 | If {fname} does not exist or its directory cannot be read, an |
| 5506 | empty string is returned. |
| 5507 | The result is of the form "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of |
| 5508 | "rwx" flags represent, in turn, the permissions of the owner |
| 5509 | of the file, the group the file belongs to, and other users. |
| 5510 | If a user does not have a given permission the flag for this |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b45125 | 2012-08-15 17:43:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5511 | is replaced with the string "-". Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5512 | :echo getfperm("/etc/passwd") |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b45125 | 2012-08-15 17:43:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5513 | :echo getfperm(expand("~/.vimrc")) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5514 | < This will hopefully (from a security point of view) display |
| 5515 | the string "rw-r--r--" or even "rw-------". |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5516 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5517 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5518 | GetFilename()->getfperm() |
| 5519 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ec618c | 2016-10-01 14:47:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5520 | For setting permissions use |setfperm()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8049253 | 2016-03-08 17:08:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5521 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5522 | getfsize({fname}) *getfsize()* |
| 5523 | The result is a Number, which is the size in bytes of the |
| 5524 | given file {fname}. |
| 5525 | If {fname} is a directory, 0 is returned. |
| 5526 | If the file {fname} can't be found, -1 is returned. |
| 5527 | If the size of {fname} is too big to fit in a Number then -2 |
| 5528 | is returned. |
| 5529 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5530 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5531 | GetFilename()->getfsize() |
| 5532 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5533 | getftime({fname}) *getftime()* |
| 5534 | The result is a Number, which is the last modification time of |
| 5535 | the given file {fname}. The value is measured as seconds |
| 5536 | since 1st Jan 1970, and may be passed to strftime(). See also |
| 5537 | |localtime()| and |strftime()|. |
| 5538 | If the file {fname} can't be found -1 is returned. |
| 5539 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5540 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5541 | GetFilename()->getftime() |
| 5542 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5543 | getftype({fname}) *getftype()* |
| 5544 | The result is a String, which is a description of the kind of |
| 5545 | file of the given file {fname}. |
| 5546 | If {fname} does not exist an empty string is returned. |
| 5547 | Here is a table over different kinds of files and their |
| 5548 | results: |
| 5549 | Normal file "file" |
| 5550 | Directory "dir" |
| 5551 | Symbolic link "link" |
| 5552 | Block device "bdev" |
| 5553 | Character device "cdev" |
| 5554 | Socket "socket" |
| 5555 | FIFO "fifo" |
| 5556 | All other "other" |
| 5557 | Example: > |
| 5558 | getftype("/home") |
| 5559 | < Note that a type such as "link" will only be returned on |
| 5560 | systems that support it. On some systems only "dir" and |
Bram Moolenaar | 13d5aee | 2016-01-21 23:36:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5561 | "file" are returned. On MS-Windows a symbolic link to a |
| 5562 | directory returns "dir" instead of "link". |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5563 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5564 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5565 | GetFilename()->getftype() |
| 5566 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a3a1246 | 2019-09-07 15:08:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5567 | getimstatus() *getimstatus()* |
| 5568 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when the IME status is |
| 5569 | active. |
| 5570 | See 'imstatusfunc'. |
| 5571 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d96ff16 | 2018-02-18 22:13:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5572 | getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *getjumplist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f50588 | 2018-02-10 21:06:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5573 | Returns the |jumplist| for the specified window. |
| 5574 | |
| 5575 | Without arguments use the current window. |
| 5576 | With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page. |
| 5577 | {winnr} can also be a |window-ID|. |
| 5578 | With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab |
| 5579 | page. |
| 5580 | |
| 5581 | The returned list contains two entries: a list with the jump |
| 5582 | locations and the last used jump position number in the list. |
| 5583 | Each entry in the jump location list is a dictionary with |
| 5584 | the following entries: |
| 5585 | bufnr buffer number |
| 5586 | col column number |
| 5587 | coladd column offset for 'virtualedit' |
| 5588 | filename filename if available |
| 5589 | lnum line number |
| 5590 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5591 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5592 | GetWinnr()->getjumplist() |
| 5593 | |
| 5594 | < *getline()* |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5595 | getline({lnum} [, {end}]) |
| 5596 | Without {end} the result is a String, which is line {lnum} |
| 5597 | from the current buffer. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5598 | getline(1) |
| 5599 | < When {lnum} is a String that doesn't start with a |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5600 | digit, |line()| is called to translate the String into a Number. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5601 | To get the line under the cursor: > |
| 5602 | getline(".") |
| 5603 | < When {lnum} is smaller than 1 or bigger than the number of |
| 5604 | lines in the buffer, an empty string is returned. |
| 5605 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5606 | When {end} is given the result is a |List| where each item is |
| 5607 | a line from the current buffer in the range {lnum} to {end}, |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5608 | including line {end}. |
| 5609 | {end} is used in the same way as {lnum}. |
| 5610 | Non-existing lines are silently omitted. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5611 | When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5612 | Example: > |
| 5613 | :let start = line('.') |
| 5614 | :let end = search("^$") - 1 |
| 5615 | :let lines = getline(start, end) |
| 5616 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5617 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5618 | ComputeLnum()->getline() |
| 5619 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5620 | < To get lines from another buffer see |getbufline()| |
| 5621 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5622 | getloclist({nr} [, {what}]) *getloclist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5623 | Returns a |List| with all the entries in the location list for |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5624 | window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 888ccac | 2016-06-04 18:49:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5625 | When {nr} is zero the current window is used. |
| 5626 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 17c7c01 | 2006-01-26 22:25:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5627 | For a location list window, the displayed location list is |
Bram Moolenaar | 280f126 | 2006-01-30 00:14:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5628 | returned. For an invalid window number {nr}, an empty list is |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5629 | returned. Otherwise, same as |getqflist()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5630 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5631 | If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then |
| 5632 | returns the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. Refer to |
| 5633 | |getqflist()| for the supported items in {what}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5634 | |
| 5635 | In addition to the items supported by |getqflist()| in {what}, |
| 5636 | the following item is supported by |getloclist()|: |
| 5637 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5638 | filewinid id of the window used to display files |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5639 | from the location list. This field is |
| 5640 | applicable only when called from a |
| 5641 | location list window. See |
| 5642 | |location-list-file-window| for more |
| 5643 | details. |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5644 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5645 | Returns a |Dictionary| with default values if there is no |
| 5646 | location list for the window {nr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 99ca9c4 | 2020-09-22 21:55:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5647 | Returns an empty Dictionary if window {nr} does not exist. |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5648 | |
| 5649 | Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): > |
| 5650 | :echo getloclist(3, {'all': 0}) |
| 5651 | :echo getloclist(5, {'filewinid': 0}) |
| 5652 | |
| 5653 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5654 | getmarklist([{expr}]) *getmarklist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | cfb4b47 | 2020-05-31 15:41:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5655 | Without the {expr} argument returns a |List| with information |
| 5656 | about all the global marks. |mark| |
| 5657 | |
| 5658 | If the optional {expr} argument is specified, returns the |
| 5659 | local marks defined in buffer {expr}. For the use of {expr}, |
| 5660 | see |bufname()|. |
| 5661 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d59aa1 | 2020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5662 | Each item in the returned List is a |Dict| with the following: |
Bram Moolenaar | cfb4b47 | 2020-05-31 15:41:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5663 | name - name of the mark prefixed by "'" |
| 5664 | pos - a |List| with the position of the mark: |
| 5665 | [bufnum, lnum, col, off] |
| 5666 | Refer to |getpos()| for more information. |
| 5667 | file - file name |
| 5668 | |
| 5669 | Refer to |getpos()| for getting information about a specific |
| 5670 | mark. |
| 5671 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f17e7ea | 2020-06-01 14:14:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5672 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5673 | GetBufnr()->getmarklist() |
Bram Moolenaar | cfb4b47 | 2020-05-31 15:41:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5674 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5675 | getmatches([{win}]) *getmatches()* |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5676 | Returns a |List| with all matches previously defined for the |
| 5677 | current window by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands. |
| 5678 | |getmatches()| is useful in combination with |setmatches()|, |
| 5679 | as |setmatches()| can restore a list of matches saved by |
| 5680 | |getmatches()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5681 | Example: > |
| 5682 | :echo getmatches() |
| 5683 | < [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO', |
| 5684 | 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2', |
| 5685 | 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] > |
| 5686 | :let m = getmatches() |
| 5687 | :call clearmatches() |
| 5688 | :echo getmatches() |
| 5689 | < [] > |
| 5690 | :call setmatches(m) |
| 5691 | :echo getmatches() |
| 5692 | < [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO', |
| 5693 | 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2', |
| 5694 | 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] > |
| 5695 | :unlet m |
| 5696 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db3a205 | 2019-11-16 18:22:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5697 | getmousepos() *getmousepos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5698 | Returns a |Dictionary| with the last known position of the |
Bram Moolenaar | db3a205 | 2019-11-16 18:22:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5699 | mouse. This can be used in a mapping for a mouse click or in |
| 5700 | a filter of a popup window. The items are: |
| 5701 | screenrow screen row |
| 5702 | screencol screen column |
| 5703 | winid Window ID of the click |
| 5704 | winrow row inside "winid" |
| 5705 | wincol column inside "winid" |
| 5706 | line text line inside "winid" |
| 5707 | column text column inside "winid" |
| 5708 | All numbers are 1-based. |
| 5709 | |
| 5710 | If not over a window, e.g. when in the command line, then only |
| 5711 | "screenrow" and "screencol" are valid, the others are zero. |
| 5712 | |
| 5713 | When on the status line below a window or the vertical |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5714 | separator right of a window, the "line" and "column" values |
Bram Moolenaar | db3a205 | 2019-11-16 18:22:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5715 | are zero. |
| 5716 | |
| 5717 | When the position is after the text then "column" is the |
| 5718 | length of the text in bytes. |
| 5719 | |
| 5720 | If the mouse is over a popup window then that window is used. |
| 5721 | |
| 5722 | |
| 5723 | When using |getchar()| the Vim variables |v:mouse_lnum|, |
| 5724 | |v:mouse_col| and |v:mouse_winid| also provide these values. |
| 5725 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 822ff86 | 2014-06-12 21:46:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5726 | *getpid()* |
| 5727 | getpid() Return a Number which is the process ID of the Vim process. |
| 5728 | On Unix and MS-Windows this is a unique number, until Vim |
Bram Moolenaar | 5666fcd | 2019-12-26 14:35:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5729 | exits. |
Bram Moolenaar | 822ff86 | 2014-06-12 21:46:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5730 | |
| 5731 | *getpos()* |
| 5732 | getpos({expr}) Get the position for {expr}. For possible values of {expr} |
| 5733 | see |line()|. For getting the cursor position see |
| 5734 | |getcurpos()|. |
| 5735 | The result is a |List| with four numbers: |
| 5736 | [bufnum, lnum, col, off] |
| 5737 | "bufnum" is zero, unless a mark like '0 or 'A is used, then it |
| 5738 | is the buffer number of the mark. |
| 5739 | "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first |
| 5740 | column is 1. |
| 5741 | The "off" number is zero, unless 'virtualedit' is used. Then |
| 5742 | it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the |
| 5743 | character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last |
| 5744 | character. |
| 5745 | Note that for '< and '> Visual mode matters: when it is "V" |
| 5746 | (visual line mode) the column of '< is zero and the column of |
| 5747 | '> is a large number. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5748 | The column number in the returned List is the byte position |
| 5749 | within the line. To get the character position in the line, |
| 5750 | use |getcharpos()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 822ff86 | 2014-06-12 21:46:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5751 | This can be used to save and restore the position of a mark: > |
| 5752 | let save_a_mark = getpos("'a") |
| 5753 | ... |
Bram Moolenaar | ed32d94 | 2014-12-06 23:33:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5754 | call setpos("'a", save_a_mark) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5755 | < Also see |getcharpos()|, |getcurpos()| and |setpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 822ff86 | 2014-06-12 21:46:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5756 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5757 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5758 | GetMark()->getpos() |
| 5759 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5760 | getqflist([{what}]) *getqflist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5761 | Returns a |List| with all the current quickfix errors. Each |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5762 | list item is a dictionary with these entries: |
| 5763 | bufnr number of buffer that has the file name, use |
| 5764 | bufname() to get the name |
Bram Moolenaar | d76ce85 | 2018-05-01 15:02:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5765 | module module name |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5766 | lnum line number in the buffer (first line is 1) |
| 5767 | col column number (first column is 1) |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5768 | vcol |TRUE|: "col" is visual column |
| 5769 | |FALSE|: "col" is byte index |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5770 | nr error number |
Bram Moolenaar | 48b66fb | 2007-02-04 01:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5771 | pattern search pattern used to locate the error |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5772 | text description of the error |
| 5773 | type type of the error, 'E', '1', etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5774 | valid |TRUE|: recognized error message |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5775 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5776 | When there is no error list or it's empty, an empty list is |
Bram Moolenaar | 48b66fb | 2007-02-04 01:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5777 | returned. Quickfix list entries with non-existing buffer |
| 5778 | number are returned with "bufnr" set to zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | e7eb9df | 2005-09-09 19:49:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5779 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5780 | Useful application: Find pattern matches in multiple files and |
| 5781 | do something with them: > |
| 5782 | :vimgrep /theword/jg *.c |
| 5783 | :for d in getqflist() |
| 5784 | : echo bufname(d.bufnr) ':' d.lnum '=' d.text |
| 5785 | :endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5786 | < |
| 5787 | If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then |
| 5788 | returns only the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. The |
| 5789 | following string items are supported in {what}: |
Bram Moolenaar | b254af3 | 2017-12-18 19:48:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5790 | changedtick get the total number of changes made |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5791 | to the list |quickfix-changedtick| |
| 5792 | context get the |quickfix-context| |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5793 | efm errorformat to use when parsing "lines". If |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f05849 | 2017-11-30 20:27:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5794 | not present, then the 'errorformat' option |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5795 | value is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | a539f4f | 2017-08-30 20:33:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5796 | id get information for the quickfix list with |
| 5797 | |quickfix-ID|; zero means the id for the |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f05849 | 2017-11-30 20:27:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5798 | current list or the list specified by "nr" |
Bram Moolenaar | 858ba06 | 2020-05-31 23:11:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5799 | idx get information for the quickfix entry at this |
| 5800 | index in the list specified by 'id' or 'nr'. |
| 5801 | If set to zero, then uses the current entry. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5802 | See |quickfix-index| |
Bram Moolenaar | 6a8958d | 2017-06-22 21:33:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5803 | items quickfix list entries |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5804 | lines parse a list of lines using 'efm' and return |
| 5805 | the resulting entries. Only a |List| type is |
| 5806 | accepted. The current quickfix list is not |
| 5807 | modified. See |quickfix-parse|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 890680c | 2016-09-27 21:28:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5808 | nr get information for this quickfix list; zero |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5809 | means the current quickfix list and "$" means |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5810 | the last quickfix list |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5811 | qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix |
| 5812 | window. Returns 0 if the quickfix buffer is |
| 5813 | not present. See |quickfix-buffer|. |
Bram Moolenaar | fc2b270 | 2017-09-15 22:43:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5814 | size number of entries in the quickfix list |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5815 | title get the list title |quickfix-title| |
Bram Moolenaar | 74240d3 | 2017-12-10 15:26:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5816 | winid get the quickfix |window-ID| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5817 | all all of the above quickfix properties |
Bram Moolenaar | 74240d3 | 2017-12-10 15:26:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5818 | Non-string items in {what} are ignored. To get the value of a |
Bram Moolenaar | a6d4849 | 2017-12-12 22:45:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5819 | particular item, set it to zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5820 | If "nr" is not present then the current quickfix list is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | a539f4f | 2017-08-30 20:33:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5821 | If both "nr" and a non-zero "id" are specified, then the list |
| 5822 | specified by "id" is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5823 | To get the number of lists in the quickfix stack, set "nr" to |
| 5824 | "$" in {what}. The "nr" value in the returned dictionary |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5825 | contains the quickfix stack size. |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5826 | When "lines" is specified, all the other items except "efm" |
| 5827 | are ignored. The returned dictionary contains the entry |
| 5828 | "items" with the list of entries. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5829 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5830 | The returned dictionary contains the following entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | b254af3 | 2017-12-18 19:48:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5831 | changedtick total number of changes made to the |
| 5832 | list |quickfix-changedtick| |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5833 | context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context| |
Bram Moolenaar | a6d4849 | 2017-12-12 22:45:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5834 | If not present, set to "". |
| 5835 | id quickfix list ID |quickfix-ID|. If not |
| 5836 | present, set to 0. |
Bram Moolenaar | 858ba06 | 2020-05-31 23:11:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5837 | idx index of the quickfix entry in the list. If not |
Bram Moolenaar | a6d4849 | 2017-12-12 22:45:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5838 | present, set to 0. |
| 5839 | items quickfix list entries. If not present, set to |
| 5840 | an empty list. |
| 5841 | nr quickfix list number. If not present, set to 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5842 | qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix |
| 5843 | window. If not present, set to 0. |
Bram Moolenaar | a6d4849 | 2017-12-12 22:45:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5844 | size number of entries in the quickfix list. If not |
| 5845 | present, set to 0. |
| 5846 | title quickfix list title text. If not present, set |
| 5847 | to "". |
Bram Moolenaar | 74240d3 | 2017-12-10 15:26:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5848 | winid quickfix |window-ID|. If not present, set to 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5849 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5850 | Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): > |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5851 | :echo getqflist({'all': 1}) |
| 5852 | :echo getqflist({'nr': 2, 'title': 1}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c809b7 | 2017-09-01 18:34:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5853 | :echo getqflist({'lines' : ["F1:10:L10"]}) |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5854 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b7cb42b | 2014-04-02 19:55:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5855 | getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) *getreg()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5856 | The result is a String, which is the contents of register |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5857 | {regname}. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5858 | :let cliptext = getreg('*') |
Bram Moolenaar | dc1f164 | 2016-08-16 18:33:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5859 | < When {regname} was not set the result is an empty string. |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5860 | |
| 5861 | getreg('=') returns the last evaluated value of the expression |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5862 | register. (For use in maps.) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5863 | getreg('=', 1) returns the expression itself, so that it can |
| 5864 | be restored with |setreg()|. For other registers the extra |
| 5865 | argument is ignored, thus you can always give it. |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5866 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5867 | If {list} is present and |TRUE|, the result type is changed |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5868 | to |List|. Each list item is one text line. Use it if you care |
Bram Moolenaar | b7cb42b | 2014-04-02 19:55:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5869 | about zero bytes possibly present inside register: without |
| 5870 | third argument both NLs and zero bytes are represented as NLs |
| 5871 | (see |NL-used-for-Nul|). |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5872 | When the register was not set an empty list is returned. |
| 5873 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5874 | If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used. |
| 5875 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5876 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5877 | GetRegname()->getreg() |
| 5878 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bb861e2 | 2020-06-07 18:16:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5879 | getreginfo([{regname}]) *getreginfo()* |
| 5880 | Returns detailed information about register {regname} as a |
| 5881 | Dictionary with the following entries: |
| 5882 | regcontents List of lines contained in register |
| 5883 | {regname}, like |
| 5884 | |getreg|({regname}, 1, 1). |
| 5885 | regtype the type of register {regname}, as in |
| 5886 | |getregtype()|. |
| 5887 | isunnamed Boolean flag, v:true if this register |
| 5888 | is currently pointed to by the unnamed |
| 5889 | register. |
| 5890 | points_to for the unnamed register, gives the |
| 5891 | single letter name of the register |
| 5892 | currently pointed to (see |quotequote|). |
| 5893 | For example, after deleting a line |
| 5894 | with `dd`, this field will be "1", |
| 5895 | which is the register that got the |
| 5896 | deleted text. |
| 5897 | |
| 5898 | If {regname} is invalid or not set, an empty Dictionary |
| 5899 | will be returned. |
| 5900 | If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5901 | The returned Dictionary can be passed to |setreg()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | bb861e2 | 2020-06-07 18:16:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5902 | |
| 5903 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5904 | GetRegname()->getreginfo() |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5905 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5906 | getregtype([{regname}]) *getregtype()* |
| 5907 | The result is a String, which is type of register {regname}. |
| 5908 | The value will be one of: |
| 5909 | "v" for |characterwise| text |
| 5910 | "V" for |linewise| text |
| 5911 | "<CTRL-V>{width}" for |blockwise-visual| text |
Bram Moolenaar | 32b9201 | 2014-01-14 12:33:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5912 | "" for an empty or unknown register |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5913 | <CTRL-V> is one character with value 0x16. |
| 5914 | If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used. |
| 5915 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5916 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5917 | GetRegname()->getregtype() |
| 5918 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5919 | gettabinfo([{arg}]) *gettabinfo()* |
| 5920 | If {arg} is not specified, then information about all the tab |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5921 | pages is returned as a |List|. Each List item is a |Dictionary|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5922 | Otherwise, {arg} specifies the tab page number and information |
| 5923 | about that one is returned. If the tab page does not exist an |
| 5924 | empty List is returned. |
| 5925 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5926 | Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5927 | tabnr tab page number. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5928 | variables a reference to the dictionary with |
| 5929 | tabpage-local variables |
Bram Moolenaar | f6b4010 | 2019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5930 | windows List of |window-ID|s in the tab page. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5ae48e | 2016-08-12 22:23:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5931 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5932 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5933 | GetTabnr()->gettabinfo() |
| 5934 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5935 | gettabvar({tabnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabvar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b5d51 | 2010-05-22 15:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5936 | Get the value of a tab-local variable {varname} in tab page |
| 5937 | {tabnr}. |t:var| |
| 5938 | Tabs are numbered starting with one. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e2ea1b | 2014-09-09 16:13:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5939 | When {varname} is empty a dictionary with all tab-local |
| 5940 | variables is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b5d51 | 2010-05-22 15:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5941 | Note that the name without "t:" must be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5942 | When the tab or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty |
| 5943 | string is returned, there is no error message. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b5d51 | 2010-05-22 15:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5944 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5945 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 5946 | GetTabnr()->gettabvar(varname) |
| 5947 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5948 | gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabwinvar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5949 | Get the value of window-local variable {varname} in window |
| 5950 | {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5951 | When {varname} is empty a dictionary with all window-local |
| 5952 | variables is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5953 | When {varname} is equal to "&" get the values of all |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5954 | window-local options in a |Dictionary|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5955 | Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" get the value of a |
| 5956 | window-local option. |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5957 | Note that {varname} must be the name without "w:". |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5958 | Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage |
| 5959 | use |getwinvar()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5960 | {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5961 | When {winnr} is zero the current window is used. |
| 5962 | This also works for a global option, buffer-local option and |
| 5963 | window-local option, but it doesn't work for a global variable |
| 5964 | or buffer-local variable. |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5965 | When the tab, window or variable doesn't exist {def} or an |
| 5966 | empty string is returned, there is no error message. |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5967 | Examples: > |
| 5968 | :let list_is_on = gettabwinvar(1, 2, '&list') |
| 5969 | :echo "myvar = " . gettabwinvar(3, 1, 'myvar') |
Bram Moolenaar | d46bbc7 | 2007-05-12 14:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5970 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b477af2 | 2018-07-15 20:20:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5971 | To obtain all window-local variables use: > |
| 5972 | gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, '&') |
| 5973 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5974 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5975 | GetTabnr()->gettabwinvar(winnr, varname) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5976 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5977 | gettagstack([{nr}]) *gettagstack()* |
| 5978 | The result is a Dict, which is the tag stack of window {nr}. |
| 5979 | {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
| 5980 | When {nr} is not specified, the current window is used. |
| 5981 | When window {nr} doesn't exist, an empty Dict is returned. |
| 5982 | |
| 5983 | The returned dictionary contains the following entries: |
| 5984 | curidx Current index in the stack. When at |
| 5985 | top of the stack, set to (length + 1). |
| 5986 | Index of bottom of the stack is 1. |
| 5987 | items List of items in the stack. Each item |
| 5988 | is a dictionary containing the |
| 5989 | entries described below. |
| 5990 | length Number of entries in the stack. |
| 5991 | |
| 5992 | Each item in the stack is a dictionary with the following |
| 5993 | entries: |
| 5994 | bufnr buffer number of the current jump |
| 5995 | from cursor position before the tag jump. |
| 5996 | See |getpos()| for the format of the |
| 5997 | returned list. |
| 5998 | matchnr current matching tag number. Used when |
| 5999 | multiple matching tags are found for a |
| 6000 | name. |
| 6001 | tagname name of the tag |
| 6002 | |
| 6003 | See |tagstack| for more information about the tag stack. |
| 6004 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6005 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6006 | GetWinnr()->gettagstack() |
| 6007 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b39c3f | 2020-08-30 15:52:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6008 | |
| 6009 | gettext({text}) *gettext()* |
| 6010 | Translate {text} if possible. |
| 6011 | This is mainly for use in the distributed Vim scripts. When |
| 6012 | generating message translations the {text} is extracted by |
| 6013 | xgettext, the translator can add the translated message in the |
| 6014 | .po file and Vim will lookup the translation when gettext() is |
| 6015 | called. |
| 6016 | For {text} double quoted strings are preferred, because |
| 6017 | xgettext does not understand escaping in single quoted |
| 6018 | strings. |
| 6019 | |
| 6020 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6021 | getwininfo([{winid}]) *getwininfo()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6022 | Returns information about windows as a |List| with Dictionaries. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6023 | |
| 6024 | If {winid} is given Information about the window with that ID |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6025 | is returned, as a |List| with one item. If the window does not |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6026 | exist the result is an empty list. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6027 | |
| 6028 | Without {winid} information about all the windows in all the |
| 6029 | tab pages is returned. |
| 6030 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6031 | Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | 8fcb60f | 2019-03-04 13:18:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6032 | botline last displayed buffer line |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6033 | bufnr number of buffer in the window |
| 6034 | height window height (excluding winbar) |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6035 | loclist 1 if showing a location list |
| 6036 | {only with the +quickfix feature} |
| 6037 | quickfix 1 if quickfix or location list window |
| 6038 | {only with the +quickfix feature} |
| 6039 | terminal 1 if a terminal window |
| 6040 | {only with the +terminal feature} |
| 6041 | tabnr tab page number |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6042 | topline first displayed buffer line |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6043 | variables a reference to the dictionary with |
| 6044 | window-local variables |
| 6045 | width window width |
Bram Moolenaar | b477af2 | 2018-07-15 20:20:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6046 | winbar 1 if the window has a toolbar, 0 |
| 6047 | otherwise |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6048 | wincol leftmost screen column of the window, |
| 6049 | col from |win_screenpos()| |
| 6050 | winid |window-ID| |
| 6051 | winnr window number |
| 6052 | winrow topmost screen column of the window, |
| 6053 | row from |win_screenpos()| |
| 6054 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6055 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6056 | GetWinnr()->getwininfo() |
| 6057 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f54fd3 | 2018-03-03 21:29:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6058 | getwinpos([{timeout}]) *getwinpos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6059 | The result is a |List| with two numbers, the result of |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6060 | |getwinposx()| and |getwinposy()| combined: |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f54fd3 | 2018-03-03 21:29:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6061 | [x-pos, y-pos] |
| 6062 | {timeout} can be used to specify how long to wait in msec for |
| 6063 | a response from the terminal. When omitted 100 msec is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | b5b7562 | 2018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6064 | Use a longer time for a remote terminal. |
| 6065 | When using a value less than 10 and no response is received |
| 6066 | within that time, a previously reported position is returned, |
| 6067 | if available. This can be used to poll for the position and |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6068 | do some work in the meantime: > |
Bram Moolenaar | b5b7562 | 2018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6069 | while 1 |
| 6070 | let res = getwinpos(1) |
| 6071 | if res[0] >= 0 |
| 6072 | break |
| 6073 | endif |
| 6074 | " Do some work here |
| 6075 | endwhile |
| 6076 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6077 | |
| 6078 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6079 | GetTimeout()->getwinpos() |
| 6080 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6081 | *getwinposx()* |
| 6082 | getwinposx() The result is a Number, which is the X coordinate in pixels of |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6083 | the left hand side of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f54fd3 | 2018-03-03 21:29:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6084 | xterm (uses a timeout of 100 msec). |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6085 | The result will be -1 if the information is not available. |
| 6086 | The value can be used with `:winpos`. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6087 | |
| 6088 | *getwinposy()* |
| 6089 | getwinposy() The result is a Number, which is the Y coordinate in pixels of |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f54fd3 | 2018-03-03 21:29:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6090 | the top of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an xterm (uses |
| 6091 | a timeout of 100 msec). |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6092 | The result will be -1 if the information is not available. |
| 6093 | The value can be used with `:winpos`. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6094 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 63dbda1 | 2013-02-20 21:12:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6095 | getwinvar({winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getwinvar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6096 | Like |gettabwinvar()| for the current tabpage. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6097 | Examples: > |
| 6098 | :let list_is_on = getwinvar(2, '&list') |
| 6099 | :echo "myvar = " . getwinvar(1, 'myvar') |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6100 | |
| 6101 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6102 | GetWinnr()->getwinvar(varname) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6103 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b77f7 | 2015-03-05 21:21:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6104 | glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) *glob()* |
Bram Moolenaar | bb5ddda | 2008-11-28 10:01:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6105 | Expand the file wildcards in {expr}. See |wildcards| for the |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6106 | use of special characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6107 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6108 | Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|, |
Bram Moolenaar | bb5ddda | 2008-11-28 10:01:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6109 | the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching |
| 6110 | one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and |
| 6111 | 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches. |
Bram Moolenaar | 81af925 | 2010-12-10 20:35:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6112 | 'wildignorecase' always applies. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6113 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6114 | When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List| |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6115 | with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is, |
| 6116 | you also get filenames containing newlines correctly. |
| 6117 | Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several |
| 6118 | matches, they are separated by <NL> characters. |
| 6119 | |
| 6120 | If the expansion fails, the result is an empty String or List. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b77f7 | 2015-03-05 21:21:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6121 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 62e1bb4 | 2019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6122 | You can also use |readdir()| if you need to do complicated |
| 6123 | things, such as limiting the number of matches. |
| 6124 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 61d35bd | 2012-03-28 20:51:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6125 | A name for a non-existing file is not included. A symbolic |
| 6126 | link is only included if it points to an existing file. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b77f7 | 2015-03-05 21:21:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6127 | However, when the {alllinks} argument is present and it is |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6128 | |TRUE| then all symbolic links are included. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6129 | |
| 6130 | For most systems backticks can be used to get files names from |
| 6131 | any external command. Example: > |
| 6132 | :let tagfiles = glob("`find . -name tags -print`") |
| 6133 | :let &tags = substitute(tagfiles, "\n", ",", "g") |
| 6134 | < The result of the program inside the backticks should be one |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6135 | item per line. Spaces inside an item are allowed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6136 | |
| 6137 | See |expand()| for expanding special Vim variables. See |
| 6138 | |system()| for getting the raw output of an external command. |
| 6139 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6140 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6141 | GetExpr()->glob() |
| 6142 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5837f1f | 2015-03-21 18:06:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6143 | glob2regpat({expr}) *glob2regpat()* |
| 6144 | Convert a file pattern, as used by glob(), into a search |
| 6145 | pattern. The result can be used to match with a string that |
| 6146 | is a file name. E.g. > |
| 6147 | if filename =~ glob2regpat('Make*.mak') |
| 6148 | < This is equivalent to: > |
| 6149 | if filename =~ '^Make.*\.mak$' |
Bram Moolenaar | 3b5f929 | 2016-01-28 22:37:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6150 | < When {expr} is an empty string the result is "^$", match an |
| 6151 | empty string. |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6152 | Note that the result depends on the system. On MS-Windows |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6153 | a backslash usually means a path separator. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3b5f929 | 2016-01-28 22:37:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6154 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6155 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6156 | GetExpr()->glob2regpat() |
| 6157 | < *globpath()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6158 | globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6159 | Perform glob() for {expr} on all directories in {path} and |
| 6160 | concatenate the results. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6161 | :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim") |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b1063a | 2014-05-07 18:35:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6162 | < |
| 6163 | {path} is a comma-separated list of directory names. Each |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6164 | directory name is prepended to {expr} and expanded like with |
Bram Moolenaar | bb5ddda | 2008-11-28 10:01:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6165 | |glob()|. A path separator is inserted when needed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6166 | To add a comma inside a directory name escape it with a |
| 6167 | backslash. Note that on MS-Windows a directory may have a |
| 6168 | trailing backslash, remove it if you put a comma after it. |
| 6169 | If the expansion fails for one of the directories, there is no |
| 6170 | error message. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b1063a | 2014-05-07 18:35:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6171 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6172 | Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|, |
Bram Moolenaar | bb5ddda | 2008-11-28 10:01:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6173 | the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching |
| 6174 | one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and |
| 6175 | 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6176 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6177 | When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List| |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b1063a | 2014-05-07 18:35:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6178 | with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is, you |
| 6179 | also get filenames containing newlines correctly. Otherwise |
| 6180 | the result is a String and when there are several matches, |
| 6181 | they are separated by <NL> characters. Example: > |
| 6182 | :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim", 0, 1) |
| 6183 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6184 | {alllinks} is used as with |glob()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b77f7 | 2015-03-05 21:21:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6185 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0274363 | 2005-07-25 20:42:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6186 | The "**" item can be used to search in a directory tree. |
| 6187 | For example, to find all "README.txt" files in the directories |
| 6188 | in 'runtimepath' and below: > |
| 6189 | :echo globpath(&rtp, "**/README.txt") |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6190 | < Upwards search and limiting the depth of "**" is not |
| 6191 | supported, thus using 'path' will not always work properly. |
| 6192 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5d69fdb | 2019-08-31 19:13:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6193 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 6194 | second argument: > |
| 6195 | GetExpr()->globpath(&rtp) |
| 6196 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6197 | *has()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7929651 | 2020-03-22 16:17:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6198 | has({feature} [, {check}]) |
| 6199 | When {check} is omitted or is zero: The result is a Number, |
| 6200 | which is 1 if the feature {feature} is supported, zero |
| 6201 | otherwise. The {feature} argument is a string, case is |
| 6202 | ignored. See |feature-list| below. |
| 6203 | |
| 6204 | When {check} is present and not zero: The result is a Number, |
| 6205 | which is 1 if the feature {feature} could ever be supported, |
| 6206 | zero otherwise. This is useful to check for a typo in |
Bram Moolenaar | 191acfd | 2020-03-27 20:42:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6207 | {feature} and to detect dead code. Keep in mind that an older |
| 6208 | Vim version will not know about a feature added later and |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6209 | features that have been abandoned will not be known by the |
Bram Moolenaar | 191acfd | 2020-03-27 20:42:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6210 | current Vim version. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7929651 | 2020-03-22 16:17:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6211 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6212 | Also see |exists()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7929651 | 2020-03-22 16:17:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6213 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b17893a | 2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6214 | Note that to skip code that has a syntax error when the |
| 6215 | feature is not available, Vim may skip the rest of the line |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ceefb3 | 2020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6216 | and miss a following `endif`. Therefore put the `endif` on a |
Bram Moolenaar | b17893a | 2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6217 | separate line: > |
| 6218 | if has('feature') |
| 6219 | let x = this->breaks->without->the->feature |
| 6220 | endif |
Bram Moolenaar | ff78155 | 2020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6221 | < If the `endif` would be moved to the second line as "| endif" it |
| 6222 | would not be found. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6223 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6224 | |
| 6225 | has_key({dict}, {key}) *has_key()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6226 | The result is a Number, which is TRUE if |Dictionary| {dict} |
| 6227 | has an entry with key {key}. FALSE otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6228 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6229 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6230 | mydict->has_key(key) |
| 6231 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6232 | haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *haslocaldir()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6233 | The result is a Number: |
| 6234 | 1 when the window has set a local directory via |:lcd| |
| 6235 | 2 when the tab-page has set a local directory via |:tcd| |
| 6236 | 0 otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6237 | |
| 6238 | Without arguments use the current window. |
| 6239 | With {winnr} use this window in the current tab page. |
| 6240 | With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab |
| 6241 | page. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6242 | {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6243 | If {winnr} is -1 it is ignored and only the tabpage is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | c970330 | 2016-01-17 21:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6244 | Return 0 if the arguments are invalid. |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6245 | Examples: > |
| 6246 | if haslocaldir() == 1 |
| 6247 | " window local directory case |
| 6248 | elseif haslocaldir() == 2 |
| 6249 | " tab-local directory case |
| 6250 | else |
| 6251 | " global directory case |
| 6252 | endif |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6253 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 00aa069 | 2019-04-27 20:37:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6254 | " current window |
| 6255 | :echo haslocaldir() |
| 6256 | :echo haslocaldir(0) |
| 6257 | :echo haslocaldir(0, 0) |
| 6258 | " window n in current tab page |
| 6259 | :echo haslocaldir(n) |
| 6260 | :echo haslocaldir(n, 0) |
| 6261 | " window n in tab page m |
| 6262 | :echo haslocaldir(n, m) |
| 6263 | " tab page m |
| 6264 | :echo haslocaldir(-1, m) |
| 6265 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6266 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6267 | GetWinnr()->haslocaldir() |
| 6268 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6269 | hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *hasmapto()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6270 | The result is a Number, which is TRUE if there is a mapping |
| 6271 | that contains {what} in somewhere in the rhs (what it is |
| 6272 | mapped to) and this mapping exists in one of the modes |
| 6273 | indicated by {mode}. |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6274 | When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations |
Bram Moolenaar | 39f0563 | 2006-03-19 22:15:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6275 | instead of mappings. Don't forget to specify Insert and/or |
| 6276 | Command-line mode. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6277 | Both the global mappings and the mappings local to the current |
| 6278 | buffer are checked for a match. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6279 | If no matching mapping is found FALSE is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6280 | The following characters are recognized in {mode}: |
| 6281 | n Normal mode |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6282 | v Visual and Select mode |
| 6283 | x Visual mode |
| 6284 | s Select mode |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6285 | o Operator-pending mode |
| 6286 | i Insert mode |
| 6287 | l Language-Argument ("r", "f", "t", etc.) |
| 6288 | c Command-line mode |
| 6289 | When {mode} is omitted, "nvo" is used. |
| 6290 | |
| 6291 | This function is useful to check if a mapping already exists |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6292 | to a function in a Vim script. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6293 | :if !hasmapto('\ABCdoit') |
| 6294 | : map <Leader>d \ABCdoit |
| 6295 | :endif |
| 6296 | < This installs the mapping to "\ABCdoit" only if there isn't |
| 6297 | already a mapping to "\ABCdoit". |
| 6298 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6299 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6300 | GetRHS()->hasmapto() |
| 6301 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6302 | histadd({history}, {item}) *histadd()* |
| 6303 | Add the String {item} to the history {history} which can be |
| 6304 | one of: *hist-names* |
| 6305 | "cmd" or ":" command line history |
| 6306 | "search" or "/" search pattern history |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6307 | "expr" or "=" typed expression history |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6308 | "input" or "@" input line history |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6309 | "debug" or ">" debug command history |
Bram Moolenaar | 3e496b0 | 2016-09-25 22:11:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6310 | empty the current or last used history |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6311 | The {history} string does not need to be the whole name, one |
| 6312 | character is sufficient. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6313 | If {item} does already exist in the history, it will be |
| 6314 | shifted to become the newest entry. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6315 | The result is a Number: TRUE if the operation was successful, |
| 6316 | otherwise FALSE is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6317 | |
| 6318 | Example: > |
| 6319 | :call histadd("input", strftime("%Y %b %d")) |
| 6320 | :let date=input("Enter date: ") |
| 6321 | < This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 6322 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6323 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6324 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6325 | GetHistory()->histadd('search') |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6326 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6327 | histdel({history} [, {item}]) *histdel()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6328 | Clear {history}, i.e. delete all its entries. See |hist-names| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6329 | for the possible values of {history}. |
| 6330 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6331 | If the parameter {item} evaluates to a String, it is used as a |
| 6332 | regular expression. All entries matching that expression will |
| 6333 | be removed from the history (if there are any). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6334 | Upper/lowercase must match, unless "\c" is used |/\c|. |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6335 | If {item} evaluates to a Number, it will be interpreted as |
| 6336 | an index, see |:history-indexing|. The respective entry will |
| 6337 | be removed if it exists. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6338 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6339 | The result is TRUE for a successful operation, otherwise FALSE |
| 6340 | is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6341 | |
| 6342 | Examples: |
| 6343 | Clear expression register history: > |
| 6344 | :call histdel("expr") |
| 6345 | < |
| 6346 | Remove all entries starting with "*" from the search history: > |
| 6347 | :call histdel("/", '^\*') |
| 6348 | < |
| 6349 | The following three are equivalent: > |
| 6350 | :call histdel("search", histnr("search")) |
| 6351 | :call histdel("search", -1) |
| 6352 | :call histdel("search", '^'.histget("search", -1).'$') |
| 6353 | < |
| 6354 | To delete the last search pattern and use the last-but-one for |
| 6355 | the "n" command and 'hlsearch': > |
| 6356 | :call histdel("search", -1) |
| 6357 | :let @/ = histget("search", -1) |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6358 | < |
| 6359 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6360 | GetHistory()->histdel() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6361 | |
| 6362 | histget({history} [, {index}]) *histget()* |
| 6363 | The result is a String, the entry with Number {index} from |
| 6364 | {history}. See |hist-names| for the possible values of |
| 6365 | {history}, and |:history-indexing| for {index}. If there is |
| 6366 | no such entry, an empty String is returned. When {index} is |
| 6367 | omitted, the most recent item from the history is used. |
| 6368 | |
| 6369 | Examples: |
| 6370 | Redo the second last search from history. > |
| 6371 | :execute '/' . histget("search", -2) |
| 6372 | |
| 6373 | < Define an Ex command ":H {num}" that supports re-execution of |
| 6374 | the {num}th entry from the output of |:history|. > |
| 6375 | :command -nargs=1 H execute histget("cmd", 0+<args>) |
| 6376 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6377 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6378 | GetHistory()->histget() |
| 6379 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6380 | histnr({history}) *histnr()* |
| 6381 | The result is the Number of the current entry in {history}. |
| 6382 | See |hist-names| for the possible values of {history}. |
| 6383 | If an error occurred, -1 is returned. |
| 6384 | |
| 6385 | Example: > |
| 6386 | :let inp_index = histnr("expr") |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6387 | |
| 6388 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6389 | GetHistory()->histnr() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6390 | < |
| 6391 | hlexists({name}) *hlexists()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6392 | The result is a Number, which is TRUE if a highlight group |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6393 | called {name} exists. This is when the group has been |
| 6394 | defined in some way. Not necessarily when highlighting has |
| 6395 | been defined for it, it may also have been used for a syntax |
| 6396 | item. |
| 6397 | *highlight_exists()* |
| 6398 | Obsolete name: highlight_exists(). |
| 6399 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6400 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6401 | GetName()->hlexists() |
| 6402 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6403 | *hlID()* |
| 6404 | hlID({name}) The result is a Number, which is the ID of the highlight group |
| 6405 | with name {name}. When the highlight group doesn't exist, |
| 6406 | zero is returned. |
| 6407 | This can be used to retrieve information about the highlight |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6408 | group. For example, to get the background color of the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6409 | "Comment" group: > |
| 6410 | :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(hlID("Comment")), "bg") |
| 6411 | < *highlightID()* |
| 6412 | Obsolete name: highlightID(). |
| 6413 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6414 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6415 | GetName()->hlID() |
| 6416 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6417 | hostname() *hostname()* |
| 6418 | The result is a String, which is the name of the machine on |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6419 | which Vim is currently running. Machine names greater than |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6420 | 256 characters long are truncated. |
| 6421 | |
| 6422 | iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) *iconv()* |
| 6423 | The result is a String, which is the text {expr} converted |
| 6424 | from encoding {from} to encoding {to}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6425 | When the conversion completely fails an empty string is |
| 6426 | returned. When some characters could not be converted they |
| 6427 | are replaced with "?". |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6428 | The encoding names are whatever the iconv() library function |
| 6429 | can accept, see ":!man 3 iconv". |
| 6430 | Most conversions require Vim to be compiled with the |+iconv| |
| 6431 | feature. Otherwise only UTF-8 to latin1 conversion and back |
| 6432 | can be done. |
| 6433 | This can be used to display messages with special characters, |
| 6434 | no matter what 'encoding' is set to. Write the message in |
| 6435 | UTF-8 and use: > |
| 6436 | echo iconv(utf8_str, "utf-8", &enc) |
| 6437 | < Note that Vim uses UTF-8 for all Unicode encodings, conversion |
| 6438 | from/to UCS-2 is automatically changed to use UTF-8. You |
| 6439 | cannot use UCS-2 in a string anyway, because of the NUL bytes. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6440 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6441 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6442 | GetText()->iconv('latin1', 'utf-8') |
| 6443 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6444 | *indent()* |
| 6445 | indent({lnum}) The result is a Number, which is indent of line {lnum} in the |
| 6446 | current buffer. The indent is counted in spaces, the value |
| 6447 | of 'tabstop' is relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |
| 6448 | |getline()|. |
| 6449 | When {lnum} is invalid -1 is returned. |
| 6450 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6451 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6452 | GetLnum()->indent() |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6453 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6454 | index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]]) *index()* |
| 6455 | If {object} is a |List| return the lowest index where the item |
| 6456 | has a value equal to {expr}. There is no automatic |
| 6457 | conversion, so the String "4" is different from the Number 4. |
| 6458 | And the number 4 is different from the Float 4.0. The value |
| 6459 | of 'ignorecase' is not used here, case always matters. |
| 6460 | |
| 6461 | If {object} is |Blob| return the lowest index where the byte |
| 6462 | value is equal to {expr}. |
| 6463 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 748bf03 | 2005-02-02 23:04:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6464 | If {start} is given then start looking at the item with index |
| 6465 | {start} (may be negative for an item relative to the end). |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6466 | When {ic} is given and it is |TRUE|, ignore case. Otherwise |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6467 | case must match. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6468 | -1 is returned when {expr} is not found in {object}. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6469 | Example: > |
| 6470 | :let idx = index(words, "the") |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6471 | :if index(numbers, 123) >= 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6472 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6473 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6474 | GetObject()->index(what) |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6475 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6476 | input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]]) *input()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6477 | The result is a String, which is whatever the user typed on |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6478 | the command-line. The {prompt} argument is either a prompt |
| 6479 | string, or a blank string (for no prompt). A '\n' can be used |
| 6480 | in the prompt to start a new line. |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6481 | The highlighting set with |:echohl| is used for the prompt. |
| 6482 | The input is entered just like a command-line, with the same |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6483 | editing commands and mappings. There is a separate history |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6484 | for lines typed for input(). |
| 6485 | Example: > |
| 6486 | :if input("Coffee or beer? ") == "beer" |
| 6487 | : echo "Cheers!" |
| 6488 | :endif |
| 6489 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6490 | If the optional {text} argument is present and not empty, this |
| 6491 | is used for the default reply, as if the user typed this. |
| 6492 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6493 | :let color = input("Color? ", "white") |
| 6494 | |
| 6495 | < The optional {completion} argument specifies the type of |
| 6496 | completion supported for the input. Without it completion is |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6497 | not performed. The supported completion types are the same as |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6498 | that can be supplied to a user-defined command using the |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6499 | "-complete=" argument. Refer to |:command-completion| for |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6500 | more information. Example: > |
| 6501 | let fname = input("File: ", "", "file") |
| 6502 | < |
| 6503 | NOTE: This function must not be used in a startup file, for |
| 6504 | the versions that only run in GUI mode (e.g., the Win32 GUI). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6505 | Note: When input() is called from within a mapping it will |
| 6506 | consume remaining characters from that mapping, because a |
| 6507 | mapping is handled like the characters were typed. |
| 6508 | Use |inputsave()| before input() and |inputrestore()| |
| 6509 | after input() to avoid that. Another solution is to avoid |
| 6510 | that further characters follow in the mapping, e.g., by using |
| 6511 | |:execute| or |:normal|. |
| 6512 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6513 | Example with a mapping: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6514 | :nmap \x :call GetFoo()<CR>:exe "/" . Foo<CR> |
| 6515 | :function GetFoo() |
| 6516 | : call inputsave() |
| 6517 | : let g:Foo = input("enter search pattern: ") |
| 6518 | : call inputrestore() |
| 6519 | :endfunction |
| 6520 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6521 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6522 | GetPrompt()->input() |
| 6523 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6524 | inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {cancelreturn}]]) *inputdialog()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6525 | Like |input()|, but when the GUI is running and text dialogs |
| 6526 | are supported, a dialog window pops up to input the text. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6527 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d17fa3 | 2012-10-21 00:45:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6528 | :let n = inputdialog("value for shiftwidth", shiftwidth()) |
| 6529 | :if n != "" |
| 6530 | : let &sw = n |
| 6531 | :endif |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6532 | < When the dialog is cancelled {cancelreturn} is returned. When |
| 6533 | omitted an empty string is returned. |
| 6534 | Hitting <Enter> works like pressing the OK button. Hitting |
| 6535 | <Esc> works like pressing the Cancel button. |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6536 | NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6537 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6538 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6539 | GetPrompt()->inputdialog() |
| 6540 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 578b49e | 2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6541 | inputlist({textlist}) *inputlist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6542 | {textlist} must be a |List| of strings. This |List| is |
| 6543 | displayed, one string per line. The user will be prompted to |
| 6544 | enter a number, which is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 578b49e | 2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6545 | The user can also select an item by clicking on it with the |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6546 | mouse, if the mouse is enabled in the command line ('mouse' is |
| 6547 | "a" or includes "c"). For the first string 0 is returned. |
| 6548 | When clicking above the first item a negative number is |
| 6549 | returned. When clicking on the prompt one more than the |
| 6550 | length of {textlist} is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6551 | Make sure {textlist} has less than 'lines' entries, otherwise |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6552 | it won't work. It's a good idea to put the entry number at |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6553 | the start of the string. And put a prompt in the first item. |
| 6554 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 578b49e | 2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6555 | let color = inputlist(['Select color:', '1. red', |
| 6556 | \ '2. green', '3. blue']) |
| 6557 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6558 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6559 | GetChoices()->inputlist() |
| 6560 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6561 | inputrestore() *inputrestore()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6562 | Restore typeahead that was saved with a previous |inputsave()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6563 | Should be called the same number of times inputsave() is |
| 6564 | called. Calling it more often is harmless though. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6565 | Returns TRUE when there is nothing to restore, FALSE otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6566 | |
| 6567 | inputsave() *inputsave()* |
| 6568 | Preserve typeahead (also from mappings) and clear it, so that |
| 6569 | a following prompt gets input from the user. Should be |
| 6570 | followed by a matching inputrestore() after the prompt. Can |
| 6571 | be used several times, in which case there must be just as |
| 6572 | many inputrestore() calls. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6573 | Returns TRUE when out of memory, FALSE otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6574 | |
| 6575 | inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) *inputsecret()* |
| 6576 | This function acts much like the |input()| function with but |
| 6577 | two exceptions: |
| 6578 | a) the user's response will be displayed as a sequence of |
| 6579 | asterisks ("*") thereby keeping the entry secret, and |
| 6580 | b) the user's response will not be recorded on the input |
| 6581 | |history| stack. |
| 6582 | The result is a String, which is whatever the user actually |
| 6583 | typed on the command-line in response to the issued prompt. |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6584 | NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6585 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6586 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6587 | GetPrompt()->inputsecret() |
| 6588 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6589 | insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) *insert()* |
| 6590 | When {object} is a |List| or a |Blob| insert {item} at the start |
| 6591 | of it. |
| 6592 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6593 | If {idx} is specified insert {item} before the item with index |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6594 | {idx}. If {idx} is zero it goes before the first item, just |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6595 | like omitting {idx}. A negative {idx} is also possible, see |
| 6596 | |list-index|. -1 inserts just before the last item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6597 | |
| 6598 | Returns the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6599 | :let mylist = insert([2, 3, 5], 1) |
| 6600 | :call insert(mylist, 4, -1) |
| 6601 | :call insert(mylist, 6, len(mylist)) |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6602 | < The last example can be done simpler with |add()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6603 | Note that when {item} is a |List| it is inserted as a single |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6604 | item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6605 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6606 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6607 | mylist->insert(item) |
| 6608 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 67a2deb | 2019-11-25 00:05:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6609 | interrupt() *interrupt()* |
| 6610 | Interrupt script execution. It works more or less like the |
| 6611 | user typing CTRL-C, most commands won't execute and control |
| 6612 | returns to the user. This is useful to abort execution |
| 6613 | from lower down, e.g. in an autocommand. Example: > |
| 6614 | :function s:check_typoname(file) |
| 6615 | : if fnamemodify(a:file, ':t') == '[' |
| 6616 | : echomsg 'Maybe typo' |
| 6617 | : call interrupt() |
| 6618 | : endif |
| 6619 | :endfunction |
| 6620 | :au BufWritePre * call s:check_typoname(expand('<amatch>')) |
| 6621 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6622 | invert({expr}) *invert()* |
| 6623 | Bitwise invert. The argument is converted to a number. A |
| 6624 | List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. Example: > |
| 6625 | :let bits = invert(bits) |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6626 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6627 | :let bits = bits->invert() |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6628 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6629 | isdirectory({directory}) *isdirectory()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6630 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a directory |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6631 | with the name {directory} exists. If {directory} doesn't |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6632 | exist, or isn't a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {directory} |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6633 | is any expression, which is used as a String. |
| 6634 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6635 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6636 | GetName()->isdirectory() |
| 6637 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fda1bff | 2019-04-04 13:44:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6638 | isinf({expr}) *isinf()* |
| 6639 | Return 1 if {expr} is a positive infinity, or -1 a negative |
| 6640 | infinity, otherwise 0. > |
| 6641 | :echo isinf(1.0 / 0.0) |
| 6642 | < 1 > |
| 6643 | :echo isinf(-1.0 / 0.0) |
| 6644 | < -1 |
| 6645 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6646 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6647 | Compute()->isinf() |
| 6648 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | fda1bff | 2019-04-04 13:44:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6649 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 6650 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6651 | islocked({expr}) *islocked()* *E786* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6652 | The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when {expr} is the |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6653 | name of a locked variable. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6654 | {expr} must be the name of a variable, |List| item or |
| 6655 | |Dictionary| entry, not the variable itself! Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6656 | :let alist = [0, ['a', 'b'], 2, 3] |
| 6657 | :lockvar 1 alist |
| 6658 | :echo islocked('alist') " 1 |
| 6659 | :echo islocked('alist[1]') " 0 |
| 6660 | |
| 6661 | < When {expr} is a variable that does not exist you get an error |
Bram Moolenaar | 551dbcc | 2006-04-25 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6662 | message. Use |exists()| to check for existence. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6663 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f9f24ce | 2019-08-31 21:17:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6664 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6665 | GetName()->islocked() |
| 6666 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f391327 | 2016-02-25 00:00:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6667 | isnan({expr}) *isnan()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6668 | Return |TRUE| if {expr} is a float with value NaN. > |
Bram Moolenaar | f391327 | 2016-02-25 00:00:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6669 | echo isnan(0.0 / 0.0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f248b0 | 2019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6670 | < 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | f391327 | 2016-02-25 00:00:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6671 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6672 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6673 | Compute()->isnan() |
| 6674 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f391327 | 2016-02-25 00:00:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6675 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
| 6676 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6677 | items({dict}) *items()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6678 | Return a |List| with all the key-value pairs of {dict}. Each |
| 6679 | |List| item is a list with two items: the key of a {dict} |
| 6680 | entry and the value of this entry. The |List| is in arbitrary |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6681 | order. Also see |keys()| and |values()|. |
| 6682 | Example: > |
| 6683 | for [key, value] in items(mydict) |
| 6684 | echo key . ': ' . value |
| 6685 | endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6686 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6687 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6688 | mydict->items() |
Bram Moolenaar | 38a5563 | 2016-02-15 22:07:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6689 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ed997ad | 2019-07-21 16:42:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6690 | job_ functions are documented here: |job-functions-details| |
Bram Moolenaar | f6f32c3 | 2016-03-12 19:03:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6691 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 835dc63 | 2016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6692 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6693 | join({list} [, {sep}]) *join()* |
| 6694 | Join the items in {list} together into one String. |
| 6695 | When {sep} is specified it is put in between the items. If |
| 6696 | {sep} is omitted a single space is used. |
| 6697 | Note that {sep} is not added at the end. You might want to |
| 6698 | add it there too: > |
| 6699 | let lines = join(mylist, "\n") . "\n" |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6700 | < String items are used as-is. |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6701 | converted into a string like with |string()|. |
| 6702 | The opposite function is |split()|. |
| 6703 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6704 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6705 | mylist->join() |
| 6706 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6707 | js_decode({string}) *js_decode()* |
| 6708 | This is similar to |json_decode()| with these differences: |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6709 | - Object key names do not have to be in quotes. |
Bram Moolenaar | ee142ad | 2017-01-11 21:50:08 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6710 | - Strings can be in single quotes. |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6711 | - Empty items in an array (between two commas) are allowed and |
| 6712 | result in v:none items. |
| 6713 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6714 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6715 | ReadObject()->js_decode() |
| 6716 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6717 | js_encode({expr}) *js_encode()* |
| 6718 | This is similar to |json_encode()| with these differences: |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6719 | - Object key names are not in quotes. |
| 6720 | - v:none items in an array result in an empty item between |
| 6721 | commas. |
| 6722 | For example, the Vim object: |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6723 | [1,v:none,{"one":1},v:none] ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6724 | Will be encoded as: |
| 6725 | [1,,{one:1},,] ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6726 | While json_encode() would produce: |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6727 | [1,null,{"one":1},null] ~ |
| 6728 | This encoding is valid for JavaScript. It is more efficient |
| 6729 | than JSON, especially when using an array with optional items. |
| 6730 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6731 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6732 | GetObject()->js_encode() |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6733 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6734 | json_decode({string}) *json_decode()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6735 | This parses a JSON formatted string and returns the equivalent |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6736 | in Vim values. See |json_encode()| for the relation between |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6737 | JSON and Vim values. |
| 6738 | The decoding is permissive: |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6739 | - A trailing comma in an array and object is ignored, e.g. |
| 6740 | "[1, 2, ]" is the same as "[1, 2]". |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6741 | - Integer keys are accepted in objects, e.g. {1:2} is the |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6742 | same as {"1":2}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6743 | - More floating point numbers are recognized, e.g. "1." for |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6744 | "1.0", or "001.2" for "1.2". Special floating point values |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f6b379 | 2019-01-12 14:24:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6745 | "Infinity", "-Infinity" and "NaN" (capitalization ignored) |
| 6746 | are accepted. |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6747 | - Leading zeroes in integer numbers are ignored, e.g. "012" |
| 6748 | for "12" or "-012" for "-12". |
| 6749 | - Capitalization is ignored in literal names null, true or |
| 6750 | false, e.g. "NULL" for "null", "True" for "true". |
| 6751 | - Control characters U+0000 through U+001F which are not |
| 6752 | escaped in strings are accepted, e.g. " " (tab |
| 6753 | character in string) for "\t". |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6754 | - An empty JSON expression or made of only spaces is accepted |
| 6755 | and results in v:none. |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6756 | - Backslash in an invalid 2-character sequence escape is |
| 6757 | ignored, e.g. "\a" is decoded as "a". |
| 6758 | - A correct surrogate pair in JSON strings should normally be |
| 6759 | a 12 character sequence such as "\uD834\uDD1E", but |
| 6760 | json_decode() silently accepts truncated surrogate pairs |
| 6761 | such as "\uD834" or "\uD834\u" |
| 6762 | *E938* |
| 6763 | A duplicate key in an object, valid in rfc7159, is not |
| 6764 | accepted by json_decode() as the result must be a valid Vim |
| 6765 | type, e.g. this fails: {"a":"b", "a":"c"} |
| 6766 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6767 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6768 | ReadObject()->json_decode() |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6769 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7823a3b | 2016-02-11 21:08:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6770 | json_encode({expr}) *json_encode()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6771 | Encode {expr} as JSON and return this as a string. |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6772 | The encoding is specified in: |
Bram Moolenaar | 009d84a | 2016-01-28 14:12:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6773 | https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159.html |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6774 | Vim values are converted as follows: |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6775 | |Number| decimal number |
| 6776 | |Float| floating point number |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ce686c | 2016-02-27 16:33:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6777 | Float nan "NaN" |
| 6778 | Float inf "Infinity" |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f6b379 | 2019-01-12 14:24:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6779 | Float -inf "-Infinity" |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6780 | |String| in double quotes (possibly null) |
| 6781 | |Funcref| not possible, error |
| 6782 | |List| as an array (possibly null); when |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6783 | used recursively: [] |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6784 | |Dict| as an object (possibly null); when |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6785 | used recursively: {} |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6786 | |Blob| as an array of the individual bytes |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6787 | v:false "false" |
| 6788 | v:true "true" |
Bram Moolenaar | 595e64e | 2016-02-07 19:19:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6789 | v:none "null" |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6790 | v:null "null" |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ce686c | 2016-02-27 16:33:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6791 | Note that NaN and Infinity are passed on as values. This is |
| 6792 | missing in the JSON standard, but several implementations do |
| 6793 | allow it. If not then you will get an error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 520e1e4 | 2016-01-23 19:46:28 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6794 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6795 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6796 | GetObject()->json_encode() |
| 6797 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6798 | keys({dict}) *keys()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6799 | Return a |List| with all the keys of {dict}. The |List| is in |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6800 | arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |values()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6801 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6802 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6803 | mydict->keys() |
| 6804 | |
| 6805 | < *len()* *E701* |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6806 | len({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument. |
| 6807 | When {expr} is a String or a Number the length in bytes is |
| 6808 | used, as with |strlen()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6809 | When {expr} is a |List| the number of items in the |List| is |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6810 | returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6811 | When {expr} is a |Blob| the number of bytes is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6812 | When {expr} is a |Dictionary| the number of entries in the |
| 6813 | |Dictionary| is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6814 | Otherwise an error is given. |
| 6815 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6816 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6817 | mylist->len() |
| 6818 | |
| 6819 | < *libcall()* *E364* *E368* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6820 | libcall({libname}, {funcname}, {argument}) |
| 6821 | Call function {funcname} in the run-time library {libname} |
| 6822 | with single argument {argument}. |
| 6823 | This is useful to call functions in a library that you |
| 6824 | especially made to be used with Vim. Since only one argument |
| 6825 | is possible, calling standard library functions is rather |
| 6826 | limited. |
| 6827 | The result is the String returned by the function. If the |
| 6828 | function returns NULL, this will appear as an empty string "" |
| 6829 | to Vim. |
| 6830 | If the function returns a number, use libcallnr()! |
| 6831 | If {argument} is a number, it is passed to the function as an |
| 6832 | int; if {argument} is a string, it is passed as a |
| 6833 | null-terminated string. |
| 6834 | This function will fail in |restricted-mode|. |
| 6835 | |
| 6836 | libcall() allows you to write your own 'plug-in' extensions to |
| 6837 | Vim without having to recompile the program. It is NOT a |
| 6838 | means to call system functions! If you try to do so Vim will |
| 6839 | very probably crash. |
| 6840 | |
| 6841 | For Win32, the functions you write must be placed in a DLL |
| 6842 | and use the normal C calling convention (NOT Pascal which is |
| 6843 | used in Windows System DLLs). The function must take exactly |
| 6844 | one parameter, either a character pointer or a long integer, |
| 6845 | and must return a character pointer or NULL. The character |
| 6846 | pointer returned must point to memory that will remain valid |
| 6847 | after the function has returned (e.g. in static data in the |
| 6848 | DLL). If it points to allocated memory, that memory will |
| 6849 | leak away. Using a static buffer in the function should work, |
| 6850 | it's then freed when the DLL is unloaded. |
| 6851 | |
| 6852 | WARNING: If the function returns a non-valid pointer, Vim may |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6853 | crash! This also happens if the function returns a number, |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6854 | because Vim thinks it's a pointer. |
| 6855 | For Win32 systems, {libname} should be the filename of the DLL |
| 6856 | without the ".DLL" suffix. A full path is only required if |
| 6857 | the DLL is not in the usual places. |
| 6858 | For Unix: When compiling your own plugins, remember that the |
| 6859 | object code must be compiled as position-independent ('PIC'). |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6860 | {only in Win32 and some Unix versions, when the |+libcall| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6861 | feature is present} |
| 6862 | Examples: > |
| 6863 | :echo libcall("libc.so", "getenv", "HOME") |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6864 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6865 | < Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 6866 | third argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6867 | GetValue()->libcall("libc.so", "getenv") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6868 | < |
| 6869 | *libcallnr()* |
| 6870 | libcallnr({libname}, {funcname}, {argument}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6871 | Just like |libcall()|, but used for a function that returns an |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6872 | int instead of a string. |
| 6873 | {only in Win32 on some Unix versions, when the |+libcall| |
| 6874 | feature is present} |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6875 | Examples: > |
| 6876 | :echo libcallnr("/usr/lib/libc.so", "getpid", "") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6877 | :call libcallnr("libc.so", "printf", "Hello World!\n") |
| 6878 | :call libcallnr("libc.so", "sleep", 10) |
| 6879 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6880 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 6881 | third argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6882 | GetValue()->libcallnr("libc.so", "printf") |
| 6883 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6884 | |
| 6885 | line({expr} [, {winid}]) *line()* |
| 6886 | The result is a Number, which is the line number of the file |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6887 | position given with {expr}. The accepted positions are: |
| 6888 | . the cursor position |
| 6889 | $ the last line in the current buffer |
| 6890 | 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is |
| 6891 | returned) |
Bram Moolenaar | a1d5fa6 | 2017-04-03 22:02:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6892 | w0 first line visible in current window (one if the |
| 6893 | display isn't updated, e.g. in silent Ex mode) |
| 6894 | w$ last line visible in current window (this is one |
| 6895 | less than "w0" if no lines are visible) |
Bram Moolenaar | 9ecd023 | 2008-06-20 15:31:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6896 | v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the |
| 6897 | cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode |
| 6898 | returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in |
| 6899 | that it's updated right away. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6900 | Note that a mark in another file can be used. The line number |
| 6901 | then applies to another buffer. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6902 | To get the column number use |col()|. To get both use |
| 6903 | |getpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6904 | With the optional {winid} argument the values are obtained for |
| 6905 | that window instead of the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6906 | Examples: > |
| 6907 | line(".") line number of the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6908 | line(".", winid) idem, in window "winid" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6909 | line("'t") line number of mark t |
| 6910 | line("'" . marker) line number of mark marker |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6911 | < |
| 6912 | To jump to the last known position when opening a file see |
| 6913 | |last-position-jump|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 69a7cb4 | 2004-06-20 12:51:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6914 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6915 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6916 | GetValue()->line() |
| 6917 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6918 | line2byte({lnum}) *line2byte()* |
| 6919 | Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line |
| 6920 | {lnum}. This includes the end-of-line character, depending on |
| 6921 | the 'fileformat' option for the current buffer. The first |
Bram Moolenaar | b6b046b | 2011-12-30 13:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6922 | line returns 1. 'encoding' matters, 'fileencoding' is ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6923 | This can also be used to get the byte count for the line just |
| 6924 | below the last line: > |
| 6925 | line2byte(line("$") + 1) |
Bram Moolenaar | b6b046b | 2011-12-30 13:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6926 | < This is the buffer size plus one. If 'fileencoding' is empty |
| 6927 | it is the file size plus one. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6928 | When {lnum} is invalid, or the |+byte_offset| feature has been |
| 6929 | disabled at compile time, -1 is returned. |
| 6930 | Also see |byte2line()|, |go| and |:goto|. |
| 6931 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6932 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6933 | GetLnum()->line2byte() |
| 6934 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6935 | lispindent({lnum}) *lispindent()* |
| 6936 | Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the lisp |
| 6937 | indenting rules, as with 'lisp'. |
| 6938 | The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is |
| 6939 | relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|. |
| 6940 | When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the |
| 6941 | |+lispindent| feature, -1 is returned. |
| 6942 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6943 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6944 | GetLnum()->lispindent() |
| 6945 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d40128 | 2019-04-06 13:18:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6946 | list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) *list2str()* |
| 6947 | Convert each number in {list} to a character string can |
| 6948 | concatenate them all. Examples: > |
| 6949 | list2str([32]) returns " " |
| 6950 | list2str([65, 66, 67]) returns "ABC" |
| 6951 | < The same can be done (slowly) with: > |
| 6952 | join(map(list, {nr, val -> nr2char(val)}), '') |
| 6953 | < |str2list()| does the opposite. |
| 6954 | |
| 6955 | When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used. |
| 6956 | With {utf8} is 1, always return utf-8 characters. |
| 6957 | With utf-8 composing characters work as expected: > |
| 6958 | list2str([97, 769]) returns "á" |
| 6959 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6960 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 6961 | GetList()->list2str() |
| 6962 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6963 | listener_add({callback} [, {buf}]) *listener_add()* |
| 6964 | Add a callback function that will be invoked when changes have |
| 6965 | been made to buffer {buf}. |
| 6966 | {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted |
| 6967 | values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current |
| 6968 | buffer is used. |
| 6969 | Returns a unique ID that can be passed to |listener_remove()|. |
| 6970 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6971 | The {callback} is invoked with five arguments: |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6972 | a:bufnr the buffer that was changed |
| 6973 | a:start first changed line number |
| 6974 | a:end first line number below the change |
Bram Moolenaar | 96f45c0 | 2019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6975 | a:added number of lines added, negative if lines were |
| 6976 | deleted |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6977 | a:changes a List of items with details about the changes |
| 6978 | |
| 6979 | Example: > |
| 6980 | func Listener(bufnr, start, end, added, changes) |
| 6981 | echo 'lines ' .. a:start .. ' until ' .. a:end .. ' changed' |
| 6982 | endfunc |
| 6983 | call listener_add('Listener', bufnr) |
| 6984 | |
| 6985 | < The List cannot be changed. Each item in a:changes is a |
Bram Moolenaar | 8aad88d | 2019-05-12 13:53:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6986 | dictionary with these entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6987 | lnum the first line number of the change |
| 6988 | end the first line below the change |
| 6989 | added number of lines added; negative if lines were |
| 6990 | deleted |
| 6991 | col first column in "lnum" that was affected by |
| 6992 | the change; one if unknown or the whole line |
| 6993 | was affected; this is a byte index, first |
| 6994 | character has a value of one. |
| 6995 | When lines are inserted the values are: |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6996 | lnum line above which the new line is added |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6997 | end equal to "lnum" |
| 6998 | added number of lines inserted |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6999 | col 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7000 | When lines are deleted the values are: |
| 7001 | lnum the first deleted line |
| 7002 | end the line below the first deleted line, before |
| 7003 | the deletion was done |
| 7004 | added negative, number of lines deleted |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7005 | col 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7006 | When lines are changed: |
| 7007 | lnum the first changed line |
| 7008 | end the line below the last changed line |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7009 | added 0 |
| 7010 | col first column with a change or 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7011 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7012 | The entries are in the order the changes were made, thus the |
| 7013 | most recent change is at the end. The line numbers are valid |
| 7014 | when the callback is invoked, but later changes may make them |
| 7015 | invalid, thus keeping a copy for later might not work. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8aad88d | 2019-05-12 13:53:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7016 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7017 | The {callback} is invoked just before the screen is updated, |
| 7018 | when |listener_flush()| is called or when a change is being |
| 7019 | made that changes the line count in a way it causes a line |
| 7020 | number in the list of changes to become invalid. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8aad88d | 2019-05-12 13:53:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7021 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7022 | The {callback} is invoked with the text locked, see |
| 7023 | |textlock|. If you do need to make changes to the buffer, use |
| 7024 | a timer to do this later |timer_start()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7025 | |
| 7026 | The {callback} is not invoked when the buffer is first loaded. |
| 7027 | Use the |BufReadPost| autocmd event to handle the initial text |
| 7028 | of a buffer. |
| 7029 | The {callback} is also not invoked when the buffer is |
| 7030 | unloaded, use the |BufUnload| autocmd event for that. |
| 7031 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7032 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 7033 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7034 | GetBuffer()->listener_add(callback) |
| 7035 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fe1ade0 | 2019-05-14 21:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7036 | listener_flush([{buf}]) *listener_flush()* |
| 7037 | Invoke listener callbacks for buffer {buf}. If there are no |
| 7038 | pending changes then no callbacks are invoked. |
| 7039 | |
| 7040 | {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted |
| 7041 | values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current |
| 7042 | buffer is used. |
| 7043 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7044 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7045 | GetBuffer()->listener_flush() |
| 7046 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7047 | listener_remove({id}) *listener_remove()* |
| 7048 | Remove a listener previously added with listener_add(). |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7049 | Returns FALSE when {id} could not be found, TRUE when {id} was |
Bram Moolenaar | 809ce4d | 2019-07-13 21:21:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7050 | removed. |
Bram Moolenaar | a334772 | 2019-05-11 21:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7051 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7052 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7053 | GetListenerId()->listener_remove() |
| 7054 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7055 | localtime() *localtime()* |
| 7056 | Return the current time, measured as seconds since 1st Jan |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7057 | 1970. See also |strftime()|, |strptime()| and |getftime()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7058 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7059 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7060 | log({expr}) *log()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7061 | Return the natural logarithm (base e) of {expr} as a |Float|. |
| 7062 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7063 | (0, inf]. |
| 7064 | Examples: > |
| 7065 | :echo log(10) |
| 7066 | < 2.302585 > |
| 7067 | :echo log(exp(5)) |
| 7068 | < 5.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7069 | |
| 7070 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7071 | Compute()->log() |
| 7072 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7073 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7074 | |
| 7075 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7076 | log10({expr}) *log10()* |
| 7077 | Return the logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10 as a |Float|. |
| 7078 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 7079 | Examples: > |
| 7080 | :echo log10(1000) |
| 7081 | < 3.0 > |
| 7082 | :echo log10(0.01) |
| 7083 | < -2.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7084 | |
| 7085 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7086 | Compute()->log10() |
| 7087 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7088 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7089 | |
| 7090 | luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) *luaeval()* |
| 7091 | Evaluate Lua expression {expr} and return its result converted |
| 7092 | to Vim data structures. Second {expr} may hold additional |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7093 | argument accessible as _A inside first {expr}. |
| 7094 | Strings are returned as they are. |
| 7095 | Boolean objects are converted to numbers. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7096 | Numbers are converted to |Float| values if vim was compiled |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7097 | with |+float| and to numbers otherwise. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7098 | Dictionaries and lists obtained by vim.eval() are returned |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7099 | as-is. |
| 7100 | Other objects are returned as zero without any errors. |
| 7101 | See |lua-luaeval| for more details. |
Bram Moolenaar | 02b3111 | 2019-08-31 22:16:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7102 | |
| 7103 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7104 | GetExpr()->luaeval() |
| 7105 | |
| 7106 | < {only available when compiled with the |+lua| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7107 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7108 | map({expr1}, {expr2}) *map()* |
Bram Moolenaar | ea69685 | 2020-11-09 18:31:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7109 | {expr1} must be a |List|, |Blob| or |Dictionary|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7110 | Replace each item in {expr1} with the result of evaluating |
Bram Moolenaar | ea69685 | 2020-11-09 18:31:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7111 | {expr2}. For a |Blob| each byte is replaced. |
| 7112 | If the item type changes you may want to use |mapnew()| to |
| 7113 | create a new List or Dictionary. This is required when using |
| 7114 | Vim9 script. |
| 7115 | |
| 7116 | {expr2} must be a |string| or |Funcref|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7117 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7118 | If {expr2} is a |string|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value |
| 7119 | of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key |
| 7120 | of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of |
| 7121 | the current item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7122 | Example: > |
| 7123 | :call map(mylist, '"> " . v:val . " <"') |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7124 | < This puts "> " before and " <" after each item in "mylist". |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7125 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7126 | Note that {expr2} is the result of an expression and is then |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7127 | used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7128 | |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes. You |
| 7129 | still have to double ' quotes |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7130 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7131 | If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it is called with two arguments: |
| 7132 | 1. The key or the index of the current item. |
| 7133 | 2. the value of the current item. |
| 7134 | The function must return the new value of the item. Example |
| 7135 | that changes each value by "key-value": > |
| 7136 | func KeyValue(key, val) |
| 7137 | return a:key . '-' . a:val |
| 7138 | endfunc |
| 7139 | call map(myDict, function('KeyValue')) |
Bram Moolenaar | 50ba526 | 2016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7140 | < It is shorter when using a |lambda|: > |
| 7141 | call map(myDict, {key, val -> key . '-' . val}) |
| 7142 | < If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: > |
| 7143 | call map(myDict, {key -> 'item: ' . key}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 088e8e3 | 2019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7144 | < If you do not use "key" you can use a short name: > |
| 7145 | call map(myDict, {_, val -> 'item: ' . val}) |
Bram Moolenaar | b33c7eb | 2016-07-04 22:29:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7146 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7147 | The operation is done in-place. If you want a |List| or |
| 7148 | |Dictionary| to remain unmodified make a copy first: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7149 | :let tlist = map(copy(mylist), ' v:val . "\t"') |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7150 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ea69685 | 2020-11-09 18:31:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7151 | < Returns {expr1}, the |List|, |Blob| or |Dictionary| that was |
| 7152 | filtered. When an error is encountered while evaluating |
| 7153 | {expr2} no further items in {expr1} are processed. When |
| 7154 | {expr2} is a Funcref errors inside a function are ignored, |
| 7155 | unless it was defined with the "abort" flag. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7156 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7157 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7158 | mylist->map(expr2) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7159 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c9243f | 2020-05-22 13:10:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7160 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7161 | maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) *maparg()* |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7162 | When {dict} is omitted or zero: Return the rhs of mapping |
| 7163 | {name} in mode {mode}. The returned String has special |
| 7164 | characters translated like in the output of the ":map" command |
| 7165 | listing. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7166 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7167 | When there is no mapping for {name}, an empty String is |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b0f099 | 2018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7168 | returned. When the mapping for {name} is empty, then "<Nop>" |
| 7169 | is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7170 | |
| 7171 | The {name} can have special key names, like in the ":map" |
| 7172 | command. |
| 7173 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d12f5c1 | 2006-01-25 22:10:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7174 | {mode} can be one of these strings: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7175 | "n" Normal |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7176 | "v" Visual (including Select) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7177 | "o" Operator-pending |
| 7178 | "i" Insert |
| 7179 | "c" Cmd-line |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7180 | "s" Select |
| 7181 | "x" Visual |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7182 | "l" langmap |language-mapping| |
Bram Moolenaar | 37c64c7 | 2017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7183 | "t" Terminal-Job |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7184 | "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending |
Bram Moolenaar | d12f5c1 | 2006-01-25 22:10:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7185 | When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7186 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7187 | When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7188 | instead of mappings. |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7189 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7190 | When {dict} is there and it is |TRUE| return a dictionary |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7191 | containing all the information of the mapping with the |
| 7192 | following items: |
Bram Moolenaar | 9c65253 | 2020-05-24 13:10:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7193 | "lhs" The {lhs} of the mapping as it would be typed |
| 7194 | "lhsraw" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes |
| 7195 | "lhsrawalt" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes, alternate |
| 7196 | form, only present when it differs from "lhsraw" |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7197 | "rhs" The {rhs} of the mapping as typed. |
| 7198 | "silent" 1 for a |:map-silent| mapping, else 0. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0536570 | 2010-10-27 18:34:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7199 | "noremap" 1 if the {rhs} of the mapping is not remappable. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2da0f0c | 2020-04-01 19:22:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7200 | "script" 1 if mapping was defined with <script>. |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7201 | "expr" 1 for an expression mapping (|:map-<expr>|). |
| 7202 | "buffer" 1 for a buffer local mapping (|:map-local|). |
| 7203 | "mode" Modes for which the mapping is defined. In |
| 7204 | addition to the modes mentioned above, these |
| 7205 | characters will be used: |
| 7206 | " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending |
| 7207 | "!" Insert and Commandline mode |
Bram Moolenaar | 166af9b | 2010-11-16 20:34:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7208 | (|mapmode-ic|) |
Bram Moolenaar | 0536570 | 2010-10-27 18:34:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7209 | "sid" The script local ID, used for <sid> mappings |
| 7210 | (|<SID>|). |
Bram Moolenaar | f29c1c6 | 2018-09-10 21:05:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7211 | "lnum" The line number in "sid", zero if unknown. |
Bram Moolenaar | dfb1841 | 2013-12-11 18:53:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7212 | "nowait" Do not wait for other, longer mappings. |
| 7213 | (|:map-<nowait>|). |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c9243f | 2020-05-22 13:10:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7214 | |
| 7215 | The dictionary can be used to restore a mapping with |
| 7216 | |mapset()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | bd74325 | 2010-10-20 21:23:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7217 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7218 | The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first, |
| 7219 | then the global mappings. |
Bram Moolenaar | a40ceaf | 2006-01-13 22:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7220 | This function can be used to map a key even when it's already |
| 7221 | mapped, and have it do the original mapping too. Sketch: > |
| 7222 | exe 'nnoremap <Tab> ==' . maparg('<Tab>', 'n') |
| 7223 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7224 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7225 | GetKey()->maparg('n') |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7226 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7227 | mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *mapcheck()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7228 | Check if there is a mapping that matches with {name} in mode |
| 7229 | {mode}. See |maparg()| for {mode} and special names in |
| 7230 | {name}. |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7231 | When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7232 | instead of mappings. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7233 | A match happens with a mapping that starts with {name} and |
| 7234 | with a mapping which is equal to the start of {name}. |
| 7235 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7236 | matches mapping "a" "ab" "abc" ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7237 | mapcheck("a") yes yes yes |
| 7238 | mapcheck("abc") yes yes yes |
| 7239 | mapcheck("ax") yes no no |
| 7240 | mapcheck("b") no no no |
| 7241 | |
| 7242 | The difference with maparg() is that mapcheck() finds a |
| 7243 | mapping that matches with {name}, while maparg() only finds a |
| 7244 | mapping for {name} exactly. |
| 7245 | When there is no mapping that starts with {name}, an empty |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b0f099 | 2018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7246 | String is returned. If there is one, the RHS of that mapping |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7247 | is returned. If there are several mappings that start with |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b0f099 | 2018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7248 | {name}, the RHS of one of them is returned. This will be |
| 7249 | "<Nop>" if the RHS is empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7250 | The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first, |
| 7251 | then the global mappings. |
| 7252 | This function can be used to check if a mapping can be added |
| 7253 | without being ambiguous. Example: > |
| 7254 | :if mapcheck("_vv") == "" |
| 7255 | : map _vv :set guifont=7x13<CR> |
| 7256 | :endif |
| 7257 | < This avoids adding the "_vv" mapping when there already is a |
| 7258 | mapping for "_v" or for "_vvv". |
| 7259 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7260 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7261 | GetKey()->mapcheck('n') |
| 7262 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9c65253 | 2020-05-24 13:10:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7263 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ea69685 | 2020-11-09 18:31:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7264 | mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) *mapnew()* |
| 7265 | Like |map()| but instead of replacing items in {expr1} a new |
| 7266 | List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7267 | unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you |
| 7268 | don't want that use |deepcopy()| first. |
Bram Moolenaar | ea69685 | 2020-11-09 18:31:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7269 | |
| 7270 | |
| 7271 | mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) *mapset()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c9243f | 2020-05-22 13:10:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7272 | Restore a mapping from a dictionary returned by |maparg()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9c65253 | 2020-05-24 13:10:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7273 | {mode} and {abbr} should be the same as for the call to |
| 7274 | |maparg()|. *E460* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c9243f | 2020-05-22 13:10:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7275 | {mode} is used to define the mode in which the mapping is set, |
| 7276 | not the "mode" entry in {dict}. |
| 7277 | Example for saving and restoring a mapping: > |
| 7278 | let save_map = maparg('K', 'n', 0, 1) |
| 7279 | nnoremap K somethingelse |
| 7280 | ... |
| 7281 | call mapset('n', 0, save_map) |
Bram Moolenaar | 9c65253 | 2020-05-24 13:10:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7282 | < Note that if you are going to replace a map in several modes, |
| 7283 | e.g. with `:map!`, you need to save the mapping for all of |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7284 | them, since they can differ. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9c65253 | 2020-05-24 13:10:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7285 | |
| 7286 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7287 | match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *match()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7288 | When {expr} is a |List| then this returns the index of the |
| 7289 | first item where {pat} matches. Each item is used as a |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7290 | String, |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are used as echoed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 93a1df2 | 2018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7291 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7292 | Otherwise, {expr} is used as a String. The result is a |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7293 | Number, which gives the index (byte offset) in {expr} where |
| 7294 | {pat} matches. |
Bram Moolenaar | 93a1df2 | 2018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7295 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7296 | A match at the first character or |List| item returns zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7297 | If there is no match -1 is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 93a1df2 | 2018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7298 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 20f90cf | 2011-05-19 12:22:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7299 | For getting submatches see |matchlist()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 89cb5e0 | 2004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7300 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7301 | :echo match("testing", "ing") " results in 4 |
Bram Moolenaar | 362e1a3 | 2006-03-06 23:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7302 | :echo match([1, 'x'], '\a') " results in 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7303 | < See |string-match| for how {pat} is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7304 | *strpbrk()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7305 | Vim doesn't have a strpbrk() function. But you can do: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7306 | :let sepidx = match(line, '[.,;: \t]') |
| 7307 | < *strcasestr()* |
| 7308 | Vim doesn't have a strcasestr() function. But you can add |
| 7309 | "\c" to the pattern to ignore case: > |
| 7310 | :let idx = match(haystack, '\cneedle') |
| 7311 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7312 | If {start} is given, the search starts from byte index |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7313 | {start} in a String or item {start} in a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7314 | The result, however, is still the index counted from the |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7315 | first character/item. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7316 | :echo match("testing", "ing", 2) |
| 7317 | < result is again "4". > |
| 7318 | :echo match("testing", "ing", 4) |
| 7319 | < result is again "4". > |
| 7320 | :echo match("testing", "t", 2) |
| 7321 | < result is "3". |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e3cb7e | 2006-02-27 23:58:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7322 | For a String, if {start} > 0 then it is like the string starts |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7323 | {start} bytes later, thus "^" will match at {start}. Except |
| 7324 | when {count} is given, then it's like matches before the |
| 7325 | {start} byte are ignored (this is a bit complicated to keep it |
| 7326 | backwards compatible). |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7327 | For a String, if {start} < 0, it will be set to 0. For a list |
| 7328 | the index is counted from the end. |
Bram Moolenaar | e224ffa | 2006-03-01 00:01:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7329 | If {start} is out of range ({start} > strlen({expr}) for a |
| 7330 | String or {start} > len({expr}) for a |List|) -1 is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7331 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e3cb7e | 2006-02-27 23:58:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7332 | When {count} is given use the {count}'th match. When a match |
Bram Moolenaar | e224ffa | 2006-03-01 00:01:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7333 | is found in a String the search for the next one starts one |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e3cb7e | 2006-02-27 23:58:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7334 | character further. Thus this example results in 1: > |
| 7335 | echo match("testing", "..", 0, 2) |
| 7336 | < In a |List| the search continues in the next item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7337 | Note that when {count} is added the way {start} works changes, |
| 7338 | see above. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e3cb7e | 2006-02-27 23:58:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7339 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7340 | See |pattern| for the patterns that are accepted. |
| 7341 | The 'ignorecase' option is used to set the ignore-caseness of |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7342 | the pattern. 'smartcase' is NOT used. The matching is always |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7343 | done like 'magic' is set and 'cpoptions' is empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7344 | Note that a match at the start is preferred, thus when the |
| 7345 | pattern is using "*" (any number of matches) it tends to find |
| 7346 | zero matches at the start instead of a number of matches |
| 7347 | further down in the text. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7348 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7349 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7350 | GetList()->match('word') |
| 7351 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 95e5147 | 2018-07-28 16:55:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7352 | *matchadd()* *E798* *E799* *E801* *E957* |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7353 | matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7354 | Defines a pattern to be highlighted in the current window (a |
| 7355 | "match"). It will be highlighted with {group}. Returns an |
| 7356 | identification number (ID), which can be used to delete the |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7357 | match using |matchdelete()|. The ID is bound to the window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e69b4a | 2013-11-09 03:41:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7358 | Matching is case sensitive and magic, unless case sensitivity |
| 7359 | or magicness are explicitly overridden in {pattern}. The |
| 7360 | 'magic', 'smartcase' and 'ignorecase' options are not used. |
Bram Moolenaar | f913281 | 2015-07-21 19:19:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7361 | The "Conceal" value is special, it causes the match to be |
| 7362 | concealed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7363 | |
| 7364 | The optional {priority} argument assigns a priority to the |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7365 | match. A match with a high priority will have its |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7366 | highlighting overrule that of a match with a lower priority. |
| 7367 | A priority is specified as an integer (negative numbers are no |
| 7368 | exception). If the {priority} argument is not specified, the |
| 7369 | default priority is 10. The priority of 'hlsearch' is zero, |
| 7370 | hence all matches with a priority greater than zero will |
| 7371 | overrule it. Syntax highlighting (see 'syntax') is a separate |
| 7372 | mechanism, and regardless of the chosen priority a match will |
| 7373 | always overrule syntax highlighting. |
| 7374 | |
| 7375 | The optional {id} argument allows the request for a specific |
| 7376 | match ID. If a specified ID is already taken, an error |
| 7377 | message will appear and the match will not be added. An ID |
| 7378 | is specified as a positive integer (zero excluded). IDs 1, 2 |
| 7379 | and 3 are reserved for |:match|, |:2match| and |:3match|, |
Bram Moolenaar | 6561d52 | 2015-07-21 15:48:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7380 | respectively. If the {id} argument is not specified or -1, |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7381 | |matchadd()| automatically chooses a free ID. |
| 7382 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 85084ef | 2016-01-17 22:26:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7383 | The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom |
| 7384 | values. Currently this is used to specify a match specific |
Bram Moolenaar | 6561d52 | 2015-07-21 15:48:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7385 | conceal character that will be shown for |hl-Conceal| |
| 7386 | highlighted matches. The dict can have the following members: |
| 7387 | |
| 7388 | conceal Special character to show instead of the |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7389 | match (only for |hl-Conceal| highlighted |
Bram Moolenaar | 6561d52 | 2015-07-21 15:48:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7390 | matches, see |:syn-cchar|) |
Bram Moolenaar | 95e5147 | 2018-07-28 16:55:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7391 | window Instead of the current window use the |
| 7392 | window with this number or window ID. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6561d52 | 2015-07-21 15:48:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7393 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7394 | The number of matches is not limited, as it is the case with |
| 7395 | the |:match| commands. |
| 7396 | |
| 7397 | Example: > |
| 7398 | :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green |
| 7399 | :let m = matchadd("MyGroup", "TODO") |
| 7400 | < Deletion of the pattern: > |
| 7401 | :call matchdelete(m) |
| 7402 | |
| 7403 | < A list of matches defined by |matchadd()| and |:match| are |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7404 | available from |getmatches()|. All matches can be deleted in |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7405 | one operation by |clearmatches()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7406 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7407 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7408 | GetGroup()->matchadd('TODO') |
| 7409 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7410 | *matchaddpos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7411 | matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | b341459 | 2014-06-17 17:48:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7412 | Same as |matchadd()|, but requires a list of positions {pos} |
| 7413 | instead of a pattern. This command is faster than |matchadd()| |
| 7414 | because it does not require to handle regular expressions and |
| 7415 | sets buffer line boundaries to redraw screen. It is supposed |
| 7416 | to be used when fast match additions and deletions are |
| 7417 | required, for example to highlight matching parentheses. |
| 7418 | |
| 7419 | The list {pos} can contain one of these items: |
Bram Moolenaar | b6da44a | 2014-06-25 18:15:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7420 | - A number. This whole line will be highlighted. The first |
Bram Moolenaar | b341459 | 2014-06-17 17:48:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7421 | line has number 1. |
| 7422 | - A list with one number, e.g., [23]. The whole line with this |
| 7423 | number will be highlighted. |
| 7424 | - A list with two numbers, e.g., [23, 11]. The first number is |
Bram Moolenaar | b6da44a | 2014-06-25 18:15:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7425 | the line number, the second one is the column number (first |
| 7426 | column is 1, the value must correspond to the byte index as |
| 7427 | |col()| would return). The character at this position will |
| 7428 | be highlighted. |
Bram Moolenaar | b341459 | 2014-06-17 17:48:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7429 | - A list with three numbers, e.g., [23, 11, 3]. As above, but |
Bram Moolenaar | b6da44a | 2014-06-25 18:15:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7430 | the third number gives the length of the highlight in bytes. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7431 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b341459 | 2014-06-17 17:48:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7432 | The maximum number of positions is 8. |
| 7433 | |
| 7434 | Example: > |
| 7435 | :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green |
| 7436 | :let m = matchaddpos("MyGroup", [[23, 24], 34]) |
| 7437 | < Deletion of the pattern: > |
| 7438 | :call matchdelete(m) |
| 7439 | |
| 7440 | < Matches added by |matchaddpos()| are returned by |
| 7441 | |getmatches()| with an entry "pos1", "pos2", etc., with the |
| 7442 | value a list like the {pos} item. |
Bram Moolenaar | b341459 | 2014-06-17 17:48:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7443 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7444 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7445 | GetGroup()->matchaddpos([23, 11]) |
| 7446 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7447 | matcharg({nr}) *matcharg()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7448 | Selects the {nr} match item, as set with a |:match|, |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7449 | |:2match| or |:3match| command. |
| 7450 | Return a |List| with two elements: |
| 7451 | The name of the highlight group used |
| 7452 | The pattern used. |
| 7453 | When {nr} is not 1, 2 or 3 returns an empty |List|. |
| 7454 | When there is no match item set returns ['', '']. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7455 | This is useful to save and restore a |:match|. |
| 7456 | Highlighting matches using the |:match| commands are limited |
| 7457 | to three matches. |matchadd()| does not have this limitation. |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7458 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7459 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7460 | GetMatch()->matcharg() |
| 7461 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7462 | matchdelete({id} [, {win}) *matchdelete()* *E802* *E803* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7463 | Deletes a match with ID {id} previously defined by |matchadd()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7464 | or one of the |:match| commands. Returns 0 if successful, |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7465 | otherwise -1. See example for |matchadd()|. All matches can |
| 7466 | be deleted in one operation by |clearmatches()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7467 | If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or |
| 7468 | window ID instead of the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7469 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7470 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7471 | GetMatch()->matchdelete() |
| 7472 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7473 | matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchend()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7474 | Same as |match()|, but return the index of first character |
| 7475 | after the match. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7476 | :echo matchend("testing", "ing") |
| 7477 | < results in "7". |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7478 | *strspn()* *strcspn()* |
| 7479 | Vim doesn't have a strspn() or strcspn() function, but you can |
| 7480 | do it with matchend(): > |
| 7481 | :let span = matchend(line, '[a-zA-Z]') |
| 7482 | :let span = matchend(line, '[^a-zA-Z]') |
| 7483 | < Except that -1 is returned when there are no matches. |
| 7484 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7485 | The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7486 | :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 2) |
| 7487 | < results in "7". > |
| 7488 | :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 5) |
| 7489 | < result is "-1". |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7490 | When {expr} is a |List| the result is equal to |match()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7491 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7492 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7493 | GetText()->matchend('word') |
| 7494 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 635414d | 2020-09-11 22:25:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7495 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7496 | matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzy()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7497 | If {list} is a list of strings, then returns a |List| with all |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7498 | the strings in {list} that fuzzy match {str}. The strings in |
| 7499 | the returned list are sorted based on the matching score. |
| 7500 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8ded5b6 | 2020-10-23 16:50:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7501 | The optional {dict} argument always supports the following |
| 7502 | items: |
| 7503 | matchseq When this item is present and {str} contains |
| 7504 | multiple words separated by white space, then |
| 7505 | returns only matches that contain the words in |
| 7506 | the given sequence. |
| 7507 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7508 | If {list} is a list of dictionaries, then the optional {dict} |
Bram Moolenaar | 8ded5b6 | 2020-10-23 16:50:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7509 | argument supports the following additional items: |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7510 | key key of the item which is fuzzy matched against |
| 7511 | {str}. The value of this item should be a |
| 7512 | string. |
| 7513 | text_cb |Funcref| that will be called for every item |
| 7514 | in {list} to get the text for fuzzy matching. |
| 7515 | This should accept a dictionary item as the |
| 7516 | argument and return the text for that item to |
| 7517 | use for fuzzy matching. |
| 7518 | |
| 7519 | {str} is treated as a literal string and regular expression |
| 7520 | matching is NOT supported. The maximum supported {str} length |
| 7521 | is 256. |
Bram Moolenaar | 635414d | 2020-09-11 22:25:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7522 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8ded5b6 | 2020-10-23 16:50:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7523 | When {str} has multiple words each separated by white space, |
| 7524 | then the list of strings that have all the words is returned. |
| 7525 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 635414d | 2020-09-11 22:25:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7526 | If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then an |
| 7527 | empty list is returned. If length of {str} is greater than |
| 7528 | 256, then returns an empty list. |
| 7529 | |
| 7530 | Example: > |
| 7531 | :echo matchfuzzy(["clay", "crow"], "cay") |
| 7532 | < results in ["clay"]. > |
| 7533 | :echo getbufinfo()->map({_, v -> v.name})->matchfuzzy("ndl") |
| 7534 | < results in a list of buffer names fuzzy matching "ndl". > |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7535 | :echo getbufinfo()->matchfuzzy("ndl", {'key' : 'name'}) |
| 7536 | < results in a list of buffer information dicts with buffer |
| 7537 | names fuzzy matching "ndl". > |
| 7538 | :echo getbufinfo()->matchfuzzy("spl", |
| 7539 | \ {'text_cb' : {v -> v.name}}) |
| 7540 | < results in a list of buffer information dicts with buffer |
| 7541 | names fuzzy matching "spl". > |
Bram Moolenaar | 635414d | 2020-09-11 22:25:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7542 | :echo v:oldfiles->matchfuzzy("test") |
| 7543 | < results in a list of file names fuzzy matching "test". > |
| 7544 | :let l = readfile("buffer.c")->matchfuzzy("str") |
Bram Moolenaar | 8ded5b6 | 2020-10-23 16:50:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7545 | < results in a list of lines in "buffer.c" fuzzy matching "str". > |
| 7546 | :echo ['one two', 'two one']->matchfuzzy('two one') |
| 7547 | < results in ['two one', 'one two']. > |
| 7548 | :echo ['one two', 'two one']->matchfuzzy('two one', |
| 7549 | \ {'matchseq': 1}) |
| 7550 | < results in ['two one']. |
Bram Moolenaar | 635414d | 2020-09-11 22:25:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7551 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7552 | matchfuzzypos({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzypos()* |
| 7553 | Same as |matchfuzzy()|, but returns the list of matched |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d19e4f | 2021-01-02 18:31:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7554 | strings, the list of character positions where characters |
| 7555 | in {str} matches and a list of matching scores. You can |
| 7556 | use |byteidx()|to convert a character position to a byte |
| 7557 | position. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7558 | |
| 7559 | If {str} matches multiple times in a string, then only the |
| 7560 | positions for the best match is returned. |
| 7561 | |
| 7562 | If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then a |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d19e4f | 2021-01-02 18:31:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7563 | list with three empty list items is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7564 | |
| 7565 | Example: > |
| 7566 | :echo matchfuzzypos(['testing'], 'tsg') |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d19e4f | 2021-01-02 18:31:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7567 | < results in [['testing'], [[0, 2, 6]], [99]] > |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7568 | :echo matchfuzzypos(['clay', 'lacy'], 'la') |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d19e4f | 2021-01-02 18:31:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7569 | < results in [['lacy', 'clay'], [[0, 1], [1, 2]], [153, 133]] > |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f73b8e | 2020-09-22 20:33:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7570 | :echo [{'text': 'hello', 'id' : 10}]->matchfuzzypos('ll', {'key' : 'text'}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d19e4f | 2021-01-02 18:31:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7571 | < results in [[{'id': 10, 'text': 'hello'}], [[2, 3]], [127]] |
Bram Moolenaar | 635414d | 2020-09-11 22:25:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7572 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7573 | matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchlist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7574 | Same as |match()|, but return a |List|. The first item in the |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7575 | list is the matched string, same as what matchstr() would |
| 7576 | return. Following items are submatches, like "\1", "\2", etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | f9393ef | 2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7577 | in |:substitute|. When an optional submatch didn't match an |
| 7578 | empty string is used. Example: > |
| 7579 | echo matchlist('acd', '\(a\)\?\(b\)\?\(c\)\?\(.*\)') |
| 7580 | < Results in: ['acd', 'a', '', 'c', 'd', '', '', '', '', ''] |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7581 | When there is no match an empty list is returned. |
| 7582 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7583 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7584 | GetList()->matchlist('word') |
| 7585 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7586 | matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7587 | Same as |match()|, but return the matched string. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7588 | :echo matchstr("testing", "ing") |
| 7589 | < results in "ing". |
| 7590 | When there is no match "" is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7591 | The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7592 | :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 2) |
| 7593 | < results in "ing". > |
| 7594 | :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 5) |
| 7595 | < result is "". |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7596 | When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7597 | The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7598 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7599 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7600 | GetText()->matchstr('word') |
| 7601 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7602 | matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstrpos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7fed5c1 | 2016-03-29 23:10:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7603 | Same as |matchstr()|, but return the matched string, the start |
| 7604 | position and the end position of the match. Example: > |
| 7605 | :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing") |
| 7606 | < results in ["ing", 4, 7]. |
| 7607 | When there is no match ["", -1, -1] is returned. |
| 7608 | The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. > |
| 7609 | :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 2) |
| 7610 | < results in ["ing", 4, 7]. > |
| 7611 | :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 5) |
| 7612 | < result is ["", -1, -1]. |
| 7613 | When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item, the index |
| 7614 | of first item where {pat} matches, the start position and the |
| 7615 | end position of the match are returned. > |
| 7616 | :echo matchstrpos([1, '__x'], '\a') |
| 7617 | < result is ["x", 1, 2, 3]. |
| 7618 | The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String. |
| 7619 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7620 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7621 | GetText()->matchstrpos('word') |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7622 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 0eabd4d | 2020-03-15 16:13:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7623 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7624 | *max()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7625 | max({expr}) Return the maximum value of all items in {expr}. Example: > |
| 7626 | echo max([apples, pears, oranges]) |
| 7627 | |
| 7628 | < {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary, |
Bram Moolenaar | 2963456 | 2020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7629 | it returns the maximum of all values in the Dictionary. |
| 7630 | If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the |
Bram Moolenaar | 690afe1 | 2017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7631 | items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7632 | an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7633 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7634 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7635 | mylist->max() |
| 7636 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0eabd4d | 2020-03-15 16:13:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7637 | |
| 7638 | menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) *menu_info()* |
| 7639 | Return information about the specified menu {name} in |
| 7640 | mode {mode}. The menu name should be specified without the |
| 7641 | shortcut character ('&'). |
| 7642 | |
| 7643 | {mode} can be one of these strings: |
| 7644 | "n" Normal |
| 7645 | "v" Visual (including Select) |
| 7646 | "o" Operator-pending |
| 7647 | "i" Insert |
| 7648 | "c" Cmd-line |
| 7649 | "s" Select |
| 7650 | "x" Visual |
| 7651 | "t" Terminal-Job |
| 7652 | "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending |
| 7653 | "!" Insert and Cmd-line |
| 7654 | When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used. |
| 7655 | |
| 7656 | Returns a |Dictionary| containing the following items: |
| 7657 | accel menu item accelerator text |menu-text| |
| 7658 | display display name (name without '&') |
| 7659 | enabled v:true if this menu item is enabled |
| 7660 | Refer to |:menu-enable| |
| 7661 | icon name of the icon file (for toolbar) |
| 7662 | |toolbar-icon| |
| 7663 | iconidx index of a built-in icon |
| 7664 | modes modes for which the menu is defined. In |
| 7665 | addition to the modes mentioned above, these |
| 7666 | characters will be used: |
| 7667 | " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending |
| 7668 | name menu item name. |
| 7669 | noremenu v:true if the {rhs} of the menu item is not |
| 7670 | remappable else v:false. |
| 7671 | priority menu order priority |menu-priority| |
| 7672 | rhs right-hand-side of the menu item. The returned |
| 7673 | string has special characters translated like |
| 7674 | in the output of the ":menu" command listing. |
| 7675 | When the {rhs} of a menu item is empty, then |
| 7676 | "<Nop>" is returned. |
| 7677 | script v:true if script-local remapping of {rhs} is |
| 7678 | allowed else v:false. See |:menu-script|. |
| 7679 | shortcut shortcut key (character after '&' in |
| 7680 | the menu name) |menu-shortcut| |
| 7681 | silent v:true if the menu item is created |
| 7682 | with <silent> argument |:menu-silent| |
| 7683 | submenus |List| containing the names of |
| 7684 | all the submenus. Present only if the menu |
| 7685 | item has submenus. |
| 7686 | |
| 7687 | Returns an empty dictionary if the menu item is not found. |
| 7688 | |
| 7689 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ff78155 | 2020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7690 | :echo menu_info('Edit.Cut') |
| 7691 | :echo menu_info('File.Save', 'n') |
Bram Moolenaar | 0eabd4d | 2020-03-15 16:13:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7692 | < |
| 7693 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ff78155 | 2020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7694 | GetMenuName()->menu_info('v') |
Bram Moolenaar | 0eabd4d | 2020-03-15 16:13:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7695 | |
| 7696 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7697 | < *min()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7698 | min({expr}) Return the minimum value of all items in {expr}. Example: > |
| 7699 | echo min([apples, pears, oranges]) |
| 7700 | |
| 7701 | < {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary, |
Bram Moolenaar | 2963456 | 2020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7702 | it returns the minimum of all values in the Dictionary. |
| 7703 | If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the |
Bram Moolenaar | 690afe1 | 2017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7704 | items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7705 | an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7706 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7707 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7708 | mylist->min() |
| 7709 | |
| 7710 | < *mkdir()* *E739* |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7711 | mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]]) |
| 7712 | Create directory {name}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7713 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7714 | If {path} is "p" then intermediate directories are created as |
| 7715 | necessary. Otherwise it must be "". |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7716 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7717 | If {prot} is given it is used to set the protection bits of |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7718 | the new directory. The default is 0o755 (rwxr-xr-x: r/w for |
| 7719 | the user, readable for others). Use 0o700 to make it |
| 7720 | unreadable for others. This is only used for the last part of |
| 7721 | {name}. Thus if you create /tmp/foo/bar then /tmp/foo will be |
| 7722 | created with 0o755. |
Bram Moolenaar | ed39e1d | 2008-08-09 17:55:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7723 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7724 | :call mkdir($HOME . "/tmp/foo/bar", "p", 0o700) |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7725 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ed39e1d | 2008-08-09 17:55:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7726 | < This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7727 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 78a16b0 | 2018-04-14 13:51:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7728 | There is no error if the directory already exists and the "p" |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7729 | flag is passed (since patch 8.0.1708). However, without the |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7730 | "p" option the call will fail. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7731 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7732 | The function result is a Number, which is TRUE if the call was |
| 7733 | successful or FALSE if the directory creation failed or partly |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7734 | failed. |
| 7735 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7736 | Not available on all systems. To check use: > |
| 7737 | :if exists("*mkdir") |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7738 | |
| 7739 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7740 | GetName()->mkdir() |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7741 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7742 | *mode()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7743 | mode([expr]) Return a string that indicates the current mode. |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7744 | If [expr] is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or |
| 7745 | a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then the full mode is |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7746 | returned, otherwise only the first letter is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e57dd8 | 2019-09-16 22:56:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7747 | Also see |state()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7748 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 612cc38 | 2018-07-29 15:34:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7749 | n Normal, Terminal-Normal |
| 7750 | no Operator-pending |
Bram Moolenaar | 5976f8f | 2018-12-27 23:44:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7751 | nov Operator-pending (forced characterwise |o_v|) |
| 7752 | noV Operator-pending (forced linewise |o_V|) |
| 7753 | noCTRL-V Operator-pending (forced blockwise |o_CTRL-V|); |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7754 | CTRL-V is one character |
Bram Moolenaar | 612cc38 | 2018-07-29 15:34:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7755 | niI Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Insert-mode| |
| 7756 | niR Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Replace-mode| |
| 7757 | niV Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Virtual-Replace-mode| |
| 7758 | v Visual by character |
| 7759 | V Visual by line |
| 7760 | CTRL-V Visual blockwise |
| 7761 | s Select by character |
| 7762 | S Select by line |
| 7763 | CTRL-S Select blockwise |
| 7764 | i Insert |
| 7765 | ic Insert mode completion |compl-generic| |
| 7766 | ix Insert mode |i_CTRL-X| completion |
| 7767 | R Replace |R| |
| 7768 | Rc Replace mode completion |compl-generic| |
| 7769 | Rv Virtual Replace |gR| |
| 7770 | Rx Replace mode |i_CTRL-X| completion |
| 7771 | c Command-line editing |
| 7772 | cv Vim Ex mode |gQ| |
| 7773 | ce Normal Ex mode |Q| |
| 7774 | r Hit-enter prompt |
| 7775 | rm The -- more -- prompt |
| 7776 | r? A |:confirm| query of some sort |
| 7777 | ! Shell or external command is executing |
| 7778 | t Terminal-Job mode: keys go to the job |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7779 | This is useful in the 'statusline' option or when used |
| 7780 | with |remote_expr()| In most other places it always returns |
| 7781 | "c" or "n". |
Bram Moolenaar | 612cc38 | 2018-07-29 15:34:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7782 | Note that in the future more modes and more specific modes may |
| 7783 | be added. It's better not to compare the whole string but only |
| 7784 | the leading character(s). |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7785 | Also see |visualmode()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7786 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7787 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7788 | DoFull()->mode() |
| 7789 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e506b6 | 2010-01-19 15:55:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7790 | mzeval({expr}) *mzeval()* |
| 7791 | Evaluate MzScheme expression {expr} and return its result |
Bram Moolenaar | d38b055 | 2012-04-25 19:07:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7792 | converted to Vim data structures. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e506b6 | 2010-01-19 15:55:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7793 | Numbers and strings are returned as they are. |
| 7794 | Pairs (including lists and improper lists) and vectors are |
| 7795 | returned as Vim |Lists|. |
| 7796 | Hash tables are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with keys |
| 7797 | converted to strings. |
| 7798 | All other types are converted to string with display function. |
| 7799 | Examples: > |
| 7800 | :mz (define l (list 1 2 3)) |
| 7801 | :mz (define h (make-hash)) (hash-set! h "list" l) |
| 7802 | :echo mzeval("l") |
| 7803 | :echo mzeval("h") |
| 7804 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a144983 | 2019-09-01 20:16:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7805 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7806 | GetExpr()->mzeval() |
| 7807 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e506b6 | 2010-01-19 15:55:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7808 | {only available when compiled with the |+mzscheme| feature} |
| 7809 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7810 | nextnonblank({lnum}) *nextnonblank()* |
| 7811 | Return the line number of the first line at or below {lnum} |
| 7812 | that is not blank. Example: > |
| 7813 | if getline(nextnonblank(1)) =~ "Java" |
| 7814 | < When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or |
| 7815 | below it, zero is returned. |
| 7816 | See also |prevnonblank()|. |
| 7817 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7818 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7819 | GetLnum()->nextnonblank() |
| 7820 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7821 | nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) *nr2char()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7822 | Return a string with a single character, which has the number |
| 7823 | value {expr}. Examples: > |
| 7824 | nr2char(64) returns "@" |
| 7825 | nr2char(32) returns " " |
Bram Moolenaar | d35d784 | 2013-01-23 17:17:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7826 | < When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used. |
| 7827 | Example for "utf-8": > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7828 | nr2char(300) returns I with bow character |
Bram Moolenaar | d35d784 | 2013-01-23 17:17:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7829 | < With {utf8} set to 1, always return utf-8 characters. |
| 7830 | Note that a NUL character in the file is specified with |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7831 | nr2char(10), because NULs are represented with newline |
| 7832 | characters. nr2char(0) is a real NUL and terminates the |
Bram Moolenaar | 383f9bc | 2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7833 | string, thus results in an empty string. |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7834 | To turn a list of character numbers into a string: > |
| 7835 | let list = [65, 66, 67] |
| 7836 | let str = join(map(list, {_, val -> nr2char(val)}), '') |
| 7837 | < Result: "ABC" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7838 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7839 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7840 | GetNumber()->nr2char() |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7841 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7842 | or({expr}, {expr}) *or()* |
| 7843 | Bitwise OR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted |
| 7844 | to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. |
| 7845 | Example: > |
| 7846 | :let bits = or(bits, 0x80) |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7847 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7848 | :let bits = bits->or(0x80) |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7849 | |
| 7850 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6a33ef0 | 2020-09-25 22:42:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7851 | pathshorten({expr} [, {len}]) *pathshorten()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7852 | Shorten directory names in the path {expr} and return the |
| 7853 | result. The tail, the file name, is kept as-is. The other |
Bram Moolenaar | 6a33ef0 | 2020-09-25 22:42:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7854 | components in the path are reduced to {len} letters in length. |
| 7855 | If {len} is omitted or smaller than 1 then 1 is used (single |
| 7856 | letters). Leading '~' and '.' characters are kept. Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7857 | :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim') |
| 7858 | < ~/.v/a/myfile.vim ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 6a33ef0 | 2020-09-25 22:42:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7859 | > |
| 7860 | :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim', 2) |
| 7861 | < ~/.vi/au/myfile.vim ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7862 | It doesn't matter if the path exists or not. |
| 7863 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7864 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7865 | GetDirectories()->pathshorten() |
| 7866 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e9b892e | 2016-01-17 21:15:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7867 | perleval({expr}) *perleval()* |
| 7868 | Evaluate Perl expression {expr} in scalar context and return |
| 7869 | its result converted to Vim data structures. If value can't be |
Bram Moolenaar | 85084ef | 2016-01-17 22:26:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7870 | converted, it is returned as a string Perl representation. |
| 7871 | Note: If you want an array or hash, {expr} must return a |
| 7872 | reference to it. |
Bram Moolenaar | e9b892e | 2016-01-17 21:15:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7873 | Example: > |
| 7874 | :echo perleval('[1 .. 4]') |
| 7875 | < [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7876 | |
| 7877 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7878 | GetExpr()->perleval() |
| 7879 | |
| 7880 | < {only available when compiled with the |+perl| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | e9b892e | 2016-01-17 21:15:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7881 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7882 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c6737b | 2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7883 | popup_ functions are documented here: |popup-functions| |
Bram Moolenaar | 931a277 | 2019-07-04 16:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7884 | |
| 7885 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7886 | pow({x}, {y}) *pow()* |
| 7887 | Return the power of {x} to the exponent {y} as a |Float|. |
| 7888 | {x} and {y} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 7889 | Examples: > |
| 7890 | :echo pow(3, 3) |
| 7891 | < 27.0 > |
| 7892 | :echo pow(2, 16) |
| 7893 | < 65536.0 > |
| 7894 | :echo pow(32, 0.20) |
| 7895 | < 2.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7896 | |
| 7897 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7898 | Compute()->pow(3) |
| 7899 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7900 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7901 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7902 | prevnonblank({lnum}) *prevnonblank()* |
| 7903 | Return the line number of the first line at or above {lnum} |
| 7904 | that is not blank. Example: > |
| 7905 | let ind = indent(prevnonblank(v:lnum - 1)) |
| 7906 | < When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or |
| 7907 | above it, zero is returned. |
| 7908 | Also see |nextnonblank()|. |
| 7909 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7910 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 7911 | GetLnum()->prevnonblank() |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7912 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7913 | printf({fmt}, {expr1} ...) *printf()* |
| 7914 | Return a String with {fmt}, where "%" items are replaced by |
| 7915 | the formatted form of their respective arguments. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7916 | printf("%4d: E%d %.30s", lnum, errno, msg) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7917 | < May result in: |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7918 | " 99: E42 asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas" ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7919 | |
Bram Moolenaar | fd8ca21 | 2019-08-10 00:13:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7920 | When used as a |method| the base is passed as the second |
| 7921 | argument: > |
| 7922 | Compute()->printf("result: %d") |
| 7923 | |
| 7924 | < Often used items are: |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7925 | %s string |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ab72c5 | 2012-11-14 18:10:56 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7926 | %6S string right-aligned in 6 display cells |
Bram Moolenaar | 9869207 | 2006-02-04 00:57:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7927 | %6s string right-aligned in 6 bytes |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7928 | %.9s string truncated to 9 bytes |
| 7929 | %c single byte |
| 7930 | %d decimal number |
| 7931 | %5d decimal number padded with spaces to 5 characters |
| 7932 | %x hex number |
| 7933 | %04x hex number padded with zeros to at least 4 characters |
| 7934 | %X hex number using upper case letters |
| 7935 | %o octal number |
Bram Moolenaar | 91984b9 | 2016-08-16 21:58:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7936 | %08b binary number padded with zeros to at least 8 chars |
Bram Moolenaar | 0418609 | 2016-08-29 21:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7937 | %f floating point number as 12.23, inf, -inf or nan |
| 7938 | %F floating point number as 12.23, INF, -INF or NAN |
| 7939 | %e floating point number as 1.23e3, inf, -inf or nan |
| 7940 | %E floating point number as 1.23E3, INF, -INF or NAN |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7941 | %g floating point number, as %f or %e depending on value |
Bram Moolenaar | 3df0173 | 2017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7942 | %G floating point number, as %F or %E depending on value |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7943 | %% the % character itself |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7944 | |
| 7945 | Conversion specifications start with '%' and end with the |
| 7946 | conversion type. All other characters are copied unchanged to |
| 7947 | the result. |
| 7948 | |
| 7949 | The "%" starts a conversion specification. The following |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7950 | arguments appear in sequence: |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7951 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7952 | % [flags] [field-width] [.precision] type |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7953 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7954 | flags |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7955 | Zero or more of the following flags: |
| 7956 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7957 | # The value should be converted to an "alternate |
| 7958 | form". For c, d, and s conversions, this option |
| 7959 | has no effect. For o conversions, the precision |
| 7960 | of the number is increased to force the first |
| 7961 | character of the output string to a zero (except |
| 7962 | if a zero value is printed with an explicit |
| 7963 | precision of zero). |
Bram Moolenaar | 91984b9 | 2016-08-16 21:58:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7964 | For b and B conversions, a non-zero result has |
| 7965 | the string "0b" (or "0B" for B conversions) |
| 7966 | prepended to it. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7967 | For x and X conversions, a non-zero result has |
| 7968 | the string "0x" (or "0X" for X conversions) |
| 7969 | prepended to it. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7970 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7971 | 0 (zero) Zero padding. For all conversions the converted |
| 7972 | value is padded on the left with zeros rather |
| 7973 | than blanks. If a precision is given with a |
Bram Moolenaar | 91984b9 | 2016-08-16 21:58:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7974 | numeric conversion (d, b, B, o, x, and X), the 0 |
| 7975 | flag is ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7976 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7977 | - A negative field width flag; the converted value |
| 7978 | is to be left adjusted on the field boundary. |
| 7979 | The converted value is padded on the right with |
| 7980 | blanks, rather than on the left with blanks or |
| 7981 | zeros. A - overrides a 0 if both are given. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7982 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7983 | ' ' (space) A blank should be left before a positive |
| 7984 | number produced by a signed conversion (d). |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7985 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7986 | + A sign must always be placed before a number |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 7987 | produced by a signed conversion. A + overrides |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7988 | a space if both are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7989 | |
| 7990 | field-width |
| 7991 | An optional decimal digit string specifying a minimum |
Bram Moolenaar | 9869207 | 2006-02-04 00:57:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7992 | field width. If the converted value has fewer bytes |
| 7993 | than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on |
| 7994 | the left (or right, if the left-adjustment flag has |
| 7995 | been given) to fill out the field width. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7996 | |
| 7997 | .precision |
| 7998 | An optional precision, in the form of a period '.' |
| 7999 | followed by an optional digit string. If the digit |
| 8000 | string is omitted, the precision is taken as zero. |
| 8001 | This gives the minimum number of digits to appear for |
| 8002 | d, o, x, and X conversions, or the maximum number of |
Bram Moolenaar | 9869207 | 2006-02-04 00:57:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8003 | bytes to be printed from a string for s conversions. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8004 | For floating point it is the number of digits after |
| 8005 | the decimal point. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8006 | |
| 8007 | type |
| 8008 | A character that specifies the type of conversion to |
| 8009 | be applied, see below. |
| 8010 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8011 | A field width or precision, or both, may be indicated by an |
| 8012 | asterisk '*' instead of a digit string. In this case, a |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8013 | Number argument supplies the field width or precision. A |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8014 | negative field width is treated as a left adjustment flag |
| 8015 | followed by a positive field width; a negative precision is |
| 8016 | treated as though it were missing. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8017 | :echo printf("%d: %.*s", nr, width, line) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8018 | < This limits the length of the text used from "line" to |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8019 | "width" bytes. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8020 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8021 | The conversion specifiers and their meanings are: |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8022 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 91984b9 | 2016-08-16 21:58:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8023 | *printf-d* *printf-b* *printf-B* *printf-o* |
| 8024 | *printf-x* *printf-X* |
| 8025 | dbBoxX The Number argument is converted to signed decimal |
| 8026 | (d), unsigned binary (b and B), unsigned octal (o), or |
| 8027 | unsigned hexadecimal (x and X) notation. The letters |
| 8028 | "abcdef" are used for x conversions; the letters |
| 8029 | "ABCDEF" are used for X conversions. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8030 | The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of |
| 8031 | digits that must appear; if the converted value |
| 8032 | requires fewer digits, it is padded on the left with |
| 8033 | zeros. |
| 8034 | In no case does a non-existent or small field width |
| 8035 | cause truncation of a numeric field; if the result of |
| 8036 | a conversion is wider than the field width, the field |
| 8037 | is expanded to contain the conversion result. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3056735 | 2016-08-27 21:25:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8038 | The 'h' modifier indicates the argument is 16 bits. |
| 8039 | The 'l' modifier indicates the argument is 32 bits. |
| 8040 | The 'L' modifier indicates the argument is 64 bits. |
| 8041 | Generally, these modifiers are not useful. They are |
| 8042 | ignored when type is known from the argument. |
| 8043 | |
| 8044 | i alias for d |
| 8045 | D alias for ld |
| 8046 | U alias for lu |
| 8047 | O alias for lo |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8048 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8049 | *printf-c* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8050 | c The Number argument is converted to a byte, and the |
| 8051 | resulting character is written. |
| 8052 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8053 | *printf-s* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8054 | s The text of the String argument is used. If a |
| 8055 | precision is specified, no more bytes than the number |
| 8056 | specified are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8057 | If the argument is not a String type, it is |
| 8058 | automatically converted to text with the same format |
| 8059 | as ":echo". |
Bram Moolenaar | 0122c40 | 2015-02-03 19:13:34 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8060 | *printf-S* |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ab72c5 | 2012-11-14 18:10:56 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8061 | S The text of the String argument is used. If a |
| 8062 | precision is specified, no more display cells than the |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c92e75 | 2019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8063 | number specified are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8064 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8065 | *printf-f* *E807* |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8066 | f F The Float argument is converted into a string of the |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8067 | form 123.456. The precision specifies the number of |
| 8068 | digits after the decimal point. When the precision is |
| 8069 | zero the decimal point is omitted. When the precision |
| 8070 | is not specified 6 is used. A really big number |
Bram Moolenaar | 0418609 | 2016-08-29 21:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8071 | (out of range or dividing by zero) results in "inf" |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8072 | or "-inf" with %f (INF or -INF with %F). |
| 8073 | "0.0 / 0.0" results in "nan" with %f (NAN with %F). |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8074 | Example: > |
| 8075 | echo printf("%.2f", 12.115) |
| 8076 | < 12.12 |
| 8077 | Note that roundoff depends on the system libraries. |
| 8078 | Use |round()| when in doubt. |
| 8079 | |
| 8080 | *printf-e* *printf-E* |
| 8081 | e E The Float argument is converted into a string of the |
| 8082 | form 1.234e+03 or 1.234E+03 when using 'E'. The |
| 8083 | precision specifies the number of digits after the |
| 8084 | decimal point, like with 'f'. |
| 8085 | |
| 8086 | *printf-g* *printf-G* |
| 8087 | g G The Float argument is converted like with 'f' if the |
| 8088 | value is between 0.001 (inclusive) and 10000000.0 |
| 8089 | (exclusive). Otherwise 'e' is used for 'g' and 'E' |
| 8090 | for 'G'. When no precision is specified superfluous |
| 8091 | zeroes and '+' signs are removed, except for the zero |
| 8092 | immediately after the decimal point. Thus 10000000.0 |
| 8093 | results in 1.0e7. |
| 8094 | |
| 8095 | *printf-%* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8096 | % A '%' is written. No argument is converted. The |
| 8097 | complete conversion specification is "%%". |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8098 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8099 | When a Number argument is expected a String argument is also |
| 8100 | accepted and automatically converted. |
| 8101 | When a Float or String argument is expected a Number argument |
| 8102 | is also accepted and automatically converted. |
| 8103 | Any other argument type results in an error message. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8104 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 83bab71 | 2005-08-01 21:58:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8105 | *E766* *E767* |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8106 | The number of {exprN} arguments must exactly match the number |
| 8107 | of "%" items. If there are not sufficient or too many |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8108 | arguments an error is given. Up to 18 arguments can be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4be06f9 | 2005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8109 | |
| 8110 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 077cc7a | 2020-09-04 16:35:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8111 | prompt_getprompt({buf}) *prompt_getprompt()* |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8112 | Returns the effective prompt text for buffer {buf}. {buf} can |
| 8113 | be a buffer name or number. See |prompt-buffer|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 077cc7a | 2020-09-04 16:35:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8114 | |
| 8115 | If the buffer doesn't exist or isn't a prompt buffer, an empty |
| 8116 | string is returned. |
| 8117 | |
| 8118 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8119 | GetBuffer()->prompt_getprompt() |
| 8120 | |
| 8121 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8122 | prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setcallback()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e5979a | 2018-06-17 19:36:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8123 | Set prompt callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr} |
| 8124 | is an empty string the callback is removed. This has only |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8125 | effect if {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt". |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e5979a | 2018-06-17 19:36:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8126 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8127 | The callback is invoked when pressing Enter. The current |
| 8128 | buffer will always be the prompt buffer. A new line for a |
| 8129 | prompt is added before invoking the callback, thus the prompt |
| 8130 | for which the callback was invoked will be in the last but one |
| 8131 | line. |
| 8132 | If the callback wants to add text to the buffer, it must |
| 8133 | insert it above the last line, since that is where the current |
| 8134 | prompt is. This can also be done asynchronously. |
| 8135 | The callback is invoked with one argument, which is the text |
| 8136 | that was entered at the prompt. This can be an empty string |
| 8137 | if the user only typed Enter. |
| 8138 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8139 | call prompt_setcallback(bufnr(), function('s:TextEntered')) |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8140 | func s:TextEntered(text) |
| 8141 | if a:text == 'exit' || a:text == 'quit' |
| 8142 | stopinsert |
| 8143 | close |
| 8144 | else |
| 8145 | call append(line('$') - 1, 'Entered: "' . a:text . '"') |
| 8146 | " Reset 'modified' to allow the buffer to be closed. |
| 8147 | set nomodified |
| 8148 | endif |
| 8149 | endfunc |
| 8150 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8151 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8152 | GetBuffer()->prompt_setcallback(callback) |
| 8153 | |
| 8154 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e5979a | 2018-06-17 19:36:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8155 | prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setinterrupt()* |
| 8156 | Set a callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr} is an |
| 8157 | empty string the callback is removed. This has only effect if |
| 8158 | {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt". |
| 8159 | |
| 8160 | This callback will be invoked when pressing CTRL-C in Insert |
| 8161 | mode. Without setting a callback Vim will exit Insert mode, |
| 8162 | as in any buffer. |
| 8163 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8164 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8165 | GetBuffer()->prompt_setinterrupt(callback) |
| 8166 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e5979a | 2018-06-17 19:36:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8167 | prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) *prompt_setprompt()* |
| 8168 | Set prompt for buffer {buf} to {text}. You most likely want |
| 8169 | {text} to end in a space. |
| 8170 | The result is only visible if {buf} has 'buftype' set to |
| 8171 | "prompt". Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a8eee21 | 2019-08-24 22:14:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8172 | call prompt_setprompt(bufnr(), 'command: ') |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8173 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8174 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8175 | GetBuffer()->prompt_setprompt('command: ') |
| 8176 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 077cc7a | 2020-09-04 16:35:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8177 | prop_ functions are documented here: |text-prop-functions| |
Bram Moolenaar | f273245 | 2018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8178 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e9bd572 | 2019-08-17 19:36:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8179 | pum_getpos() *pum_getpos()* |
| 8180 | If the popup menu (see |ins-completion-menu|) is not visible, |
| 8181 | returns an empty |Dictionary|, otherwise, returns a |
| 8182 | |Dictionary| with the following keys: |
| 8183 | height nr of items visible |
| 8184 | width screen cells |
| 8185 | row top screen row (0 first row) |
| 8186 | col leftmost screen column (0 first col) |
| 8187 | size total nr of items |
Bram Moolenaar | 96f45c0 | 2019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8188 | scrollbar |TRUE| if scrollbar is visible |
Bram Moolenaar | e9bd572 | 2019-08-17 19:36:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8189 | |
| 8190 | The values are the same as in |v:event| during |
| 8191 | |CompleteChanged|. |
| 8192 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8193 | pumvisible() *pumvisible()* |
| 8194 | Returns non-zero when the popup menu is visible, zero |
| 8195 | otherwise. See |ins-completion-menu|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8196 | This can be used to avoid some things that would remove the |
| 8197 | popup menu. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8198 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8199 | py3eval({expr}) *py3eval()* |
| 8200 | Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result |
| 8201 | converted to Vim data structures. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8202 | Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are |
| 8203 | copied though, Unicode strings are additionally converted to |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8204 | 'encoding'). |
| 8205 | Lists are represented as Vim |List| type. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8206 | Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8207 | keys converted to strings. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8208 | |
| 8209 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8210 | GetExpr()->py3eval() |
| 8211 | |
| 8212 | < {only available when compiled with the |+python3| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8213 | |
| 8214 | *E858* *E859* |
| 8215 | pyeval({expr}) *pyeval()* |
| 8216 | Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result |
| 8217 | converted to Vim data structures. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8218 | Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8219 | copied though). |
| 8220 | Lists are represented as Vim |List| type. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8221 | Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type, |
Bram Moolenaar | d09acef | 2012-09-21 14:54:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8222 | non-string keys result in error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8223 | |
| 8224 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8225 | GetExpr()->pyeval() |
| 8226 | |
| 8227 | < {only available when compiled with the |+python| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8228 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f42dd3c | 2017-01-28 16:06:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8229 | pyxeval({expr}) *pyxeval()* |
| 8230 | Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result |
| 8231 | converted to Vim data structures. |
| 8232 | Uses Python 2 or 3, see |python_x| and 'pyxversion'. |
| 8233 | See also: |pyeval()|, |py3eval()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 3f4f3d8 | 2019-09-04 20:05:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8234 | |
| 8235 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8236 | GetExpr()->pyxeval() |
| 8237 | |
| 8238 | < {only available when compiled with the |+python| or the |
Bram Moolenaar | f42dd3c | 2017-01-28 16:06:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8239 | |+python3| feature} |
| 8240 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8241 | *E726* *E727* |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8242 | range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]]) *range()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8243 | Returns a |List| with Numbers: |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8244 | - If only {expr} is specified: [0, 1, ..., {expr} - 1] |
| 8245 | - If {max} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + 1, ..., {max}] |
| 8246 | - If {stride} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + {stride}, ..., |
| 8247 | {max}] (increasing {expr} with {stride} each time, not |
| 8248 | producing a value past {max}). |
Bram Moolenaar | e756604 | 2005-06-17 22:00:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8249 | When the maximum is one before the start the result is an |
| 8250 | empty list. When the maximum is more than one before the |
| 8251 | start this is an error. |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8252 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8253 | range(4) " [0, 1, 2, 3] |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8254 | range(2, 4) " [2, 3, 4] |
| 8255 | range(2, 9, 3) " [2, 5, 8] |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8256 | range(2, -2, -1) " [2, 1, 0, -1, -2] |
Bram Moolenaar | e756604 | 2005-06-17 22:00:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8257 | range(0) " [] |
| 8258 | range(2, 0) " error! |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8259 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8260 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8261 | GetExpr()->range() |
| 8262 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8263 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c7f8c5 | 2020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8264 | rand([{expr}]) *rand()* *random* |
Bram Moolenaar | f8c1f92 | 2019-11-28 22:13:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8265 | Return a pseudo-random Number generated with an xoshiro128** |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0734d | 2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8266 | algorithm using seed {expr}. The returned number is 32 bits, |
| 8267 | also on 64 bits systems, for consistency. |
| 8268 | {expr} can be initialized by |srand()| and will be updated by |
| 8269 | rand(). If {expr} is omitted, an internal seed value is used |
| 8270 | and updated. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8271 | |
| 8272 | Examples: > |
| 8273 | :echo rand() |
| 8274 | :let seed = srand() |
| 8275 | :echo rand(seed) |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0734d | 2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8276 | :echo rand(seed) % 16 " random number 0 - 15 |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8277 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | c423ad7 | 2021-01-13 20:38:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8278 | |
| 8279 | readblob({fname}) *readblob()* |
| 8280 | Read file {fname} in binary mode and return a |Blob|. |
| 8281 | When the file can't be opened an error message is given and |
| 8282 | the result is an empty |Blob|. |
| 8283 | Also see |readfile()| and |writefile()|. |
| 8284 | |
| 8285 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8286 | readdir({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdir()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 543c9b1 | 2019-04-05 22:50:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8287 | Return a list with file and directory names in {directory}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 62e1bb4 | 2019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8288 | You can also use |glob()| if you don't need to do complicated |
| 8289 | things, such as limiting the number of matches. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8290 | The list will be sorted (case sensitive), see the {dict} |
| 8291 | argument below for changing the sort order. |
Bram Moolenaar | 543c9b1 | 2019-04-05 22:50:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8292 | |
| 8293 | When {expr} is omitted all entries are included. |
| 8294 | When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do: |
| 8295 | If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will |
| 8296 | be handled. |
| 8297 | If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be |
| 8298 | added to the list. |
| 8299 | If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added |
| 8300 | to the list. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c9ba04 | 2020-06-01 16:09:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8301 | The entries "." and ".." are always excluded. |
Bram Moolenaar | 543c9b1 | 2019-04-05 22:50:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8302 | Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to the entry name. |
| 8303 | When {expr} is a function the name is passed as the argument. |
| 8304 | For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": > |
| 8305 | readdir(dirname, {n -> n =~ '.txt$'}) |
| 8306 | < To skip hidden and backup files: > |
| 8307 | readdir(dirname, {n -> n !~ '^\.\|\~$'}) |
| 8308 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8309 | < The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom |
| 8310 | values. Currently this is used to specify if and how sorting |
| 8311 | should be performed. The dict can have the following members: |
| 8312 | |
| 8313 | sort How to sort the result returned from the system. |
| 8314 | Valid values are: |
| 8315 | "none" do not sort (fastest method) |
| 8316 | "case" sort case sensitive (byte value of |
| 8317 | each character, technically, using |
| 8318 | strcmp()) (default) |
| 8319 | "icase" sort case insensitive (technically |
| 8320 | using strcasecmp()) |
| 8321 | "collate" sort using the collation order |
| 8322 | of the "POSIX" or "C" |locale| |
| 8323 | (technically using strcoll()) |
| 8324 | Other values are silently ignored. |
| 8325 | |
| 8326 | For example, to get a list of all files in the current |
| 8327 | directory without sorting the individual entries: > |
| 8328 | readdir('.', '1', #{sort: 'none'}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 543c9b1 | 2019-04-05 22:50:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8329 | < If you want to get a directory tree: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8330 | function! s:tree(dir) |
| 8331 | return {a:dir : map(readdir(a:dir), |
Bram Moolenaar | 543c9b1 | 2019-04-05 22:50:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8332 | \ {_, x -> isdirectory(x) ? |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8333 | \ {x : s:tree(a:dir . '/' . x)} : x})} |
| 8334 | endfunction |
| 8335 | echo s:tree(".") |
Bram Moolenaar | 543c9b1 | 2019-04-05 22:50:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8336 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8337 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8338 | GetDirName()->readdir() |
| 8339 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8340 | readdirex({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdirex()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c9ba04 | 2020-06-01 16:09:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8341 | Extended version of |readdir()|. |
| 8342 | Return a list of Dictionaries with file and directory |
| 8343 | information in {directory}. |
| 8344 | This is useful if you want to get the attributes of file and |
| 8345 | directory at the same time as getting a list of a directory. |
| 8346 | This is much faster than calling |readdir()| then calling |
| 8347 | |getfperm()|, |getfsize()|, |getftime()| and |getftype()| for |
| 8348 | each file and directory especially on MS-Windows. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8349 | The list will by default be sorted by name (case sensitive), |
| 8350 | the sorting can be changed by using the optional {dict} |
| 8351 | argument, see |readdir()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c9ba04 | 2020-06-01 16:09:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8352 | |
| 8353 | The Dictionary for file and directory information has the |
| 8354 | following items: |
| 8355 | group Group name of the entry. (Only on Unix) |
| 8356 | name Name of the entry. |
| 8357 | perm Permissions of the entry. See |getfperm()|. |
| 8358 | size Size of the entry. See |getfsize()|. |
| 8359 | time Timestamp of the entry. See |getftime()|. |
| 8360 | type Type of the entry. |
| 8361 | On Unix, almost same as |getftype()| except: |
| 8362 | Symlink to a dir "linkd" |
| 8363 | Other symlink "link" |
| 8364 | On MS-Windows: |
| 8365 | Normal file "file" |
| 8366 | Directory "dir" |
| 8367 | Junction "junction" |
| 8368 | Symlink to a dir "linkd" |
| 8369 | Other symlink "link" |
| 8370 | Other reparse point "reparse" |
| 8371 | user User name of the entry's owner. (Only on Unix) |
| 8372 | On Unix, if the entry is a symlink, the Dictionary includes |
| 8373 | the information of the target (except the "type" item). |
| 8374 | On MS-Windows, it includes the information of the symlink |
| 8375 | itself because of performance reasons. |
| 8376 | |
| 8377 | When {expr} is omitted all entries are included. |
| 8378 | When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do: |
| 8379 | If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will |
| 8380 | be handled. |
| 8381 | If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be |
| 8382 | added to the list. |
| 8383 | If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added |
| 8384 | to the list. |
| 8385 | The entries "." and ".." are always excluded. |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8386 | Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to a |Dictionary| |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c9ba04 | 2020-06-01 16:09:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8387 | of the entry. |
| 8388 | When {expr} is a function the entry is passed as the argument. |
| 8389 | For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": > |
| 8390 | readdirex(dirname, {e -> e.name =~ '.txt$'}) |
| 8391 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 84cf6bd | 2020-06-16 20:03:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8392 | For example, to get a list of all files in the current |
| 8393 | directory without sorting the individual entries: > |
| 8394 | readdirex(dirname, '1', #{sort: 'none'}) |
| 8395 | |
| 8396 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c9ba04 | 2020-06-01 16:09:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8397 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8398 | GetDirName()->readdirex() |
| 8399 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | c423ad7 | 2021-01-13 20:38:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8400 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8401 | *readfile()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8402 | readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8403 | Read file {fname} and return a |List|, each line of the file |
Bram Moolenaar | 6100d02 | 2016-10-02 16:51:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8404 | as an item. Lines are broken at NL characters. Macintosh |
| 8405 | files separated with CR will result in a single long line |
| 8406 | (unless a NL appears somewhere). |
Bram Moolenaar | 06583f1 | 2010-08-07 20:30:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8407 | All NUL characters are replaced with a NL character. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8408 | When {type} contains "b" binary mode is used: |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8409 | - When the last line ends in a NL an extra empty list item is |
| 8410 | added. |
| 8411 | - No CR characters are removed. |
| 8412 | Otherwise: |
| 8413 | - CR characters that appear before a NL are removed. |
| 8414 | - Whether the last line ends in a NL or not does not matter. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06583f1 | 2010-08-07 20:30:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8415 | - When 'encoding' is Unicode any UTF-8 byte order mark is |
| 8416 | removed from the text. |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8417 | When {max} is given this specifies the maximum number of lines |
| 8418 | to be read. Useful if you only want to check the first ten |
| 8419 | lines of a file: > |
| 8420 | :for line in readfile(fname, '', 10) |
| 8421 | : if line =~ 'Date' | echo line | endif |
| 8422 | :endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | 582fd85 | 2005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8423 | < When {max} is negative -{max} lines from the end of the file |
| 8424 | are returned, or as many as there are. |
| 8425 | When {max} is zero the result is an empty list. |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8426 | Note that without {max} the whole file is read into memory. |
| 8427 | Also note that there is no recognition of encoding. Read a |
| 8428 | file into a buffer if you need to. |
Bram Moolenaar | c423ad7 | 2021-01-13 20:38:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8429 | Deprecated (use |readblob()| instead): When {type} contains |
| 8430 | "B" a |Blob| is returned with the binary data of the file |
| 8431 | unmodified. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8432 | When the file can't be opened an error message is given and |
| 8433 | the result is an empty list. |
| 8434 | Also see |writefile()|. |
| 8435 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8436 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8437 | GetFileName()->readfile() |
| 8438 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8562998 | 2020-06-01 18:39:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8439 | reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}]) *reduce()* *E998* |
| 8440 | {func} is called for every item in {object}, which can be a |
| 8441 | |List| or a |Blob|. {func} is called with two arguments: the |
| 8442 | result so far and current item. After processing all items |
| 8443 | the result is returned. |
| 8444 | |
| 8445 | {initial} is the initial result. When omitted, the first item |
| 8446 | in {object} is used and {func} is first called for the second |
| 8447 | item. If {initial} is not given and {object} is empty no |
| 8448 | result can be computed, an E998 error is given. |
| 8449 | |
| 8450 | Examples: > |
| 8451 | echo reduce([1, 3, 5], { acc, val -> acc + val }) |
| 8452 | echo reduce(['x', 'y'], { acc, val -> acc .. val }, 'a') |
| 8453 | echo reduce(0z1122, { acc, val -> 2 * acc + val }) |
| 8454 | < |
| 8455 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8456 | echo mylist->reduce({ acc, val -> acc + val }, 0) |
| 8457 | |
| 8458 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b6d911 | 2018-05-22 20:35:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8459 | reg_executing() *reg_executing()* |
| 8460 | Returns the single letter name of the register being executed. |
| 8461 | Returns an empty string when no register is being executed. |
| 8462 | See |@|. |
| 8463 | |
| 8464 | reg_recording() *reg_recording()* |
| 8465 | Returns the single letter name of the register being recorded. |
Bram Moolenaar | 62e1bb4 | 2019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8466 | Returns an empty string when not recording. See |q|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b6d911 | 2018-05-22 20:35:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8467 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8468 | reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) *reltime()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8469 | Return an item that represents a time value. The item is a |
| 8470 | list with items that depend on the system. In Vim 9 script |
| 8471 | list<any> can be used. |
| 8472 | The item can be passed to |reltimestr()| to convert it to a |
| 8473 | string or |reltimefloat()| to convert to a Float. |
| 8474 | |
| 8475 | Without an argument reltime() returns the current time. |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8476 | With one argument is returns the time passed since the time |
| 8477 | specified in the argument. |
Bram Moolenaar | 551dbcc | 2006-04-25 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8478 | With two arguments it returns the time passed between {start} |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8479 | and {end}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8480 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8481 | The {start} and {end} arguments must be values returned by |
| 8482 | reltime(). |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8483 | |
| 8484 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8485 | GetStart()->reltime() |
| 8486 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8487 | {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8488 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8489 | reltimefloat({time}) *reltimefloat()* |
| 8490 | Return a Float that represents the time value of {time}. |
| 8491 | Example: > |
| 8492 | let start = reltime() |
| 8493 | call MyFunction() |
| 8494 | let seconds = reltimefloat(reltime(start)) |
| 8495 | < See the note of reltimestr() about overhead. |
| 8496 | Also see |profiling|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8497 | |
| 8498 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8499 | reltime(start)->reltimefloat() |
| 8500 | |
| 8501 | < {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8502 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8503 | reltimestr({time}) *reltimestr()* |
| 8504 | Return a String that represents the time value of {time}. |
| 8505 | This is the number of seconds, a dot and the number of |
| 8506 | microseconds. Example: > |
| 8507 | let start = reltime() |
| 8508 | call MyFunction() |
| 8509 | echo reltimestr(reltime(start)) |
| 8510 | < Note that overhead for the commands will be added to the time. |
| 8511 | The accuracy depends on the system. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8512 | Leading spaces are used to make the string align nicely. You |
| 8513 | can use split() to remove it. > |
| 8514 | echo split(reltimestr(reltime(start)))[0] |
| 8515 | < Also see |profiling|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8516 | |
| 8517 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8518 | reltime(start)->reltimestr() |
| 8519 | |
| 8520 | < {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8521 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8522 | *remote_expr()* *E449* |
Bram Moolenaar | 81b9d0b | 2017-03-19 21:20:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8523 | remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8524 | Send the {string} to {server}. The string is sent as an |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8525 | expression and the result is returned after evaluation. |
Bram Moolenaar | 362e1a3 | 2006-03-06 23:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8526 | The result must be a String or a |List|. A |List| is turned |
| 8527 | into a String by joining the items with a line break in |
| 8528 | between (not at the end), like with join(expr, "\n"). |
Bram Moolenaar | 81b9d0b | 2017-03-19 21:20:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8529 | If {idvar} is present and not empty, it is taken as the name |
| 8530 | of a variable and a {serverid} for later use with |
Bram Moolenaar | 6bb2cdf | 2018-02-24 19:53:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8531 | |remote_read()| is stored there. |
Bram Moolenaar | 81b9d0b | 2017-03-19 21:20:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8532 | If {timeout} is given the read times out after this many |
| 8533 | seconds. Otherwise a timeout of 600 seconds is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8534 | See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|. |
| 8535 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 8536 | {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
| 8537 | Note: Any errors will cause a local error message to be issued |
| 8538 | and the result will be the empty string. |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8539 | |
| 8540 | Variables will be evaluated in the global namespace, |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8541 | independent of a function currently being active. Except |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8542 | when in debug mode, then local function variables and |
| 8543 | arguments can be evaluated. |
| 8544 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8545 | Examples: > |
| 8546 | :echo remote_expr("gvim", "2+2") |
| 8547 | :echo remote_expr("gvim1", "b:current_syntax") |
| 8548 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8549 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8550 | ServerName()->remote_expr(expr) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8551 | |
| 8552 | remote_foreground({server}) *remote_foreground()* |
| 8553 | Move the Vim server with the name {server} to the foreground. |
| 8554 | This works like: > |
| 8555 | remote_expr({server}, "foreground()") |
| 8556 | < Except that on Win32 systems the client does the work, to work |
| 8557 | around the problem that the OS doesn't always allow the server |
| 8558 | to bring itself to the foreground. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9372a11 | 2005-12-06 19:59:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8559 | Note: This does not restore the window if it was minimized, |
| 8560 | like foreground() does. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8561 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8562 | |
| 8563 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8564 | ServerName()->remote_foreground() |
| 8565 | |
| 8566 | < {only in the Win32, Athena, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8567 | Win32 console version} |
| 8568 | |
| 8569 | |
| 8570 | remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}]) *remote_peek()* |
| 8571 | Returns a positive number if there are available strings |
| 8572 | from {serverid}. Copies any reply string into the variable |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8573 | {retvar} if specified. {retvar} must be a string with the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8574 | name of a variable. |
| 8575 | Returns zero if none are available. |
| 8576 | Returns -1 if something is wrong. |
| 8577 | See also |clientserver|. |
| 8578 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 8579 | {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
| 8580 | Examples: > |
| 8581 | :let repl = "" |
| 8582 | :echo "PEEK: ".remote_peek(id, "repl").": ".repl |
| 8583 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8584 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8585 | ServerId()->remote_peek() |
| 8586 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 81b9d0b | 2017-03-19 21:20:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8587 | remote_read({serverid}, [{timeout}]) *remote_read()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8588 | Return the oldest available reply from {serverid} and consume |
Bram Moolenaar | 81b9d0b | 2017-03-19 21:20:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8589 | it. Unless a {timeout} in seconds is given, it blocks until a |
| 8590 | reply is available. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8591 | See also |clientserver|. |
| 8592 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 8593 | {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
| 8594 | Example: > |
| 8595 | :echo remote_read(id) |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8596 | |
| 8597 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8598 | ServerId()->remote_read() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8599 | < |
| 8600 | *remote_send()* *E241* |
| 8601 | remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8602 | Send the {string} to {server}. The string is sent as input |
Bram Moolenaar | d4755bb | 2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8603 | keys and the function returns immediately. At the Vim server |
| 8604 | the keys are not mapped |:map|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8605 | If {idvar} is present, it is taken as the name of a variable |
| 8606 | and a {serverid} for later use with remote_read() is stored |
| 8607 | there. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8608 | See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|. |
| 8609 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 8610 | {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 7416f3e | 2017-03-18 18:10:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8611 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8612 | Note: Any errors will be reported in the server and may mess |
| 8613 | up the display. |
| 8614 | Examples: > |
| 8615 | :echo remote_send("gvim", ":DropAndReply ".file, "serverid"). |
| 8616 | \ remote_read(serverid) |
| 8617 | |
| 8618 | :autocmd NONE RemoteReply * |
| 8619 | \ echo remote_read(expand("<amatch>")) |
| 8620 | :echo remote_send("gvim", ":sleep 10 | echo ". |
| 8621 | \ 'server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")<CR>') |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8622 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8623 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8624 | ServerName()->remote_send(keys) |
| 8625 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 7416f3e | 2017-03-18 18:10:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8626 | *remote_startserver()* *E941* *E942* |
| 8627 | remote_startserver({name}) |
| 8628 | Become the server {name}. This fails if already running as a |
| 8629 | server, when |v:servername| is not empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8630 | |
| 8631 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8632 | ServerName()->remote_startserver() |
| 8633 | |
| 8634 | < {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 7416f3e | 2017-03-18 18:10:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8635 | |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8636 | remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) *remove()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8637 | Without {end}: Remove the item at {idx} from |List| {list} and |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8638 | return the item. |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8639 | With {end}: Remove items from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8640 | return a |List| with these items. When {idx} points to the same |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8641 | item as {end} a list with one item is returned. When {end} |
| 8642 | points to an item before {idx} this is an error. |
| 8643 | See |list-index| for possible values of {idx} and {end}. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8644 | Example: > |
| 8645 | :echo "last item: " . remove(mylist, -1) |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8646 | :call remove(mylist, 0, 9) |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8647 | < |
| 8648 | Use |delete()| to remove a file. |
| 8649 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8650 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8651 | mylist->remove(idx) |
| 8652 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8653 | remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}]) |
| 8654 | Without {end}: Remove the byte at {idx} from |Blob| {blob} and |
| 8655 | return the byte. |
| 8656 | With {end}: Remove bytes from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and |
| 8657 | return a |Blob| with these bytes. When {idx} points to the same |
| 8658 | byte as {end} a |Blob| with one byte is returned. When {end} |
| 8659 | points to a byte before {idx} this is an error. |
| 8660 | Example: > |
| 8661 | :echo "last byte: " . remove(myblob, -1) |
| 8662 | :call remove(mylist, 0, 9) |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8663 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8664 | remove({dict}, {key}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5477506 | 2019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8665 | Remove the entry from {dict} with key {key} and return it. |
| 8666 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8667 | :echo "removed " . remove(dict, "one") |
| 8668 | < If there is no {key} in {dict} this is an error. |
| 8669 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8670 | rename({from}, {to}) *rename()* |
| 8671 | Rename the file by the name {from} to the name {to}. This |
| 8672 | should also work to move files across file systems. The |
| 8673 | result is a Number, which is 0 if the file was renamed |
| 8674 | successfully, and non-zero when the renaming failed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 798b30b | 2009-04-22 10:56:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8675 | NOTE: If {to} exists it is overwritten without warning. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8676 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 8677 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8678 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8679 | GetOldName()->rename(newname) |
| 8680 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8681 | repeat({expr}, {count}) *repeat()* |
| 8682 | Repeat {expr} {count} times and return the concatenated |
| 8683 | result. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 551dbcc | 2006-04-25 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8684 | :let separator = repeat('-', 80) |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8685 | < When {count} is zero or negative the result is empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8686 | When {expr} is a |List| the result is {expr} concatenated |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8687 | {count} times. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8688 | :let longlist = repeat(['a', 'b'], 3) |
| 8689 | < Results in ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b']. |
Bram Moolenaar | ab79bcb | 2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8690 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8691 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8692 | mylist->repeat(count) |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8693 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8694 | resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655* |
| 8695 | On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file), |
| 8696 | returns the path the shortcut points to in a simplified form. |
Bram Moolenaar | dce1e89 | 2019-02-10 23:18:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8697 | When {filename} is a symbolic link or junction point, return |
| 8698 | the full path to the target. If the target of junction is |
| 8699 | removed, return {filename}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8700 | On Unix, repeat resolving symbolic links in all path |
| 8701 | components of {filename} and return the simplified result. |
| 8702 | To cope with link cycles, resolving of symbolic links is |
| 8703 | stopped after 100 iterations. |
| 8704 | On other systems, return the simplified {filename}. |
| 8705 | The simplification step is done as by |simplify()|. |
| 8706 | resolve() keeps a leading path component specifying the |
| 8707 | current directory (provided the result is still a relative |
| 8708 | path name) and also keeps a trailing path separator. |
| 8709 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8710 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8711 | GetName()->resolve() |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8712 | |
| 8713 | reverse({object}) *reverse()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8714 | Reverse the order of items in {object} in-place. |
| 8715 | {object} can be a |List| or a |Blob|. |
| 8716 | Returns {object}. |
| 8717 | If you want an object to remain unmodified make a copy first: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8718 | :let revlist = reverse(copy(mylist)) |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8719 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8720 | mylist->reverse() |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8721 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8722 | round({expr}) *round()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8723 | Round off {expr} to the nearest integral value and return it |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8724 | as a |Float|. If {expr} lies halfway between two integral |
| 8725 | values, then use the larger one (away from zero). |
| 8726 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 8727 | Examples: > |
| 8728 | echo round(0.456) |
| 8729 | < 0.0 > |
| 8730 | echo round(4.5) |
| 8731 | < 5.0 > |
| 8732 | echo round(-4.5) |
| 8733 | < -5.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8734 | |
| 8735 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8736 | Compute()->round() |
| 8737 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8738 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 34feacb | 2012-12-05 19:01:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8739 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e99be0e | 2019-03-26 22:51:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8740 | rubyeval({expr}) *rubyeval()* |
| 8741 | Evaluate Ruby expression {expr} and return its result |
| 8742 | converted to Vim data structures. |
| 8743 | Numbers, floats and strings are returned as they are (strings |
| 8744 | are copied though). |
| 8745 | Arrays are represented as Vim |List| type. |
| 8746 | Hashes are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type. |
| 8747 | Other objects are represented as strings resulted from their |
| 8748 | "Object#to_s" method. |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8749 | |
| 8750 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8751 | GetRubyExpr()->rubyeval() |
| 8752 | |
| 8753 | < {only available when compiled with the |+ruby| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | e99be0e | 2019-03-26 22:51:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8754 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8755 | screenattr({row}, {col}) *screenattr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 36f44c2 | 2016-08-28 18:17:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8756 | Like |screenchar()|, but return the attribute. This is a rather |
Bram Moolenaar | 9a77348 | 2013-06-11 18:40:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8757 | arbitrary number that can only be used to compare to the |
| 8758 | attribute at other positions. |
| 8759 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8760 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8761 | GetRow()->screenattr(col) |
| 8762 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8763 | screenchar({row}, {col}) *screenchar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9a77348 | 2013-06-11 18:40:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8764 | The result is a Number, which is the character at position |
| 8765 | [row, col] on the screen. This works for every possible |
| 8766 | screen position, also status lines, window separators and the |
| 8767 | command line. The top left position is row one, column one |
| 8768 | The character excludes composing characters. For double-byte |
| 8769 | encodings it may only be the first byte. |
| 8770 | This is mainly to be used for testing. |
| 8771 | Returns -1 when row or col is out of range. |
| 8772 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8773 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8774 | GetRow()->screenchar(col) |
| 8775 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2912abb | 2019-03-29 14:16:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8776 | screenchars({row}, {col}) *screenchars()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8777 | The result is a |List| of Numbers. The first number is the same |
Bram Moolenaar | 2912abb | 2019-03-29 14:16:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8778 | as what |screenchar()| returns. Further numbers are |
| 8779 | composing characters on top of the base character. |
| 8780 | This is mainly to be used for testing. |
| 8781 | Returns an empty List when row or col is out of range. |
| 8782 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8783 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8784 | GetRow()->screenchars(col) |
| 8785 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 34feacb | 2012-12-05 19:01:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8786 | screencol() *screencol()* |
| 8787 | The result is a Number, which is the current screen column of |
| 8788 | the cursor. The leftmost column has number 1. |
| 8789 | This function is mainly used for testing. |
| 8790 | |
| 8791 | Note: Always returns the current screen column, thus if used |
| 8792 | in a command (e.g. ":echo screencol()") it will return the |
| 8793 | column inside the command line, which is 1 when the command is |
| 8794 | executed. To get the cursor position in the file use one of |
| 8795 | the following mappings: > |
| 8796 | nnoremap <expr> GG ":echom ".screencol()."\n" |
| 8797 | nnoremap <silent> GG :echom screencol()<CR> |
Bram Moolenaar | 957cf67 | 2020-11-12 14:21:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8798 | nnoremap GG <Cmd>echom screencol()<CR> |
Bram Moolenaar | 34feacb | 2012-12-05 19:01:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8799 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b3d17a2 | 2019-07-07 18:28:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8800 | screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) *screenpos()* |
| 8801 | The result is a Dict with the screen position of the text |
| 8802 | character in window {winid} at buffer line {lnum} and column |
| 8803 | {col}. {col} is a one-based byte index. |
| 8804 | The Dict has these members: |
| 8805 | row screen row |
| 8806 | col first screen column |
| 8807 | endcol last screen column |
| 8808 | curscol cursor screen column |
| 8809 | If the specified position is not visible, all values are zero. |
| 8810 | The "endcol" value differs from "col" when the character |
| 8811 | occupies more than one screen cell. E.g. for a Tab "col" can |
| 8812 | be 1 and "endcol" can be 8. |
| 8813 | The "curscol" value is where the cursor would be placed. For |
| 8814 | a Tab it would be the same as "endcol", while for a double |
| 8815 | width character it would be the same as "col". |
| 8816 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8817 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8818 | GetWinid()->screenpos(lnum, col) |
| 8819 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 34feacb | 2012-12-05 19:01:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8820 | screenrow() *screenrow()* |
| 8821 | The result is a Number, which is the current screen row of the |
| 8822 | cursor. The top line has number one. |
| 8823 | This function is mainly used for testing. |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8824 | Alternatively you can use |winline()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 34feacb | 2012-12-05 19:01:43 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8825 | |
| 8826 | Note: Same restrictions as with |screencol()|. |
| 8827 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2912abb | 2019-03-29 14:16:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8828 | screenstring({row}, {col}) *screenstring()* |
| 8829 | The result is a String that contains the base character and |
| 8830 | any composing characters at position [row, col] on the screen. |
| 8831 | This is like |screenchars()| but returning a String with the |
| 8832 | characters. |
| 8833 | This is mainly to be used for testing. |
| 8834 | Returns an empty String when row or col is out of range. |
| 8835 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8836 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8837 | GetRow()->screenstring(col) |
Bram Moolenaar | adc17a5 | 2020-06-06 18:37:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8838 | < |
| 8839 | *search()* |
| 8840 | search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8841 | Search for regexp pattern {pattern}. The search starts at the |
Bram Moolenaar | 383f9bc | 2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8842 | cursor position (you can use |cursor()| to set it). |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8843 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2df58b4 | 2012-11-28 18:21:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8844 | When a match has been found its line number is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | b8ff1fb | 2012-02-04 21:59:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8845 | If there is no match a 0 is returned and the cursor doesn't |
| 8846 | move. No error message is given. |
Bram Moolenaar | b8ff1fb | 2012-02-04 21:59:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8847 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8848 | {flags} is a String, which can contain these character flags: |
Bram Moolenaar | ad4d8a1 | 2015-12-28 19:20:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8849 | 'b' search Backward instead of forward |
| 8850 | 'c' accept a match at the Cursor position |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8851 | 'e' move to the End of the match |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8852 | 'n' do Not move the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | ad4d8a1 | 2015-12-28 19:20:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8853 | 'p' return number of matching sub-Pattern (see below) |
| 8854 | 's' Set the ' mark at the previous location of the cursor |
| 8855 | 'w' Wrap around the end of the file |
| 8856 | 'W' don't Wrap around the end of the file |
| 8857 | 'z' start searching at the cursor column instead of zero |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8858 | If neither 'w' or 'W' is given, the 'wrapscan' option applies. |
| 8859 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0274363 | 2005-07-25 20:42:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8860 | If the 's' flag is supplied, the ' mark is set, only if the |
| 8861 | cursor is moved. The 's' flag cannot be combined with the 'n' |
| 8862 | flag. |
| 8863 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8864 | 'ignorecase', 'smartcase' and 'magic' are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8865 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4466ad6 | 2020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 8866 | When the 'z' flag is not given, forward searching always |
| 8867 | starts in column zero and then matches before the cursor are |
| 8868 | skipped. When the 'c' flag is present in 'cpo' the next |
| 8869 | search starts after the match. Without the 'c' flag the next |
| 8870 | search starts one column further. This matters for |
| 8871 | overlapping matches. |
| 8872 | When searching backwards and the 'z' flag is given then the |
| 8873 | search starts in column zero, thus no match in the current |
| 8874 | line will be found (unless wrapping around the end of the |
| 8875 | file). |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8876 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8877 | When the {stopline} argument is given then the search stops |
| 8878 | after searching this line. This is useful to restrict the |
| 8879 | search to a range of lines. Examples: > |
| 8880 | let match = search('(', 'b', line("w0")) |
| 8881 | let end = search('END', '', line("w$")) |
| 8882 | < When {stopline} is used and it is not zero this also implies |
| 8883 | that the search does not wrap around the end of the file. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7692929 | 2008-01-06 19:07:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8884 | A zero value is equal to not giving the argument. |
| 8885 | |
| 8886 | When the {timeout} argument is given the search stops when |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8887 | more than this many milliseconds have passed. Thus when |
Bram Moolenaar | 7692929 | 2008-01-06 19:07:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8888 | {timeout} is 500 the search stops after half a second. |
| 8889 | The value must not be negative. A zero value is like not |
| 8890 | giving the argument. |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8891 | {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8892 | |
Bram Moolenaar | adc17a5 | 2020-06-06 18:37:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8893 | If the {skip} expression is given it is evaluated with the |
| 8894 | cursor positioned on the start of a match. If it evaluates to |
| 8895 | non-zero this match is skipped. This can be used, for |
| 8896 | example, to skip a match in a comment or a string. |
| 8897 | {skip} can be a string, which is evaluated as an expression, a |
| 8898 | function reference or a lambda. |
| 8899 | When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted. |
| 8900 | When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted |
| 8901 | and -1 returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 362e1a3 | 2006-03-06 23:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8902 | *search()-sub-match* |
| 8903 | With the 'p' flag the returned value is one more than the |
| 8904 | first sub-match in \(\). One if none of them matched but the |
| 8905 | whole pattern did match. |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8906 | To get the column number too use |searchpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8907 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8908 | The cursor will be positioned at the match, unless the 'n' |
| 8909 | flag is used. |
| 8910 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8911 | Example (goes over all files in the argument list): > |
| 8912 | :let n = 1 |
| 8913 | :while n <= argc() " loop over all files in arglist |
| 8914 | : exe "argument " . n |
| 8915 | : " start at the last char in the file and wrap for the |
| 8916 | : " first search to find match at start of file |
| 8917 | : normal G$ |
| 8918 | : let flags = "w" |
| 8919 | : while search("foo", flags) > 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8920 | : s/foo/bar/g |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8921 | : let flags = "W" |
| 8922 | : endwhile |
| 8923 | : update " write the file if modified |
| 8924 | : let n = n + 1 |
| 8925 | :endwhile |
| 8926 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8927 | Example for using some flags: > |
| 8928 | :echo search('\<if\|\(else\)\|\(endif\)', 'ncpe') |
| 8929 | < This will search for the keywords "if", "else", and "endif" |
| 8930 | under or after the cursor. Because of the 'p' flag, it |
| 8931 | returns 1, 2, or 3 depending on which keyword is found, or 0 |
| 8932 | if the search fails. With the cursor on the first word of the |
| 8933 | line: |
| 8934 | if (foo == 0) | let foo = foo + 1 | endif ~ |
| 8935 | the function returns 1. Without the 'c' flag, the function |
| 8936 | finds the "endif" and returns 3. The same thing happens |
| 8937 | without the 'e' flag if the cursor is on the "f" of "if". |
| 8938 | The 'n' flag tells the function not to move the cursor. |
| 8939 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8940 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 8941 | GetPattern()->search() |
Bram Moolenaar | 92d640f | 2005-09-05 22:11:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8942 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8943 | searchcount([{options}]) *searchcount()* |
| 8944 | Get or update the last search count, like what is displayed |
| 8945 | without the "S" flag in 'shortmess'. This works even if |
| 8946 | 'shortmess' does contain the "S" flag. |
| 8947 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8948 | This returns a |Dictionary|. The dictionary is empty if the |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8949 | previous pattern was not set and "pattern" was not specified. |
| 8950 | |
| 8951 | key type meaning ~ |
| 8952 | current |Number| current position of match; |
| 8953 | 0 if the cursor position is |
| 8954 | before the first match |
| 8955 | exact_match |Boolean| 1 if "current" is matched on |
| 8956 | "pos", otherwise 0 |
| 8957 | total |Number| total count of matches found |
| 8958 | incomplete |Number| 0: search was fully completed |
| 8959 | 1: recomputing was timed out |
| 8960 | 2: max count exceeded |
| 8961 | |
| 8962 | For {options} see further down. |
| 8963 | |
| 8964 | To get the last search count when |n| or |N| was pressed, call |
| 8965 | this function with `recompute: 0` . This sometimes returns |
| 8966 | wrong information because |n| and |N|'s maximum count is 99. |
| 8967 | If it exceeded 99 the result must be max count + 1 (100). If |
| 8968 | you want to get correct information, specify `recompute: 1`: > |
| 8969 | |
| 8970 | " result == maxcount + 1 (100) when many matches |
| 8971 | let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0}) |
| 8972 | |
| 8973 | " Below returns correct result (recompute defaults |
| 8974 | " to 1) |
| 8975 | let result = searchcount() |
| 8976 | < |
| 8977 | The function is useful to add the count to |statusline|: > |
| 8978 | function! LastSearchCount() abort |
| 8979 | let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0}) |
| 8980 | if empty(result) |
| 8981 | return '' |
| 8982 | endif |
| 8983 | if result.incomplete ==# 1 " timed out |
| 8984 | return printf(' /%s [?/??]', @/) |
| 8985 | elseif result.incomplete ==# 2 " max count exceeded |
| 8986 | if result.total > result.maxcount && |
| 8987 | \ result.current > result.maxcount |
| 8988 | return printf(' /%s [>%d/>%d]', @/, |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8989 | \ result.current, result.total) |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8990 | elseif result.total > result.maxcount |
| 8991 | return printf(' /%s [%d/>%d]', @/, |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8992 | \ result.current, result.total) |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8993 | endif |
| 8994 | endif |
| 8995 | return printf(' /%s [%d/%d]', @/, |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8996 | \ result.current, result.total) |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8997 | endfunction |
| 8998 | let &statusline .= '%{LastSearchCount()}' |
| 8999 | |
| 9000 | " Or if you want to show the count only when |
| 9001 | " 'hlsearch' was on |
| 9002 | " let &statusline .= |
| 9003 | " \ '%{v:hlsearch ? LastSearchCount() : ""}' |
| 9004 | < |
| 9005 | You can also update the search count, which can be useful in a |
| 9006 | |CursorMoved| or |CursorMovedI| autocommand: > |
| 9007 | |
| 9008 | autocmd CursorMoved,CursorMovedI * |
| 9009 | \ let s:searchcount_timer = timer_start( |
| 9010 | \ 200, function('s:update_searchcount')) |
| 9011 | function! s:update_searchcount(timer) abort |
| 9012 | if a:timer ==# s:searchcount_timer |
| 9013 | call searchcount(#{ |
| 9014 | \ recompute: 1, maxcount: 0, timeout: 100}) |
| 9015 | redrawstatus |
| 9016 | endif |
| 9017 | endfunction |
| 9018 | < |
| 9019 | This can also be used to count matched texts with specified |
| 9020 | pattern in the current buffer using "pattern": > |
| 9021 | |
| 9022 | " Count '\<foo\>' in this buffer |
| 9023 | " (Note that it also updates search count) |
| 9024 | let result = searchcount(#{pattern: '\<foo\>'}) |
| 9025 | |
| 9026 | " To restore old search count by old pattern, |
| 9027 | " search again |
| 9028 | call searchcount() |
| 9029 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9030 | {options} must be a |Dictionary|. It can contain: |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9031 | key type meaning ~ |
| 9032 | recompute |Boolean| if |TRUE|, recompute the count |
| 9033 | like |n| or |N| was executed. |
| 9034 | otherwise returns the last |
Bram Moolenaar | ebacddb | 2020-06-04 15:22:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9035 | computed result (when |n| or |
| 9036 | |N| was used when "S" is not |
| 9037 | in 'shortmess', or this |
| 9038 | function was called). |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9039 | (default: |TRUE|) |
| 9040 | pattern |String| recompute if this was given |
| 9041 | and different with |@/|. |
| 9042 | this works as same as the |
| 9043 | below command is executed |
| 9044 | before calling this function > |
| 9045 | let @/ = pattern |
| 9046 | < (default: |@/|) |
| 9047 | timeout |Number| 0 or negative number is no |
| 9048 | timeout. timeout milliseconds |
| 9049 | for recomputing the result |
| 9050 | (default: 0) |
| 9051 | maxcount |Number| 0 or negative number is no |
| 9052 | limit. max count of matched |
| 9053 | text while recomputing the |
| 9054 | result. if search exceeded |
| 9055 | total count, "total" value |
| 9056 | becomes `maxcount + 1` |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e6a515 | 2021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9057 | (default: 99) |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9058 | pos |List| `[lnum, col, off]` value |
| 9059 | when recomputing the result. |
| 9060 | this changes "current" result |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9061 | value. see |cursor()|, |
| 9062 | |getpos()| |
Bram Moolenaar | e8f5ec0 | 2020-06-01 17:28:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9063 | (default: cursor's position) |
| 9064 | |
| 9065 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f75a963 | 2005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9066 | searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]]) *searchdecl()* |
| 9067 | Search for the declaration of {name}. |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9068 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f75a963 | 2005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9069 | With a non-zero {global} argument it works like |gD|, find |
| 9070 | first match in the file. Otherwise it works like |gd|, find |
| 9071 | first match in the function. |
| 9072 | |
| 9073 | With a non-zero {thisblock} argument matches in a {} block |
| 9074 | that ends before the cursor position are ignored. Avoids |
| 9075 | finding variable declarations only valid in another scope. |
| 9076 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 92d640f | 2005-09-05 22:11:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9077 | Moves the cursor to the found match. |
| 9078 | Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure. |
| 9079 | Example: > |
| 9080 | if searchdecl('myvar') == 0 |
| 9081 | echo getline('.') |
| 9082 | endif |
| 9083 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9084 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9085 | GetName()->searchdecl() |
| 9086 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9087 | *searchpair()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7692929 | 2008-01-06 19:07:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9088 | searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} |
| 9089 | [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9090 | Search for the match of a nested start-end pair. This can be |
| 9091 | used to find the "endif" that matches an "if", while other |
| 9092 | if/endif pairs in between are ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9093 | The search starts at the cursor. The default is to search |
| 9094 | forward, include 'b' in {flags} to search backward. |
| 9095 | If a match is found, the cursor is positioned at it and the |
| 9096 | line number is returned. If no match is found 0 or -1 is |
| 9097 | returned and the cursor doesn't move. No error message is |
| 9098 | given. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9099 | |
| 9100 | {start}, {middle} and {end} are patterns, see |pattern|. They |
| 9101 | must not contain \( \) pairs. Use of \%( \) is allowed. When |
| 9102 | {middle} is not empty, it is found when searching from either |
| 9103 | direction, but only when not in a nested start-end pair. A |
| 9104 | typical use is: > |
| 9105 | searchpair('\<if\>', '\<else\>', '\<endif\>') |
| 9106 | < By leaving {middle} empty the "else" is skipped. |
| 9107 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9108 | {flags} 'b', 'c', 'n', 's', 'w' and 'W' are used like with |
| 9109 | |search()|. Additionally: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9110 | 'r' Repeat until no more matches found; will find the |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9111 | outer pair. Implies the 'W' flag. |
| 9112 | 'm' Return number of matches instead of line number with |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9113 | the match; will be > 1 when 'r' is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9114 | Note: it's nearly always a good idea to use the 'W' flag, to |
| 9115 | avoid wrapping around the end of the file. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9116 | |
| 9117 | When a match for {start}, {middle} or {end} is found, the |
| 9118 | {skip} expression is evaluated with the cursor positioned on |
| 9119 | the start of the match. It should return non-zero if this |
| 9120 | match is to be skipped. E.g., because it is inside a comment |
| 9121 | or a string. |
| 9122 | When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted. |
| 9123 | When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted |
| 9124 | and -1 returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4857048 | 2017-10-30 21:48:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9125 | {skip} can be a string, a lambda, a funcref or a partial. |
Bram Moolenaar | 675e8d6 | 2018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9126 | Anything else makes the function fail. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9127 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7692929 | 2008-01-06 19:07:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9128 | For {stopline} and {timeout} see |search()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9129 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9130 | The value of 'ignorecase' is used. 'magic' is ignored, the |
| 9131 | patterns are used like it's on. |
| 9132 | |
| 9133 | The search starts exactly at the cursor. A match with |
| 9134 | {start}, {middle} or {end} at the next character, in the |
| 9135 | direction of searching, is the first one found. Example: > |
| 9136 | if 1 |
| 9137 | if 2 |
| 9138 | endif 2 |
| 9139 | endif 1 |
| 9140 | < When starting at the "if 2", with the cursor on the "i", and |
| 9141 | searching forwards, the "endif 2" is found. When starting on |
| 9142 | the character just before the "if 2", the "endif 1" will be |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9143 | found. That's because the "if 2" will be found first, and |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9144 | then this is considered to be a nested if/endif from "if 2" to |
| 9145 | "endif 2". |
| 9146 | When searching backwards and {end} is more than one character, |
| 9147 | it may be useful to put "\zs" at the end of the pattern, so |
| 9148 | that when the cursor is inside a match with the end it finds |
| 9149 | the matching start. |
| 9150 | |
| 9151 | Example, to find the "endif" command in a Vim script: > |
| 9152 | |
| 9153 | :echo searchpair('\<if\>', '\<el\%[seif]\>', '\<en\%[dif]\>', 'W', |
| 9154 | \ 'getline(".") =~ "^\\s*\""') |
| 9155 | |
| 9156 | < The cursor must be at or after the "if" for which a match is |
| 9157 | to be found. Note that single-quote strings are used to avoid |
| 9158 | having to double the backslashes. The skip expression only |
| 9159 | catches comments at the start of a line, not after a command. |
| 9160 | Also, a word "en" or "if" halfway a line is considered a |
| 9161 | match. |
| 9162 | Another example, to search for the matching "{" of a "}": > |
| 9163 | |
| 9164 | :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW') |
| 9165 | |
| 9166 | < This works when the cursor is at or before the "}" for which a |
| 9167 | match is to be found. To reject matches that syntax |
| 9168 | highlighting recognized as strings: > |
| 9169 | |
| 9170 | :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW', |
| 9171 | \ 'synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 0), "name") =~? "string"') |
| 9172 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9173 | *searchpairpos()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7692929 | 2008-01-06 19:07:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9174 | searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} |
| 9175 | [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9176 | Same as |searchpair()|, but returns a |List| with the line and |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9177 | column position of the match. The first element of the |List| |
| 9178 | is the line number and the second element is the byte index of |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9179 | the column position of the match. If no match is found, |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9180 | returns [0, 0]. > |
| 9181 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1d2ba7f | 2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9182 | :let [lnum,col] = searchpairpos('{', '', '}', 'n') |
| 9183 | < |
| 9184 | See |match-parens| for a bigger and more useful example. |
| 9185 | |
Bram Moolenaar | adc17a5 | 2020-06-06 18:37:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9186 | *searchpos()* |
| 9187 | searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | a23ccb8 | 2006-02-27 00:08:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9188 | Same as |search()|, but returns a |List| with the line and |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9189 | column position of the match. The first element of the |List| |
| 9190 | is the line number and the second element is the byte index of |
| 9191 | the column position of the match. If no match is found, |
| 9192 | returns [0, 0]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 362e1a3 | 2006-03-06 23:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9193 | Example: > |
| 9194 | :let [lnum, col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n') |
| 9195 | |
| 9196 | < When the 'p' flag is given then there is an extra item with |
| 9197 | the sub-pattern match number |search()-sub-match|. Example: > |
| 9198 | :let [lnum, col, submatch] = searchpos('\(\l\)\|\(\u\)', 'np') |
| 9199 | < In this example "submatch" is 2 when a lowercase letter is |
| 9200 | found |/\l|, 3 when an uppercase letter is found |/\u|. |
| 9201 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9202 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9203 | GetPattern()->searchpos() |
| 9204 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9205 | server2client({clientid}, {string}) *server2client()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9206 | Send a reply string to {clientid}. The most recent {clientid} |
| 9207 | that sent a string can be retrieved with expand("<client>"). |
| 9208 | {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9209 | Returns zero for success, -1 for failure. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9210 | Note: |
| 9211 | This id has to be stored before the next command can be |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9212 | received. I.e. before returning from the received command and |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9213 | before calling any commands that waits for input. |
| 9214 | See also |clientserver|. |
| 9215 | Example: > |
| 9216 | :echo server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO") |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9217 | |
| 9218 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9219 | GetClientId()->server2client(string) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9220 | < |
| 9221 | serverlist() *serverlist()* |
| 9222 | Return a list of available server names, one per line. |
| 9223 | When there are no servers or the information is not available |
| 9224 | an empty string is returned. See also |clientserver|. |
| 9225 | {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature} |
| 9226 | Example: > |
| 9227 | :echo serverlist() |
| 9228 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9229 | setbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) *setbufline()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9230 | Set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer {expr}. This works like |
| 9231 | |setline()| for the specified buffer. |
| 9232 | |
| 9233 | This function works only for loaded buffers. First call |
| 9234 | |bufload()| if needed. |
| 9235 | |
| 9236 | To insert lines use |appendbufline()|. |
| 9237 | Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared. |
| 9238 | |
| 9239 | {text} can be a string to set one line, or a list of strings |
| 9240 | to set multiple lines. If the list extends below the last |
| 9241 | line then those lines are added. |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9242 | |
| 9243 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. |
| 9244 | |
| 9245 | {lnum} is used like with |setline()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9246 | When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be |
| 9247 | added below the last line. |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9248 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6bf2c62 | 2019-07-04 17:12:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9249 | When {expr} is not a valid buffer, the buffer is not loaded or |
| 9250 | {lnum} is not valid then 1 is returned. On success 0 is |
| 9251 | returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9252 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9253 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9254 | third argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9255 | GetText()->setbufline(buf, lnum) |
| 9256 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9257 | setbufvar({expr}, {varname}, {val}) *setbufvar()* |
| 9258 | Set option or local variable {varname} in buffer {expr} to |
| 9259 | {val}. |
| 9260 | This also works for a global or local window option, but it |
| 9261 | doesn't work for a global or local window variable. |
| 9262 | For a local window option the global value is unchanged. |
| 9263 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. |
| 9264 | Note that the variable name without "b:" must be used. |
| 9265 | Examples: > |
| 9266 | :call setbufvar(1, "&mod", 1) |
| 9267 | :call setbufvar("todo", "myvar", "foobar") |
| 9268 | < This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 9269 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9270 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9271 | third argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9272 | GetValue()->setbufvar(buf, varname) |
| 9273 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 08aac3c | 2020-08-28 21:04:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9274 | |
| 9275 | setcellwidths({list}) *setcellwidths()* |
| 9276 | Specify overrides for cell widths of character ranges. This |
| 9277 | tells Vim how wide characters are, counted in screen cells. |
| 9278 | This overrides 'ambiwidth'. Example: > |
| 9279 | setcellwidths([[0xad, 0xad, 1], |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9280 | \ [0x2194, 0x2199, 2]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 08aac3c | 2020-08-28 21:04:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9281 | |
| 9282 | < *E1109* *E1110* *E1111* *E1112* *E1113* |
| 9283 | The {list} argument is a list of lists with each three |
| 9284 | numbers. These three numbers are [low, high, width]. "low" |
| 9285 | and "high" can be the same, in which case this refers to one |
| 9286 | character. Otherwise it is the range of characters from "low" |
| 9287 | to "high" (inclusive). "width" is either 1 or 2, indicating |
| 9288 | the character width in screen cells. |
| 9289 | An error is given if the argument is invalid, also when a |
| 9290 | range overlaps with another. |
| 9291 | Only characters with value 0x100 and higher can be used. |
| 9292 | |
| 9293 | To clear the overrides pass an empty list: > |
| 9294 | setcellwidths([]); |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9295 | < You can use the script $VIMRUNTIME/tools/emoji_list.vim to see |
| 9296 | the effect for known emoji characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 08aac3c | 2020-08-28 21:04:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9297 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9298 | setcharpos({expr}, {list}) *setcharpos()* |
| 9299 | Same as |setpos()| but uses the specified column number as the |
| 9300 | character index instead of the byte index in the line. |
| 9301 | |
| 9302 | Example: |
| 9303 | With the text "여보세요" in line 8: > |
| 9304 | call setcharpos('.', [0, 8, 4, 0]) |
| 9305 | < positions the cursor on the fourth character '요'. > |
| 9306 | call setpos('.', [0, 8, 4, 0]) |
| 9307 | < positions the cursor on the second character '보'. |
| 9308 | |
| 9309 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9310 | GetPosition()->setcharpos('.') |
Bram Moolenaar | 08aac3c | 2020-08-28 21:04:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9311 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 12969c0 | 2015-09-08 23:36:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9312 | setcharsearch({dict}) *setcharsearch()* |
Bram Moolenaar | dbd24b5 | 2015-08-11 14:26:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9313 | Set the current character search information to {dict}, |
| 9314 | which contains one or more of the following entries: |
| 9315 | |
| 9316 | char character which will be used for a subsequent |
| 9317 | |,| or |;| command; an empty string clears the |
| 9318 | character search |
| 9319 | forward direction of character search; 1 for forward, |
| 9320 | 0 for backward |
| 9321 | until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T| |
| 9322 | character search, 0 for an |f| or |F| |
| 9323 | character search |
| 9324 | |
| 9325 | This can be useful to save/restore a user's character search |
| 9326 | from a script: > |
| 9327 | :let prevsearch = getcharsearch() |
| 9328 | :" Perform a command which clobbers user's search |
| 9329 | :call setcharsearch(prevsearch) |
| 9330 | < Also see |getcharsearch()|. |
| 9331 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9332 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9333 | SavedSearch()->setcharsearch() |
| 9334 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9335 | setcmdpos({pos}) *setcmdpos()* |
| 9336 | Set the cursor position in the command line to byte position |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9337 | {pos}. The first position is 1. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9338 | Use |getcmdpos()| to obtain the current position. |
| 9339 | Only works while editing the command line, thus you must use |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9340 | |c_CTRL-\_e|, |c_CTRL-R_=| or |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '='. For |
| 9341 | |c_CTRL-\_e| and |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '=' the position is |
| 9342 | set after the command line is set to the expression. For |
| 9343 | |c_CTRL-R_=| it is set after evaluating the expression but |
| 9344 | before inserting the resulting text. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9345 | When the number is too big the cursor is put at the end of the |
| 9346 | line. A number smaller than one has undefined results. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9347 | Returns FALSE when successful, TRUE when not editing the |
| 9348 | command line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9349 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9350 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9351 | GetPos()->setcmdpos() |
| 9352 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9353 | setcursorcharpos({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *setcursorcharpos()* |
| 9354 | setcursorcharpos({list}) |
| 9355 | Same as |cursor()| but uses the specified column number as the |
| 9356 | character index instead of the byte index in the line. |
| 9357 | |
| 9358 | Example: |
| 9359 | With the text "여보세요" in line 4: > |
| 9360 | call setcursorcharpos(4, 3) |
| 9361 | < positions the cursor on the third character '세'. > |
| 9362 | call cursor(4, 3) |
| 9363 | < positions the cursor on the first character '여'. |
| 9364 | |
| 9365 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9366 | GetCursorPos()->setcursorcharpos() |
| 9367 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 691ddee | 2019-05-09 14:52:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9368 | setenv({name}, {val}) *setenv()* |
| 9369 | Set environment variable {name} to {val}. |
| 9370 | When {val} is |v:null| the environment variable is deleted. |
| 9371 | See also |expr-env|. |
| 9372 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9373 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9374 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9375 | GetPath()->setenv('PATH') |
| 9376 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8049253 | 2016-03-08 17:08:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9377 | setfperm({fname}, {mode}) *setfperm()* *chmod* |
| 9378 | Set the file permissions for {fname} to {mode}. |
| 9379 | {mode} must be a string with 9 characters. It is of the form |
| 9380 | "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of "rwx" flags represent, in |
| 9381 | turn, the permissions of the owner of the file, the group the |
| 9382 | file belongs to, and other users. A '-' character means the |
| 9383 | permission is off, any other character means on. Multi-byte |
| 9384 | characters are not supported. |
| 9385 | |
| 9386 | For example "rw-r-----" means read-write for the user, |
| 9387 | readable by the group, not accessible by others. "xx-x-----" |
| 9388 | would do the same thing. |
| 9389 | |
| 9390 | Returns non-zero for success, zero for failure. |
| 9391 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c313b1 | 2019-08-24 22:58:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9392 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9393 | GetFilename()->setfperm(mode) |
| 9394 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 8049253 | 2016-03-08 17:08:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9395 | To read permissions see |getfperm()|. |
| 9396 | |
| 9397 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9398 | setline({lnum}, {text}) *setline()* |
Bram Moolenaar | b8ff1fb | 2012-02-04 21:59:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9399 | Set line {lnum} of the current buffer to {text}. To insert |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9400 | lines use |append()|. To set lines in another buffer use |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9401 | |setbufline()|. Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared. |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9402 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9403 | {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9404 | When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9405 | added below the last line. |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9406 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9407 | If this succeeds, FALSE is returned. If this fails (most likely |
| 9408 | because {lnum} is invalid) TRUE is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9409 | |
| 9410 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9411 | :call setline(5, strftime("%c")) |
Bram Moolenaar | b31cf2b | 2017-09-02 19:45:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9412 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9413 | < When {text} is a |List| then line {lnum} and following lines |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9414 | will be set to the items in the list. Example: > |
| 9415 | :call setline(5, ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc']) |
| 9416 | < This is equivalent to: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 53bfca2 | 2012-04-13 23:04:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9417 | :for [n, l] in [[5, 'aaa'], [6, 'bbb'], [7, 'ccc']] |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9418 | : call setline(n, l) |
| 9419 | :endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9420 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9421 | < Note: The '[ and '] marks are not set. |
| 9422 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9423 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9424 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 196b466 | 2019-09-06 21:34:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9425 | GetText()->setline(lnum) |
| 9426 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9427 | setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setloclist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 17c7c01 | 2006-01-26 22:25:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9428 | Create or replace or add to the location list for window {nr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9429 | {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 888ccac | 2016-06-04 18:49:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9430 | When {nr} is zero the current window is used. |
| 9431 | |
| 9432 | For a location list window, the displayed location list is |
| 9433 | modified. For an invalid window number {nr}, -1 is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee1016 | 2007-07-26 20:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9434 | Otherwise, same as |setqflist()|. |
| 9435 | Also see |location-list|. |
| 9436 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9437 | For {action} see |setqflist-action|. |
| 9438 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9439 | If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then |
| 9440 | only the items listed in {what} are set. Refer to |setqflist()| |
| 9441 | for the list of supported keys in {what}. |
| 9442 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9443 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9444 | second argument: > |
| 9445 | GetLoclist()->setloclist(winnr) |
| 9446 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9447 | setmatches({list} [, {win}]) *setmatches()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 99fa721 | 2020-04-26 15:59:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9448 | Restores a list of matches saved by |getmatches()| for the |
| 9449 | current window. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise -1. All |
Bram Moolenaar | fd13332 | 2019-03-29 12:20:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9450 | current matches are cleared before the list is restored. See |
| 9451 | example for |getmatches()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | aff7491 | 2019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9452 | If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or |
| 9453 | window ID instead of the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9454 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9455 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9456 | GetMatches()->setmatches() |
| 9457 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9458 | *setpos()* |
| 9459 | setpos({expr}, {list}) |
| 9460 | Set the position for {expr}. Possible values: |
| 9461 | . the cursor |
| 9462 | 'x mark x |
| 9463 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9464 | {list} must be a |List| with four or five numbers: |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9465 | [bufnum, lnum, col, off] |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9466 | [bufnum, lnum, col, off, curswant] |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9467 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9468 | "bufnum" is the buffer number. Zero can be used for the |
Bram Moolenaar | f13e00b | 2017-01-28 18:23:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9469 | current buffer. When setting an uppercase mark "bufnum" is |
| 9470 | used for the mark position. For other marks it specifies the |
| 9471 | buffer to set the mark in. You can use the |bufnr()| function |
| 9472 | to turn a file name into a buffer number. |
| 9473 | For setting the cursor and the ' mark "bufnum" is ignored, |
| 9474 | since these are associated with a window, not a buffer. |
Bram Moolenaar | db552d60 | 2006-03-23 22:59:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9475 | Does not change the jumplist. |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9476 | |
| 9477 | "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9478 | column is 1. Use a zero "lnum" to delete a mark. If "col" is |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9479 | smaller than 1 then 1 is used. To use the character count |
| 9480 | instead of the byte count, use |setcharpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9481 | |
| 9482 | The "off" number is only used when 'virtualedit' is set. Then |
| 9483 | it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the |
Bram Moolenaar | d46bbc7 | 2007-05-12 14:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9484 | character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9485 | character. |
| 9486 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9487 | The "curswant" number is only used when setting the cursor |
| 9488 | position. It sets the preferred column for when moving the |
| 9489 | cursor vertically. When the "curswant" number is missing the |
| 9490 | preferred column is not set. When it is present and setting a |
| 9491 | mark position it is not used. |
| 9492 | |
Bram Moolenaar | dfb1841 | 2013-12-11 18:53:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9493 | Note that for '< and '> changing the line number may result in |
| 9494 | the marks to be effectively be swapped, so that '< is always |
| 9495 | before '>. |
| 9496 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0825043 | 2008-02-13 11:42:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9497 | Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise. |
| 9498 | An error message is given if {expr} is invalid. |
| 9499 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f02b00 | 2021-01-10 20:22:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9500 | Also see |setcharpos()|, |getpos()| and |getcurpos()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 65c923a | 2006-03-03 22:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9501 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9502 | This does not restore the preferred column for moving |
Bram Moolenaar | 493c178 | 2014-05-28 14:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9503 | vertically; if you set the cursor position with this, |j| and |
| 9504 | |k| motions will jump to previous columns! Use |cursor()| to |
| 9505 | also set the preferred column. Also see the "curswant" key in |
| 9506 | |winrestview()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9507 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9508 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9509 | GetPosition()->setpos('.') |
| 9510 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9511 | setqflist({list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setqflist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | ae33833 | 2017-08-11 20:25:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9512 | Create or replace or add to the quickfix list. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9513 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b17893a | 2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9514 | If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then |
| 9515 | only the items listed in {what} are set. The first {list} |
| 9516 | argument is ignored. See below for the supported items in |
| 9517 | {what}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9518 | *setqflist-what* |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9519 | When {what} is not present, the items in {list} are used. Each |
Bram Moolenaar | ae33833 | 2017-08-11 20:25:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9520 | item must be a dictionary. Non-dictionary items in {list} are |
| 9521 | ignored. Each dictionary item can contain the following |
| 9522 | entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9523 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 48b66fb | 2007-02-04 01:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9524 | bufnr buffer number; must be the number of a valid |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9525 | buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | 48b66fb | 2007-02-04 01:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9526 | filename name of a file; only used when "bufnr" is not |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9527 | present or it is invalid. |
Bram Moolenaar | d76ce85 | 2018-05-01 15:02:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9528 | module name of a module; if given it will be used in |
| 9529 | quickfix error window instead of the filename. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9530 | lnum line number in the file |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9531 | pattern search pattern used to locate the error |
Bram Moolenaar | 582fd85 | 2005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9532 | col column number |
| 9533 | vcol when non-zero: "col" is visual column |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9534 | when zero: "col" is byte index |
Bram Moolenaar | 582fd85 | 2005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9535 | nr error number |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9536 | text description of the error |
Bram Moolenaar | 582fd85 | 2005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9537 | type single-character error type, 'E', 'W', etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | f1d21c8 | 2017-04-22 21:20:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9538 | valid recognized error message |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9539 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 582fd85 | 2005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9540 | The "col", "vcol", "nr", "type" and "text" entries are |
| 9541 | optional. Either "lnum" or "pattern" entry can be used to |
| 9542 | locate a matching error line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 48b66fb | 2007-02-04 01:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9543 | If the "filename" and "bufnr" entries are not present or |
| 9544 | neither the "lnum" or "pattern" entries are present, then the |
| 9545 | item will not be handled as an error line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9546 | If both "pattern" and "lnum" are present then "pattern" will |
| 9547 | be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | f1d21c8 | 2017-04-22 21:20:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9548 | If the "valid" entry is not supplied, then the valid flag is |
| 9549 | set when "bufnr" is a valid buffer or "filename" exists. |
Bram Moolenaar | 00a927d | 2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9550 | If you supply an empty {list}, the quickfix list will be |
| 9551 | cleared. |
Bram Moolenaar | 48b66fb | 2007-02-04 01:58:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9552 | Note that the list is not exactly the same as what |
| 9553 | |getqflist()| returns. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9554 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7ff7846 | 2020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9555 | {action} values: *setqflist-action* *E927* |
Bram Moolenaar | b6fa30c | 2017-03-29 14:19:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9556 | 'a' The items from {list} are added to the existing |
| 9557 | quickfix list. If there is no existing list, then a |
| 9558 | new list is created. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9559 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b6fa30c | 2017-03-29 14:19:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9560 | 'r' The items from the current quickfix list are replaced |
| 9561 | with the items from {list}. This can also be used to |
| 9562 | clear the list: > |
| 9563 | :call setqflist([], 'r') |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9564 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b6fa30c | 2017-03-29 14:19:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9565 | 'f' All the quickfix lists in the quickfix stack are |
| 9566 | freed. |
| 9567 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 511972d | 2016-06-04 18:09:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9568 | If {action} is not present or is set to ' ', then a new list |
Bram Moolenaar | 55b6926 | 2017-08-13 13:42:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9569 | is created. The new quickfix list is added after the current |
| 9570 | quickfix list in the stack and all the following lists are |
| 9571 | freed. To add a new quickfix list at the end of the stack, |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9572 | set "nr" in {what} to "$". |
Bram Moolenaar | 35c54e5 | 2005-05-20 21:25:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9573 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b17893a | 2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9574 | The following items can be specified in dictionary {what}: |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9575 | context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context| |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9576 | efm errorformat to use when parsing text from |
| 9577 | "lines". If this is not present, then the |
| 9578 | 'errorformat' option value is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9579 | See |quickfix-parse| |
Bram Moolenaar | a539f4f | 2017-08-30 20:33:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9580 | id quickfix list identifier |quickfix-ID| |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9581 | idx index of the current entry in the quickfix |
| 9582 | list specified by 'id' or 'nr'. If set to '$', |
| 9583 | then the last entry in the list is set as the |
| 9584 | current entry. See |quickfix-index| |
Bram Moolenaar | 6a8958d | 2017-06-22 21:33:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9585 | items list of quickfix entries. Same as the {list} |
| 9586 | argument. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c809b7 | 2017-09-01 18:34:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9587 | lines use 'errorformat' to parse a list of lines and |
| 9588 | add the resulting entries to the quickfix list |
| 9589 | {nr} or {id}. Only a |List| value is supported. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9590 | See |quickfix-parse| |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9591 | nr list number in the quickfix stack; zero |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9592 | means the current quickfix list and "$" means |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9593 | the last quickfix list. |
Bram Moolenaar | 858ba06 | 2020-05-31 23:11:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9594 | quickfixtextfunc |
| 9595 | function to get the text to display in the |
Bram Moolenaar | d43906d | 2020-07-20 21:31:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9596 | quickfix window. The value can be the name of |
| 9597 | a function or a funcref or a lambda. Refer to |
Bram Moolenaar | 858ba06 | 2020-05-31 23:11:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9598 | |quickfix-window-function| for an explanation |
| 9599 | of how to write the function and an example. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9600 | title quickfix list title text. See |quickfix-title| |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9601 | Unsupported keys in {what} are ignored. |
| 9602 | If the "nr" item is not present, then the current quickfix list |
Bram Moolenaar | 86f100dc | 2017-06-28 21:26:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9603 | is modified. When creating a new quickfix list, "nr" can be |
| 9604 | set to a value one greater than the quickfix stack size. |
Bram Moolenaar | a539f4f | 2017-08-30 20:33:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9605 | When modifying a quickfix list, to guarantee that the correct |
Bram Moolenaar | 3653822 | 2017-09-02 19:51:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9606 | list is modified, "id" should be used instead of "nr" to |
Bram Moolenaar | a539f4f | 2017-08-30 20:33:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9607 | specify the list. |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9608 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9609 | Examples (See also |setqflist-examples|): > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2c809b7 | 2017-09-01 18:34:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9610 | :call setqflist([], 'r', {'title': 'My search'}) |
| 9611 | :call setqflist([], 'r', {'nr': 2, 'title': 'Errors'}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 15142e2 | 2018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9612 | :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id':qfid, 'lines':["F1:10:L10"]}) |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9613 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9614 | Returns zero for success, -1 for failure. |
| 9615 | |
| 9616 | This function can be used to create a quickfix list |
| 9617 | independent of the 'errorformat' setting. Use a command like |
Bram Moolenaar | 9423749 | 2017-04-23 18:40:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9618 | `:cc 1` to jump to the first position. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68b76a6 | 2005-03-25 21:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9619 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9620 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9621 | second argument: > |
| 9622 | GetErrorlist()->setqflist() |
| 9623 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9624 | *setreg()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e0fa374 | 2016-02-20 15:47:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9625 | setreg({regname}, {value} [, {options}]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9626 | Set the register {regname} to {value}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e05de4 | 2020-03-25 22:23:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9627 | If {regname} is "" or "@", the unnamed register '"' is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9628 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bb861e2 | 2020-06-07 18:16:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9629 | {value} may be any value returned by |getreg()| or |
| 9630 | |getreginfo()|, including a |List| or |Dict|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9631 | If {options} contains "a" or {regname} is upper case, |
| 9632 | then the value is appended. |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9633 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c6485bc | 2010-07-28 17:02:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9634 | {options} can also contain a register type specification: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9635 | "c" or "v" |characterwise| mode |
| 9636 | "l" or "V" |linewise| mode |
| 9637 | "b" or "<CTRL-V>" |blockwise-visual| mode |
| 9638 | If a number immediately follows "b" or "<CTRL-V>" then this is |
| 9639 | used as the width of the selection - if it is not specified |
| 9640 | then the width of the block is set to the number of characters |
Bram Moolenaar | d46bbc7 | 2007-05-12 14:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9641 | in the longest line (counting a <Tab> as 1 character). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9642 | |
| 9643 | If {options} contains no register settings, then the default |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9644 | is to use character mode unless {value} ends in a <NL> for |
| 9645 | string {value} and linewise mode for list {value}. Blockwise |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a50c22 | 2014-04-02 22:17:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9646 | mode is never selected automatically. |
| 9647 | Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure. |
| 9648 | |
| 9649 | *E883* |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9650 | Note: you may not use |List| containing more than one item to |
| 9651 | set search and expression registers. Lists containing no |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a50c22 | 2014-04-02 22:17:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9652 | items act like empty strings. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9653 | |
| 9654 | Examples: > |
| 9655 | :call setreg(v:register, @*) |
| 9656 | :call setreg('*', @%, 'ac') |
| 9657 | :call setreg('a', "1\n2\n3", 'b5') |
Bram Moolenaar | bb861e2 | 2020-06-07 18:16:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9658 | :call setreg('"', { 'points_to': 'a'}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9659 | |
| 9660 | < This example shows using the functions to save and restore a |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9661 | register: > |
Bram Moolenaar | bb861e2 | 2020-06-07 18:16:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9662 | :let var_a = getreginfo() |
| 9663 | :call setreg('a', var_a) |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9664 | < or: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a50c22 | 2014-04-02 22:17:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9665 | :let var_a = getreg('a', 1, 1) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9666 | :let var_amode = getregtype('a') |
| 9667 | .... |
| 9668 | :call setreg('a', var_a, var_amode) |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9669 | < Note: you may not reliably restore register value |
| 9670 | without using the third argument to |getreg()| as without it |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9671 | newlines are represented as newlines AND Nul bytes are |
| 9672 | represented as newlines as well, see |NL-used-for-Nul|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9673 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b4d5fba | 2017-09-11 19:31:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9674 | You can also change the type of a register by appending |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9675 | nothing: > |
| 9676 | :call setreg('a', '', 'al') |
| 9677 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9678 | < Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9679 | second argument: > |
| 9680 | GetText()->setreg('a') |
| 9681 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b5d51 | 2010-05-22 15:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9682 | settabvar({tabnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabvar()* |
| 9683 | Set tab-local variable {varname} to {val} in tab page {tabnr}. |
| 9684 | |t:var| |
Bram Moolenaar | b423012 | 2019-05-30 18:40:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9685 | Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be |
| 9686 | triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b5d51 | 2010-05-22 15:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9687 | Note that the variable name without "t:" must be used. |
| 9688 | Tabs are numbered starting with one. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b5d51 | 2010-05-22 15:37:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9689 | This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 9690 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9691 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9692 | third argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9693 | GetValue()->settabvar(tab, name) |
| 9694 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9695 | settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabwinvar()* |
| 9696 | Set option or local variable {varname} in window {winnr} to |
| 9697 | {val}. |
| 9698 | Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage |
| 9699 | use |setwinvar()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9700 | {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9701 | When {winnr} is zero the current window is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | b423012 | 2019-05-30 18:40:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9702 | Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be |
| 9703 | triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype' or 'syntax'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9704 | This also works for a global or local buffer option, but it |
| 9705 | doesn't work for a global or local buffer variable. |
| 9706 | For a local buffer option the global value is unchanged. |
| 9707 | Note that the variable name without "w:" must be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9708 | Examples: > |
| 9709 | :call settabwinvar(1, 1, "&list", 0) |
| 9710 | :call settabwinvar(3, 2, "myvar", "foobar") |
| 9711 | < This function is not available in the |sandbox|. |
| 9712 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9713 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9714 | fourth argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9715 | GetValue()->settabvar(tab, winnr, name) |
| 9716 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9717 | settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}]) *settagstack()* |
| 9718 | Modify the tag stack of the window {nr} using {dict}. |
| 9719 | {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
| 9720 | |
| 9721 | For a list of supported items in {dict}, refer to |
Bram Moolenaar | 271fa08 | 2020-01-02 14:02:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9722 | |gettagstack()|. "curidx" takes effect before changing the tag |
| 9723 | stack. |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9724 | *E962* |
Bram Moolenaar | 271fa08 | 2020-01-02 14:02:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9725 | How the tag stack is modified depends on the {action} |
| 9726 | argument: |
| 9727 | - If {action} is not present or is set to 'r', then the tag |
| 9728 | stack is replaced. |
| 9729 | - If {action} is set to 'a', then new entries from {dict} are |
| 9730 | pushed (added) onto the tag stack. |
| 9731 | - If {action} is set to 't', then all the entries from the |
| 9732 | current entry in the tag stack or "curidx" in {dict} are |
| 9733 | removed and then new entries are pushed to the stack. |
| 9734 | |
| 9735 | The current index is set to one after the length of the tag |
| 9736 | stack after the modification. |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9737 | |
| 9738 | Returns zero for success, -1 for failure. |
| 9739 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9740 | Examples (for more examples see |tagstack-examples|): |
Bram Moolenaar | d1caa94 | 2020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9741 | Empty the tag stack of window 3: > |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9742 | call settagstack(3, {'items' : []}) |
| 9743 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f49cc60 | 2018-11-11 15:21:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9744 | < Save and restore the tag stack: > |
| 9745 | let stack = gettagstack(1003) |
| 9746 | " do something else |
| 9747 | call settagstack(1003, stack) |
| 9748 | unlet stack |
| 9749 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9750 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9751 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9752 | GetStack()->settagstack(winnr) |
| 9753 | |
| 9754 | setwinvar({winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *setwinvar()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c6249bb | 2006-04-15 20:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9755 | Like |settabwinvar()| for the current tab page. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9756 | Examples: > |
| 9757 | :call setwinvar(1, "&list", 0) |
| 9758 | :call setwinvar(2, "myvar", "foobar") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9759 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9760 | < Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 9761 | third argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9762 | GetValue()->setwinvar(winnr, name) |
| 9763 | |
Bram Moolenaar | af9aeb9 | 2013-02-13 17:35:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9764 | sha256({string}) *sha256()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2b8388b | 2015-02-28 13:11:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9765 | Returns a String with 64 hex characters, which is the SHA256 |
Bram Moolenaar | af9aeb9 | 2013-02-13 17:35:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9766 | checksum of {string}. |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9767 | |
| 9768 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9769 | GetText()->sha256() |
| 9770 | |
| 9771 | < {only available when compiled with the |+cryptv| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | af9aeb9 | 2013-02-13 17:35:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9772 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9773 | shellescape({string} [, {special}]) *shellescape()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9774 | Escape {string} for use as a shell command argument. |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9775 | On MS-Windows, when 'shellslash' is not set, it will enclose |
| 9776 | {string} in double quotes and double all double quotes within |
| 9777 | {string}. |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9778 | Otherwise it will enclose {string} in single quotes and |
| 9779 | replace all "'" with "'\''". |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9780 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9781 | When the {special} argument is present and it's a non-zero |
| 9782 | Number or a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then special |
Bram Moolenaar | e37d50a | 2008-08-06 17:06:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9783 | items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" will be preceded by |
| 9784 | a backslash. This backslash will be removed again by the |:!| |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9785 | command. |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9786 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e37d50a | 2008-08-06 17:06:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9787 | The "!" character will be escaped (again with a |non-zero-arg| |
| 9788 | {special}) when 'shell' contains "csh" in the tail. That is |
| 9789 | because for csh and tcsh "!" is used for history replacement |
| 9790 | even when inside single quotes. |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9791 | |
| 9792 | With a |non-zero-arg| {special} the <NL> character is also |
| 9793 | escaped. When 'shell' containing "csh" in the tail it's |
Bram Moolenaar | e37d50a | 2008-08-06 17:06:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9794 | escaped a second time. |
Bram Moolenaar | 875feea | 2017-06-11 16:07:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9795 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9796 | Example of use with a |:!| command: > |
| 9797 | :exe '!dir ' . shellescape(expand('<cfile>'), 1) |
| 9798 | < This results in a directory listing for the file under the |
| 9799 | cursor. Example of use with |system()|: > |
| 9800 | :call system("chmod +w -- " . shellescape(expand("%"))) |
Bram Moolenaar | 26df092 | 2014-02-23 23:39:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9801 | < See also |::S|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a495f | 2006-10-03 12:44:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9802 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9803 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9804 | GetCommand()->shellescape() |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a495f | 2006-10-03 12:44:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9805 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f951416 | 2018-11-22 03:08:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9806 | shiftwidth([{col}]) *shiftwidth()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d17fa3 | 2012-10-21 00:45:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9807 | Returns the effective value of 'shiftwidth'. This is the |
| 9808 | 'shiftwidth' value unless it is zero, in which case it is the |
Bram Moolenaar | 009d84a | 2016-01-28 14:12:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9809 | 'tabstop' value. This function was introduced with patch |
Bram Moolenaar | f951416 | 2018-11-22 03:08:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9810 | 7.3.694 in 2012, everybody should have it by now (however it |
| 9811 | did not allow for the optional {col} argument until 8.1.542). |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d17fa3 | 2012-10-21 00:45:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9812 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f951416 | 2018-11-22 03:08:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9813 | When there is one argument {col} this is used as column number |
| 9814 | for which to return the 'shiftwidth' value. This matters for the |
| 9815 | 'vartabstop' feature. If the 'vartabstop' setting is enabled and |
| 9816 | no {col} argument is given, column 1 will be assumed. |
Bram Moolenaar | f0d58ef | 2018-11-16 16:13:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9817 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aad222c | 2019-09-06 22:46:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9818 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9819 | GetColumn()->shiftwidth() |
| 9820 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ed997ad | 2019-07-21 16:42:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9821 | sign_ functions are documented here: |sign-functions-details| |
Bram Moolenaar | 2d17fa3 | 2012-10-21 00:45:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9822 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 162b714 | 2018-12-21 15:17:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9823 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9824 | simplify({filename}) *simplify()* |
| 9825 | Simplify the file name as much as possible without changing |
| 9826 | the meaning. Shortcuts (on MS-Windows) or symbolic links (on |
| 9827 | Unix) are not resolved. If the first path component in |
| 9828 | {filename} designates the current directory, this will be |
| 9829 | valid for the result as well. A trailing path separator is |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9830 | not removed either. On Unix "//path" is unchanged, but |
| 9831 | "///path" is simplified to "/path" (this follows the Posix |
| 9832 | standard). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9833 | Example: > |
| 9834 | simplify("./dir/.././/file/") == "./file/" |
| 9835 | < Note: The combination "dir/.." is only removed if "dir" is |
| 9836 | a searchable directory or does not exist. On Unix, it is also |
| 9837 | removed when "dir" is a symbolic link within the same |
| 9838 | directory. In order to resolve all the involved symbolic |
| 9839 | links before simplifying the path name, use |resolve()|. |
| 9840 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7035fd9 | 2020-04-08 20:03:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9841 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9842 | GetName()->simplify() |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9843 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9844 | sin({expr}) *sin()* |
| 9845 | Return the sine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|. |
| 9846 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 9847 | Examples: > |
| 9848 | :echo sin(100) |
| 9849 | < -0.506366 > |
| 9850 | :echo sin(-4.01) |
| 9851 | < 0.763301 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9852 | |
| 9853 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9854 | Compute()->sin() |
| 9855 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9856 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9857 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9858 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9859 | sinh({expr}) *sinh()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9860 | Return the hyperbolic sine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9861 | [-inf, inf]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9862 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9863 | Examples: > |
| 9864 | :echo sinh(0.5) |
| 9865 | < 0.521095 > |
| 9866 | :echo sinh(-0.9) |
| 9867 | < -1.026517 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9868 | |
| 9869 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9870 | Compute()->sinh() |
| 9871 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9872 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9873 | |
| 9874 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6601b62 | 2021-01-13 21:47:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9875 | slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) *slice()* |
| 9876 | Similar to using a |slice| "expr[start : end]", but "end" is |
| 9877 | used exclusive. And for a string the indexes are used as |
| 9878 | character indexes instead of byte indexes, like in |
| 9879 | |vim9script|. |
| 9880 | When {end} is omitted the slice continues to the last item. |
| 9881 | When {end} is -1 the last item is omitted. |
| 9882 | |
| 9883 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9884 | GetList()->slice(offset) |
| 9885 | |
| 9886 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f89496 | 2011-06-19 02:55:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9887 | sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702* |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9888 | Sort the items in {list} in-place. Returns {list}. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9889 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9890 | If you want a list to remain unmodified make a copy first: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9891 | :let sortedlist = sort(copy(mylist)) |
Bram Moolenaar | 822ff86 | 2014-06-12 21:46:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9892 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 946e27a | 2014-06-25 18:50:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9893 | < When {func} is omitted, is empty or zero, then sort() uses the |
| 9894 | string representation of each item to sort on. Numbers sort |
| 9895 | after Strings, |Lists| after Numbers. For sorting text in the |
| 9896 | current buffer use |:sort|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9897 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 34401cc | 2014-08-29 15:12:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9898 | When {func} is given and it is '1' or 'i' then case is |
Bram Moolenaar | 946e27a | 2014-06-25 18:50:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9899 | ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9900 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9901 | When {func} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation |
| 9902 | locale is used for ordering. Implementation details: strcoll() |
| 9903 | is used to compare strings. See |:language| check or set the |
| 9904 | collation locale. |v:collate| can also be used to check the |
| 9905 | current locale. Sorting using the locale typically ignores |
| 9906 | case. Example: > |
| 9907 | " ö is sorted similarly to o with English locale. |
| 9908 | :language collate en_US.UTF8 |
| 9909 | :echo sort(['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'], 'l') |
| 9910 | < ['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'] ~ |
| 9911 | > |
| 9912 | " ö is sorted after z with Swedish locale. |
| 9913 | :language collate sv_SE.UTF8 |
| 9914 | :echo sort(['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'], 'l') |
| 9915 | < ['n', 'o', 'O', 'p', 'z', 'ö'] ~ |
| 9916 | This does not work properly on Mac. |
Bram Moolenaar | 55e2961 | 2020-11-01 13:57:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9917 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 946e27a | 2014-06-25 18:50:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9918 | When {func} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9919 | sorted numerical (Implementation detail: this uses the |
Bram Moolenaar | 946e27a | 2014-06-25 18:50:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9920 | strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and |
| 9921 | Funcrefs will be considered as being 0). |
| 9922 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b00da1d | 2015-12-03 16:33:12 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9923 | When {func} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be |
| 9924 | sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing |
| 9925 | digits will be used as the number they represent. |
| 9926 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13d5aee | 2016-01-21 23:36:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9927 | When {func} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be |
| 9928 | sorted numerical. All values must be a Number or a Float. |
| 9929 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9930 | When {func} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function |
| 9931 | is called to compare items. The function is invoked with two |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9932 | items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or |
| 9933 | bigger if the first one sorts after the second one, -1 or |
| 9934 | smaller if the first one sorts before the second one. |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9935 | |
| 9936 | {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be |
| 9937 | used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function| |
| 9938 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8bb1c3e | 2014-07-04 16:43:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9939 | The sort is stable, items which compare equal (as number or as |
| 9940 | string) will keep their relative position. E.g., when sorting |
Bram Moolenaar | db6ea06 | 2014-07-10 22:01:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9941 | on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the |
Bram Moolenaar | 8bb1c3e | 2014-07-04 16:43:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9942 | same order as they were originally. |
| 9943 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9944 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9945 | mylist->sort() |
| 9946 | |
| 9947 | < Also see |uniq()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9948 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9949 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9950 | func MyCompare(i1, i2) |
| 9951 | return a:i1 == a:i2 ? 0 : a:i1 > a:i2 ? 1 : -1 |
| 9952 | endfunc |
| 9953 | let sortedlist = sort(mylist, "MyCompare") |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9954 | < A shorter compare version for this specific simple case, which |
| 9955 | ignores overflow: > |
| 9956 | func MyCompare(i1, i2) |
| 9957 | return a:i1 - a:i2 |
| 9958 | endfunc |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9959 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9960 | sound_clear() *sound_clear()* |
| 9961 | Stop playing all sounds. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9962 | {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9963 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9964 | *sound_playevent()* |
| 9965 | sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}]) |
| 9966 | Play a sound identified by {name}. Which event names are |
| 9967 | supported depends on the system. Often the XDG sound names |
| 9968 | are used. On Ubuntu they may be found in |
| 9969 | /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo. Example: > |
| 9970 | call sound_playevent('bell') |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9971 | < On MS-Windows, {name} can be SystemAsterisk, SystemDefault, |
| 9972 | SystemExclamation, SystemExit, SystemHand, SystemQuestion, |
| 9973 | SystemStart, SystemWelcome, etc. |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9974 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9975 | When {callback} is specified it is invoked when the sound is |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9976 | finished. The first argument is the sound ID, the second |
| 9977 | argument is the status: |
| 9978 | 0 sound was played to the end |
Bram Moolenaar | 12ee7ff | 2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9979 | 1 sound was interrupted |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c1e157 | 2019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9980 | 2 error occurred after sound started |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9981 | Example: > |
| 9982 | func Callback(id, status) |
| 9983 | echomsg "sound " .. a:id .. " finished with " .. a:status |
| 9984 | endfunc |
| 9985 | call sound_playevent('bell', 'Callback') |
| 9986 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9987 | < MS-Windows: {callback} doesn't work for this function. |
| 9988 | |
| 9989 | Returns the sound ID, which can be passed to `sound_stop()`. |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9990 | Returns zero if the sound could not be played. |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9991 | |
| 9992 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 9993 | GetSoundName()->sound_playevent() |
| 9994 | |
| 9995 | < {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9996 | |
| 9997 | *sound_playfile()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9998 | sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}]) |
| 9999 | Like `sound_playevent()` but play sound file {path}. {path} |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10000 | must be a full path. On Ubuntu you may find files to play |
| 10001 | with this command: > |
| 10002 | :!find /usr/share/sounds -type f | grep -v index.theme |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10003 | |
| 10004 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10005 | GetSoundPath()->sound_playfile() |
| 10006 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 12ee7ff | 2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10007 | < {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10008 | |
| 10009 | |
| 10010 | sound_stop({id}) *sound_stop()* |
| 10011 | Stop playing sound {id}. {id} must be previously returned by |
| 10012 | `sound_playevent()` or `sound_playfile()`. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10013 | |
| 10014 | On MS-Windows, this does not work for event sound started by |
| 10015 | `sound_playevent()`. To stop event sounds, use `sound_clear()`. |
| 10016 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10017 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10018 | soundid->sound_stop() |
| 10019 | |
| 10020 | < {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10021 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 24bbcfe | 2005-06-28 23:32:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10022 | *soundfold()* |
| 10023 | soundfold({word}) |
| 10024 | Return the sound-folded equivalent of {word}. Uses the first |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10025 | language in 'spelllang' for the current window that supports |
Bram Moolenaar | 42eeac3 | 2005-06-29 22:40:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10026 | soundfolding. 'spell' must be set. When no sound folding is |
| 10027 | possible the {word} is returned unmodified. |
Bram Moolenaar | 24bbcfe | 2005-06-28 23:32:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10028 | This can be used for making spelling suggestions. Note that |
| 10029 | the method can be quite slow. |
| 10030 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10031 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10032 | GetWord()->soundfold() |
| 10033 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10034 | *spellbadword()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e01546 | 2005-09-25 22:16:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10035 | spellbadword([{sentence}]) |
| 10036 | Without argument: The result is the badly spelled word under |
| 10037 | or after the cursor. The cursor is moved to the start of the |
| 10038 | bad word. When no bad word is found in the cursor line the |
| 10039 | result is an empty string and the cursor doesn't move. |
| 10040 | |
| 10041 | With argument: The result is the first word in {sentence} that |
| 10042 | is badly spelled. If there are no spelling mistakes the |
| 10043 | result is an empty string. |
| 10044 | |
| 10045 | The return value is a list with two items: |
| 10046 | - The badly spelled word or an empty string. |
| 10047 | - The type of the spelling error: |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10048 | "bad" spelling mistake |
Bram Moolenaar | 1e01546 | 2005-09-25 22:16:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10049 | "rare" rare word |
| 10050 | "local" word only valid in another region |
| 10051 | "caps" word should start with Capital |
| 10052 | Example: > |
| 10053 | echo spellbadword("the quik brown fox") |
| 10054 | < ['quik', 'bad'] ~ |
| 10055 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 152e79e | 2020-06-10 15:32:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10056 | The spelling information for the current window and the value |
| 10057 | of 'spelllang' are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10058 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10059 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10060 | GetText()->spellbadword() |
| 10061 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10062 | *spellsuggest()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c54b8a7 | 2005-09-30 21:20:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10063 | spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10064 | Return a |List| with spelling suggestions to replace {word}. |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10065 | When {max} is given up to this number of suggestions are |
| 10066 | returned. Otherwise up to 25 suggestions are returned. |
| 10067 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c54b8a7 | 2005-09-30 21:20:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10068 | When the {capital} argument is given and it's non-zero only |
| 10069 | suggestions with a leading capital will be given. Use this |
| 10070 | after a match with 'spellcapcheck'. |
| 10071 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10072 | {word} can be a badly spelled word followed by other text. |
| 10073 | This allows for joining two words that were split. The |
Bram Moolenaar | f461c8e | 2005-06-25 23:04:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10074 | suggestions also include the following text, thus you can |
| 10075 | replace a line. |
| 10076 | |
| 10077 | {word} may also be a good word. Similar words will then be |
Bram Moolenaar | c54b8a7 | 2005-09-30 21:20:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10078 | returned. {word} itself is not included in the suggestions, |
| 10079 | although it may appear capitalized. |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10080 | |
| 10081 | The spelling information for the current window is used. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 152e79e | 2020-06-10 15:32:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10082 | values of 'spelllang' and 'spellsuggest' are used. |
Bram Moolenaar | d857f0e | 2005-06-21 22:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10083 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10084 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10085 | GetWord()->spellsuggest() |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10086 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10087 | split({expr} [, {pattern} [, {keepempty}]]) *split()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10088 | Make a |List| out of {expr}. When {pattern} is omitted or |
| 10089 | empty each white-separated sequence of characters becomes an |
| 10090 | item. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10091 | Otherwise the string is split where {pattern} matches, |
Bram Moolenaar | 97d6249 | 2012-11-15 21:28:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10092 | removing the matched characters. 'ignorecase' is not used |
| 10093 | here, add \c to ignore case. |/\c| |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10094 | When the first or last item is empty it is omitted, unless the |
| 10095 | {keepempty} argument is given and it's non-zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5c06f8b | 2005-05-31 22:14:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10096 | Other empty items are kept when {pattern} matches at least one |
| 10097 | character or when {keepempty} is non-zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10098 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10099 | :let words = split(getline('.'), '\W\+') |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10100 | < To split a string in individual characters: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10101 | :for c in split(mystring, '\zs') |
Bram Moolenaar | 12969c0 | 2015-09-08 23:36:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10102 | < If you want to keep the separator you can also use '\zs' at |
| 10103 | the end of the pattern: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 0cb032e | 2005-04-23 20:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10104 | :echo split('abc:def:ghi', ':\zs') |
| 10105 | < ['abc:', 'def:', 'ghi'] ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 2389c3c | 2005-05-22 22:07:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10106 | Splitting a table where the first element can be empty: > |
| 10107 | :let items = split(line, ':', 1) |
| 10108 | < The opposite function is |join()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10109 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10110 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10111 | GetString()->split() |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10112 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10113 | sqrt({expr}) *sqrt()* |
| 10114 | Return the non-negative square root of Float {expr} as a |
| 10115 | |Float|. |
| 10116 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. When {expr} |
| 10117 | is negative the result is NaN (Not a Number). |
| 10118 | Examples: > |
| 10119 | :echo sqrt(100) |
| 10120 | < 10.0 > |
| 10121 | :echo sqrt(-4.01) |
| 10122 | < nan |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10123 | "nan" may be different, it depends on system libraries. |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10124 | |
| 10125 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10126 | Compute()->sqrt() |
| 10127 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10128 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10129 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10130 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10131 | srand([{expr}]) *srand()* |
| 10132 | Initialize seed used by |rand()|: |
| 10133 | - If {expr} is not given, seed values are initialized by |
Bram Moolenaar | f8c1f92 | 2019-11-28 22:13:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10134 | reading from /dev/urandom, if possible, or using time(NULL) |
| 10135 | a.k.a. epoch time otherwise; this only has second accuracy. |
| 10136 | - If {expr} is given it must be a Number. It is used to |
| 10137 | initialize the seed values. This is useful for testing or |
| 10138 | when a predictable sequence is intended. |
Bram Moolenaar | 06b0b4b | 2019-11-25 15:40:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10139 | |
| 10140 | Examples: > |
| 10141 | :let seed = srand() |
| 10142 | :let seed = srand(userinput) |
| 10143 | :echo rand(seed) |
| 10144 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e57dd8 | 2019-09-16 22:56:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10145 | state([{what}]) *state()* |
| 10146 | Return a string which contains characters indicating the |
| 10147 | current state. Mostly useful in callbacks that want to do |
| 10148 | work that may not always be safe. Roughly this works like: |
| 10149 | - callback uses state() to check if work is safe to do. |
Bram Moolenaar | 589edb3 | 2019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10150 | Yes: then do it right away. |
| 10151 | No: add to work queue and add a |SafeState| and/or |
| 10152 | |SafeStateAgain| autocommand (|SafeState| triggers at |
| 10153 | toplevel, |SafeStateAgain| triggers after handling |
| 10154 | messages and callbacks). |
| 10155 | - When SafeState or SafeStateAgain is triggered and executes |
| 10156 | your autocommand, check with `state()` if the work can be |
| 10157 | done now, and if yes remove it from the queue and execute. |
| 10158 | Remove the autocommand if the queue is now empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e57dd8 | 2019-09-16 22:56:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10159 | Also see |mode()|. |
| 10160 | |
| 10161 | When {what} is given only characters in this string will be |
| 10162 | added. E.g, this checks if the screen has scrolled: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 589edb3 | 2019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10163 | if state('s') == '' |
| 10164 | " screen has not scrolled |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e57dd8 | 2019-09-16 22:56:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10165 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d103ee7 | 2019-09-18 21:15:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10166 | These characters indicate the state, generally indicating that |
| 10167 | something is busy: |
Bram Moolenaar | 589edb3 | 2019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10168 | m halfway a mapping, :normal command, feedkeys() or |
| 10169 | stuffed command |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10170 | o operator pending, e.g. after |d| |
Bram Moolenaar | 589edb3 | 2019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10171 | a Insert mode autocomplete active |
| 10172 | x executing an autocommand |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10173 | w blocked on waiting, e.g. ch_evalexpr(), ch_read() and |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10174 | ch_readraw() when reading json |
| 10175 | S not triggering SafeState or SafeStateAgain, e.g. after |
| 10176 | |f| or a count |
Bram Moolenaar | 589edb3 | 2019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10177 | c callback invoked, including timer (repeats for |
| 10178 | recursiveness up to "ccc") |
| 10179 | s screen has scrolled for messages |
Bram Moolenaar | 0e57dd8 | 2019-09-16 22:56:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10180 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 81edd17 | 2016-04-14 13:51:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10181 | str2float({expr}) *str2float()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10182 | Convert String {expr} to a Float. This mostly works the same |
| 10183 | as when using a floating point number in an expression, see |
| 10184 | |floating-point-format|. But it's a bit more permissive. |
| 10185 | E.g., "1e40" is accepted, while in an expression you need to |
Bram Moolenaar | d47d522 | 2018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10186 | write "1.0e40". The hexadecimal form "0x123" is also |
| 10187 | accepted, but not others, like binary or octal. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10188 | Text after the number is silently ignored. |
| 10189 | The decimal point is always '.', no matter what the locale is |
| 10190 | set to. A comma ends the number: "12,345.67" is converted to |
| 10191 | 12.0. You can strip out thousands separators with |
| 10192 | |substitute()|: > |
| 10193 | let f = str2float(substitute(text, ',', '', 'g')) |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10194 | < |
| 10195 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10196 | let f = text->substitute(',', '', 'g')->str2float() |
| 10197 | < |
| 10198 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10199 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d40128 | 2019-04-06 13:18:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10200 | str2list({expr} [, {utf8}]) *str2list()* |
| 10201 | Return a list containing the number values which represent |
| 10202 | each character in String {expr}. Examples: > |
| 10203 | str2list(" ") returns [32] |
| 10204 | str2list("ABC") returns [65, 66, 67] |
| 10205 | < |list2str()| does the opposite. |
| 10206 | |
| 10207 | When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used. |
| 10208 | With {utf8} set to 1, always treat the String as utf-8 |
| 10209 | characters. With utf-8 composing characters are handled |
| 10210 | properly: > |
| 10211 | str2list("á") returns [97, 769] |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10212 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10213 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10214 | GetString()->str2list() |
| 10215 | |
| 10216 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10217 | str2nr({expr} [, {base} [, {quoted}]]) *str2nr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10218 | Convert string {expr} to a number. |
Bram Moolenaar | fa73534 | 2016-01-03 22:14:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10219 | {base} is the conversion base, it can be 2, 8, 10 or 16. |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10220 | When {quoted} is present and non-zero then embedded single |
| 10221 | quotes are ignored, thus "1'000'000" is a million. |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10222 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10223 | When {base} is omitted base 10 is used. This also means that |
| 10224 | a leading zero doesn't cause octal conversion to be used, as |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10225 | with the default String to Number conversion. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10226 | let nr = str2nr('0123') |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10227 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10228 | When {base} is 16 a leading "0x" or "0X" is ignored. With a |
Bram Moolenaar | fa73534 | 2016-01-03 22:14:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10229 | different base the result will be zero. Similarly, when |
Bram Moolenaar | c17e66c | 2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10230 | {base} is 8 a leading "0", "0o" or "0O" is ignored, and when |
| 10231 | {base} is 2 a leading "0b" or "0B" is ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10232 | Text after the number is silently ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10233 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10234 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10235 | GetText()->str2nr() |
| 10236 | |
| 10237 | strcharpart({src}, {start} [, {len}]) *strcharpart()* |
| 10238 | Like |strpart()| but using character index and length instead |
| 10239 | of byte index and length. |
| 10240 | When a character index is used where a character does not |
| 10241 | exist it is assumed to be one character. For example: > |
| 10242 | strcharpart('abc', -1, 2) |
| 10243 | < results in 'a'. |
| 10244 | |
| 10245 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10246 | GetText()->strcharpart(5) |
Bram Moolenaar | 97b2ad3 | 2006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10247 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 979243b | 2015-06-26 19:35:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10248 | strchars({expr} [, {skipcc}]) *strchars()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 72597a5 | 2010-07-18 15:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10249 | The result is a Number, which is the number of characters |
Bram Moolenaar | 979243b | 2015-06-26 19:35:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10250 | in String {expr}. |
| 10251 | When {skipcc} is omitted or zero, composing characters are |
| 10252 | counted separately. |
| 10253 | When {skipcc} set to 1, Composing characters are ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | dc53609 | 2010-07-18 15:45:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10254 | Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10255 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 86ae720 | 2015-07-10 19:31:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10256 | {skipcc} is only available after 7.4.755. For backward |
| 10257 | compatibility, you can define a wrapper function: > |
| 10258 | if has("patch-7.4.755") |
| 10259 | function s:strchars(str, skipcc) |
| 10260 | return strchars(a:str, a:skipcc) |
| 10261 | endfunction |
| 10262 | else |
| 10263 | function s:strchars(str, skipcc) |
| 10264 | if a:skipcc |
| 10265 | return strlen(substitute(a:str, ".", "x", "g")) |
| 10266 | else |
| 10267 | return strchars(a:str) |
| 10268 | endif |
| 10269 | endfunction |
| 10270 | endif |
| 10271 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10272 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10273 | GetText()->strchars() |
Bram Moolenaar | 86ae720 | 2015-07-10 19:31:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10274 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10275 | strdisplaywidth({expr} [, {col}]) *strdisplaywidth()* |
Bram Moolenaar | dc53609 | 2010-07-18 15:45:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10276 | The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c92e75 | 2019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10277 | String {expr} occupies on the screen when it starts at {col} |
| 10278 | (first column is zero). When {col} is omitted zero is used. |
| 10279 | Otherwise it is the screen column where to start. This |
| 10280 | matters for Tab characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4d32c2d | 2010-07-18 22:10:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10281 | The option settings of the current window are used. This |
| 10282 | matters for anything that's displayed differently, such as |
| 10283 | 'tabstop' and 'display'. |
Bram Moolenaar | dc53609 | 2010-07-18 15:45:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10284 | When {expr} contains characters with East Asian Width Class |
| 10285 | Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'. |
| 10286 | Also see |strlen()|, |strwidth()| and |strchars()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 72597a5 | 2010-07-18 15:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10287 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10288 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10289 | GetText()->strdisplaywidth() |
| 10290 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10291 | strftime({format} [, {time}]) *strftime()* |
| 10292 | The result is a String, which is a formatted date and time, as |
| 10293 | specified by the {format} string. The given {time} is used, |
| 10294 | or the current time if no time is given. The accepted |
| 10295 | {format} depends on your system, thus this is not portable! |
| 10296 | See the manual page of the C function strftime() for the |
| 10297 | format. The maximum length of the result is 80 characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10298 | See also |localtime()|, |getftime()| and |strptime()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10299 | The language can be changed with the |:language| command. |
| 10300 | Examples: > |
| 10301 | :echo strftime("%c") Sun Apr 27 11:49:23 1997 |
| 10302 | :echo strftime("%Y %b %d %X") 1997 Apr 27 11:53:25 |
| 10303 | :echo strftime("%y%m%d %T") 970427 11:53:55 |
| 10304 | :echo strftime("%H:%M") 11:55 |
| 10305 | :echo strftime("%c", getftime("file.c")) |
| 10306 | Show mod time of file.c. |
Bram Moolenaar | a14de3d | 2005-01-07 21:48:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10307 | < Not available on all systems. To check use: > |
| 10308 | :if exists("*strftime") |
| 10309 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10310 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10311 | GetFormat()->strftime() |
| 10312 | |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10313 | strgetchar({str}, {index}) *strgetchar()* |
| 10314 | Get character {index} from {str}. This uses a character |
| 10315 | index, not a byte index. Composing characters are considered |
| 10316 | separate characters here. |
| 10317 | Also see |strcharpart()| and |strchars()|. |
| 10318 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10319 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10320 | GetText()->strgetchar(5) |
| 10321 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10322 | stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *stridx()* |
| 10323 | The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in |
| 10324 | {haystack} of the first occurrence of the String {needle}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10325 | If {start} is specified, the search starts at index {start}. |
| 10326 | This can be used to find a second match: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 81af925 | 2010-12-10 20:35:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10327 | :let colon1 = stridx(line, ":") |
| 10328 | :let colon2 = stridx(line, ":", colon1 + 1) |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10329 | < The search is done case-sensitive. |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10330 | For pattern searches use |match()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10331 | -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10332 | See also |strridx()|. |
| 10333 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10334 | :echo stridx("An Example", "Example") 3 |
| 10335 | :echo stridx("Starting point", "Start") 0 |
| 10336 | :echo stridx("Starting point", "start") -1 |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10337 | < *strstr()* *strchr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10338 | stridx() works similar to the C function strstr(). When used |
| 10339 | with a single character it works similar to strchr(). |
| 10340 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10341 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10342 | GetHaystack()->stridx(needle) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10343 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10344 | *string()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10345 | string({expr}) Return {expr} converted to a String. If {expr} is a Number, |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10346 | Float, String, Blob or a composition of them, then the result |
| 10347 | can be parsed back with |eval()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10348 | {expr} type result ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f3f668 | 2016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10349 | String 'string' (single quotes are doubled) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10350 | Number 123 |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10351 | Float 123.123456 or 1.123456e8 |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10352 | Funcref function('name') |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10353 | Blob 0z00112233.44556677.8899 |
Bram Moolenaar | 5f2bb9f | 2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10354 | List [item, item] |
Bram Moolenaar | 9ba0eb8 | 2005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10355 | Dictionary {key: value, key: value} |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f3f668 | 2016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10356 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10357 | When a |List| or |Dictionary| has a recursive reference it is |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f3f668 | 2016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10358 | replaced by "[...]" or "{...}". Using eval() on the result |
| 10359 | will then fail. |
| 10360 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10361 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10362 | mylist->string() |
| 10363 | |
| 10364 | < Also see |strtrans()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10365 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10366 | *strlen()* |
| 10367 | strlen({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the String |
Bram Moolenaar | e344bea | 2005-09-01 20:46:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10368 | {expr} in bytes. |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10369 | If the argument is a Number it is first converted to a String. |
| 10370 | For other types an error is given. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10371 | If you want to count the number of multibyte characters use |
Bram Moolenaar | 641e48c | 2015-06-25 16:09:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10372 | |strchars()|. |
| 10373 | Also see |len()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10374 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10375 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10376 | GetString()->strlen() |
| 10377 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10378 | strpart({src}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]]) *strpart()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10379 | The result is a String, which is part of {src}, starting from |
Bram Moolenaar | 9372a11 | 2005-12-06 19:59:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10380 | byte {start}, with the byte length {len}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10381 | When {chars} is present and TRUE then {len} is the number of |
| 10382 | characters positions (composing characters are not counted |
| 10383 | separately, thus "1" means one base character and any |
| 10384 | following composing characters). |
| 10385 | To count {start} as characters instead of bytes use |
| 10386 | |strcharpart()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10387 | |
| 10388 | When bytes are selected which do not exist, this doesn't |
| 10389 | result in an error, the bytes are simply omitted. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10390 | If {len} is missing, the copy continues from {start} till the |
| 10391 | end of the {src}. > |
| 10392 | strpart("abcdefg", 3, 2) == "de" |
| 10393 | strpart("abcdefg", -2, 4) == "ab" |
| 10394 | strpart("abcdefg", 5, 4) == "fg" |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10395 | strpart("abcdefg", 3) == "defg" |
Bram Moolenaar | aa3b15d | 2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10396 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10397 | < Note: To get the first character, {start} must be 0. For |
Bram Moolenaar | 6c53fca | 2020-08-23 17:34:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10398 | example, to get the character under the cursor: > |
| 10399 | strpart(getline("."), col(".") - 1, 1, v:true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10400 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10401 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10402 | GetText()->strpart(5) |
| 10403 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 10455d4 | 2019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10404 | strptime({format}, {timestring}) *strptime()* |
| 10405 | The result is a Number, which is a unix timestamp representing |
| 10406 | the date and time in {timestring}, which is expected to match |
| 10407 | the format specified in {format}. |
| 10408 | |
| 10409 | The accepted {format} depends on your system, thus this is not |
| 10410 | portable! See the manual page of the C function strptime() |
| 10411 | for the format. Especially avoid "%c". The value of $TZ also |
| 10412 | matters. |
| 10413 | |
| 10414 | If the {timestring} cannot be parsed with {format} zero is |
| 10415 | returned. If you do not know the format of {timestring} you |
| 10416 | can try different {format} values until you get a non-zero |
| 10417 | result. |
| 10418 | |
| 10419 | See also |strftime()|. |
| 10420 | Examples: > |
| 10421 | :echo strptime("%Y %b %d %X", "1997 Apr 27 11:49:23") |
| 10422 | < 862156163 > |
| 10423 | :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%y%m%d %T", "970427 11:53:55")) |
| 10424 | < Sun Apr 27 11:53:55 1997 > |
| 10425 | :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", "19970427115355") + 3600) |
| 10426 | < Sun Apr 27 12:53:55 1997 |
| 10427 | |
| 10428 | Not available on all systems. To check use: > |
| 10429 | :if exists("*strptime") |
| 10430 | |
| 10431 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10432 | strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *strridx()* |
| 10433 | The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in |
| 10434 | {haystack} of the last occurrence of the String {needle}. |
| 10435 | When {start} is specified, matches beyond this index are |
| 10436 | ignored. This can be used to find a match before a previous |
| 10437 | match: > |
| 10438 | :let lastcomma = strridx(line, ",") |
| 10439 | :let comma2 = strridx(line, ",", lastcomma - 1) |
| 10440 | < The search is done case-sensitive. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10441 | For pattern searches use |match()|. |
| 10442 | -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}. |
Bram Moolenaar | d4755bb | 2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10443 | If the {needle} is empty the length of {haystack} is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10444 | See also |stridx()|. Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10445 | :echo strridx("an angry armadillo", "an") 3 |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10446 | < *strrchr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10447 | When used with a single character it works similar to the C |
| 10448 | function strrchr(). |
| 10449 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10450 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10451 | GetHaystack()->strridx(needle) |
| 10452 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10453 | strtrans({expr}) *strtrans()* |
| 10454 | The result is a String, which is {expr} with all unprintable |
| 10455 | characters translated into printable characters |'isprint'|. |
| 10456 | Like they are shown in a window. Example: > |
| 10457 | echo strtrans(@a) |
| 10458 | < This displays a newline in register a as "^@" instead of |
| 10459 | starting a new line. |
| 10460 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10461 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10462 | GetString()->strtrans() |
| 10463 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 72597a5 | 2010-07-18 15:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10464 | strwidth({expr}) *strwidth()* |
| 10465 | The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells |
| 10466 | String {expr} occupies. A Tab character is counted as one |
Bram Moolenaar | dc53609 | 2010-07-18 15:45:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10467 | cell, alternatively use |strdisplaywidth()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 72597a5 | 2010-07-18 15:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10468 | When {expr} contains characters with East Asian Width Class |
| 10469 | Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'. |
Bram Moolenaar | dc53609 | 2010-07-18 15:45:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10470 | Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strchars()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 72597a5 | 2010-07-18 15:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10471 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10472 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10473 | GetString()->strwidth() |
| 10474 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10475 | submatch({nr} [, {list}]) *submatch()* *E935* |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10476 | Only for an expression in a |:substitute| command or |
| 10477 | substitute() function. |
| 10478 | Returns the {nr}'th submatch of the matched text. When {nr} |
| 10479 | is 0 the whole matched text is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4157176 | 2014-04-02 19:00:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10480 | Note that a NL in the string can stand for a line break of a |
| 10481 | multi-line match or a NUL character in the text. |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10482 | Also see |sub-replace-expression|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4157176 | 2014-04-02 19:00:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10483 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10484 | If {list} is present and non-zero then submatch() returns |
| 10485 | a list of strings, similar to |getline()| with two arguments. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4157176 | 2014-04-02 19:00:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10486 | NL characters in the text represent NUL characters in the |
| 10487 | text. |
| 10488 | Only returns more than one item for |:substitute|, inside |
| 10489 | |substitute()| this list will always contain one or zero |
| 10490 | items, since there are no real line breaks. |
| 10491 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6100d02 | 2016-10-02 16:51:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10492 | When substitute() is used recursively only the submatches in |
| 10493 | the current (deepest) call can be obtained. |
| 10494 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f05849 | 2017-11-30 20:27:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10495 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10496 | :s/\d\+/\=submatch(0) + 1/ |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f05849 | 2017-11-30 20:27:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10497 | :echo substitute(text, '\d\+', '\=submatch(0) + 1', '') |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10498 | < This finds the first number in the line and adds one to it. |
| 10499 | A line break is included as a newline character. |
| 10500 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10501 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10502 | GetNr()->submatch() |
| 10503 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10504 | substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) *substitute()* |
| 10505 | The result is a String, which is a copy of {expr}, in which |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10506 | the first match of {pat} is replaced with {sub}. |
| 10507 | When {flags} is "g", all matches of {pat} in {expr} are |
| 10508 | replaced. Otherwise {flags} should be "". |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10509 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10510 | This works like the ":substitute" command (without any flags). |
| 10511 | But the matching with {pat} is always done like the 'magic' |
| 10512 | option is set and 'cpoptions' is empty (to make scripts |
Bram Moolenaar | 2df58b4 | 2012-11-28 18:21:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10513 | portable). 'ignorecase' is still relevant, use |/\c| or |/\C| |
| 10514 | if you want to ignore or match case and ignore 'ignorecase'. |
| 10515 | 'smartcase' is not used. See |string-match| for how {pat} is |
| 10516 | used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10517 | |
| 10518 | A "~" in {sub} is not replaced with the previous {sub}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10519 | Note that some codes in {sub} have a special meaning |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10520 | |sub-replace-special|. For example, to replace something with |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10521 | "\n" (two characters), use "\\\\n" or '\\n'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10522 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10523 | When {pat} does not match in {expr}, {expr} is returned |
| 10524 | unmodified. |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10525 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10526 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10527 | :let &path = substitute(&path, ",\\=[^,]*$", "", "") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10528 | < This removes the last component of the 'path' option. > |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10529 | :echo substitute("testing", ".*", "\\U\\0", "") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10530 | < results in "TESTING". |
Bram Moolenaar | 251e191 | 2011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10531 | |
| 10532 | When {sub} starts with "\=", the remainder is interpreted as |
| 10533 | an expression. See |sub-replace-expression|. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10534 | :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', |
Bram Moolenaar | 20f90cf | 2011-05-19 12:22:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10535 | \ '\=nr2char("0x" . submatch(1))', 'g') |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10536 | |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10537 | < When {sub} is a Funcref that function is called, with one |
| 10538 | optional argument. Example: > |
| 10539 | :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', SubNr, 'g') |
| 10540 | < The optional argument is a list which contains the whole |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10541 | matched string and up to nine submatches, like what |
| 10542 | |submatch()| returns. Example: > |
| 10543 | :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', {m -> '0x' . m[1]}, 'g') |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10544 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10545 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10546 | GetString()->substitute(pat, sub, flags) |
| 10547 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 20aac6c | 2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10548 | swapinfo({fname}) *swapinfo()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f123a | 2018-08-21 20:28:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10549 | The result is a dictionary, which holds information about the |
| 10550 | swapfile {fname}. The available fields are: |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10551 | version Vim version |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f123a | 2018-08-21 20:28:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10552 | user user name |
| 10553 | host host name |
| 10554 | fname original file name |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10555 | pid PID of the Vim process that created the swap |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f123a | 2018-08-21 20:28:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10556 | file |
| 10557 | mtime last modification time in seconds |
| 10558 | inode Optional: INODE number of the file |
Bram Moolenaar | 47ad565 | 2018-08-21 21:09:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10559 | dirty 1 if file was modified, 0 if not |
Bram Moolenaar | fc65cab | 2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10560 | Note that "user" and "host" are truncated to at most 39 bytes. |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f123a | 2018-08-21 20:28:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10561 | In case of failure an "error" item is added with the reason: |
| 10562 | Cannot open file: file not found or in accessible |
| 10563 | Cannot read file: cannot read first block |
Bram Moolenaar | 47ad565 | 2018-08-21 21:09:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10564 | Not a swap file: does not contain correct block ID |
| 10565 | Magic number mismatch: Info in first block is invalid |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f123a | 2018-08-21 20:28:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10566 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10567 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10568 | GetFilename()->swapinfo() |
| 10569 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 110bd60 | 2018-09-16 18:46:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10570 | swapname({expr}) *swapname()* |
| 10571 | The result is the swap file path of the buffer {expr}. |
| 10572 | For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. |
| 10573 | If buffer {expr} is the current buffer, the result is equal to |
Bram Moolenaar | e7b1ea0 | 2020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10574 | |:swapname| (unless there is no swap file). |
Bram Moolenaar | 110bd60 | 2018-09-16 18:46:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10575 | If buffer {expr} has no swap file, returns an empty string. |
| 10576 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f6ed61e | 2019-09-07 19:05:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10577 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10578 | GetBufname()->swapname() |
| 10579 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 47136d7 | 2004-10-12 20:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10580 | synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) *synID()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10581 | The result is a Number, which is the syntax ID at the position |
Bram Moolenaar | 47136d7 | 2004-10-12 20:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10582 | {lnum} and {col} in the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10583 | The syntax ID can be used with |synIDattr()| and |
| 10584 | |synIDtrans()| to obtain syntax information about text. |
Bram Moolenaar | ce0842a | 2005-07-18 21:58:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10585 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 47136d7 | 2004-10-12 20:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10586 | {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first |
Bram Moolenaar | ce0842a | 2005-07-18 21:58:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10587 | line. 'synmaxcol' applies, in a longer line zero is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | ca63501 | 2015-09-25 20:34:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10588 | Note that when the position is after the last character, |
| 10589 | that's where the cursor can be in Insert mode, synID() returns |
| 10590 | zero. |
Bram Moolenaar | ce0842a | 2005-07-18 21:58:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10591 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10592 | When {trans} is |TRUE|, transparent items are reduced to the |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10593 | item that they reveal. This is useful when wanting to know |
Bram Moolenaar | 79815f1 | 2016-07-09 17:07:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10594 | the effective color. When {trans} is |FALSE|, the transparent |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10595 | item is returned. This is useful when wanting to know which |
| 10596 | syntax item is effective (e.g. inside parens). |
| 10597 | Warning: This function can be very slow. Best speed is |
| 10598 | obtained by going through the file in forward direction. |
| 10599 | |
| 10600 | Example (echoes the name of the syntax item under the cursor): > |
| 10601 | :echo synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 1), "name") |
| 10602 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 7510fe7 | 2010-07-25 12:46:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10603 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10604 | synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}]) *synIDattr()* |
| 10605 | The result is a String, which is the {what} attribute of |
| 10606 | syntax ID {synID}. This can be used to obtain information |
| 10607 | about a syntax item. |
| 10608 | {mode} can be "gui", "cterm" or "term", to get the attributes |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10609 | for that mode. When {mode} is omitted, or an invalid value is |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10610 | used, the attributes for the currently active highlighting are |
| 10611 | used (GUI, cterm or term). |
| 10612 | Use synIDtrans() to follow linked highlight groups. |
| 10613 | {what} result |
| 10614 | "name" the name of the syntax item |
| 10615 | "fg" foreground color (GUI: color name used to set |
| 10616 | the color, cterm: color number as a string, |
| 10617 | term: empty string) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f507d6 | 2008-11-28 10:16:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10618 | "bg" background color (as with "fg") |
Bram Moolenaar | 12682fd | 2010-03-10 13:43:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10619 | "font" font name (only available in the GUI) |
| 10620 | |highlight-font| |
Bram Moolenaar | 391c362 | 2020-09-29 20:59:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10621 | "sp" special color for the GUI (as with "fg") |
| 10622 | |highlight-guisp| |
| 10623 | "ul" underline color for cterm: number as a string |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10624 | "fg#" like "fg", but for the GUI and the GUI is |
| 10625 | running the name in "#RRGGBB" form |
| 10626 | "bg#" like "fg#" for "bg" |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f507d6 | 2008-11-28 10:16:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10627 | "sp#" like "fg#" for "sp" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10628 | "bold" "1" if bold |
| 10629 | "italic" "1" if italic |
| 10630 | "reverse" "1" if reverse |
| 10631 | "inverse" "1" if inverse (= reverse) |
Bram Moolenaar | 12682fd | 2010-03-10 13:43:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10632 | "standout" "1" if standout |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10633 | "underline" "1" if underlined |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10634 | "undercurl" "1" if undercurled |
Bram Moolenaar | cf4b00c | 2017-09-02 18:33:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10635 | "strike" "1" if strikethrough |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10636 | |
| 10637 | Example (echoes the color of the syntax item under the |
| 10638 | cursor): > |
| 10639 | :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."), col("."), 1)), "fg") |
| 10640 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10641 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10642 | :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg") |
| 10643 | |
| 10644 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10645 | synIDtrans({synID}) *synIDtrans()* |
| 10646 | The result is a Number, which is the translated syntax ID of |
| 10647 | {synID}. This is the syntax group ID of what is being used to |
| 10648 | highlight the character. Highlight links given with |
| 10649 | ":highlight link" are followed. |
| 10650 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10651 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10652 | :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg") |
| 10653 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 483c5d8 | 2010-10-20 18:45:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10654 | synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) *synconcealed()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10655 | The result is a |List| with currently three items: |
Bram Moolenaar | 4d78589 | 2017-06-22 22:00:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10656 | 1. The first item in the list is 0 if the character at the |
| 10657 | position {lnum} and {col} is not part of a concealable |
| 10658 | region, 1 if it is. |
| 10659 | 2. The second item in the list is a string. If the first item |
| 10660 | is 1, the second item contains the text which will be |
| 10661 | displayed in place of the concealed text, depending on the |
| 10662 | current setting of 'conceallevel' and 'listchars'. |
Bram Moolenaar | cc0750d | 2017-06-24 22:29:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10663 | 3. The third and final item in the list is a number |
| 10664 | representing the specific syntax region matched in the |
| 10665 | line. When the character is not concealed the value is |
| 10666 | zero. This allows detection of the beginning of a new |
| 10667 | concealable region if there are two consecutive regions |
| 10668 | with the same replacement character. For an example, if |
| 10669 | the text is "123456" and both "23" and "45" are concealed |
Bram Moolenaar | 95bafa2 | 2018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10670 | and replaced by the character "X", then: |
Bram Moolenaar | cc0750d | 2017-06-24 22:29:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10671 | call returns ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | c572da5 | 2017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10672 | synconcealed(lnum, 1) [0, '', 0] |
| 10673 | synconcealed(lnum, 2) [1, 'X', 1] |
| 10674 | synconcealed(lnum, 3) [1, 'X', 1] |
| 10675 | synconcealed(lnum, 4) [1, 'X', 2] |
| 10676 | synconcealed(lnum, 5) [1, 'X', 2] |
| 10677 | synconcealed(lnum, 6) [0, '', 0] |
Bram Moolenaar | 483c5d8 | 2010-10-20 18:45:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10678 | |
| 10679 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d188ab | 2008-01-10 21:24:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10680 | synstack({lnum}, {col}) *synstack()* |
| 10681 | Return a |List|, which is the stack of syntax items at the |
| 10682 | position {lnum} and {col} in the current window. Each item in |
| 10683 | the List is an ID like what |synID()| returns. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d188ab | 2008-01-10 21:24:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10684 | The first item in the List is the outer region, following are |
| 10685 | items contained in that one. The last one is what |synID()| |
| 10686 | returns, unless not the whole item is highlighted or it is a |
| 10687 | transparent item. |
| 10688 | This function is useful for debugging a syntax file. |
| 10689 | Example that shows the syntax stack under the cursor: > |
| 10690 | for id in synstack(line("."), col(".")) |
| 10691 | echo synIDattr(id, "name") |
| 10692 | endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | 0bc380a | 2010-07-10 13:52:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10693 | < When the position specified with {lnum} and {col} is invalid |
| 10694 | nothing is returned. The position just after the last |
| 10695 | character in a line and the first column in an empty line are |
| 10696 | valid positions. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d188ab | 2008-01-10 21:24:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10697 | |
Bram Moolenaar | c0197e2 | 2004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10698 | system({expr} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677* |
Bram Moolenaar | 39c29ed | 2014-04-05 19:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10699 | Get the output of the shell command {expr} as a string. See |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10700 | |systemlist()| to get the output as a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 57ebe6e | 2014-04-05 18:55:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10701 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10702 | When {input} is given and is a string this string is written |
| 10703 | to a file and passed as stdin to the command. The string is |
| 10704 | written as-is, you need to take care of using the correct line |
Bram Moolenaar | 57ebe6e | 2014-04-05 18:55:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10705 | separators yourself. |
| 10706 | If {input} is given and is a |List| it is written to the file |
| 10707 | in a way |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e. |
| 10708 | with a newline between each list item with newlines inside |
Bram Moolenaar | 12c4492 | 2017-01-08 13:26:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10709 | list items converted to NULs). |
| 10710 | When {input} is given and is a number that is a valid id for |
| 10711 | an existing buffer then the content of the buffer is written |
| 10712 | to the file line by line, each line terminated by a NL and |
| 10713 | NULs characters where the text has a NL. |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10714 | |
| 10715 | Pipes are not used, the 'shelltemp' option is not used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 57ebe6e | 2014-04-05 18:55:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10716 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0418609 | 2016-08-29 21:55:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10717 | When prepended by |:silent| the terminal will not be set to |
Bram Moolenaar | 52a7246 | 2014-08-29 15:53:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10718 | cooked mode. This is meant to be used for commands that do |
| 10719 | not need the user to type. It avoids stray characters showing |
| 10720 | up on the screen which require |CTRL-L| to remove. > |
| 10721 | :silent let f = system('ls *.vim') |
| 10722 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10723 | Note: Use |shellescape()| or |::S| with |expand()| or |
| 10724 | |fnamemodify()| to escape special characters in a command |
| 10725 | argument. Newlines in {expr} may cause the command to fail. |
| 10726 | The characters in 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote' may also |
Bram Moolenaar | 26df092 | 2014-02-23 23:39:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10727 | cause trouble. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10728 | This is not to be used for interactive commands. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10729 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10730 | The result is a String. Example: > |
| 10731 | :let files = system("ls " . shellescape(expand('%:h'))) |
Bram Moolenaar | 26df092 | 2014-02-23 23:39:13 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10732 | :let files = system('ls ' . expand('%:h:S')) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10733 | |
| 10734 | < To make the result more system-independent, the shell output |
| 10735 | is filtered to replace <CR> with <NL> for Macintosh, and |
| 10736 | <CR><NL> with <NL> for DOS-like systems. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9d98fe9 | 2013-08-03 18:35:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10737 | To avoid the string being truncated at a NUL, all NUL |
| 10738 | characters are replaced with SOH (0x01). |
| 10739 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10740 | The command executed is constructed using several options: |
| 10741 | 'shell' 'shellcmdflag' 'shellxquote' {expr} 'shellredir' {tmp} 'shellxquote' |
| 10742 | ({tmp} is an automatically generated file name). |
Bram Moolenaar | 6f345a1 | 2019-12-17 21:27:18 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10743 | For Unix, braces are put around {expr} to allow for |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10744 | concatenated commands. |
| 10745 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10746 | The command will be executed in "cooked" mode, so that a |
| 10747 | CTRL-C will interrupt the command (on Unix at least). |
| 10748 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10749 | The resulting error code can be found in |v:shell_error|. |
| 10750 | This function will fail in |restricted-mode|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4770d09 | 2006-01-12 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10751 | |
| 10752 | Note that any wrong value in the options mentioned above may |
| 10753 | make the function fail. It has also been reported to fail |
| 10754 | when using a security agent application. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10755 | Unlike ":!cmd" there is no automatic check for changed files. |
| 10756 | Use |:checktime| to force a check. |
| 10757 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10758 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10759 | :echo GetCmd()->system() |
| 10760 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10761 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 39c29ed | 2014-04-05 19:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10762 | systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) *systemlist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10763 | Same as |system()|, but returns a |List| with lines (parts of |
| 10764 | output separated by NL) with NULs transformed into NLs. Output |
| 10765 | is the same as |readfile()| will output with {binary} argument |
Bram Moolenaar | 5be4cee | 2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10766 | set to "b", except that there is no extra empty item when the |
| 10767 | result ends in a NL. |
| 10768 | Note that on MS-Windows you may get trailing CR characters. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39c29ed | 2014-04-05 19:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10769 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5be4cee | 2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10770 | To see the difference between "echo hello" and "echo -n hello" |
| 10771 | use |system()| and |split()|: > |
| 10772 | echo system('echo hello')->split('\n', 1) |
| 10773 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10774 | Returns an empty string on error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39c29ed | 2014-04-05 19:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10775 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a74e494 | 2019-08-04 17:35:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10776 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10777 | :echo GetCmd()->systemlist() |
| 10778 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 39c29ed | 2014-04-05 19:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10779 | |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10780 | tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) *tabpagebuflist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10781 | The result is a |List|, where each item is the number of the |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10782 | buffer associated with each window in the current tab page. |
Bram Moolenaar | dc1f164 | 2016-08-16 18:33:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10783 | {arg} specifies the number of the tab page to be used. When |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10784 | omitted the current tab page is used. |
| 10785 | When {arg} is invalid the number zero is returned. |
| 10786 | To get a list of all buffers in all tabs use this: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 61d35bd | 2012-03-28 20:51:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10787 | let buflist = [] |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10788 | for i in range(tabpagenr('$')) |
Bram Moolenaar | 61d35bd | 2012-03-28 20:51:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10789 | call extend(buflist, tabpagebuflist(i + 1)) |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10790 | endfor |
| 10791 | < Note that a buffer may appear in more than one window. |
| 10792 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ce90e36 | 2019-09-08 18:58:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10793 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10794 | GetTabpage()->tabpagebuflist() |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10795 | |
| 10796 | tabpagenr([{arg}]) *tabpagenr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e8fd63 | 2006-02-18 22:14:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10797 | The result is a Number, which is the number of the current |
| 10798 | tab page. The first tab page has number 1. |
Bram Moolenaar | 62a2325 | 2020-08-09 14:04:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10799 | |
| 10800 | The optional argument {arg} supports the following values: |
| 10801 | $ the number of the last tab page (the tab page |
| 10802 | count). |
| 10803 | # the number of the last accessed tab page |
| 10804 | (where |g<Tab>| goes to). if there is no |
| 10805 | previous tab page 0 is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e8fd63 | 2006-02-18 22:14:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10806 | The number can be used with the |:tab| command. |
| 10807 | |
| 10808 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 76f3b1a | 2014-03-27 22:30:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10809 | tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) *tabpagewinnr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | d04f440 | 2010-08-15 13:30:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10810 | Like |winnr()| but for tab page {tabarg}. |
Bram Moolenaar | faa959a | 2006-02-20 21:37:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10811 | {tabarg} specifies the number of tab page to be used. |
| 10812 | {arg} is used like with |winnr()|: |
| 10813 | - When omitted the current window number is returned. This is |
| 10814 | the window which will be used when going to this tab page. |
| 10815 | - When "$" the number of windows is returned. |
| 10816 | - When "#" the previous window nr is returned. |
| 10817 | Useful examples: > |
| 10818 | tabpagewinnr(1) " current window of tab page 1 |
| 10819 | tabpagewinnr(4, '$') " number of windows in tab page 4 |
| 10820 | < When {tabarg} is invalid zero is returned. |
| 10821 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ce90e36 | 2019-09-08 18:58:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10822 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10823 | GetTabpage()->tabpagewinnr() |
| 10824 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | fa1d140 | 2006-03-25 21:59:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10825 | *tagfiles()* |
| 10826 | tagfiles() Returns a |List| with the file names used to search for tags |
| 10827 | for the current buffer. This is the 'tags' option expanded. |
| 10828 | |
| 10829 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10830 | taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) *taglist()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10831 | Returns a |List| of tags matching the regular expression {expr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | c6aafba | 2017-03-21 17:09:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10832 | |
| 10833 | If {filename} is passed it is used to prioritize the results |
| 10834 | in the same way that |:tselect| does. See |tag-priority|. |
| 10835 | {filename} should be the full path of the file. |
| 10836 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d8c0087 | 2005-07-22 21:52:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10837 | Each list item is a dictionary with at least the following |
| 10838 | entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | 280f126 | 2006-01-30 00:14:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10839 | name Name of the tag. |
| 10840 | filename Name of the file where the tag is |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10841 | defined. It is either relative to the |
| 10842 | current directory or a full path. |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10843 | cmd Ex command used to locate the tag in |
| 10844 | the file. |
Bram Moolenaar | 280f126 | 2006-01-30 00:14:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10845 | kind Type of the tag. The value for this |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10846 | entry depends on the language specific |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10847 | kind values. Only available when |
| 10848 | using a tags file generated by |
| 10849 | Exuberant ctags or hdrtag. |
Bram Moolenaar | 280f126 | 2006-01-30 00:14:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10850 | static A file specific tag. Refer to |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10851 | |static-tag| for more information. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10852 | More entries may be present, depending on the content of the |
| 10853 | tags file: access, implementation, inherits and signature. |
| 10854 | Refer to the ctags documentation for information about these |
| 10855 | fields. For C code the fields "struct", "class" and "enum" |
| 10856 | may appear, they give the name of the entity the tag is |
| 10857 | contained in. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a8684e | 2005-07-30 22:43:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10858 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 214641f | 2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10859 | The ex-command "cmd" can be either an ex search pattern, a |
Bram Moolenaar | 4317d9b | 2005-03-18 20:25:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10860 | line number or a line number followed by a byte number. |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10861 | |
| 10862 | If there are no matching tags, then an empty list is returned. |
| 10863 | |
| 10864 | To get an exact tag match, the anchors '^' and '$' should be |
Bram Moolenaar | a3e6bc9 | 2013-01-30 14:18:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10865 | used in {expr}. This also make the function work faster. |
| 10866 | Refer to |tag-regexp| for more information about the tag |
| 10867 | search regular expression pattern. |
Bram Moolenaar | e2cc970 | 2005-03-15 22:43:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10868 | |
| 10869 | Refer to |'tags'| for information about how the tags file is |
| 10870 | located by Vim. Refer to |tags-file-format| for the format of |
| 10871 | the tags file generated by the different ctags tools. |
| 10872 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ce90e36 | 2019-09-08 18:58:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10873 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10874 | GetTagpattern()->taglist() |
| 10875 | |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10876 | tan({expr}) *tan()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10877 | Return the tangent of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float| |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10878 | in the range [-inf, inf]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10879 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10880 | Examples: > |
| 10881 | :echo tan(10) |
| 10882 | < 0.648361 > |
| 10883 | :echo tan(-4.01) |
| 10884 | < -1.181502 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10885 | |
| 10886 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10887 | Compute()->tan() |
| 10888 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10889 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10890 | |
| 10891 | |
| 10892 | tanh({expr}) *tanh()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10893 | Return the hyperbolic tangent of {expr} as a |Float| in the |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10894 | range [-1, 1]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9855d6b | 2010-07-18 14:34:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10895 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10896 | Examples: > |
| 10897 | :echo tanh(0.5) |
| 10898 | < 0.462117 > |
| 10899 | :echo tanh(-1) |
| 10900 | < -0.761594 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10901 | |
| 10902 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10903 | Compute()->tanh() |
| 10904 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | db84e45 | 2010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10905 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | db7c686 | 2010-05-21 16:33:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10906 | |
| 10907 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10908 | tempname() *tempname()* *temp-file-name* |
| 10909 | The result is a String, which is the name of a file that |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10910 | doesn't exist. It can be used for a temporary file. The name |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10911 | is different for at least 26 consecutive calls. Example: > |
| 10912 | :let tmpfile = tempname() |
| 10913 | :exe "redir > " . tmpfile |
| 10914 | < For Unix, the file will be in a private directory |tempfile|. |
| 10915 | For MS-Windows forward slashes are used when the 'shellslash' |
| 10916 | option is set or when 'shellcmdflag' starts with '-'. |
| 10917 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ed997ad | 2019-07-21 16:42:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10918 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6bf2c62 | 2019-07-04 17:12:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10919 | term_ functions are documented here: |terminal-function-details| |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10920 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10921 | |
| 10922 | terminalprops() *terminalprops()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10923 | Returns a |Dictionary| with properties of the terminal that Vim |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10924 | detected from the response to |t_RV| request. See |
| 10925 | |v:termresponse| for the response itself. If |v:termresponse| |
| 10926 | is empty most values here will be 'u' for unknown. |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10927 | cursor_style whether sending |t_RS| works ** |
| 10928 | cursor_blink_mode whether sending |t_RC| works ** |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10929 | underline_rgb whether |t_8u| works ** |
| 10930 | mouse mouse type supported |
| 10931 | |
| 10932 | ** value 'u' for unknown, 'y' for yes, 'n' for no |
| 10933 | |
| 10934 | If the |+termresponse| feature is missing then the result is |
| 10935 | an empty dictionary. |
| 10936 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10937 | If "cursor_style" is 'y' then |t_RS| will be sent to request the |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10938 | current cursor style. |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10939 | If "cursor_blink_mode" is 'y' then |t_RC| will be sent to |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c0eddd | 2020-06-13 15:47:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10940 | request the cursor blink status. |
| 10941 | "cursor_style" and "cursor_blink_mode" are also set if |t_u7| |
| 10942 | is not empty, Vim will detect the working of sending |t_RS| |
| 10943 | and |t_RC| on startup. |
| 10944 | |
| 10945 | When "underline_rgb" is not 'y', then |t_8u| will be made empty. |
| 10946 | This avoids sending it to xterm, which would clear the colors. |
| 10947 | |
| 10948 | For "mouse" the value 'u' is unknown |
| 10949 | |
| 10950 | Also see: |
| 10951 | - 'ambiwidth' - detected by using |t_u7|. |
| 10952 | - |v:termstyleresp| and |v:termblinkresp| for the response to |
| 10953 | |t_RS| and |t_RC|. |
| 10954 | |
| 10955 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5477506 | 2019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10956 | test_ functions are documented here: |test-functions-details| |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e8df25 | 2016-05-25 21:23:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10957 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 574860b | 2016-05-24 17:33:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10958 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10959 | *timer_info()* |
| 10960 | timer_info([{id}]) |
| 10961 | Return a list with information about timers. |
| 10962 | When {id} is given only information about this timer is |
| 10963 | returned. When timer {id} does not exist an empty list is |
| 10964 | returned. |
| 10965 | When {id} is omitted information about all timers is returned. |
| 10966 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10967 | For each timer the information is stored in a |Dictionary| with |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10968 | these items: |
| 10969 | "id" the timer ID |
| 10970 | "time" time the timer was started with |
| 10971 | "remaining" time until the timer fires |
| 10972 | "repeat" number of times the timer will still fire; |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10973 | -1 means forever |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10974 | "callback" the callback |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10975 | "paused" 1 if the timer is paused, 0 otherwise |
| 10976 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10977 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10978 | GetTimer()->timer_info() |
| 10979 | |
| 10980 | < {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10981 | |
| 10982 | timer_pause({timer}, {paused}) *timer_pause()* |
| 10983 | Pause or unpause a timer. A paused timer does not invoke its |
Bram Moolenaar | dc1f164 | 2016-08-16 18:33:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10984 | callback when its time expires. Unpausing a timer may cause |
| 10985 | the callback to be invoked almost immediately if enough time |
| 10986 | has passed. |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10987 | |
| 10988 | Pausing a timer is useful to avoid the callback to be called |
| 10989 | for a short time. |
| 10990 | |
| 10991 | If {paused} evaluates to a non-zero Number or a non-empty |
| 10992 | String, then the timer is paused, otherwise it is unpaused. |
| 10993 | See |non-zero-arg|. |
| 10994 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10995 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 10996 | GetTimer()->timer_pause(1) |
| 10997 | |
| 10998 | < {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10999 | |
Bram Moolenaar | dc1f164 | 2016-08-16 18:33:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11000 | *timer_start()* *timer* *timers* |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11001 | timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}]) |
| 11002 | Create a timer and return the timer ID. |
| 11003 | |
| 11004 | {time} is the waiting time in milliseconds. This is the |
| 11005 | minimum time before invoking the callback. When the system is |
| 11006 | busy or Vim is not waiting for input the time will be longer. |
| 11007 | |
| 11008 | {callback} is the function to call. It can be the name of a |
Bram Moolenaar | f37506f | 2016-08-31 22:22:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11009 | function or a |Funcref|. It is called with one argument, which |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11010 | is the timer ID. The callback is only invoked when Vim is |
| 11011 | waiting for input. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4072ba5 | 2020-12-23 13:56:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11012 | If you want to show a message look at |popup_notification()| |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e6a515 | 2021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11013 | to avoid interfering with what the user is doing. |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11014 | |
| 11015 | {options} is a dictionary. Supported entries: |
| 11016 | "repeat" Number of times to repeat calling the |
Bram Moolenaar | abd468e | 2016-09-08 22:22:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11017 | callback. -1 means forever. When not present |
| 11018 | the callback will be called once. |
Bram Moolenaar | c577d81 | 2017-07-08 22:37:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11019 | If the timer causes an error three times in a |
| 11020 | row the repeat is cancelled. This avoids that |
| 11021 | Vim becomes unusable because of all the error |
| 11022 | messages. |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11023 | |
| 11024 | Example: > |
| 11025 | func MyHandler(timer) |
| 11026 | echo 'Handler called' |
| 11027 | endfunc |
| 11028 | let timer = timer_start(500, 'MyHandler', |
| 11029 | \ {'repeat': 3}) |
| 11030 | < This will invoke MyHandler() three times at 500 msec |
| 11031 | intervals. |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11032 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11033 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11034 | GetMsec()->timer_start(callback) |
| 11035 | |
| 11036 | < Not available in the |sandbox|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11037 | {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature} |
| 11038 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 03602ec | 2016-03-20 20:57:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11039 | timer_stop({timer}) *timer_stop()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 06d2d38 | 2016-05-20 17:24:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11040 | Stop a timer. The timer callback will no longer be invoked. |
| 11041 | {timer} is an ID returned by timer_start(), thus it must be a |
Bram Moolenaar | 8e97bd7 | 2016-08-06 22:05:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11042 | Number. If {timer} does not exist there is no error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 03602ec | 2016-03-20 20:57:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11043 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11044 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11045 | GetTimer()->timer_stop() |
| 11046 | |
| 11047 | < {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11048 | |
| 11049 | timer_stopall() *timer_stopall()* |
| 11050 | Stop all timers. The timer callbacks will no longer be |
Bram Moolenaar | 809ce4d | 2019-07-13 21:21:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11051 | invoked. Useful if a timer is misbehaving. If there are no |
| 11052 | timers there is no error. |
Bram Moolenaar | b73598e | 2016-08-07 18:22:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11053 | |
| 11054 | {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature} |
| 11055 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11056 | tolower({expr}) *tolower()* |
| 11057 | The result is a copy of the String given, with all uppercase |
| 11058 | characters turned into lowercase (just like applying |gu| to |
| 11059 | the string). |
| 11060 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11061 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11062 | GetText()->tolower() |
| 11063 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11064 | toupper({expr}) *toupper()* |
| 11065 | The result is a copy of the String given, with all lowercase |
| 11066 | characters turned into uppercase (just like applying |gU| to |
| 11067 | the string). |
| 11068 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11069 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11070 | GetText()->toupper() |
| 11071 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8299df9 | 2004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11072 | tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) *tr()* |
| 11073 | The result is a copy of the {src} string with all characters |
| 11074 | which appear in {fromstr} replaced by the character in that |
| 11075 | position in the {tostr} string. Thus the first character in |
| 11076 | {fromstr} is translated into the first character in {tostr} |
| 11077 | and so on. Exactly like the unix "tr" command. |
| 11078 | This code also deals with multibyte characters properly. |
| 11079 | |
| 11080 | Examples: > |
| 11081 | echo tr("hello there", "ht", "HT") |
| 11082 | < returns "Hello THere" > |
| 11083 | echo tr("<blob>", "<>", "{}") |
| 11084 | < returns "{blob}" |
| 11085 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11086 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11087 | GetText()->tr(from, to) |
| 11088 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2245ae1 | 2020-05-31 22:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11089 | trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]]) *trim()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 295ac5a | 2018-03-22 23:04:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11090 | Return {text} as a String where any character in {mask} is |
Bram Moolenaar | 2245ae1 | 2020-05-31 22:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11091 | removed from the beginning and/or end of {text}. |
| 11092 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 295ac5a | 2018-03-22 23:04:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11093 | If {mask} is not given, {mask} is all characters up to 0x20, |
| 11094 | which includes Tab, space, NL and CR, plus the non-breaking |
| 11095 | space character 0xa0. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2245ae1 | 2020-05-31 22:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11096 | |
| 11097 | The optional {dir} argument specifies where to remove the |
| 11098 | characters: |
| 11099 | 0 remove from the beginning and end of {text} |
| 11100 | 1 remove only at the beginning of {text} |
| 11101 | 2 remove only at the end of {text} |
| 11102 | When omitted both ends are trimmed. |
| 11103 | |
| 11104 | This function deals with multibyte characters properly. |
Bram Moolenaar | 295ac5a | 2018-03-22 23:04:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11105 | |
| 11106 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ab94343 | 2018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11107 | echo trim(" some text ") |
| 11108 | < returns "some text" > |
| 11109 | echo trim(" \r\t\t\r RESERVE \t\n\x0B\xA0") . "_TAIL" |
Bram Moolenaar | 295ac5a | 2018-03-22 23:04:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11110 | < returns "RESERVE_TAIL" > |
Bram Moolenaar | ab94343 | 2018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11111 | echo trim("rm<Xrm<>X>rrm", "rm<>") |
Bram Moolenaar | 2245ae1 | 2020-05-31 22:20:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11112 | < returns "Xrm<>X" (characters in the middle are not removed) > |
| 11113 | echo trim(" vim ", " ", 2) |
| 11114 | < returns " vim" |
Bram Moolenaar | 295ac5a | 2018-03-22 23:04:02 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11115 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11116 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11117 | GetText()->trim() |
| 11118 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11119 | trunc({expr}) *trunc()* |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11120 | Return the largest integral value with magnitude less than or |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11121 | equal to {expr} as a |Float| (truncate towards zero). |
| 11122 | {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. |
| 11123 | Examples: > |
| 11124 | echo trunc(1.456) |
| 11125 | < 1.0 > |
| 11126 | echo trunc(-5.456) |
| 11127 | < -5.0 > |
| 11128 | echo trunc(4.0) |
| 11129 | < 4.0 |
Bram Moolenaar | 93cf85f | 2019-08-17 21:36:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11130 | |
| 11131 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11132 | Compute()->trunc() |
| 11133 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11134 | {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature} |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11135 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11136 | *type()* |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11137 | type({expr}) The result is a Number representing the type of {expr}. |
| 11138 | Instead of using the number directly, it is better to use the |
| 11139 | v:t_ variable that has the value: |
| 11140 | Number: 0 |v:t_number| |
| 11141 | String: 1 |v:t_string| |
| 11142 | Funcref: 2 |v:t_func| |
| 11143 | List: 3 |v:t_list| |
| 11144 | Dictionary: 4 |v:t_dict| |
| 11145 | Float: 5 |v:t_float| |
| 11146 | Boolean: 6 |v:t_bool| (v:false and v:true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11147 | None: 7 |v:t_none| (v:null and v:none) |
| 11148 | Job: 8 |v:t_job| |
| 11149 | Channel: 9 |v:t_channel| |
| 11150 | Blob: 10 |v:t_blob| |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11151 | For backward compatibility, this method can be used: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11152 | :if type(myvar) == type(0) |
| 11153 | :if type(myvar) == type("") |
| 11154 | :if type(myvar) == type(function("tr")) |
| 11155 | :if type(myvar) == type([]) |
Bram Moolenaar | 748bf03 | 2005-02-02 23:04:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11156 | :if type(myvar) == type({}) |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11157 | :if type(myvar) == type(0.0) |
Bram Moolenaar | 705ada1 | 2016-01-24 17:56:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11158 | :if type(myvar) == type(v:false) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6463ca2 | 2016-02-13 17:04:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11159 | :if type(myvar) == type(v:none) |
Bram Moolenaar | df48fb4 | 2016-07-22 21:50:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11160 | < To check if the v:t_ variables exist use this: > |
| 11161 | :if exists('v:t_number') |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11162 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11163 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11164 | mylist->type() |
| 11165 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a47e05f | 2021-01-12 21:49:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11166 | |
| 11167 | typename({expr}) *typename()* |
| 11168 | Return a string representation of the type of {expr}. |
| 11169 | Example: > |
| 11170 | echo typename([1, 2, 3]) |
| 11171 | list<number> |
| 11172 | |
| 11173 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a17d4c1 | 2010-05-30 18:30:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11174 | undofile({name}) *undofile()* |
| 11175 | Return the name of the undo file that would be used for a file |
| 11176 | with name {name} when writing. This uses the 'undodir' |
| 11177 | option, finding directories that exist. It does not check if |
Bram Moolenaar | 860cae1 | 2010-06-05 23:22:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11178 | the undo file exists. |
Bram Moolenaar | 945e2db | 2010-06-05 17:43:32 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11179 | {name} is always expanded to the full path, since that is what |
| 11180 | is used internally. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8071607 | 2012-05-01 21:14:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11181 | If {name} is empty undofile() returns an empty string, since a |
| 11182 | buffer without a file name will not write an undo file. |
Bram Moolenaar | a17d4c1 | 2010-05-30 18:30:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11183 | Useful in combination with |:wundo| and |:rundo|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b328cca | 2019-01-06 16:24:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11184 | When compiled without the |+persistent_undo| option this always |
Bram Moolenaar | a17d4c1 | 2010-05-30 18:30:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11185 | returns an empty string. |
| 11186 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11187 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11188 | GetFilename()->undofile() |
| 11189 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a800b42 | 2010-06-27 01:15:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11190 | undotree() *undotree()* |
| 11191 | Return the current state of the undo tree in a dictionary with |
| 11192 | the following items: |
| 11193 | "seq_last" The highest undo sequence number used. |
| 11194 | "seq_cur" The sequence number of the current position in |
| 11195 | the undo tree. This differs from "seq_last" |
| 11196 | when some changes were undone. |
| 11197 | "time_cur" Time last used for |:earlier| and related |
| 11198 | commands. Use |strftime()| to convert to |
| 11199 | something readable. |
| 11200 | "save_last" Number of the last file write. Zero when no |
| 11201 | write yet. |
Bram Moolenaar | 730cde9 | 2010-06-27 05:18:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11202 | "save_cur" Number of the current position in the undo |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11203 | tree. |
Bram Moolenaar | a800b42 | 2010-06-27 01:15:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11204 | "synced" Non-zero when the last undo block was synced. |
| 11205 | This happens when waiting from input from the |
| 11206 | user. See |undo-blocks|. |
| 11207 | "entries" A list of dictionaries with information about |
| 11208 | undo blocks. |
| 11209 | |
| 11210 | The first item in the "entries" list is the oldest undo item. |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11211 | Each List item is a |Dictionary| with these items: |
Bram Moolenaar | a800b42 | 2010-06-27 01:15:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11212 | "seq" Undo sequence number. Same as what appears in |
| 11213 | |:undolist|. |
| 11214 | "time" Timestamp when the change happened. Use |
| 11215 | |strftime()| to convert to something readable. |
| 11216 | "newhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one |
| 11217 | that was added. This marks the last change |
| 11218 | and where further changes will be added. |
| 11219 | "curhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one |
| 11220 | that was undone. This marks the current |
| 11221 | position in the undo tree, the block that will |
| 11222 | be used by a redo command. When nothing was |
| 11223 | undone after the last change this item will |
| 11224 | not appear anywhere. |
| 11225 | "save" Only appears on the last block before a file |
| 11226 | write. The number is the write count. The |
| 11227 | first write has number 1, the last one the |
| 11228 | "save_last" mentioned above. |
| 11229 | "alt" Alternate entry. This is again a List of undo |
| 11230 | blocks. Each item may again have an "alt" |
| 11231 | item. |
| 11232 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 327aa02 | 2014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11233 | uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *uniq()* *E882* |
| 11234 | Remove second and succeeding copies of repeated adjacent |
| 11235 | {list} items in-place. Returns {list}. If you want a list |
| 11236 | to remain unmodified make a copy first: > |
| 11237 | :let newlist = uniq(copy(mylist)) |
| 11238 | < The default compare function uses the string representation of |
| 11239 | each item. For the use of {func} and {dict} see |sort()|. |
| 11240 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11241 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11242 | mylist->uniq() |
| 11243 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11244 | values({dict}) *values()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11245 | Return a |List| with all the values of {dict}. The |List| is |
Bram Moolenaar | 0d17f0d | 2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11246 | in arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |keys()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11247 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ac92e25 | 2019-08-03 21:58:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11248 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11249 | mydict->values() |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11250 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11251 | virtcol({expr}) *virtcol()* |
| 11252 | The result is a Number, which is the screen column of the file |
| 11253 | position given with {expr}. That is, the last screen position |
| 11254 | occupied by the character at that position, when the screen |
| 11255 | would be of unlimited width. When there is a <Tab> at the |
| 11256 | position, the returned Number will be the column at the end of |
| 11257 | the <Tab>. For example, for a <Tab> in column 1, with 'ts' |
Bram Moolenaar | 61d35bd | 2012-03-28 20:51:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11258 | set to 8, it returns 8. |conceal| is ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | 477933c | 2007-07-17 14:32:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11259 | For the byte position use |col()|. |
| 11260 | For the use of {expr} see |col()|. |
| 11261 | When 'virtualedit' is used {expr} can be [lnum, col, off], where |
Bram Moolenaar | 0b23879 | 2006-03-02 22:49:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11262 | "off" is the offset in screen columns from the start of the |
Bram Moolenaar | d46bbc7 | 2007-05-12 14:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11263 | character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last |
Bram Moolenaar | 9729301 | 2011-07-18 19:40:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11264 | character. When "off" is omitted zero is used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11265 | When Virtual editing is active in the current mode, a position |
| 11266 | beyond the end of the line can be returned. |'virtualedit'| |
| 11267 | The accepted positions are: |
| 11268 | . the cursor position |
| 11269 | $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the |
| 11270 | number of displayed characters in the cursor line |
| 11271 | plus one) |
| 11272 | 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is |
| 11273 | returned) |
Bram Moolenaar | e3faf44 | 2014-12-14 01:27:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11274 | v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the |
| 11275 | cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode |
| 11276 | returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in |
| 11277 | that it's updated right away. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11278 | Note that only marks in the current file can be used. |
| 11279 | Examples: > |
| 11280 | virtcol(".") with text "foo^Lbar", with cursor on the "^L", returns 5 |
| 11281 | virtcol("$") with text "foo^Lbar", returns 9 |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11282 | virtcol("'t") with text " there", with 't at 'h', returns 6 |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11283 | < The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11284 | A more advanced example that echoes the maximum length of |
| 11285 | all lines: > |
| 11286 | echo max(map(range(1, line('$')), "virtcol([v:val, '$'])")) |
| 11287 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11288 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11289 | GetPos()->virtcol() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11290 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11291 | |
| 11292 | visualmode([{expr}]) *visualmode()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11293 | The result is a String, which describes the last Visual mode |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11294 | used in the current buffer. Initially it returns an empty |
| 11295 | string, but once Visual mode has been used, it returns "v", |
| 11296 | "V", or "<CTRL-V>" (a single CTRL-V character) for |
| 11297 | character-wise, line-wise, or block-wise Visual mode |
| 11298 | respectively. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11299 | Example: > |
| 11300 | :exe "normal " . visualmode() |
| 11301 | < This enters the same Visual mode as before. It is also useful |
| 11302 | in scripts if you wish to act differently depending on the |
| 11303 | Visual mode that was used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11304 | If Visual mode is active, use |mode()| to get the Visual mode |
| 11305 | (e.g., in a |:vmap|). |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11306 | If {expr} is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11307 | a non-empty String, then the Visual mode will be cleared and |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11308 | the old value is returned. See |non-zero-arg|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11309 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8738fc1 | 2013-02-20 17:59:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11310 | wildmenumode() *wildmenumode()* |
Bram Moolenaar | e381d3d | 2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11311 | Returns |TRUE| when the wildmenu is active and |FALSE| |
Bram Moolenaar | 8738fc1 | 2013-02-20 17:59:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11312 | otherwise. See 'wildmenu' and 'wildmode'. |
| 11313 | This can be used in mappings to handle the 'wildcharm' option |
| 11314 | gracefully. (Makes only sense with |mapmode-c| mappings). |
| 11315 | |
| 11316 | For example to make <c-j> work like <down> in wildmode, use: > |
| 11317 | :cnoremap <expr> <C-j> wildmenumode() ? "\<Down>\<Tab>" : "\<c-j>" |
| 11318 | < |
| 11319 | (Note, this needs the 'wildcharm' option set appropriately). |
| 11320 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 868b7b6 | 2019-05-29 21:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11321 | win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}]) *win_execute()* |
| 11322 | Like `execute()` but in the context of window {id}. |
| 11323 | The window will temporarily be made the current window, |
Bram Moolenaar | b423012 | 2019-05-30 18:40:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11324 | without triggering autocommands. When executing {command} |
| 11325 | autocommands will be triggered, this may have unexpected side |
| 11326 | effects. Use |:noautocmd| if needed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 868b7b6 | 2019-05-29 21:44:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11327 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | b423012 | 2019-05-30 18:40:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11328 | call win_execute(winid, 'set syntax=python') |
| 11329 | < Doing the same with `setwinvar()` would not trigger |
| 11330 | autocommands and not actually show syntax highlighting. |
Bram Moolenaar | c423ad7 | 2021-01-13 20:38:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11331 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 61da1bf | 2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11332 | *E994* |
| 11333 | Not all commands are allowed in popup windows. |
Bram Moolenaar | c423ad7 | 2021-01-13 20:38:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11334 | When window {id} does not exist then no error is given and |
| 11335 | an empty string is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8738fc1 | 2013-02-20 17:59:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11336 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11337 | Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the |
| 11338 | second argument: > |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11339 | GetCommand()->win_execute(winid) |
| 11340 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cdf86b | 2016-03-13 19:04:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11341 | win_findbuf({bufnr}) *win_findbuf()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1b884a0 | 2020-12-10 21:11:27 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11342 | Returns a |List| with |window-ID|s for windows that contain |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11343 | buffer {bufnr}. When there is none the list is empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cdf86b | 2016-03-13 19:04:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11344 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11345 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11346 | GetBufnr()->win_findbuf() |
| 11347 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11348 | win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) *win_getid()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11349 | Get the |window-ID| for the specified window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11350 | When {win} is missing use the current window. |
| 11351 | With {win} this is the window number. The top window has |
Bram Moolenaar | ba3ff53 | 2018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11352 | number 1. |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11353 | Without {tab} use the current tab, otherwise the tab with |
| 11354 | number {tab}. The first tab has number one. |
| 11355 | Return zero if the window cannot be found. |
| 11356 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11357 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11358 | GetWinnr()->win_getid() |
| 11359 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f3b4e | 2020-02-14 14:32:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11360 | |
| 11361 | win_gettype([{nr}]) *win_gettype()* |
| 11362 | Return the type of the window: |
Bram Moolenaar | 40a019f | 2020-06-17 21:41:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11363 | "autocmd" autocommand window. Temporary window |
Bram Moolenaar | 0fe937f | 2020-06-16 22:42:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11364 | used to execute autocommands. |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f3b4e | 2020-02-14 14:32:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11365 | "popup" popup window |popup| |
Bram Moolenaar | 0fe937f | 2020-06-16 22:42:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11366 | "preview" preview window |preview-window| |
Bram Moolenaar | 00f3b4e | 2020-02-14 14:32:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11367 | "command" command-line window |cmdwin| |
| 11368 | (empty) normal window |
| 11369 | "unknown" window {nr} not found |
| 11370 | |
| 11371 | When {nr} is omitted return the type of the current window. |
| 11372 | When {nr} is given return the type of this window by number or |
| 11373 | |window-ID|. |
| 11374 | |
| 11375 | Also see the 'buftype' option. When running a terminal in a |
| 11376 | popup window then 'buftype' is "terminal" and win_gettype() |
| 11377 | returns "popup". |
| 11378 | |
| 11379 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11380 | win_gotoid({expr}) *win_gotoid()* |
| 11381 | Go to window with ID {expr}. This may also change the current |
| 11382 | tabpage. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98a29d0 | 2021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11383 | Return TRUE if successful, FALSE if the window cannot be found. |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11384 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11385 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11386 | GetWinid()->win_gotoid() |
| 11387 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 03413f4 | 2016-04-12 21:07:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11388 | win_id2tabwin({expr}) *win_id2tabwin()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11389 | Return a list with the tab number and window number of window |
| 11390 | with ID {expr}: [tabnr, winnr]. |
| 11391 | Return [0, 0] if the window cannot be found. |
| 11392 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11393 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11394 | GetWinid()->win_id2tabwin() |
| 11395 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 86edef6 | 2016-03-13 18:07:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11396 | win_id2win({expr}) *win_id2win()* |
| 11397 | Return the window number of window with ID {expr}. |
| 11398 | Return 0 if the window cannot be found in the current tabpage. |
| 11399 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11400 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11401 | GetWinid()->win_id2win() |
| 11402 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 22044dc | 2017-12-02 15:43:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11403 | win_screenpos({nr}) *win_screenpos()* |
| 11404 | Return the screen position of window {nr} as a list with two |
| 11405 | numbers: [row, col]. The first window always has position |
Bram Moolenaar | 7132ddc | 2018-07-15 17:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11406 | [1, 1], unless there is a tabline, then it is [2, 1]. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c6737b | 2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11407 | {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. Use zero |
| 11408 | for the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 22044dc | 2017-12-02 15:43:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11409 | Return [0, 0] if the window cannot be found in the current |
| 11410 | tabpage. |
| 11411 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11412 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11413 | GetWinid()->win_screenpos() |
| 11414 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d20dcb3 | 2019-09-10 21:22:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11415 | win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}]) *win_splitmove()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 73fef33 | 2020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11416 | Move the window {nr} to a new split of the window {target}. |
Bram Moolenaar | d20dcb3 | 2019-09-10 21:22:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11417 | This is similar to moving to {target}, creating a new window |
| 11418 | using |:split| but having the same contents as window {nr}, and |
| 11419 | then closing {nr}. |
| 11420 | |
| 11421 | Both {nr} and {target} can be window numbers or |window-ID|s. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2963456 | 2020-01-09 21:46:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11422 | Both must be in the current tab page. |
Bram Moolenaar | d20dcb3 | 2019-09-10 21:22:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11423 | |
| 11424 | Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure. |
| 11425 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11426 | {options} is a |Dictionary| with the following optional entries: |
Bram Moolenaar | d20dcb3 | 2019-09-10 21:22:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11427 | "vertical" When TRUE, the split is created vertically, |
| 11428 | like with |:vsplit|. |
| 11429 | "rightbelow" When TRUE, the split is made below or to the |
| 11430 | right (if vertical). When FALSE, it is done |
| 11431 | above or to the left (if vertical). When not |
| 11432 | present, the values of 'splitbelow' and |
| 11433 | 'splitright' are used. |
| 11434 | |
| 11435 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11436 | GetWinid()->win_splitmove(target) |
| 11437 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 4132eb5 | 2020-02-14 16:53:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11438 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11439 | *winbufnr()* |
| 11440 | winbufnr({nr}) The result is a Number, which is the number of the buffer |
Bram Moolenaar | 888ccac | 2016-06-04 18:49:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11441 | associated with window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11442 | the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 888ccac | 2016-06-04 18:49:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11443 | When {nr} is zero, the number of the buffer in the current |
| 11444 | window is returned. |
| 11445 | When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11446 | Example: > |
| 11447 | :echo "The file in the current window is " . bufname(winbufnr(0)) |
| 11448 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | e49fbff | 2019-08-21 22:50:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11449 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11450 | FindWindow()->winbufnr()->bufname() |
| 11451 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11452 | *wincol()* |
| 11453 | wincol() The result is a Number, which is the virtual column of the |
| 11454 | cursor in the window. This is counting screen cells from the |
| 11455 | left side of the window. The leftmost column is one. |
| 11456 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 0c1e374 | 2019-12-27 13:49:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11457 | *windowsversion()* |
| 11458 | windowsversion() |
| 11459 | The result is a String. For MS-Windows it indicates the OS |
| 11460 | version. E.g, Windows 10 is "10.0", Windows 8 is "6.2", |
| 11461 | Windows XP is "5.1". For non-MS-Windows systems the result is |
| 11462 | an empty string. |
| 11463 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11464 | winheight({nr}) *winheight()* |
| 11465 | The result is a Number, which is the height of window {nr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11466 | {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11467 | When {nr} is zero, the height of the current window is |
| 11468 | returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned. |
| 11469 | An existing window always has a height of zero or more. |
Bram Moolenaar | 37c64c7 | 2017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11470 | This excludes any window toolbar line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11471 | Examples: > |
| 11472 | :echo "The current window has " . winheight(0) . " lines." |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11473 | |
| 11474 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11475 | GetWinid()->winheight() |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11476 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f6b4f0 | 2018-08-21 16:56:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11477 | winlayout([{tabnr}]) *winlayout()* |
| 11478 | The result is a nested List containing the layout of windows |
| 11479 | in a tabpage. |
| 11480 | |
| 11481 | Without {tabnr} use the current tabpage, otherwise the tabpage |
| 11482 | with number {tabnr}. If the tabpage {tabnr} is not found, |
| 11483 | returns an empty list. |
| 11484 | |
| 11485 | For a leaf window, it returns: |
| 11486 | ['leaf', {winid}] |
| 11487 | For horizontally split windows, which form a column, it |
| 11488 | returns: |
| 11489 | ['col', [{nested list of windows}]] |
| 11490 | For vertically split windows, which form a row, it returns: |
| 11491 | ['row', [{nested list of windows}]] |
| 11492 | |
| 11493 | Example: > |
| 11494 | " Only one window in the tab page |
| 11495 | :echo winlayout() |
| 11496 | ['leaf', 1000] |
| 11497 | " Two horizontally split windows |
| 11498 | :echo winlayout() |
| 11499 | ['col', [['leaf', 1000], ['leaf', 1001]]] |
Bram Moolenaar | b17893a | 2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11500 | " The second tab page, with three horizontally split |
| 11501 | " windows, with two vertically split windows in the |
| 11502 | " middle window |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f6b4f0 | 2018-08-21 16:56:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11503 | :echo winlayout(2) |
Bram Moolenaar | b17893a | 2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11504 | ['col', [['leaf', 1002], ['row', [['leaf', 1003], |
| 11505 | ['leaf', 1001]]], ['leaf', 1000]]] |
Bram Moolenaar | 0f6b4f0 | 2018-08-21 16:56:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11506 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11507 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11508 | GetTabnr()->winlayout() |
| 11509 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11510 | *winline()* |
| 11511 | winline() The result is a Number, which is the screen line of the cursor |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11512 | in the window. This is counting screen lines from the top of |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11513 | the window. The first line is one. |
Bram Moolenaar | bfd8fc0 | 2005-09-20 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11514 | If the cursor was moved the view on the file will be updated |
| 11515 | first, this may cause a scroll. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11516 | |
| 11517 | *winnr()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11518 | winnr([{arg}]) The result is a Number, which is the number of the current |
| 11519 | window. The top window has number 1. |
Bram Moolenaar | 560979e | 2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11520 | Returns zero for a popup window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 46ad288 | 2019-04-08 20:01:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11521 | |
| 11522 | The optional argument {arg} supports the following values: |
| 11523 | $ the number of the last window (the window |
| 11524 | count). |
| 11525 | # the number of the last accessed window (where |
| 11526 | |CTRL-W_p| goes to). If there is no previous |
| 11527 | window or it is in another tab page 0 is |
| 11528 | returned. |
| 11529 | {N}j the number of the Nth window below the |
| 11530 | current window (where |CTRL-W_j| goes to). |
| 11531 | {N}k the number of the Nth window above the current |
| 11532 | window (where |CTRL-W_k| goes to). |
| 11533 | {N}h the number of the Nth window left of the |
| 11534 | current window (where |CTRL-W_h| goes to). |
| 11535 | {N}l the number of the Nth window right of the |
| 11536 | current window (where |CTRL-W_l| goes to). |
Bram Moolenaar | 5eb86f9 | 2004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11537 | The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w" |
| 11538 | |:wincmd|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 690afe1 | 2017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11539 | Also see |tabpagewinnr()| and |win_getid()|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 46ad288 | 2019-04-08 20:01:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11540 | Examples: > |
| 11541 | let window_count = winnr('$') |
| 11542 | let prev_window = winnr('#') |
| 11543 | let wnum = winnr('3k') |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11544 | |
| 11545 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11546 | GetWinval()->winnr() |
Bram Moolenaar | 46ad288 | 2019-04-08 20:01:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11547 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11548 | *winrestcmd()* |
| 11549 | winrestcmd() Returns a sequence of |:resize| commands that should restore |
| 11550 | the current window sizes. Only works properly when no windows |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11551 | are opened or closed and the current window and tab page is |
| 11552 | unchanged. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11553 | Example: > |
| 11554 | :let cmd = winrestcmd() |
| 11555 | :call MessWithWindowSizes() |
| 11556 | :exe cmd |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11557 | < |
| 11558 | *winrestview()* |
| 11559 | winrestview({dict}) |
| 11560 | Uses the |Dictionary| returned by |winsaveview()| to restore |
| 11561 | the view of the current window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 82c2585 | 2014-05-28 16:47:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11562 | Note: The {dict} does not have to contain all values, that are |
| 11563 | returned by |winsaveview()|. If values are missing, those |
| 11564 | settings won't be restored. So you can use: > |
| 11565 | :call winrestview({'curswant': 4}) |
| 11566 | < |
| 11567 | This will only set the curswant value (the column the cursor |
| 11568 | wants to move on vertical movements) of the cursor to column 5 |
| 11569 | (yes, that is 5), while all other settings will remain the |
| 11570 | same. This is useful, if you set the cursor position manually. |
| 11571 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11572 | If you have changed the values the result is unpredictable. |
| 11573 | If the window size changed the result won't be the same. |
| 11574 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11575 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11576 | GetView()->winrestview() |
| 11577 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11578 | *winsaveview()* |
| 11579 | winsaveview() Returns a |Dictionary| that contains information to restore |
| 11580 | the view of the current window. Use |winrestview()| to |
| 11581 | restore the view. |
| 11582 | This is useful if you have a mapping that jumps around in the |
| 11583 | buffer and you want to go back to the original view. |
| 11584 | This does not save fold information. Use the 'foldenable' |
Bram Moolenaar | db552d60 | 2006-03-23 22:59:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11585 | option to temporarily switch off folding, so that folds are |
Bram Moolenaar | 07d8779 | 2014-07-19 14:04:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11586 | not opened when moving around. This may have side effects. |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11587 | The return value includes: |
| 11588 | lnum cursor line number |
Bram Moolenaar | 82c2585 | 2014-05-28 16:47:16 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11589 | col cursor column (Note: the first column |
| 11590 | zero, as opposed to what getpos() |
| 11591 | returns) |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11592 | coladd cursor column offset for 'virtualedit' |
| 11593 | curswant column for vertical movement |
| 11594 | topline first line in the window |
| 11595 | topfill filler lines, only in diff mode |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11596 | leftcol first column displayed; only used when |
| 11597 | 'wrap' is off |
Bram Moolenaar | 87b5ca5 | 2006-03-04 21:55:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11598 | skipcol columns skipped |
| 11599 | Note that no option values are saved. |
| 11600 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11601 | |
| 11602 | winwidth({nr}) *winwidth()* |
| 11603 | The result is a Number, which is the width of window {nr}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7571d55 | 2016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11604 | {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11605 | When {nr} is zero, the width of the current window is |
| 11606 | returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned. |
| 11607 | An existing window always has a width of zero or more. |
| 11608 | Examples: > |
| 11609 | :echo "The current window has " . winwidth(0) . " columns." |
| 11610 | :if winwidth(0) <= 50 |
Bram Moolenaar | 7567d0b | 2017-11-16 23:04:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11611 | : 50 wincmd | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11612 | :endif |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11613 | < For getting the terminal or screen size, see the 'columns' |
| 11614 | option. |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11615 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11616 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11617 | GetWinid()->winwidth() |
| 11618 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11619 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ed767a2 | 2016-01-03 22:49:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11620 | wordcount() *wordcount()* |
| 11621 | The result is a dictionary of byte/chars/word statistics for |
| 11622 | the current buffer. This is the same info as provided by |
| 11623 | |g_CTRL-G| |
| 11624 | The return value includes: |
| 11625 | bytes Number of bytes in the buffer |
| 11626 | chars Number of chars in the buffer |
| 11627 | words Number of words in the buffer |
| 11628 | cursor_bytes Number of bytes before cursor position |
| 11629 | (not in Visual mode) |
| 11630 | cursor_chars Number of chars before cursor position |
| 11631 | (not in Visual mode) |
| 11632 | cursor_words Number of words before cursor position |
| 11633 | (not in Visual mode) |
| 11634 | visual_bytes Number of bytes visually selected |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11635 | (only in Visual mode) |
Bram Moolenaar | ed767a2 | 2016-01-03 22:49:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11636 | visual_chars Number of chars visually selected |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11637 | (only in Visual mode) |
Bram Moolenaar | c572da5 | 2017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11638 | visual_words Number of words visually selected |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11639 | (only in Visual mode) |
Bram Moolenaar | ed767a2 | 2016-01-03 22:49:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11640 | |
| 11641 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11642 | *writefile()* |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11643 | writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}]) |
| 11644 | When {object} is a |List| write it to file {fname}. Each list |
| 11645 | item is separated with a NL. Each list item must be a String |
| 11646 | or Number. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6b2e938 | 2014-11-05 18:06:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11647 | When {flags} contains "b" then binary mode is used: There will |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11648 | not be a NL after the last list item. An empty item at the |
| 11649 | end does cause the last line in the file to end in a NL. |
Bram Moolenaar | 6b2e938 | 2014-11-05 18:06:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11650 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11651 | When {object} is a |Blob| write the bytes to file {fname} |
| 11652 | unmodified. |
| 11653 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 6b2e938 | 2014-11-05 18:06:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11654 | When {flags} contains "a" then append mode is used, lines are |
Bram Moolenaar | 46fceaa | 2016-10-23 21:21:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11655 | appended to the file: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 6b2e938 | 2014-11-05 18:06:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11656 | :call writefile(["foo"], "event.log", "a") |
| 11657 | :call writefile(["bar"], "event.log", "a") |
Bram Moolenaar | 7567d0b | 2017-11-16 23:04:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11658 | < |
| 11659 | When {flags} contains "s" then fsync() is called after writing |
| 11660 | the file. This flushes the file to disk, if possible. This |
| 11661 | takes more time but avoids losing the file if the system |
| 11662 | crashes. |
Bram Moolenaar | 74240d3 | 2017-12-10 15:26:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11663 | When {flags} does not contain "S" or "s" then fsync() is |
| 11664 | called if the 'fsync' option is set. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7567d0b | 2017-11-16 23:04:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11665 | When {flags} contains "S" then fsync() is not called, even |
| 11666 | when 'fsync' is set. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11667 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7567d0b | 2017-11-16 23:04:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11668 | All NL characters are replaced with a NUL character. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a7c85b | 2005-02-05 21:39:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11669 | Inserting CR characters needs to be done before passing {list} |
| 11670 | to writefile(). |
| 11671 | An existing file is overwritten, if possible. |
| 11672 | When the write fails -1 is returned, otherwise 0. There is an |
| 11673 | error message if the file can't be created or when writing |
| 11674 | fails. |
| 11675 | Also see |readfile()|. |
| 11676 | To copy a file byte for byte: > |
| 11677 | :let fl = readfile("foo", "b") |
| 11678 | :call writefile(fl, "foocopy", "b") |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11679 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f92e58c | 2019-09-08 21:51:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11680 | < Can also be used as a |method|: > |
| 11681 | GetText()->writefile("thefile") |
| 11682 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11683 | |
| 11684 | xor({expr}, {expr}) *xor()* |
| 11685 | Bitwise XOR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted |
| 11686 | to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. |
| 11687 | Example: > |
| 11688 | :let bits = xor(bits, 0x80) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11689 | < |
| 11690 | Can also be used as a |method|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 073e4b9 | 2019-08-18 23:01:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11691 | :let bits = bits->xor(0x80) |
Bram Moolenaar | 6ee8d89 | 2012-01-10 14:55:01 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11692 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d6e256c | 2011-12-14 15:32:50 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11693 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11694 | *feature-list* |
Bram Moolenaar | ade0d39 | 2020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11695 | There are three types of features: |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11696 | 1. Features that are only supported when they have been enabled when Vim |
| 11697 | was compiled |+feature-list|. Example: > |
| 11698 | :if has("cindent") |
| 11699 | 2. Features that are only supported when certain conditions have been met. |
| 11700 | Example: > |
| 11701 | :if has("gui_running") |
| 11702 | < *has-patch* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f01889 | 2018-05-18 18:12:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11703 | 3. Beyond a certain version or at a certain version and including a specific |
| 11704 | patch. The "patch-7.4.248" feature means that the Vim version is 7.5 or |
| 11705 | later, or it is version 7.4 and patch 248 was included. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | bcb9898 | 2014-05-01 14:08:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11706 | :if has("patch-7.4.248") |
Bram Moolenaar | 2f01889 | 2018-05-18 18:12:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11707 | < Note that it's possible for patch 248 to be omitted even though 249 is |
| 11708 | included. Only happens when cherry-picking patches. |
| 11709 | Note that this form only works for patch 7.4.237 and later, before that |
| 11710 | you need to check for the patch and the v:version. Example (checking |
| 11711 | version 6.2.148 or later): > |
| 11712 | :if v:version > 602 || (v:version == 602 && has("patch148")) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11713 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d823fa9 | 2016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11714 | Hint: To find out if Vim supports backslashes in a file name (MS-Windows), |
| 11715 | use: `if exists('+shellslash')` |
| 11716 | |
| 11717 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7cba6c0 | 2013-09-05 22:13:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11718 | acl Compiled with |ACL| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11719 | all_builtin_terms Compiled with all builtin terminals enabled. |
| 11720 | amiga Amiga version of Vim. |
| 11721 | arabic Compiled with Arabic support |Arabic|. |
| 11722 | arp Compiled with ARP support (Amiga). |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11723 | autocmd Compiled with autocommand support. (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 91f84f6 | 2018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11724 | autochdir Compiled with support for 'autochdir' |
Bram Moolenaar | e42a6d2 | 2017-11-12 19:21:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11725 | autoservername Automatically enable |clientserver| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11726 | balloon_eval Compiled with |balloon-eval| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4536002 | 2005-07-21 21:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11727 | balloon_multiline GUI supports multiline balloons. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11728 | beos BeOS version of Vim. |
| 11729 | browse Compiled with |:browse| support, and browse() will |
| 11730 | work. |
Bram Moolenaar | 30b6581 | 2012-07-12 22:01:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11731 | browsefilter Compiled with support for |browsefilter|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11732 | bsd Compiled on an OS in the BSD family (excluding macOS). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11733 | builtin_terms Compiled with some builtin terminals. |
| 11734 | byte_offset Compiled with support for 'o' in 'statusline' |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11735 | channel Compiled with support for |channel| and |job| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11736 | cindent Compiled with 'cindent' support. |
| 11737 | clientserver Compiled with remote invocation support |clientserver|. |
| 11738 | clipboard Compiled with 'clipboard' support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4999a7f | 2019-08-10 22:21:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11739 | clipboard_working Compiled with 'clipboard' support and it can be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11740 | cmdline_compl Compiled with |cmdline-completion| support. |
| 11741 | cmdline_hist Compiled with |cmdline-history| support. |
| 11742 | cmdline_info Compiled with 'showcmd' and 'ruler' support. |
| 11743 | comments Compiled with |'comments'| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11744 | compatible Compiled to be very Vi compatible. |
Bram Moolenaar | aa5df7e | 2019-02-03 14:53:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11745 | conpty Platform where |ConPTY| can be used. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11746 | cryptv Compiled with encryption support |encryption|. |
| 11747 | cscope Compiled with |cscope| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 314dd79 | 2019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11748 | cursorbind Compiled with |'cursorbind'| (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11749 | debug Compiled with "DEBUG" defined. |
| 11750 | dialog_con Compiled with console dialog support. |
| 11751 | dialog_gui Compiled with GUI dialog support. |
| 11752 | diff Compiled with |vimdiff| and 'diff' support. |
| 11753 | digraphs Compiled with support for digraphs. |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11754 | directx Compiled with support for DirectX and 'renderoptions'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11755 | dnd Compiled with support for the "~ register |quote_~|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11756 | ebcdic Compiled on a machine with ebcdic character set. |
| 11757 | emacs_tags Compiled with support for Emacs tags. |
| 11758 | eval Compiled with expression evaluation support. Always |
| 11759 | true, of course! |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11760 | ex_extra |+ex_extra| (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11761 | extra_search Compiled with support for |'incsearch'| and |
| 11762 | |'hlsearch'| |
Bram Moolenaar | 4ceaa3a | 2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11763 | farsi Support for Farsi was removed |farsi|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11764 | file_in_path Compiled with support for |gf| and |<cfile>| |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11765 | filterpipe When 'shelltemp' is off pipes are used for shell |
| 11766 | read/write/filter commands |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11767 | find_in_path Compiled with support for include file searches |
| 11768 | |+find_in_path|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11769 | float Compiled with support for |Float|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5666fcd | 2019-12-26 14:35:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11770 | fname_case Case in file names matters (for Amiga and MS-Windows |
| 11771 | this is not present). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11772 | folding Compiled with |folding| support. |
| 11773 | footer Compiled with GUI footer support. |gui-footer| |
| 11774 | fork Compiled to use fork()/exec() instead of system(). |
| 11775 | gettext Compiled with message translation |multi-lang| |
| 11776 | gui Compiled with GUI enabled. |
| 11777 | gui_athena Compiled with Athena GUI. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11778 | gui_gnome Compiled with Gnome support (gui_gtk is also defined). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11779 | gui_gtk Compiled with GTK+ GUI (any version). |
| 11780 | gui_gtk2 Compiled with GTK+ 2 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined). |
Bram Moolenaar | 9892189 | 2016-02-23 17:14:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11781 | gui_gtk3 Compiled with GTK+ 3 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined). |
Bram Moolenaar | b3f7406 | 2020-02-26 16:16:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11782 | gui_haiku Compiled with Haiku GUI. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11783 | gui_mac Compiled with Macintosh GUI. |
| 11784 | gui_motif Compiled with Motif GUI. |
| 11785 | gui_photon Compiled with Photon GUI. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11786 | gui_running Vim is running in the GUI, or it will start soon. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11787 | gui_win32 Compiled with MS Windows Win32 GUI. |
| 11788 | gui_win32s idem, and Win32s system being used (Windows 3.1) |
Bram Moolenaar | b3f7406 | 2020-02-26 16:16:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11789 | haiku Haiku version of Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11790 | hangul_input Compiled with Hangul input support. |hangul| |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11791 | hpux HP-UX version of Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11792 | iconv Can use iconv() for conversion. |
| 11793 | insert_expand Compiled with support for CTRL-X expansion commands in |
Bram Moolenaar | e49fbff | 2019-08-21 22:50:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11794 | Insert mode. (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | d1caa94 | 2020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11795 | job Compiled with support for |channel| and |job| |
Bram Moolenaar | 352f554 | 2020-04-13 19:04:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11796 | ipv6 Compiled with support for IPv6 networking in |channel|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11797 | jumplist Compiled with |jumplist| support. |
| 11798 | keymap Compiled with 'keymap' support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11799 | lambda Compiled with |lambda| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11800 | langmap Compiled with 'langmap' support. |
| 11801 | libcall Compiled with |libcall()| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 597a422 | 2014-06-25 14:39:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11802 | linebreak Compiled with 'linebreak', 'breakat', 'showbreak' and |
| 11803 | 'breakindent' support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11804 | linux Linux version of Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11805 | lispindent Compiled with support for lisp indenting. |
| 11806 | listcmds Compiled with commands for the buffer list |:files| |
| 11807 | and the argument list |arglist|. |
| 11808 | localmap Compiled with local mappings and abbr. |:map-local| |
Bram Moolenaar | 0ba0429 | 2010-07-14 23:23:17 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11809 | lua Compiled with Lua interface |Lua|. |
Bram Moolenaar | d057301 | 2017-10-28 21:11:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11810 | mac Any Macintosh version of Vim cf. osx |
| 11811 | macunix Synonym for osxdarwin |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11812 | menu Compiled with support for |:menu|. |
| 11813 | mksession Compiled with support for |:mksession|. |
| 11814 | modify_fname Compiled with file name modifiers. |filename-modifiers| |
Bram Moolenaar | a0d1fef | 2019-09-04 22:29:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11815 | (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 3132cdd | 2020-11-05 20:41:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11816 | mouse Compiled with support for mouse. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11817 | mouse_dec Compiled with support for Dec terminal mouse. |
| 11818 | mouse_gpm Compiled with support for gpm (Linux console mouse) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4b8366b | 2019-05-04 17:34:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11819 | mouse_gpm_enabled GPM mouse is working |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11820 | mouse_netterm Compiled with support for netterm mouse. |
| 11821 | mouse_pterm Compiled with support for qnx pterm mouse. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11822 | mouse_sysmouse Compiled with support for sysmouse (*BSD console mouse) |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b45125 | 2012-08-15 17:43:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11823 | mouse_sgr Compiled with support for sgr mouse. |
Bram Moolenaar | f1568ec | 2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11824 | mouse_urxvt Compiled with support for urxvt mouse. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11825 | mouse_xterm Compiled with support for xterm mouse. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11826 | mouseshape Compiled with support for 'mouseshape'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4c92e75 | 2019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11827 | multi_byte Compiled with support for 'encoding' (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 207f009 | 2020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11828 | multi_byte_encoding 'encoding' is set to a multibyte encoding. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11829 | multi_byte_ime Compiled with support for IME input method. |
| 11830 | multi_lang Compiled with support for multiple languages. |
Bram Moolenaar | 325b7a2 | 2004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11831 | mzscheme Compiled with MzScheme interface |mzscheme|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b26e632 | 2010-05-22 21:34:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11832 | netbeans_enabled Compiled with support for |netbeans| and connected. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11833 | netbeans_intg Compiled with support for |netbeans|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 22fcfad | 2016-07-01 18:17:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11834 | num64 Compiled with 64-bit |Number| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11835 | ole Compiled with OLE automation support for Win32. |
Bram Moolenaar | d057301 | 2017-10-28 21:11:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11836 | osx Compiled for macOS cf. mac |
| 11837 | osxdarwin Compiled for macOS, with |mac-darwin-feature| |
Bram Moolenaar | 91c4937 | 2016-05-08 09:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11838 | packages Compiled with |packages| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11839 | path_extra Compiled with up/downwards search in 'path' and 'tags' |
| 11840 | perl Compiled with Perl interface. |
Bram Moolenaar | 55debbe | 2010-05-23 23:34:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11841 | persistent_undo Compiled with support for persistent undo history. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11842 | postscript Compiled with PostScript file printing. |
| 11843 | printer Compiled with |:hardcopy| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11844 | profile Compiled with |:profile| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 84b242c | 2018-01-28 17:45:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11845 | python Python 2.x interface available. |has-python| |
| 11846 | python_compiled Compiled with Python 2.x interface. |has-python| |
| 11847 | python_dynamic Python 2.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python| |
| 11848 | python3 Python 3.x interface available. |has-python| |
| 11849 | python3_compiled Compiled with Python 3.x interface. |has-python| |
| 11850 | python3_dynamic Python 3.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python| |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11851 | pythonx Python 2.x and/or 3.x interface available. |python_x| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11852 | qnx QNX version of Vim. |
| 11853 | quickfix Compiled with |quickfix| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | d68071d | 2006-05-02 22:08:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11854 | reltime Compiled with |reltime()| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11855 | rightleft Compiled with 'rightleft' support. |
| 11856 | ruby Compiled with Ruby interface |ruby|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11857 | scrollbind Compiled with 'scrollbind' support. (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11858 | showcmd Compiled with 'showcmd' support. |
| 11859 | signs Compiled with |:sign| support. |
| 11860 | smartindent Compiled with 'smartindent' support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 427f5b6 | 2019-06-09 13:43:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11861 | sound Compiled with sound support, e.g. `sound_playevent()` |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11862 | spell Compiled with spell checking support |spell|. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef94eec | 2009-11-11 13:22:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11863 | startuptime Compiled with |--startuptime| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11864 | statusline Compiled with support for 'statusline', 'rulerformat' |
| 11865 | and special formats of 'titlestring' and 'iconstring'. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11866 | sun SunOS version of Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | d09091d | 2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11867 | sun_workshop Support for Sun |workshop| has been removed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 82cf9b6 | 2005-06-07 21:09:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11868 | syntax Compiled with syntax highlighting support |syntax|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11869 | syntax_items There are active syntax highlighting items for the |
| 11870 | current buffer. |
| 11871 | system Compiled to use system() instead of fork()/exec(). |
| 11872 | tag_binary Compiled with binary searching in tags files |
| 11873 | |tag-binary-search|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 723dd94 | 2019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11874 | tag_old_static Support for old static tags was removed, see |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11875 | |tag-old-static|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11876 | tcl Compiled with Tcl interface. |
Bram Moolenaar | 91c4937 | 2016-05-08 09:50:29 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11877 | termguicolors Compiled with true color in terminal support. |
Bram Moolenaar | c2ce52c | 2017-08-01 18:35:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11878 | terminal Compiled with |terminal| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11879 | terminfo Compiled with terminfo instead of termcap. |
| 11880 | termresponse Compiled with support for |t_RV| and |v:termresponse|. |
| 11881 | textobjects Compiled with support for |text-objects|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 98aefe7 | 2018-12-13 22:20:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11882 | textprop Compiled with support for |text-properties|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11883 | tgetent Compiled with tgetent support, able to use a termcap |
| 11884 | or terminfo file. |
Bram Moolenaar | 975b527 | 2016-03-15 23:10:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11885 | timers Compiled with |timer_start()| support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11886 | title Compiled with window title support |'title'|. |
| 11887 | toolbar Compiled with support for |gui-toolbar|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2cab0e1 | 2016-11-24 15:09:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11888 | ttyin input is a terminal (tty) |
| 11889 | ttyout output is a terminal (tty) |
Bram Moolenaar | 37c64c7 | 2017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11890 | unix Unix version of Vim. *+unix* |
Bram Moolenaar | 3df0173 | 2017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11891 | unnamedplus Compiled with support for "unnamedplus" in 'clipboard' |
Bram Moolenaar | ac9fb18 | 2019-04-27 13:04:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11892 | user_commands User-defined commands. (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 4ceaa3a | 2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11893 | vartabs Compiled with variable tabstop support |'vartabstop'|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 22f1d0e | 2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11894 | vcon Win32: Virtual console support is working, can use |
| 11895 | 'termguicolors'. Also see |+vtp|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11896 | vertsplit Compiled with vertically split windows |:vsplit|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11897 | (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11898 | vim_starting True while initial source'ing takes place. |startup| |
Bram Moolenaar | 4f3f668 | 2016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11899 | *vim_starting* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11900 | viminfo Compiled with viminfo support. |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11901 | vimscript-1 Compiled Vim script version 1 support |
| 11902 | vimscript-2 Compiled Vim script version 2 support |
Bram Moolenaar | 911ead1 | 2019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11903 | vimscript-3 Compiled Vim script version 3 support |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11904 | virtualedit Compiled with 'virtualedit' option. (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b69c22 | 2019-01-11 14:50:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11905 | visual Compiled with Visual mode. (always true) |
| 11906 | visualextra Compiled with extra Visual mode commands. (always |
| 11907 | true) |blockwise-operators|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11908 | vms VMS version of Vim. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11909 | vreplace Compiled with |gR| and |gr| commands. (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 98ef233 | 2018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11910 | vtp Compiled for vcon support |+vtp| (check vcon to find |
Bram Moolenaar | 5a3a49e | 2018-03-20 18:35:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11911 | out if it works in the current console). |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11912 | wildignore Compiled with 'wildignore' option. |
| 11913 | wildmenu Compiled with 'wildmenu' option. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11914 | win16 old version for MS-Windows 3.1 (always false) |
Bram Moolenaar | d58e929 | 2011-02-09 17:07:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11915 | win32 Win32 version of Vim (MS-Windows 95 and later, 32 or |
| 11916 | 64 bits) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11917 | win32unix Win32 version of Vim, using Unix files (Cygwin) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11918 | win64 Win64 version of Vim (MS-Windows 64 bit). |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11919 | win95 Win32 version for MS-Windows 95/98/ME (always false) |
Bram Moolenaar | 2a8a3ec | 2011-01-08 16:06:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11920 | winaltkeys Compiled with 'winaltkeys' option. |
| 11921 | windows Compiled with support for more than one window. |
Bram Moolenaar | 39536dd | 2019-01-29 22:58:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11922 | (always true) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11923 | writebackup Compiled with 'writebackup' default on. |
| 11924 | xfontset Compiled with X fontset support |xfontset|. |
| 11925 | xim Compiled with X input method support |xim|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7cba6c0 | 2013-09-05 22:13:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11926 | xpm Compiled with pixmap support. |
| 11927 | xpm_w32 Compiled with pixmap support for Win32. (Only for |
| 11928 | backward compatibility. Use "xpm" instead.) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11929 | xsmp Compiled with X session management support. |
| 11930 | xsmp_interact Compiled with interactive X session management support. |
| 11931 | xterm_clipboard Compiled with support for xterm clipboard. |
| 11932 | xterm_save Compiled with support for saving and restoring the |
| 11933 | xterm screen. |
| 11934 | x11 Compiled with X11 support. |
| 11935 | |
| 11936 | *string-match* |
| 11937 | Matching a pattern in a String |
| 11938 | |
| 11939 | A regexp pattern as explained at |pattern| is normally used to find a match in |
| 11940 | the buffer lines. When a pattern is used to find a match in a String, almost |
| 11941 | everything works in the same way. The difference is that a String is handled |
| 11942 | like it is one line. When it contains a "\n" character, this is not seen as a |
| 11943 | line break for the pattern. It can be matched with a "\n" in the pattern, or |
| 11944 | with ".". Example: > |
| 11945 | :let a = "aaaa\nxxxx" |
| 11946 | :echo matchstr(a, "..\n..") |
| 11947 | aa |
| 11948 | xx |
| 11949 | :echo matchstr(a, "a.x") |
| 11950 | a |
| 11951 | x |
| 11952 | |
| 11953 | Don't forget that "^" will only match at the first character of the String and |
| 11954 | "$" at the last character of the string. They don't match after or before a |
| 11955 | "\n". |
| 11956 | |
| 11957 | ============================================================================== |
| 11958 | 5. Defining functions *user-functions* |
| 11959 | |
| 11960 | New functions can be defined. These can be called just like builtin |
| 11961 | functions. The function executes a sequence of Ex commands. Normal mode |
| 11962 | commands can be executed with the |:normal| command. |
| 11963 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8a7d654 | 2020-01-26 15:56:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 11964 | This section is about the legacy functions. For the Vim9 functions, which |
| 11965 | execute much faster, support type checking and more, see |vim9.txt|. |
| 11966 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11967 | The function name must start with an uppercase letter, to avoid confusion with |
| 11968 | builtin functions. To prevent from using the same name in different scripts |
| 11969 | avoid obvious, short names. A good habit is to start the function name with |
| 11970 | the name of the script, e.g., "HTMLcolor()". |
| 11971 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 92d640f | 2005-09-05 22:11:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11972 | It's also possible to use curly braces, see |curly-braces-names|. And the |
| 11973 | |autoload| facility is useful to define a function only when it's called. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11974 | |
| 11975 | *local-function* |
| 11976 | A function local to a script must start with "s:". A local script function |
| 11977 | can only be called from within the script and from functions, user commands |
| 11978 | and autocommands defined in the script. It is also possible to call the |
Bram Moolenaar | e37d50a | 2008-08-06 17:06:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11979 | function from a mapping defined in the script, but then |<SID>| must be used |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11980 | instead of "s:" when the mapping is expanded outside of the script. |
Bram Moolenaar | bcb9898 | 2014-05-01 14:08:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11981 | There are only script-local functions, no buffer-local or window-local |
| 11982 | functions. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11983 | |
| 11984 | *:fu* *:function* *E128* *E129* *E123* |
| 11985 | :fu[nction] List all functions and their arguments. |
| 11986 | |
| 11987 | :fu[nction] {name} List function {name}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11988 | {name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a |
| 11989 | |Funcref|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11990 | :function dict.init |
Bram Moolenaar | 92d640f | 2005-09-05 22:11:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11991 | |
| 11992 | :fu[nction] /{pattern} List functions with a name matching {pattern}. |
| 11993 | Example that lists all functions ending with "File": > |
| 11994 | :function /File$ |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b8d8fd | 2005-08-16 23:01:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11995 | < |
| 11996 | *:function-verbose* |
| 11997 | When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing a function will also display where it was |
| 11998 | last defined. Example: > |
| 11999 | |
| 12000 | :verbose function SetFileTypeSH |
| 12001 | function SetFileTypeSH(name) |
| 12002 | Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim-7.0/filetype.vim |
| 12003 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 8aff23a | 2005-08-19 20:40:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12004 | See |:verbose-cmd| for more information. |
Bram Moolenaar | 5b8d8fd | 2005-08-16 23:01:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12005 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bcb9898 | 2014-05-01 14:08:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12006 | *E124* *E125* *E853* *E884* |
Bram Moolenaar | 10ce39a | 2016-07-29 22:37:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12007 | :fu[nction][!] {name}([arguments]) [range] [abort] [dict] [closure] |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12008 | Define a new function by the name {name}. The body of |
| 12009 | the function follows in the next lines, until the |
| 12010 | matching |:endfunction|. |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12011 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12012 | The name must be made of alphanumeric characters and |
| 12013 | '_', and must start with a capital or "s:" (see |
| 12014 | above). Note that using "b:" or "g:" is not allowed. |
| 12015 | (since patch 7.4.260 E884 is given if the function |
| 12016 | name has a colon in the name, e.g. for "foo:bar()". |
| 12017 | Before that patch no error was given). |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12018 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12019 | {name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a |
| 12020 | |Funcref|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12021 | :function dict.init(arg) |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12022 | < "dict" must be an existing dictionary. The entry |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12023 | "init" is added if it didn't exist yet. Otherwise [!] |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12024 | is required to overwrite an existing function. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12025 | result is a |Funcref| to a numbered function. The |
| 12026 | function can only be used with a |Funcref| and will be |
| 12027 | deleted if there are no more references to it. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12028 | *E127* *E122* |
| 12029 | When a function by this name already exists and [!] is |
Bram Moolenaar | ded5f1b | 2018-11-10 17:33:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12030 | not used an error message is given. There is one |
| 12031 | exception: When sourcing a script again, a function |
| 12032 | that was previously defined in that script will be |
| 12033 | silently replaced. |
| 12034 | When [!] is used, an existing function is silently |
| 12035 | replaced. Unless it is currently being executed, that |
| 12036 | is an error. |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12037 | NOTE: Use ! wisely. If used without care it can cause |
| 12038 | an existing function to be replaced unexpectedly, |
| 12039 | which is hard to debug. |
Bram Moolenaar | 388a5d4 | 2020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12040 | NOTE: In Vim9 script script-local functions cannot be |
| 12041 | deleted or redefined. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12042 | |
| 12043 | For the {arguments} see |function-argument|. |
| 12044 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8d04317 | 2014-01-23 14:24:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12045 | *:func-range* *a:firstline* *a:lastline* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12046 | When the [range] argument is added, the function is |
| 12047 | expected to take care of a range itself. The range is |
| 12048 | passed as "a:firstline" and "a:lastline". If [range] |
| 12049 | is excluded, ":{range}call" will call the function for |
| 12050 | each line in the range, with the cursor on the start |
| 12051 | of each line. See |function-range-example|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2df58b4 | 2012-11-28 18:21:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12052 | The cursor is still moved to the first line of the |
| 12053 | range, as is the case with all Ex commands. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8d04317 | 2014-01-23 14:24:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12054 | *:func-abort* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12055 | When the [abort] argument is added, the function will |
| 12056 | abort as soon as an error is detected. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8d04317 | 2014-01-23 14:24:41 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12057 | *:func-dict* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12058 | When the [dict] argument is added, the function must |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12059 | be invoked through an entry in a |Dictionary|. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 2fda12f | 2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12060 | local variable "self" will then be set to the |
| 12061 | dictionary. See |Dictionary-function|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 10ce39a | 2016-07-29 22:37:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12062 | *:func-closure* *E932* |
| 12063 | When the [closure] argument is added, the function |
| 12064 | can access variables and arguments from the outer |
| 12065 | scope. This is usually called a closure. In this |
| 12066 | example Bar() uses "x" from the scope of Foo(). It |
| 12067 | remains referenced even after Foo() returns: > |
| 12068 | :function! Foo() |
| 12069 | : let x = 0 |
| 12070 | : function! Bar() closure |
| 12071 | : let x += 1 |
| 12072 | : return x |
| 12073 | : endfunction |
Bram Moolenaar | bc8801c | 2016-08-02 21:04:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12074 | : return funcref('Bar') |
Bram Moolenaar | 10ce39a | 2016-07-29 22:37:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12075 | :endfunction |
| 12076 | |
| 12077 | :let F = Foo() |
| 12078 | :echo F() |
| 12079 | < 1 > |
| 12080 | :echo F() |
| 12081 | < 2 > |
| 12082 | :echo F() |
| 12083 | < 3 |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12084 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12085 | *function-search-undo* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9869207 | 2006-02-04 00:57:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12086 | The last used search pattern and the redo command "." |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12087 | will not be changed by the function. This also |
| 12088 | implies that the effect of |:nohlsearch| is undone |
| 12089 | when the function returns. |
Bram Moolenaar | 9869207 | 2006-02-04 00:57:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12090 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12091 | *:endf* *:endfunction* *E126* *E193* *W22* |
Bram Moolenaar | 663bb23 | 2017-06-22 19:12:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12092 | :endf[unction] [argument] |
| 12093 | The end of a function definition. Best is to put it |
| 12094 | on a line by its own, without [argument]. |
| 12095 | |
| 12096 | [argument] can be: |
| 12097 | | command command to execute next |
| 12098 | \n command command to execute next |
| 12099 | " comment always ignored |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12100 | anything else ignored, warning given when |
| 12101 | 'verbose' is non-zero |
Bram Moolenaar | 663bb23 | 2017-06-22 19:12:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12102 | The support for a following command was added in Vim |
| 12103 | 8.0.0654, before that any argument was silently |
| 12104 | ignored. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12105 | |
Bram Moolenaar | f8be461 | 2017-06-23 20:52:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12106 | To be able to define a function inside an `:execute` |
| 12107 | command, use line breaks instead of |:bar|: > |
| 12108 | :exe "func Foo()\necho 'foo'\nendfunc" |
| 12109 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 437bafe | 2016-08-01 15:40:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12110 | *:delf* *:delfunction* *E130* *E131* *E933* |
Bram Moolenaar | 663bb23 | 2017-06-22 19:12:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12111 | :delf[unction][!] {name} |
| 12112 | Delete function {name}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12113 | {name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a |
| 12114 | |Funcref|: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12115 | :delfunc dict.init |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12116 | < This will remove the "init" entry from "dict". The |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12117 | function is deleted if there are no more references to |
| 12118 | it. |
Bram Moolenaar | 663bb23 | 2017-06-22 19:12:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12119 | With the ! there is no error if the function does not |
| 12120 | exist. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12121 | *:retu* *:return* *E133* |
| 12122 | :retu[rn] [expr] Return from a function. When "[expr]" is given, it is |
| 12123 | evaluated and returned as the result of the function. |
| 12124 | If "[expr]" is not given, the number 0 is returned. |
| 12125 | When a function ends without an explicit ":return", |
| 12126 | the number 0 is returned. |
| 12127 | Note that there is no check for unreachable lines, |
| 12128 | thus there is no warning if commands follow ":return". |
| 12129 | |
| 12130 | If the ":return" is used after a |:try| but before the |
| 12131 | matching |:finally| (if present), the commands |
| 12132 | following the ":finally" up to the matching |:endtry| |
| 12133 | are executed first. This process applies to all |
| 12134 | nested ":try"s inside the function. The function |
| 12135 | returns at the outermost ":endtry". |
| 12136 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12137 | *function-argument* *a:var* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12138 | An argument can be defined by giving its name. In the function this can then |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12139 | be used as "a:name" ("a:" for argument). |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12140 | *a:0* *a:1* *a:000* *E740* *...* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12141 | Up to 20 arguments can be given, separated by commas. After the named |
| 12142 | arguments an argument "..." can be specified, which means that more arguments |
| 12143 | may optionally be following. In the function the extra arguments can be used |
| 12144 | as "a:1", "a:2", etc. "a:0" is set to the number of extra arguments (which |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12145 | can be 0). "a:000" is set to a |List| that contains these arguments. Note |
| 12146 | that "a:1" is the same as "a:000[0]". |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12147 | *E742* |
| 12148 | The a: scope and the variables in it cannot be changed, they are fixed. |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12149 | However, if a composite type is used, such as |List| or |Dictionary| , you can |
| 12150 | change their contents. Thus you can pass a |List| to a function and have the |
| 12151 | function add an item to it. If you want to make sure the function cannot |
| 12152 | change a |List| or |Dictionary| use |:lockvar|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12153 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12154 | It is also possible to define a function without any arguments. You must |
Bram Moolenaar | 01164a6 | 2017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12155 | still supply the () then. |
| 12156 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 98ef233 | 2018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12157 | It is allowed to define another function inside a function body. |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12158 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12159 | *optional-function-argument* |
| 12160 | You can provide default values for positional named arguments. This makes |
| 12161 | them optional for function calls. When a positional argument is not |
| 12162 | specified at a call, the default expression is used to initialize it. |
Bram Moolenaar | d1caa94 | 2020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12163 | This only works for functions declared with `:function` or `:def`, not for |
| 12164 | lambda expressions |expr-lambda|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12165 | |
| 12166 | Example: > |
| 12167 | function Something(key, value = 10) |
Bram Moolenaar | 8aad88d | 2019-05-12 13:53:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12168 | echo a:key .. ": " .. a:value |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12169 | endfunction |
| 12170 | call Something('empty') "empty: 10" |
Bram Moolenaar | 8aad88d | 2019-05-12 13:53:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12171 | call Something('key', 20) "key: 20" |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12172 | |
| 12173 | The argument default expressions are evaluated at the time of the function |
| 12174 | call, not definition. Thus it is possible to use an expression which is |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12175 | invalid the moment the function is defined. The expressions are also only |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12176 | evaluated when arguments are not specified during a call. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2547aa9 | 2020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12177 | *none-function_argument* |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12178 | You can pass |v:none| to use the default expression. Note that this means you |
| 12179 | cannot pass v:none as an ordinary value when an argument has a default |
| 12180 | expression. |
| 12181 | |
| 12182 | Example: > |
| 12183 | function Something(a = 10, b = 20, c = 30) |
| 12184 | endfunction |
| 12185 | call Something(1, v:none, 3) " b = 20 |
| 12186 | < |
| 12187 | *E989* |
| 12188 | Optional arguments with default expressions must occur after any mandatory |
| 12189 | arguments. You can use "..." after all optional named arguments. |
| 12190 | |
| 12191 | It is possible for later argument defaults to refer to prior arguments, |
| 12192 | but not the other way around. They must be prefixed with "a:", as with all |
| 12193 | arguments. |
| 12194 | |
| 12195 | Example that works: > |
| 12196 | :function Okay(mandatory, optional = a:mandatory) |
| 12197 | :endfunction |
| 12198 | Example that does NOT work: > |
| 12199 | :function NoGood(first = a:second, second = 10) |
| 12200 | :endfunction |
| 12201 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | d1caa94 | 2020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12202 | When not using "...", the number of arguments in a function call must be at |
| 12203 | least equal to the number of mandatory named arguments. When using "...", the |
| 12204 | number of arguments may be larger than the total of mandatory and optional |
| 12205 | arguments. |
Bram Moolenaar | 42ae78c | 2019-05-09 21:08:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12206 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f999f1 | 2005-01-25 22:12:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12207 | *local-variables* |
Bram Moolenaar | 069c1e7 | 2016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12208 | Inside a function local variables can be used. These will disappear when the |
| 12209 | function returns. Global variables need to be accessed with "g:". |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12210 | |
| 12211 | Example: > |
| 12212 | :function Table(title, ...) |
| 12213 | : echohl Title |
| 12214 | : echo a:title |
| 12215 | : echohl None |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12216 | : echo a:0 . " items:" |
| 12217 | : for s in a:000 |
| 12218 | : echon ' ' . s |
| 12219 | : endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12220 | :endfunction |
| 12221 | |
| 12222 | This function can then be called with: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 677ee68 | 2005-01-27 14:41:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12223 | call Table("Table", "line1", "line2") |
| 12224 | call Table("Empty Table") |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12225 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12226 | To return more than one value, return a |List|: > |
| 12227 | :function Compute(n1, n2) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12228 | : if a:n2 == 0 |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12229 | : return ["fail", 0] |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12230 | : endif |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12231 | : return ["ok", a:n1 / a:n2] |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12232 | :endfunction |
| 12233 | |
| 12234 | This function can then be called with: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12235 | :let [success, div] = Compute(102, 6) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12236 | :if success == "ok" |
| 12237 | : echo div |
| 12238 | :endif |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12239 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 39f0563 | 2006-03-19 22:15:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12240 | *:cal* *:call* *E107* *E117* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12241 | :[range]cal[l] {name}([arguments]) |
| 12242 | Call a function. The name of the function and its arguments |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12243 | are as specified with `:function`. Up to 20 arguments can be |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12244 | used. The returned value is discarded. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12245 | Without a range and for functions that accept a range, the |
| 12246 | function is called once. When a range is given the cursor is |
| 12247 | positioned at the start of the first line before executing the |
| 12248 | function. |
| 12249 | When a range is given and the function doesn't handle it |
| 12250 | itself, the function is executed for each line in the range, |
| 12251 | with the cursor in the first column of that line. The cursor |
| 12252 | is left at the last line (possibly moved by the last function |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12253 | call). The arguments are re-evaluated for each line. Thus |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12254 | this works: |
| 12255 | *function-range-example* > |
| 12256 | :function Mynumber(arg) |
| 12257 | : echo line(".") . " " . a:arg |
| 12258 | :endfunction |
| 12259 | :1,5call Mynumber(getline(".")) |
| 12260 | < |
| 12261 | The "a:firstline" and "a:lastline" are defined anyway, they |
| 12262 | can be used to do something different at the start or end of |
| 12263 | the range. |
| 12264 | |
| 12265 | Example of a function that handles the range itself: > |
| 12266 | |
| 12267 | :function Cont() range |
| 12268 | : execute (a:firstline + 1) . "," . a:lastline . 's/^/\t\\ ' |
| 12269 | :endfunction |
| 12270 | :4,8call Cont() |
| 12271 | < |
| 12272 | This function inserts the continuation character "\" in front |
| 12273 | of all the lines in the range, except the first one. |
| 12274 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12275 | When the function returns a composite value it can be further |
| 12276 | dereferenced, but the range will not be used then. Example: > |
| 12277 | :4,8call GetDict().method() |
| 12278 | < Here GetDict() gets the range but method() does not. |
| 12279 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12280 | *E132* |
| 12281 | The recursiveness of user functions is restricted with the |'maxfuncdepth'| |
| 12282 | option. |
| 12283 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 25e4223 | 2019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12284 | It is also possible to use `:eval`. It does not support a range, but does |
| 12285 | allow for method chaining, e.g.: > |
| 12286 | eval GetList()->Filter()->append('$') |
| 12287 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 088e8e3 | 2019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12288 | A function can also be called as part of evaluating an expression or when it |
| 12289 | is used as a method: > |
| 12290 | let x = GetList() |
| 12291 | let y = GetList()->Filter() |
| 12292 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12293 | |
| 12294 | AUTOMATICALLY LOADING FUNCTIONS ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12295 | *autoload-functions* |
| 12296 | When using many or large functions, it's possible to automatically define them |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12297 | only when they are used. There are two methods: with an autocommand and with |
| 12298 | the "autoload" directory in 'runtimepath'. |
| 12299 | |
| 12300 | |
| 12301 | Using an autocommand ~ |
| 12302 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12303 | This is introduced in the user manual, section |41.14|. |
| 12304 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12305 | The autocommand is useful if you have a plugin that is a long Vim script file. |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12306 | You can define the autocommand and quickly quit the script with `:finish`. |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12307 | That makes Vim startup faster. The autocommand should then load the same file |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12308 | again, setting a variable to skip the `:finish` command. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12309 | |
| 12310 | Use the FuncUndefined autocommand event with a pattern that matches the |
| 12311 | function(s) to be defined. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12312 | |
| 12313 | :au FuncUndefined BufNet* source ~/vim/bufnetfuncs.vim |
| 12314 | |
| 12315 | The file "~/vim/bufnetfuncs.vim" should then define functions that start with |
| 12316 | "BufNet". Also see |FuncUndefined|. |
| 12317 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12318 | |
| 12319 | Using an autoload script ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12320 | *autoload* *E746* |
Bram Moolenaar | 05159a0 | 2005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12321 | This is introduced in the user manual, section |41.15|. |
| 12322 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12323 | Using a script in the "autoload" directory is simpler, but requires using |
| 12324 | exactly the right file name. A function that can be autoloaded has a name |
| 12325 | like this: > |
| 12326 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12327 | :call filename#funcname() |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12328 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12329 | These functions are always global, in Vim9 script "g:" needs to be used: > |
| 12330 | :call g:filename#funcname() |
| 12331 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12332 | When such a function is called, and it is not defined yet, Vim will search the |
| 12333 | "autoload" directories in 'runtimepath' for a script file called |
| 12334 | "filename.vim". For example "~/.vim/autoload/filename.vim". That file should |
| 12335 | then define the function like this: > |
| 12336 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12337 | function filename#funcname() |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12338 | echo "Done!" |
| 12339 | endfunction |
| 12340 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a795a | 2005-09-16 21:55:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12341 | The file name and the name used before the # in the function must match |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12342 | exactly, and the defined function must have the name exactly as it will be |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12343 | called. In Vim9 script the "g:" prefix must be used: > |
| 12344 | function g:filename#funcname() |
| 12345 | |
| 12346 | or for a compiled function: > |
| 12347 | def g:filename#funcname() |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12348 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12349 | It is possible to use subdirectories. Every # in the function name works like |
| 12350 | a path separator. Thus when calling a function: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12351 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12352 | :call foo#bar#func() |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12353 | |
| 12354 | Vim will look for the file "autoload/foo/bar.vim" in 'runtimepath'. |
| 12355 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12356 | This also works when reading a variable that has not been set yet: > |
| 12357 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12358 | :let l = foo#bar#lvar |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12359 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a5792f5 | 2005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12360 | However, when the autoload script was already loaded it won't be loaded again |
| 12361 | for an unknown variable. |
| 12362 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12363 | When assigning a value to such a variable nothing special happens. This can |
| 12364 | be used to pass settings to the autoload script before it's loaded: > |
| 12365 | |
Bram Moolenaar | a7fc010 | 2005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12366 | :let foo#bar#toggle = 1 |
| 12367 | :call foo#bar#func() |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12368 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 4399ef4 | 2005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12369 | Note that when you make a mistake and call a function that is supposed to be |
| 12370 | defined in an autoload script, but the script doesn't actually define the |
Bram Moolenaar | cb80aa2 | 2020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12371 | function, you will get an error message for the missing function. If you fix |
| 12372 | the autoload script it won't be automatically loaded again. Either restart |
| 12373 | Vim or manually source the script. |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12374 | |
| 12375 | Also note that if you have two script files, and one calls a function in the |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12376 | other and vice versa, before the used function is defined, it won't work. |
Bram Moolenaar | 26a60b4 | 2005-02-22 08:49:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12377 | Avoid using the autoload functionality at the toplevel. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7c62692 | 2005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12378 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 433f7c8 | 2006-03-21 21:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12379 | Hint: If you distribute a bunch of scripts you can pack them together with the |
| 12380 | |vimball| utility. Also read the user manual |distribute-script|. |
| 12381 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12382 | ============================================================================== |
| 12383 | 6. Curly braces names *curly-braces-names* |
| 12384 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12385 | In most places where you can use a variable, you can use a "curly braces name" |
| 12386 | variable. This is a regular variable name with one or more expressions |
| 12387 | wrapped in braces {} like this: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12388 | my_{adjective}_variable |
| 12389 | |
| 12390 | When Vim encounters this, it evaluates the expression inside the braces, puts |
| 12391 | that in place of the expression, and re-interprets the whole as a variable |
| 12392 | name. So in the above example, if the variable "adjective" was set to |
| 12393 | "noisy", then the reference would be to "my_noisy_variable", whereas if |
| 12394 | "adjective" was set to "quiet", then it would be to "my_quiet_variable". |
| 12395 | |
| 12396 | One application for this is to create a set of variables governed by an option |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12397 | value. For example, the statement > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12398 | echo my_{&background}_message |
| 12399 | |
| 12400 | would output the contents of "my_dark_message" or "my_light_message" depending |
| 12401 | on the current value of 'background'. |
| 12402 | |
| 12403 | You can use multiple brace pairs: > |
| 12404 | echo my_{adverb}_{adjective}_message |
| 12405 | ..or even nest them: > |
| 12406 | echo my_{ad{end_of_word}}_message |
| 12407 | where "end_of_word" is either "verb" or "jective". |
| 12408 | |
| 12409 | However, the expression inside the braces must evaluate to a valid single |
Bram Moolenaar | 402d2fe | 2005-04-15 21:00:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12410 | variable name, e.g. this is invalid: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12411 | :let foo='a + b' |
| 12412 | :echo c{foo}d |
| 12413 | .. since the result of expansion is "ca + bd", which is not a variable name. |
| 12414 | |
| 12415 | *curly-braces-function-names* |
| 12416 | You can call and define functions by an evaluated name in a similar way. |
| 12417 | Example: > |
| 12418 | :let func_end='whizz' |
| 12419 | :call my_func_{func_end}(parameter) |
| 12420 | |
| 12421 | This would call the function "my_func_whizz(parameter)". |
| 12422 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 84f7235 | 2012-03-11 15:57:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12423 | This does NOT work: > |
| 12424 | :let i = 3 |
| 12425 | :let @{i} = '' " error |
| 12426 | :echo @{i} " error |
| 12427 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12428 | ============================================================================== |
| 12429 | 7. Commands *expression-commands* |
| 12430 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12431 | Note: in Vim9 script `:let` is used for variable declaration, not assignment. |
| 12432 | An assignment leaves out the `:let` command. |vim9-declaration| |
| 12433 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12434 | :let {var-name} = {expr1} *:let* *E18* |
| 12435 | Set internal variable {var-name} to the result of the |
| 12436 | expression {expr1}. The variable will get the type |
| 12437 | from the {expr}. If {var-name} didn't exist yet, it |
| 12438 | is created. |
| 12439 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12440 | :let {var-name}[{idx}] = {expr1} *E689* |
| 12441 | Set a list item to the result of the expression |
| 12442 | {expr1}. {var-name} must refer to a list and {idx} |
| 12443 | must be a valid index in that list. For nested list |
| 12444 | the index can be repeated. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12445 | This cannot be used to add an item to a |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12446 | This cannot be used to set a byte in a String. You |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12447 | can do that like this: > |
| 12448 | :let var = var[0:2] . 'X' . var[4:] |
Bram Moolenaar | 6e5ea8d | 2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12449 | < When {var-name} is a |Blob| then {idx} can be the |
| 12450 | length of the blob, in which case one byte is |
| 12451 | appended. |
| 12452 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12453 | *E711* *E719* |
| 12454 | :let {var-name}[{idx1}:{idx2}] = {expr1} *E708* *E709* *E710* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12455 | Set a sequence of items in a |List| to the result of |
| 12456 | the expression {expr1}, which must be a list with the |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12457 | correct number of items. |
| 12458 | {idx1} can be omitted, zero is used instead. |
| 12459 | {idx2} can be omitted, meaning the end of the list. |
| 12460 | When the selected range of items is partly past the |
| 12461 | end of the list, items will be added. |
| 12462 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12463 | *:let+=* *:let-=* *:letstar=* |
| 12464 | *:let/=* *:let%=* *:let.=* *:let..=* *E734* *E985* |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12465 | :let {var} += {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} + {expr1}". |
| 12466 | :let {var} -= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} - {expr1}". |
Bram Moolenaar | ff697e6 | 2019-02-12 22:28:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12467 | :let {var} *= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} * {expr1}". |
| 12468 | :let {var} /= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} / {expr1}". |
| 12469 | :let {var} %= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} % {expr1}". |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12470 | :let {var} .= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} . {expr1}". |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12471 | :let {var} ..= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} .. {expr1}". |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12472 | These fail if {var} was not set yet and when the type |
| 12473 | of {var} and {expr1} don't fit the operator. |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12474 | `.=` is not supported with Vim script version 2 and |
| 12475 | later, see |vimscript-version|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12476 | |
| 12477 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12478 | :let ${env-name} = {expr1} *:let-environment* *:let-$* |
| 12479 | Set environment variable {env-name} to the result of |
| 12480 | the expression {expr1}. The type is always String. |
Bram Moolenaar | 56c860c | 2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12481 | |
| 12482 | On some systems making an environment variable empty |
| 12483 | causes it to be deleted. Many systems do not make a |
| 12484 | difference between an environment variable that is not |
| 12485 | set and an environment variable that is empty. |
| 12486 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12487 | :let ${env-name} .= {expr1} |
| 12488 | Append {expr1} to the environment variable {env-name}. |
| 12489 | If the environment variable didn't exist yet this |
| 12490 | works like "=". |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12491 | |
| 12492 | :let @{reg-name} = {expr1} *:let-register* *:let-@* |
| 12493 | Write the result of the expression {expr1} in register |
| 12494 | {reg-name}. {reg-name} must be a single letter, and |
| 12495 | must be the name of a writable register (see |
| 12496 | |registers|). "@@" can be used for the unnamed |
| 12497 | register, "@/" for the search pattern. |
| 12498 | If the result of {expr1} ends in a <CR> or <NL>, the |
| 12499 | register will be linewise, otherwise it will be set to |
| 12500 | characterwise. |
| 12501 | This can be used to clear the last search pattern: > |
| 12502 | :let @/ = "" |
| 12503 | < This is different from searching for an empty string, |
| 12504 | that would match everywhere. |
| 12505 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12506 | :let @{reg-name} .= {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12507 | Append {expr1} to register {reg-name}. If the |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12508 | register was empty it's like setting it to {expr1}. |
| 12509 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12510 | :let &{option-name} = {expr1} *:let-option* *:let-&* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12511 | Set option {option-name} to the result of the |
Bram Moolenaar | fca34d6 | 2005-01-04 21:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12512 | expression {expr1}. A String or Number value is |
| 12513 | always converted to the type of the option. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12514 | For an option local to a window or buffer the effect |
| 12515 | is just like using the |:set| command: both the local |
Bram Moolenaar | a5fac54 | 2005-10-12 20:58:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12516 | value and the global value are changed. |
Bram Moolenaar | fca34d6 | 2005-01-04 21:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12517 | Example: > |
| 12518 | :let &path = &path . ',/usr/local/include' |
Bram Moolenaar | 3df0173 | 2017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12519 | < This also works for terminal codes in the form t_xx. |
| 12520 | But only for alphanumerical names. Example: > |
| 12521 | :let &t_k1 = "\<Esc>[234;" |
| 12522 | < When the code does not exist yet it will be created as |
| 12523 | a terminal key code, there is no error. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12524 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12525 | :let &{option-name} .= {expr1} |
| 12526 | For a string option: Append {expr1} to the value. |
| 12527 | Does not insert a comma like |:set+=|. |
| 12528 | |
| 12529 | :let &{option-name} += {expr1} |
| 12530 | :let &{option-name} -= {expr1} |
| 12531 | For a number or boolean option: Add or subtract |
| 12532 | {expr1}. |
| 12533 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12534 | :let &l:{option-name} = {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12535 | :let &l:{option-name} .= {expr1} |
| 12536 | :let &l:{option-name} += {expr1} |
| 12537 | :let &l:{option-name} -= {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12538 | Like above, but only set the local value of an option |
| 12539 | (if there is one). Works like |:setlocal|. |
| 12540 | |
| 12541 | :let &g:{option-name} = {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12542 | :let &g:{option-name} .= {expr1} |
| 12543 | :let &g:{option-name} += {expr1} |
| 12544 | :let &g:{option-name} -= {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12545 | Like above, but only set the global value of an option |
| 12546 | (if there is one). Works like |:setglobal|. |
| 12547 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 13065c4 | 2005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12548 | :let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] = {expr1} *:let-unpack* *E687* *E688* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12549 | {expr1} must evaluate to a |List|. The first item in |
Bram Moolenaar | fca34d6 | 2005-01-04 21:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12550 | the list is assigned to {name1}, the second item to |
| 12551 | {name2}, etc. |
| 12552 | The number of names must match the number of items in |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12553 | the |List|. |
Bram Moolenaar | fca34d6 | 2005-01-04 21:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12554 | Each name can be one of the items of the ":let" |
| 12555 | command as mentioned above. |
| 12556 | Example: > |
| 12557 | :let [s, item] = GetItem(s) |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12558 | < Detail: {expr1} is evaluated first, then the |
| 12559 | assignments are done in sequence. This matters if |
| 12560 | {name2} depends on {name1}. Example: > |
| 12561 | :let x = [0, 1] |
| 12562 | :let i = 0 |
| 12563 | :let [i, x[i]] = [1, 2] |
| 12564 | :echo x |
| 12565 | < The result is [0, 2]. |
| 12566 | |
| 12567 | :let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] .= {expr1} |
| 12568 | :let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] += {expr1} |
| 12569 | :let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] -= {expr1} |
| 12570 | Like above, but append/add/subtract the value for each |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12571 | |List| item. |
Bram Moolenaar | fca34d6 | 2005-01-04 21:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12572 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d1caa94 | 2020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12573 | :let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] = {expr1} *E452* |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12574 | Like |:let-unpack| above, but the |List| may have more |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12575 | items than there are names. A list of the remaining |
| 12576 | items is assigned to {lastname}. If there are no |
| 12577 | remaining items {lastname} is set to an empty list. |
Bram Moolenaar | fca34d6 | 2005-01-04 21:38:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12578 | Example: > |
| 12579 | :let [a, b; rest] = ["aval", "bval", 3, 4] |
| 12580 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12581 | :let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] .= {expr1} |
| 12582 | :let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] += {expr1} |
| 12583 | :let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] -= {expr1} |
| 12584 | Like above, but append/add/subtract the value for each |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12585 | |List| item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 4a74803 | 2010-09-30 21:47:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12586 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2458200 | 2019-07-21 14:14:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12587 | *:let=<<* *:let-heredoc* |
| 12588 | *E990* *E991* *E172* *E221* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12589 | :let {var-name} =<< [trim] {endmarker} |
Bram Moolenaar | f5842c5 | 2019-05-19 18:41:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12590 | text... |
| 12591 | text... |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12592 | {endmarker} |
Bram Moolenaar | e46a440 | 2020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12593 | Set internal variable {var-name} to a |List| |
| 12594 | containing the lines of text bounded by the string |
Bram Moolenaar | aa970ab | 2020-08-02 16:10:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12595 | {endmarker}. The lines of text is used as a |
| 12596 | |literal-string|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12597 | {endmarker} must not contain white space. |
| 12598 | {endmarker} cannot start with a lower case character. |
| 12599 | The last line should end only with the {endmarker} |
| 12600 | string without any other character. Watch out for |
| 12601 | white space after {endmarker}! |
Bram Moolenaar | f5842c5 | 2019-05-19 18:41:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12602 | |
Bram Moolenaar | e7eb927 | 2019-06-24 00:58:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12603 | Without "trim" any white space characters in the lines |
| 12604 | of text are preserved. If "trim" is specified before |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12605 | {endmarker}, then indentation is stripped so you can |
| 12606 | do: > |
Bram Moolenaar | e7eb927 | 2019-06-24 00:58:07 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12607 | let text =<< trim END |
| 12608 | if ok |
| 12609 | echo 'done' |
| 12610 | endif |
| 12611 | END |
| 12612 | < Results in: ["if ok", " echo 'done'", "endif"] |
| 12613 | The marker must line up with "let" and the indentation |
| 12614 | of the first line is removed from all the text lines. |
| 12615 | Specifically: all the leading indentation exactly |
| 12616 | matching the leading indentation of the first |
| 12617 | non-empty text line is stripped from the input lines. |
| 12618 | All leading indentation exactly matching the leading |
| 12619 | indentation before `let` is stripped from the line |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12620 | containing {endmarker}. Note that the difference |
| 12621 | between space and tab matters here. |
Bram Moolenaar | f5842c5 | 2019-05-19 18:41:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12622 | |
| 12623 | If {var-name} didn't exist yet, it is created. |
| 12624 | Cannot be followed by another command, but can be |
| 12625 | followed by a comment. |
| 12626 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12627 | To avoid line continuation to be applied, consider |
| 12628 | adding 'C' to 'cpoptions': > |
| 12629 | set cpo+=C |
| 12630 | let var =<< END |
| 12631 | \ leading backslash |
| 12632 | END |
| 12633 | set cpo-=C |
| 12634 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | f5842c5 | 2019-05-19 18:41:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12635 | Examples: > |
| 12636 | let var1 =<< END |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12637 | Sample text 1 |
| 12638 | Sample text 2 |
| 12639 | Sample text 3 |
| 12640 | END |
Bram Moolenaar | f5842c5 | 2019-05-19 18:41:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12641 | |
| 12642 | let data =<< trim DATA |
Bram Moolenaar | 2e693a8 | 2019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12643 | 1 2 3 4 |
| 12644 | 5 6 7 8 |
Bram Moolenaar | f5842c5 | 2019-05-19 18:41:26 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12645 | DATA |
| 12646 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 4a74803 | 2010-09-30 21:47:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12647 | *E121* |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12648 | :let {var-name} .. List the value of variable {var-name}. Multiple |
Bram Moolenaar | dcaf10e | 2005-01-21 11:55:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12649 | variable names may be given. Special names recognized |
| 12650 | here: *E738* |
Bram Moolenaar | ca003e1 | 2006-03-17 23:19:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12651 | g: global variables |
| 12652 | b: local buffer variables |
| 12653 | w: local window variables |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12654 | t: local tab page variables |
Bram Moolenaar | ca003e1 | 2006-03-17 23:19:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12655 | s: script-local variables |
| 12656 | l: local function variables |
Bram Moolenaar | dcaf10e | 2005-01-21 11:55:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12657 | v: Vim variables. |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12658 | This does not work in Vim9 script. |vim9-declaration| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12659 | |
Bram Moolenaar | d7ee7ce | 2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12660 | :let List the values of all variables. The type of the |
| 12661 | variable is indicated before the value: |
| 12662 | <nothing> String |
| 12663 | # Number |
Bram Moolenaar | c9b4b05 | 2006-04-30 18:54:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12664 | * Funcref |
Bram Moolenaar | 65e0d77 | 2020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12665 | This does not work in Vim9 script. |vim9-declaration| |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12666 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12667 | :unl[et][!] {name} ... *:unlet* *:unl* *E108* *E795* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12668 | Remove the internal variable {name}. Several variable |
| 12669 | names can be given, they are all removed. The name |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12670 | may also be a |List| or |Dictionary| item. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12671 | With [!] no error message is given for non-existing |
| 12672 | variables. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12673 | One or more items from a |List| can be removed: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cd1516 | 2005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12674 | :unlet list[3] " remove fourth item |
| 12675 | :unlet list[3:] " remove fourth item to last |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12676 | < One item from a |Dictionary| can be removed at a time: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9cd1516 | 2005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12677 | :unlet dict['two'] |
| 12678 | :unlet dict.two |
Bram Moolenaar | c236c16 | 2008-07-13 17:41:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12679 | < This is especially useful to clean up used global |
| 12680 | variables and script-local variables (these are not |
| 12681 | deleted when the script ends). Function-local |
| 12682 | variables are automatically deleted when the function |
| 12683 | ends. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12684 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 137374f | 2018-05-13 15:59:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12685 | :unl[et] ${env-name} ... *:unlet-environment* *:unlet-$* |
| 12686 | Remove environment variable {env-name}. |
| 12687 | Can mix {name} and ${env-name} in one :unlet command. |
| 12688 | No error message is given for a non-existing |
| 12689 | variable, also without !. |
| 12690 | If the system does not support deleting an environment |
Bram Moolenaar | 9937a05 | 2019-06-15 15:45:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12691 | variable, it is made empty. |
Bram Moolenaar | 137374f | 2018-05-13 15:59:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12692 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c196e7 | 2019-06-16 15:41:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12693 | *:cons* *:const* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9937a05 | 2019-06-15 15:45:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12694 | :cons[t] {var-name} = {expr1} |
| 12695 | :cons[t] [{name1}, {name2}, ...] = {expr1} |
Bram Moolenaar | 9937a05 | 2019-06-15 15:45:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12696 | :cons[t] [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] = {expr1} |
| 12697 | :cons[t] {var-name} =<< [trim] {marker} |
| 12698 | text... |
| 12699 | text... |
| 12700 | {marker} |
| 12701 | Similar to |:let|, but additionally lock the variable |
| 12702 | after setting the value. This is the same as locking |
| 12703 | the variable with |:lockvar| just after |:let|, thus: > |
| 12704 | :const x = 1 |
| 12705 | < is equivalent to: > |
| 12706 | :let x = 1 |
Bram Moolenaar | 021bda5 | 2020-08-17 21:07:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12707 | :lockvar! x |
Bram Moolenaar | a187c43 | 2020-09-16 21:08:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12708 | < NOTE: in Vim9 script `:const` works differently, see |
| 12709 | |vim9-const| |
| 12710 | This is useful if you want to make sure the variable |
Bram Moolenaar | 021bda5 | 2020-08-17 21:07:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12711 | is not modified. If the value is a List or Dictionary |
| 12712 | literal then the items also cannot be changed: > |
| 12713 | const ll = [1, 2, 3] |
| 12714 | let ll[1] = 5 " Error! |
| 12715 | < Nested references are not locked: > |
| 12716 | let lvar = ['a'] |
| 12717 | const lconst = [0, lvar] |
| 12718 | let lconst[0] = 2 " Error! |
| 12719 | let lconst[1][0] = 'b' " OK |
| 12720 | < *E995* |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b28352 | 2019-06-17 22:19:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12721 | |:const| does not allow to for changing a variable: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 9937a05 | 2019-06-15 15:45:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12722 | :let x = 1 |
| 12723 | :const x = 2 " Error! |
Bram Moolenaar | 1c196e7 | 2019-06-16 15:41:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12724 | < *E996* |
| 12725 | Note that environment variables, option values and |
| 12726 | register values cannot be used here, since they cannot |
| 12727 | be locked. |
| 12728 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 85850f3 | 2019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12729 | :cons[t] |
| 12730 | :cons[t] {var-name} |
| 12731 | If no argument is given or only {var-name} is given, |
| 12732 | the behavior is the same as |:let|. |
| 12733 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12734 | :lockv[ar][!] [depth] {name} ... *:lockvar* *:lockv* |
| 12735 | Lock the internal variable {name}. Locking means that |
| 12736 | it can no longer be changed (until it is unlocked). |
| 12737 | A locked variable can be deleted: > |
| 12738 | :lockvar v |
| 12739 | :let v = 'asdf' " fails! |
| 12740 | :unlet v |
Bram Moolenaar | e7877fe | 2017-02-20 22:35:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12741 | < *E741* *E940* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12742 | If you try to change a locked variable you get an |
Bram Moolenaar | e7877fe | 2017-02-20 22:35:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12743 | error message: "E741: Value is locked: {name}". |
| 12744 | If you try to lock or unlock a built-in variable you |
| 12745 | get an error message: "E940: Cannot lock or unlock |
| 12746 | variable {name}". |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12747 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12748 | [depth] is relevant when locking a |List| or |
| 12749 | |Dictionary|. It specifies how deep the locking goes: |
Bram Moolenaar | a187c43 | 2020-09-16 21:08:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12750 | 0 Lock the variable {name} but not its |
| 12751 | value. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12752 | 1 Lock the |List| or |Dictionary| itself, |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12753 | cannot add or remove items, but can |
| 12754 | still change their values. |
| 12755 | 2 Also lock the values, cannot change |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12756 | the items. If an item is a |List| or |
| 12757 | |Dictionary|, cannot add or remove |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12758 | items, but can still change the |
| 12759 | values. |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12760 | 3 Like 2 but for the |List| / |
| 12761 | |Dictionary| in the |List| / |
| 12762 | |Dictionary|, one level deeper. |
| 12763 | The default [depth] is 2, thus when {name} is a |List| |
| 12764 | or |Dictionary| the values cannot be changed. |
Bram Moolenaar | a187c43 | 2020-09-16 21:08:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12765 | |
| 12766 | Example with [depth] 0: > |
| 12767 | let mylist = [1, 2, 3] |
| 12768 | lockvar 0 mylist |
| 12769 | let mylist[0] = 77 " OK |
| 12770 | call add(mylist, 4] " OK |
| 12771 | let mylist = [7, 8, 9] " Error! |
| 12772 | < *E743* |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12773 | For unlimited depth use [!] and omit [depth]. |
| 12774 | However, there is a maximum depth of 100 to catch |
| 12775 | loops. |
| 12776 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 32466aa | 2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12777 | Note that when two variables refer to the same |List| |
| 12778 | and you lock one of them, the |List| will also be |
Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12779 | locked when used through the other variable. |
| 12780 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 2ce06f6 | 2005-01-31 19:19:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12781 | :let l = [0, 1, 2, 3] |
| 12782 | :let cl = l |
| 12783 | :lockvar l |
| 12784 | :let cl[1] = 99 " won't work! |
| 12785 | < You may want to make a copy of a list to avoid this. |
| 12786 | See |deepcopy()|. |
| 12787 | |
| 12788 | |
| 12789 | :unlo[ckvar][!] [depth] {name} ... *:unlockvar* *:unlo* |
| 12790 | Unlock the internal variable {name}. Does the |
| 12791 | opposite of |:lockvar|. |
| 12792 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 61da1bf | 2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12793 | :if {expr1} *:if* *:end* *:endif* *:en* *E171* *E579* *E580* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12794 | :en[dif] Execute the commands until the next matching ":else" |
| 12795 | or ":endif" if {expr1} evaluates to non-zero. |
| 12796 | |
| 12797 | From Vim version 4.5 until 5.0, every Ex command in |
| 12798 | between the ":if" and ":endif" is ignored. These two |
| 12799 | commands were just to allow for future expansions in a |
Bram Moolenaar | 85084ef | 2016-01-17 22:26:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12800 | backward compatible way. Nesting was allowed. Note |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12801 | that any ":else" or ":elseif" was ignored, the "else" |
| 12802 | part was not executed either. |
| 12803 | |
| 12804 | You can use this to remain compatible with older |
| 12805 | versions: > |
| 12806 | :if version >= 500 |
| 12807 | : version-5-specific-commands |
| 12808 | :endif |
| 12809 | < The commands still need to be parsed to find the |
| 12810 | "endif". Sometimes an older Vim has a problem with a |
| 12811 | new command. For example, ":silent" is recognized as |
| 12812 | a ":substitute" command. In that case ":execute" can |
| 12813 | avoid problems: > |
| 12814 | :if version >= 600 |
| 12815 | : execute "silent 1,$delete" |
| 12816 | :endif |
| 12817 | < |
| 12818 | NOTE: The ":append" and ":insert" commands don't work |
| 12819 | properly in between ":if" and ":endif". |
| 12820 | |
| 12821 | *:else* *:el* *E581* *E583* |
| 12822 | :el[se] Execute the commands until the next matching ":else" |
| 12823 | or ":endif" if they previously were not being |
| 12824 | executed. |
| 12825 | |
| 12826 | *:elseif* *:elsei* *E582* *E584* |
| 12827 | :elsei[f] {expr1} Short for ":else" ":if", with the addition that there |
| 12828 | is no extra ":endif". |
| 12829 | |
| 12830 | :wh[ile] {expr1} *:while* *:endwhile* *:wh* *:endw* |
Bram Moolenaar | 3a3a723 | 2005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12831 | *E170* *E585* *E588* *E733* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12832 | :endw[hile] Repeat the commands between ":while" and ":endwhile", |
| 12833 | as long as {expr1} evaluates to non-zero. |
| 12834 | When an error is detected from a command inside the |
| 12835 | loop, execution continues after the "endwhile". |
Bram Moolenaar | 1280586 | 2005-01-05 22:16:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12836 | Example: > |
| 12837 | :let lnum = 1 |
| 12838 | :while lnum <= line("$") |
| 12839 | :call FixLine(lnum) |
| 12840 | :let lnum = lnum + 1 |
| 12841 | :endwhile |
| 12842 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12843 | NOTE: The ":append" and ":insert" commands don't work |
Bram Moolenaar | d8b0273 | 2005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12844 | properly inside a ":while" and ":for" loop. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12845 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12846 | :for {var} in {object} *:for* *E690* *E732* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1280586 | 2005-01-05 22:16:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12847 | :endfo[r] *:endfo* *:endfor* |
| 12848 | Repeat the commands between ":for" and ":endfor" for |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12849 | each item in {object}. {object} can be a |List| or |
| 12850 | a |Blob|. Variable {var} is set to the value of each |
| 12851 | item. When an error is detected for a command inside |
| 12852 | the loop, execution continues after the "endfor". |
| 12853 | Changing {object} inside the loop affects what items |
| 12854 | are used. Make a copy if this is unwanted: > |
Bram Moolenaar | de8866b | 2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12855 | :for item in copy(mylist) |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12856 | < |
| 12857 | When {object} is a |List| and not making a copy, Vim |
| 12858 | stores a reference to the next item in the |List| |
| 12859 | before executing the commands with the current item. |
| 12860 | Thus the current item can be removed without effect. |
| 12861 | Removing any later item means it will not be found. |
| 12862 | Thus the following example works (an inefficient way |
| 12863 | to make a |List| empty): > |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12864 | for item in mylist |
| 12865 | call remove(mylist, 0) |
| 12866 | endfor |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12867 | < Note that reordering the |List| (e.g., with sort() or |
Bram Moolenaar | 9588a0f | 2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12868 | reverse()) may have unexpected effects. |
Bram Moolenaar | 1280586 | 2005-01-05 22:16:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12869 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 5e66b42 | 2019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12870 | When {object} is a |Blob|, Vim always makes a copy to |
| 12871 | iterate over. Unlike with |List|, modifying the |
| 12872 | |Blob| does not affect the iteration. |
| 12873 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 1280586 | 2005-01-05 22:16:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12874 | :for [{var1}, {var2}, ...] in {listlist} |
| 12875 | :endfo[r] |
| 12876 | Like ":for" above, but each item in {listlist} must be |
| 12877 | a list, of which each item is assigned to {var1}, |
| 12878 | {var2}, etc. Example: > |
| 12879 | :for [lnum, col] in [[1, 3], [2, 5], [3, 8]] |
| 12880 | :echo getline(lnum)[col] |
| 12881 | :endfor |
| 12882 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12883 | *:continue* *:con* *E586* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1280586 | 2005-01-05 22:16:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12884 | :con[tinue] When used inside a ":while" or ":for" loop, jumps back |
| 12885 | to the start of the loop. |
| 12886 | If it is used after a |:try| inside the loop but |
| 12887 | before the matching |:finally| (if present), the |
| 12888 | commands following the ":finally" up to the matching |
| 12889 | |:endtry| are executed first. This process applies to |
| 12890 | all nested ":try"s inside the loop. The outermost |
| 12891 | ":endtry" then jumps back to the start of the loop. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12892 | |
| 12893 | *:break* *:brea* *E587* |
Bram Moolenaar | 1280586 | 2005-01-05 22:16:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12894 | :brea[k] When used inside a ":while" or ":for" loop, skips to |
| 12895 | the command after the matching ":endwhile" or |
| 12896 | ":endfor". |
| 12897 | If it is used after a |:try| inside the loop but |
| 12898 | before the matching |:finally| (if present), the |
| 12899 | commands following the ":finally" up to the matching |
| 12900 | |:endtry| are executed first. This process applies to |
| 12901 | all nested ":try"s inside the loop. The outermost |
| 12902 | ":endtry" then jumps to the command after the loop. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12903 | |
| 12904 | :try *:try* *:endt* *:endtry* *E600* *E601* *E602* |
| 12905 | :endt[ry] Change the error handling for the commands between |
| 12906 | ":try" and ":endtry" including everything being |
| 12907 | executed across ":source" commands, function calls, |
| 12908 | or autocommand invocations. |
| 12909 | |
| 12910 | When an error or interrupt is detected and there is |
| 12911 | a |:finally| command following, execution continues |
| 12912 | after the ":finally". Otherwise, or when the |
| 12913 | ":endtry" is reached thereafter, the next |
| 12914 | (dynamically) surrounding ":try" is checked for |
| 12915 | a corresponding ":finally" etc. Then the script |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12916 | processing is terminated. Whether a function |
| 12917 | definition has an "abort" argument does not matter. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12918 | Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12919 | try | call Unknown() | finally | echomsg "cleanup" | endtry |
| 12920 | echomsg "not reached" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12921 | < |
| 12922 | Moreover, an error or interrupt (dynamically) inside |
| 12923 | ":try" and ":endtry" is converted to an exception. It |
| 12924 | can be caught as if it were thrown by a |:throw| |
| 12925 | command (see |:catch|). In this case, the script |
| 12926 | processing is not terminated. |
| 12927 | |
| 12928 | The value "Vim:Interrupt" is used for an interrupt |
| 12929 | exception. An error in a Vim command is converted |
| 12930 | to a value of the form "Vim({command}):{errmsg}", |
| 12931 | other errors are converted to a value of the form |
| 12932 | "Vim:{errmsg}". {command} is the full command name, |
| 12933 | and {errmsg} is the message that is displayed if the |
| 12934 | error exception is not caught, always beginning with |
| 12935 | the error number. |
| 12936 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12937 | try | sleep 100 | catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ | endtry |
| 12938 | try | edit | catch /^Vim(edit):E\d\+/ | echo "error" | endtry |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12939 | < |
| 12940 | *:cat* *:catch* *E603* *E604* *E605* |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12941 | :cat[ch] /{pattern}/ The following commands until the next |:catch|, |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12942 | |:finally|, or |:endtry| that belongs to the same |
| 12943 | |:try| as the ":catch" are executed when an exception |
| 12944 | matching {pattern} is being thrown and has not yet |
| 12945 | been caught by a previous ":catch". Otherwise, these |
| 12946 | commands are skipped. |
| 12947 | When {pattern} is omitted all errors are caught. |
| 12948 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 647e24b | 2019-03-17 16:39:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12949 | :catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ " catch interrupts (CTRL-C) |
| 12950 | :catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E/ " catch all Vim errors |
| 12951 | :catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:/ " catch errors and interrupts |
| 12952 | :catch /^Vim(write):/ " catch all errors in :write |
| 12953 | :catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E123:/ " catch error E123 |
| 12954 | :catch /my-exception/ " catch user exception |
| 12955 | :catch /.*/ " catch everything |
| 12956 | :catch " same as /.*/ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12957 | < |
| 12958 | Another character can be used instead of / around the |
| 12959 | {pattern}, so long as it does not have a special |
| 12960 | meaning (e.g., '|' or '"') and doesn't occur inside |
| 12961 | {pattern}. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e38ea2 | 2014-04-05 22:55:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12962 | Information about the exception is available in |
| 12963 | |v:exception|. Also see |throw-variables|. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12964 | NOTE: It is not reliable to ":catch" the TEXT of |
| 12965 | an error message because it may vary in different |
| 12966 | locales. |
| 12967 | |
| 12968 | *:fina* *:finally* *E606* *E607* |
| 12969 | :fina[lly] The following commands until the matching |:endtry| |
| 12970 | are executed whenever the part between the matching |
| 12971 | |:try| and the ":finally" is left: either by falling |
| 12972 | through to the ":finally" or by a |:continue|, |
| 12973 | |:break|, |:finish|, or |:return|, or by an error or |
| 12974 | interrupt or exception (see |:throw|). |
| 12975 | |
| 12976 | *:th* *:throw* *E608* |
| 12977 | :th[row] {expr1} The {expr1} is evaluated and thrown as an exception. |
| 12978 | If the ":throw" is used after a |:try| but before the |
| 12979 | first corresponding |:catch|, commands are skipped |
| 12980 | until the first ":catch" matching {expr1} is reached. |
| 12981 | If there is no such ":catch" or if the ":throw" is |
| 12982 | used after a ":catch" but before the |:finally|, the |
| 12983 | commands following the ":finally" (if present) up to |
| 12984 | the matching |:endtry| are executed. If the ":throw" |
| 12985 | is after the ":finally", commands up to the ":endtry" |
| 12986 | are skipped. At the ":endtry", this process applies |
| 12987 | again for the next dynamically surrounding ":try" |
| 12988 | (which may be found in a calling function or sourcing |
| 12989 | script), until a matching ":catch" has been found. |
| 12990 | If the exception is not caught, the command processing |
| 12991 | is terminated. |
| 12992 | Example: > |
| 12993 | :try | throw "oops" | catch /^oo/ | echo "caught" | endtry |
Bram Moolenaar | 662db67 | 2011-03-22 14:05:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12994 | < Note that "catch" may need to be on a separate line |
| 12995 | for when an error causes the parsing to skip the whole |
| 12996 | line and not see the "|" that separates the commands. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12997 | |
| 12998 | *:ec* *:echo* |
| 12999 | :ec[ho] {expr1} .. Echoes each {expr1}, with a space in between. The |
| 13000 | first {expr1} starts on a new line. |
| 13001 | Also see |:comment|. |
| 13002 | Use "\n" to start a new line. Use "\r" to move the |
| 13003 | cursor to the first column. |
| 13004 | Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command. |
| 13005 | Cannot be followed by a comment. |
| 13006 | Example: > |
| 13007 | :echo "the value of 'shell' is" &shell |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13008 | < *:echo-redraw* |
| 13009 | A later redraw may make the message disappear again. |
| 13010 | And since Vim mostly postpones redrawing until it's |
| 13011 | finished with a sequence of commands this happens |
| 13012 | quite often. To avoid that a command from before the |
| 13013 | ":echo" causes a redraw afterwards (redraws are often |
| 13014 | postponed until you type something), force a redraw |
| 13015 | with the |:redraw| command. Example: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13016 | :new | redraw | echo "there is a new window" |
| 13017 | < |
| 13018 | *:echon* |
| 13019 | :echon {expr1} .. Echoes each {expr1}, without anything added. Also see |
| 13020 | |:comment|. |
| 13021 | Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command. |
| 13022 | Cannot be followed by a comment. |
| 13023 | Example: > |
| 13024 | :echon "the value of 'shell' is " &shell |
| 13025 | < |
| 13026 | Note the difference between using ":echo", which is a |
| 13027 | Vim command, and ":!echo", which is an external shell |
| 13028 | command: > |
| 13029 | :!echo % --> filename |
| 13030 | < The arguments of ":!" are expanded, see |:_%|. > |
| 13031 | :!echo "%" --> filename or "filename" |
| 13032 | < Like the previous example. Whether you see the double |
| 13033 | quotes or not depends on your 'shell'. > |
| 13034 | :echo % --> nothing |
| 13035 | < The '%' is an illegal character in an expression. > |
| 13036 | :echo "%" --> % |
| 13037 | < This just echoes the '%' character. > |
| 13038 | :echo expand("%") --> filename |
| 13039 | < This calls the expand() function to expand the '%'. |
| 13040 | |
| 13041 | *:echoh* *:echohl* |
| 13042 | :echoh[l] {name} Use the highlight group {name} for the following |
| 13043 | |:echo|, |:echon| and |:echomsg| commands. Also used |
| 13044 | for the |input()| prompt. Example: > |
| 13045 | :echohl WarningMsg | echo "Don't panic!" | echohl None |
| 13046 | < Don't forget to set the group back to "None", |
| 13047 | otherwise all following echo's will be highlighted. |
| 13048 | |
| 13049 | *:echom* *:echomsg* |
| 13050 | :echom[sg] {expr1} .. Echo the expression(s) as a true message, saving the |
| 13051 | message in the |message-history|. |
| 13052 | Spaces are placed between the arguments as with the |
| 13053 | |:echo| command. But unprintable characters are |
| 13054 | displayed, not interpreted. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13055 | The parsing works slightly different from |:echo|, |
| 13056 | more like |:execute|. All the expressions are first |
| 13057 | evaluated and concatenated before echoing anything. |
Bram Moolenaar | 461a7fc | 2018-12-22 13:28:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13058 | If expressions does not evaluate to a Number or |
| 13059 | String, string() is used to turn it into a string. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13060 | Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command. |
| 13061 | Example: > |
| 13062 | :echomsg "It's a Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz, as you can plainly see." |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13063 | < See |:echo-redraw| to avoid the message disappearing |
| 13064 | when the screen is redrawn. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13065 | *:echoe* *:echoerr* |
| 13066 | :echoe[rr] {expr1} .. Echo the expression(s) as an error message, saving the |
| 13067 | message in the |message-history|. When used in a |
| 13068 | script or function the line number will be added. |
| 13069 | Spaces are placed between the arguments as with the |
Bram Moolenaar | 461a7fc | 2018-12-22 13:28:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13070 | |:echomsg| command. When used inside a try conditional, |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13071 | the message is raised as an error exception instead |
| 13072 | (see |try-echoerr|). |
| 13073 | Example: > |
| 13074 | :echoerr "This script just failed!" |
| 13075 | < If you just want a highlighted message use |:echohl|. |
| 13076 | And to get a beep: > |
| 13077 | :exe "normal \<Esc>" |
| 13078 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 09c6f26 | 2019-11-17 15:55:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13079 | *:eval* |
| 13080 | :eval {expr} Evaluate {expr} and discard the result. Example: > |
| 13081 | :eval Getlist()->Filter()->append('$') |
| 13082 | |
| 13083 | < The expression is supposed to have a side effect, |
| 13084 | since the resulting value is not used. In the example |
| 13085 | the `append()` call appends the List with text to the |
| 13086 | buffer. This is similar to `:call` but works with any |
| 13087 | expression. |
| 13088 | |
| 13089 | The command can be shortened to `:ev` or `:eva`, but |
| 13090 | these are hard to recognize and therefore not to be |
| 13091 | used. |
| 13092 | |
Bram Moolenaar | bc93ceb | 2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13093 | The command cannot be followed by "|" and another |
| 13094 | command, since "|" is seen as part of the expression. |
| 13095 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 09c6f26 | 2019-11-17 15:55:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13096 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13097 | *:exe* *:execute* |
| 13098 | :exe[cute] {expr1} .. Executes the string that results from the evaluation |
Bram Moolenaar | 00a927d | 2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13099 | of {expr1} as an Ex command. |
| 13100 | Multiple arguments are concatenated, with a space in |
Bram Moolenaar | 7e6a515 | 2021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13101 | between. To avoid the extra space use the ".." |
Bram Moolenaar | 00a927d | 2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13102 | operator to concatenate strings into one argument. |
| 13103 | {expr1} is used as the processed command, command line |
| 13104 | editing keys are not recognized. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13105 | Cannot be followed by a comment. |
| 13106 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 00a927d | 2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13107 | :execute "buffer" nextbuf |
| 13108 | :execute "normal" count . "w" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13109 | < |
| 13110 | ":execute" can be used to append a command to commands |
| 13111 | that don't accept a '|'. Example: > |
| 13112 | :execute '!ls' | echo "theend" |
| 13113 | |
| 13114 | < ":execute" is also a nice way to avoid having to type |
| 13115 | control characters in a Vim script for a ":normal" |
| 13116 | command: > |
| 13117 | :execute "normal ixxx\<Esc>" |
| 13118 | < This has an <Esc> character, see |expr-string|. |
| 13119 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13120 | Be careful to correctly escape special characters in |
| 13121 | file names. The |fnameescape()| function can be used |
Bram Moolenaar | 05bb953 | 2008-07-04 09:44:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13122 | for Vim commands, |shellescape()| for |:!| commands. |
| 13123 | Examples: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13124 | :execute "e " . fnameescape(filename) |
Bram Moolenaar | 251835e | 2014-02-24 02:51:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13125 | :execute "!ls " . shellescape(filename, 1) |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13126 | < |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13127 | Note: The executed string may be any command-line, but |
Bram Moolenaar | 76f3b1a | 2014-03-27 22:30:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13128 | starting or ending "if", "while" and "for" does not |
| 13129 | always work, because when commands are skipped the |
| 13130 | ":execute" is not evaluated and Vim loses track of |
| 13131 | where blocks start and end. Also "break" and |
| 13132 | "continue" should not be inside ":execute". |
| 13133 | This example does not work, because the ":execute" is |
| 13134 | not evaluated and Vim does not see the "while", and |
| 13135 | gives an error for finding an ":endwhile": > |
| 13136 | :if 0 |
| 13137 | : execute 'while i > 5' |
| 13138 | : echo "test" |
| 13139 | : endwhile |
| 13140 | :endif |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13141 | < |
| 13142 | It is allowed to have a "while" or "if" command |
| 13143 | completely in the executed string: > |
| 13144 | :execute 'while i < 5 | echo i | let i = i + 1 | endwhile' |
| 13145 | < |
| 13146 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13147 | *:exe-comment* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13148 | ":execute", ":echo" and ":echon" cannot be followed by |
| 13149 | a comment directly, because they see the '"' as the |
| 13150 | start of a string. But, you can use '|' followed by a |
| 13151 | comment. Example: > |
| 13152 | :echo "foo" | "this is a comment |
| 13153 | |
| 13154 | ============================================================================== |
| 13155 | 8. Exception handling *exception-handling* |
| 13156 | |
| 13157 | The Vim script language comprises an exception handling feature. This section |
| 13158 | explains how it can be used in a Vim script. |
| 13159 | |
| 13160 | Exceptions may be raised by Vim on an error or on interrupt, see |
| 13161 | |catch-errors| and |catch-interrupt|. You can also explicitly throw an |
| 13162 | exception by using the ":throw" command, see |throw-catch|. |
| 13163 | |
| 13164 | |
| 13165 | TRY CONDITIONALS *try-conditionals* |
| 13166 | |
| 13167 | Exceptions can be caught or can cause cleanup code to be executed. You can |
| 13168 | use a try conditional to specify catch clauses (that catch exceptions) and/or |
| 13169 | a finally clause (to be executed for cleanup). |
| 13170 | A try conditional begins with a |:try| command and ends at the matching |
| 13171 | |:endtry| command. In between, you can use a |:catch| command to start |
| 13172 | a catch clause, or a |:finally| command to start a finally clause. There may |
| 13173 | be none or multiple catch clauses, but there is at most one finally clause, |
| 13174 | which must not be followed by any catch clauses. The lines before the catch |
| 13175 | clauses and the finally clause is called a try block. > |
| 13176 | |
| 13177 | :try |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13178 | : ... |
| 13179 | : ... TRY BLOCK |
| 13180 | : ... |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13181 | :catch /{pattern}/ |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13182 | : ... |
| 13183 | : ... CATCH CLAUSE |
| 13184 | : ... |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13185 | :catch /{pattern}/ |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13186 | : ... |
| 13187 | : ... CATCH CLAUSE |
| 13188 | : ... |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13189 | :finally |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13190 | : ... |
| 13191 | : ... FINALLY CLAUSE |
| 13192 | : ... |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13193 | :endtry |
| 13194 | |
| 13195 | The try conditional allows to watch code for exceptions and to take the |
| 13196 | appropriate actions. Exceptions from the try block may be caught. Exceptions |
| 13197 | from the try block and also the catch clauses may cause cleanup actions. |
| 13198 | When no exception is thrown during execution of the try block, the control |
| 13199 | is transferred to the finally clause, if present. After its execution, the |
| 13200 | script continues with the line following the ":endtry". |
| 13201 | When an exception occurs during execution of the try block, the remaining |
| 13202 | lines in the try block are skipped. The exception is matched against the |
| 13203 | patterns specified as arguments to the ":catch" commands. The catch clause |
| 13204 | after the first matching ":catch" is taken, other catch clauses are not |
| 13205 | executed. The catch clause ends when the next ":catch", ":finally", or |
| 13206 | ":endtry" command is reached - whatever is first. Then, the finally clause |
| 13207 | (if present) is executed. When the ":endtry" is reached, the script execution |
| 13208 | continues in the following line as usual. |
| 13209 | When an exception that does not match any of the patterns specified by the |
| 13210 | ":catch" commands is thrown in the try block, the exception is not caught by |
| 13211 | that try conditional and none of the catch clauses is executed. Only the |
| 13212 | finally clause, if present, is taken. The exception pends during execution of |
| 13213 | the finally clause. It is resumed at the ":endtry", so that commands after |
| 13214 | the ":endtry" are not executed and the exception might be caught elsewhere, |
| 13215 | see |try-nesting|. |
| 13216 | When during execution of a catch clause another exception is thrown, the |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13217 | remaining lines in that catch clause are not executed. The new exception is |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13218 | not matched against the patterns in any of the ":catch" commands of the same |
| 13219 | try conditional and none of its catch clauses is taken. If there is, however, |
| 13220 | a finally clause, it is executed, and the exception pends during its |
| 13221 | execution. The commands following the ":endtry" are not executed. The new |
| 13222 | exception might, however, be caught elsewhere, see |try-nesting|. |
| 13223 | When during execution of the finally clause (if present) an exception is |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13224 | thrown, the remaining lines in the finally clause are skipped. If the finally |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13225 | clause has been taken because of an exception from the try block or one of the |
| 13226 | catch clauses, the original (pending) exception is discarded. The commands |
| 13227 | following the ":endtry" are not executed, and the exception from the finally |
| 13228 | clause is propagated and can be caught elsewhere, see |try-nesting|. |
| 13229 | |
| 13230 | The finally clause is also executed, when a ":break" or ":continue" for |
| 13231 | a ":while" loop enclosing the complete try conditional is executed from the |
| 13232 | try block or a catch clause. Or when a ":return" or ":finish" is executed |
| 13233 | from the try block or a catch clause of a try conditional in a function or |
| 13234 | sourced script, respectively. The ":break", ":continue", ":return", or |
| 13235 | ":finish" pends during execution of the finally clause and is resumed when the |
| 13236 | ":endtry" is reached. It is, however, discarded when an exception is thrown |
| 13237 | from the finally clause. |
| 13238 | When a ":break" or ":continue" for a ":while" loop enclosing the complete |
| 13239 | try conditional or when a ":return" or ":finish" is encountered in the finally |
| 13240 | clause, the rest of the finally clause is skipped, and the ":break", |
| 13241 | ":continue", ":return" or ":finish" is executed as usual. If the finally |
| 13242 | clause has been taken because of an exception or an earlier ":break", |
| 13243 | ":continue", ":return", or ":finish" from the try block or a catch clause, |
| 13244 | this pending exception or command is discarded. |
| 13245 | |
| 13246 | For examples see |throw-catch| and |try-finally|. |
| 13247 | |
| 13248 | |
| 13249 | NESTING OF TRY CONDITIONALS *try-nesting* |
| 13250 | |
| 13251 | Try conditionals can be nested arbitrarily. That is, a complete try |
| 13252 | conditional can be put into the try block, a catch clause, or the finally |
| 13253 | clause of another try conditional. If the inner try conditional does not |
| 13254 | catch an exception thrown in its try block or throws a new exception from one |
| 13255 | of its catch clauses or its finally clause, the outer try conditional is |
| 13256 | checked according to the rules above. If the inner try conditional is in the |
| 13257 | try block of the outer try conditional, its catch clauses are checked, but |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13258 | otherwise only the finally clause is executed. It does not matter for |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13259 | nesting, whether the inner try conditional is directly contained in the outer |
| 13260 | one, or whether the outer one sources a script or calls a function containing |
| 13261 | the inner try conditional. |
| 13262 | |
| 13263 | When none of the active try conditionals catches an exception, just their |
| 13264 | finally clauses are executed. Thereafter, the script processing terminates. |
| 13265 | An error message is displayed in case of an uncaught exception explicitly |
| 13266 | thrown by a ":throw" command. For uncaught error and interrupt exceptions |
| 13267 | implicitly raised by Vim, the error message(s) or interrupt message are shown |
| 13268 | as usual. |
| 13269 | |
| 13270 | For examples see |throw-catch|. |
| 13271 | |
| 13272 | |
| 13273 | EXAMINING EXCEPTION HANDLING CODE *except-examine* |
| 13274 | |
| 13275 | Exception handling code can get tricky. If you are in doubt what happens, set |
| 13276 | 'verbose' to 13 or use the ":13verbose" command modifier when sourcing your |
| 13277 | script file. Then you see when an exception is thrown, discarded, caught, or |
| 13278 | finished. When using a verbosity level of at least 14, things pending in |
| 13279 | a finally clause are also shown. This information is also given in debug mode |
| 13280 | (see |debug-scripts|). |
| 13281 | |
| 13282 | |
| 13283 | THROWING AND CATCHING EXCEPTIONS *throw-catch* |
| 13284 | |
| 13285 | You can throw any number or string as an exception. Use the |:throw| command |
| 13286 | and pass the value to be thrown as argument: > |
| 13287 | :throw 4711 |
| 13288 | :throw "string" |
| 13289 | < *throw-expression* |
| 13290 | You can also specify an expression argument. The expression is then evaluated |
| 13291 | first, and the result is thrown: > |
| 13292 | :throw 4705 + strlen("string") |
| 13293 | :throw strpart("strings", 0, 6) |
| 13294 | |
| 13295 | An exception might be thrown during evaluation of the argument of the ":throw" |
| 13296 | command. Unless it is caught there, the expression evaluation is abandoned. |
| 13297 | The ":throw" command then does not throw a new exception. |
| 13298 | Example: > |
| 13299 | |
| 13300 | :function! Foo(arg) |
| 13301 | : try |
| 13302 | : throw a:arg |
| 13303 | : catch /foo/ |
| 13304 | : endtry |
| 13305 | : return 1 |
| 13306 | :endfunction |
| 13307 | : |
| 13308 | :function! Bar() |
| 13309 | : echo "in Bar" |
| 13310 | : return 4710 |
| 13311 | :endfunction |
| 13312 | : |
| 13313 | :throw Foo("arrgh") + Bar() |
| 13314 | |
| 13315 | This throws "arrgh", and "in Bar" is not displayed since Bar() is not |
| 13316 | executed. > |
| 13317 | :throw Foo("foo") + Bar() |
| 13318 | however displays "in Bar" and throws 4711. |
| 13319 | |
| 13320 | Any other command that takes an expression as argument might also be |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13321 | abandoned by an (uncaught) exception during the expression evaluation. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13322 | exception is then propagated to the caller of the command. |
| 13323 | Example: > |
| 13324 | |
| 13325 | :if Foo("arrgh") |
| 13326 | : echo "then" |
| 13327 | :else |
| 13328 | : echo "else" |
| 13329 | :endif |
| 13330 | |
| 13331 | Here neither of "then" or "else" is displayed. |
| 13332 | |
| 13333 | *catch-order* |
| 13334 | Exceptions can be caught by a try conditional with one or more |:catch| |
| 13335 | commands, see |try-conditionals|. The values to be caught by each ":catch" |
| 13336 | command can be specified as a pattern argument. The subsequent catch clause |
| 13337 | gets executed when a matching exception is caught. |
| 13338 | Example: > |
| 13339 | |
| 13340 | :function! Foo(value) |
| 13341 | : try |
| 13342 | : throw a:value |
| 13343 | : catch /^\d\+$/ |
| 13344 | : echo "Number thrown" |
| 13345 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13346 | : echo "String thrown" |
| 13347 | : endtry |
| 13348 | :endfunction |
| 13349 | : |
| 13350 | :call Foo(0x1267) |
| 13351 | :call Foo('string') |
| 13352 | |
| 13353 | The first call to Foo() displays "Number thrown", the second "String thrown". |
| 13354 | An exception is matched against the ":catch" commands in the order they are |
| 13355 | specified. Only the first match counts. So you should place the more |
| 13356 | specific ":catch" first. The following order does not make sense: > |
| 13357 | |
| 13358 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13359 | : echo "String thrown" |
| 13360 | : catch /^\d\+$/ |
| 13361 | : echo "Number thrown" |
| 13362 | |
| 13363 | The first ":catch" here matches always, so that the second catch clause is |
| 13364 | never taken. |
| 13365 | |
| 13366 | *throw-variables* |
| 13367 | If you catch an exception by a general pattern, you may access the exact value |
| 13368 | in the variable |v:exception|: > |
| 13369 | |
| 13370 | : catch /^\d\+$/ |
| 13371 | : echo "Number thrown. Value is" v:exception |
| 13372 | |
| 13373 | You may also be interested where an exception was thrown. This is stored in |
| 13374 | |v:throwpoint|. Note that "v:exception" and "v:throwpoint" are valid for the |
| 13375 | exception most recently caught as long it is not finished. |
| 13376 | Example: > |
| 13377 | |
| 13378 | :function! Caught() |
| 13379 | : if v:exception != "" |
| 13380 | : echo 'Caught "' . v:exception . '" in ' . v:throwpoint |
| 13381 | : else |
| 13382 | : echo 'Nothing caught' |
| 13383 | : endif |
| 13384 | :endfunction |
| 13385 | : |
| 13386 | :function! Foo() |
| 13387 | : try |
| 13388 | : try |
| 13389 | : try |
| 13390 | : throw 4711 |
| 13391 | : finally |
| 13392 | : call Caught() |
| 13393 | : endtry |
| 13394 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13395 | : call Caught() |
| 13396 | : throw "oops" |
| 13397 | : endtry |
| 13398 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13399 | : call Caught() |
| 13400 | : finally |
| 13401 | : call Caught() |
| 13402 | : endtry |
| 13403 | :endfunction |
| 13404 | : |
| 13405 | :call Foo() |
| 13406 | |
| 13407 | This displays > |
| 13408 | |
| 13409 | Nothing caught |
| 13410 | Caught "4711" in function Foo, line 4 |
| 13411 | Caught "oops" in function Foo, line 10 |
| 13412 | Nothing caught |
| 13413 | |
| 13414 | A practical example: The following command ":LineNumber" displays the line |
| 13415 | number in the script or function where it has been used: > |
| 13416 | |
| 13417 | :function! LineNumber() |
| 13418 | : return substitute(v:throwpoint, '.*\D\(\d\+\).*', '\1', "") |
| 13419 | :endfunction |
| 13420 | :command! LineNumber try | throw "" | catch | echo LineNumber() | endtry |
| 13421 | < |
| 13422 | *try-nested* |
| 13423 | An exception that is not caught by a try conditional can be caught by |
| 13424 | a surrounding try conditional: > |
| 13425 | |
| 13426 | :try |
| 13427 | : try |
| 13428 | : throw "foo" |
| 13429 | : catch /foobar/ |
| 13430 | : echo "foobar" |
| 13431 | : finally |
| 13432 | : echo "inner finally" |
| 13433 | : endtry |
| 13434 | :catch /foo/ |
| 13435 | : echo "foo" |
| 13436 | :endtry |
| 13437 | |
| 13438 | The inner try conditional does not catch the exception, just its finally |
| 13439 | clause is executed. The exception is then caught by the outer try |
| 13440 | conditional. The example displays "inner finally" and then "foo". |
| 13441 | |
| 13442 | *throw-from-catch* |
| 13443 | You can catch an exception and throw a new one to be caught elsewhere from the |
| 13444 | catch clause: > |
| 13445 | |
| 13446 | :function! Foo() |
| 13447 | : throw "foo" |
| 13448 | :endfunction |
| 13449 | : |
| 13450 | :function! Bar() |
| 13451 | : try |
| 13452 | : call Foo() |
| 13453 | : catch /foo/ |
| 13454 | : echo "Caught foo, throw bar" |
| 13455 | : throw "bar" |
| 13456 | : endtry |
| 13457 | :endfunction |
| 13458 | : |
| 13459 | :try |
| 13460 | : call Bar() |
| 13461 | :catch /.*/ |
| 13462 | : echo "Caught" v:exception |
| 13463 | :endtry |
| 13464 | |
| 13465 | This displays "Caught foo, throw bar" and then "Caught bar". |
| 13466 | |
| 13467 | *rethrow* |
| 13468 | There is no real rethrow in the Vim script language, but you may throw |
| 13469 | "v:exception" instead: > |
| 13470 | |
| 13471 | :function! Bar() |
| 13472 | : try |
| 13473 | : call Foo() |
| 13474 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13475 | : echo "Rethrow" v:exception |
| 13476 | : throw v:exception |
| 13477 | : endtry |
| 13478 | :endfunction |
| 13479 | < *try-echoerr* |
| 13480 | Note that this method cannot be used to "rethrow" Vim error or interrupt |
| 13481 | exceptions, because it is not possible to fake Vim internal exceptions. |
| 13482 | Trying so causes an error exception. You should throw your own exception |
| 13483 | denoting the situation. If you want to cause a Vim error exception containing |
| 13484 | the original error exception value, you can use the |:echoerr| command: > |
| 13485 | |
| 13486 | :try |
| 13487 | : try |
| 13488 | : asdf |
| 13489 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13490 | : echoerr v:exception |
| 13491 | : endtry |
| 13492 | :catch /.*/ |
| 13493 | : echo v:exception |
| 13494 | :endtry |
| 13495 | |
| 13496 | This code displays |
| 13497 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13498 | Vim(echoerr):Vim:E492: Not an editor command: asdf ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13499 | |
| 13500 | |
| 13501 | CLEANUP CODE *try-finally* |
| 13502 | |
| 13503 | Scripts often change global settings and restore them at their end. If the |
| 13504 | user however interrupts the script by pressing CTRL-C, the settings remain in |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13505 | an inconsistent state. The same may happen to you in the development phase of |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13506 | a script when an error occurs or you explicitly throw an exception without |
| 13507 | catching it. You can solve these problems by using a try conditional with |
| 13508 | a finally clause for restoring the settings. Its execution is guaranteed on |
| 13509 | normal control flow, on error, on an explicit ":throw", and on interrupt. |
| 13510 | (Note that errors and interrupts from inside the try conditional are converted |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13511 | to exceptions. When not caught, they terminate the script after the finally |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13512 | clause has been executed.) |
| 13513 | Example: > |
| 13514 | |
| 13515 | :try |
| 13516 | : let s:saved_ts = &ts |
| 13517 | : set ts=17 |
| 13518 | : |
| 13519 | : " Do the hard work here. |
| 13520 | : |
| 13521 | :finally |
| 13522 | : let &ts = s:saved_ts |
| 13523 | : unlet s:saved_ts |
| 13524 | :endtry |
| 13525 | |
| 13526 | This method should be used locally whenever a function or part of a script |
| 13527 | changes global settings which need to be restored on failure or normal exit of |
| 13528 | that function or script part. |
| 13529 | |
| 13530 | *break-finally* |
| 13531 | Cleanup code works also when the try block or a catch clause is left by |
| 13532 | a ":continue", ":break", ":return", or ":finish". |
| 13533 | Example: > |
| 13534 | |
| 13535 | :let first = 1 |
| 13536 | :while 1 |
| 13537 | : try |
| 13538 | : if first |
| 13539 | : echo "first" |
| 13540 | : let first = 0 |
| 13541 | : continue |
| 13542 | : else |
| 13543 | : throw "second" |
| 13544 | : endif |
| 13545 | : catch /.*/ |
| 13546 | : echo v:exception |
| 13547 | : break |
| 13548 | : finally |
| 13549 | : echo "cleanup" |
| 13550 | : endtry |
| 13551 | : echo "still in while" |
| 13552 | :endwhile |
| 13553 | :echo "end" |
| 13554 | |
| 13555 | This displays "first", "cleanup", "second", "cleanup", and "end". > |
| 13556 | |
| 13557 | :function! Foo() |
| 13558 | : try |
| 13559 | : return 4711 |
| 13560 | : finally |
| 13561 | : echo "cleanup\n" |
| 13562 | : endtry |
| 13563 | : echo "Foo still active" |
| 13564 | :endfunction |
| 13565 | : |
| 13566 | :echo Foo() "returned by Foo" |
| 13567 | |
| 13568 | This displays "cleanup" and "4711 returned by Foo". You don't need to add an |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13569 | extra ":return" in the finally clause. (Above all, this would override the |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13570 | return value.) |
| 13571 | |
| 13572 | *except-from-finally* |
| 13573 | Using either of ":continue", ":break", ":return", ":finish", or ":throw" in |
| 13574 | a finally clause is possible, but not recommended since it abandons the |
| 13575 | cleanup actions for the try conditional. But, of course, interrupt and error |
| 13576 | exceptions might get raised from a finally clause. |
| 13577 | Example where an error in the finally clause stops an interrupt from |
| 13578 | working correctly: > |
| 13579 | |
| 13580 | :try |
| 13581 | : try |
| 13582 | : echo "Press CTRL-C for interrupt" |
| 13583 | : while 1 |
| 13584 | : endwhile |
| 13585 | : finally |
| 13586 | : unlet novar |
| 13587 | : endtry |
| 13588 | :catch /novar/ |
| 13589 | :endtry |
| 13590 | :echo "Script still running" |
| 13591 | :sleep 1 |
| 13592 | |
| 13593 | If you need to put commands that could fail into a finally clause, you should |
| 13594 | think about catching or ignoring the errors in these commands, see |
| 13595 | |catch-errors| and |ignore-errors|. |
| 13596 | |
| 13597 | |
| 13598 | CATCHING ERRORS *catch-errors* |
| 13599 | |
| 13600 | If you want to catch specific errors, you just have to put the code to be |
| 13601 | watched in a try block and add a catch clause for the error message. The |
| 13602 | presence of the try conditional causes all errors to be converted to an |
| 13603 | exception. No message is displayed and |v:errmsg| is not set then. To find |
| 13604 | the right pattern for the ":catch" command, you have to know how the format of |
| 13605 | the error exception is. |
| 13606 | Error exceptions have the following format: > |
| 13607 | |
| 13608 | Vim({cmdname}):{errmsg} |
| 13609 | or > |
| 13610 | Vim:{errmsg} |
| 13611 | |
| 13612 | {cmdname} is the name of the command that failed; the second form is used when |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13613 | the command name is not known. {errmsg} is the error message usually produced |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13614 | when the error occurs outside try conditionals. It always begins with |
| 13615 | a capital "E", followed by a two or three-digit error number, a colon, and |
| 13616 | a space. |
| 13617 | |
| 13618 | Examples: |
| 13619 | |
| 13620 | The command > |
| 13621 | :unlet novar |
| 13622 | normally produces the error message > |
| 13623 | E108: No such variable: "novar" |
| 13624 | which is converted inside try conditionals to an exception > |
| 13625 | Vim(unlet):E108: No such variable: "novar" |
| 13626 | |
| 13627 | The command > |
| 13628 | :dwim |
| 13629 | normally produces the error message > |
| 13630 | E492: Not an editor command: dwim |
| 13631 | which is converted inside try conditionals to an exception > |
| 13632 | Vim:E492: Not an editor command: dwim |
| 13633 | |
| 13634 | You can catch all ":unlet" errors by a > |
| 13635 | :catch /^Vim(unlet):/ |
| 13636 | or all errors for misspelled command names by a > |
| 13637 | :catch /^Vim:E492:/ |
| 13638 | |
| 13639 | Some error messages may be produced by different commands: > |
| 13640 | :function nofunc |
| 13641 | and > |
| 13642 | :delfunction nofunc |
| 13643 | both produce the error message > |
| 13644 | E128: Function name must start with a capital: nofunc |
| 13645 | which is converted inside try conditionals to an exception > |
| 13646 | Vim(function):E128: Function name must start with a capital: nofunc |
| 13647 | or > |
| 13648 | Vim(delfunction):E128: Function name must start with a capital: nofunc |
| 13649 | respectively. You can catch the error by its number independently on the |
| 13650 | command that caused it if you use the following pattern: > |
| 13651 | :catch /^Vim(\a\+):E128:/ |
| 13652 | |
| 13653 | Some commands like > |
| 13654 | :let x = novar |
| 13655 | produce multiple error messages, here: > |
| 13656 | E121: Undefined variable: novar |
| 13657 | E15: Invalid expression: novar |
| 13658 | Only the first is used for the exception value, since it is the most specific |
| 13659 | one (see |except-several-errors|). So you can catch it by > |
| 13660 | :catch /^Vim(\a\+):E121:/ |
| 13661 | |
| 13662 | You can catch all errors related to the name "nofunc" by > |
| 13663 | :catch /\<nofunc\>/ |
| 13664 | |
| 13665 | You can catch all Vim errors in the ":write" and ":read" commands by > |
| 13666 | :catch /^Vim(\(write\|read\)):E\d\+:/ |
| 13667 | |
| 13668 | You can catch all Vim errors by the pattern > |
| 13669 | :catch /^Vim\((\a\+)\)\=:E\d\+:/ |
| 13670 | < |
| 13671 | *catch-text* |
| 13672 | NOTE: You should never catch the error message text itself: > |
| 13673 | :catch /No such variable/ |
Bram Moolenaar | 2b8388b | 2015-02-28 13:11:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 13674 | only works in the English locale, but not when the user has selected |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13675 | a different language by the |:language| command. It is however helpful to |
| 13676 | cite the message text in a comment: > |
| 13677 | :catch /^Vim(\a\+):E108:/ " No such variable |
| 13678 | |
| 13679 | |
| 13680 | IGNORING ERRORS *ignore-errors* |
| 13681 | |
| 13682 | You can ignore errors in a specific Vim command by catching them locally: > |
| 13683 | |
| 13684 | :try |
| 13685 | : write |
| 13686 | :catch |
| 13687 | :endtry |
| 13688 | |
| 13689 | But you are strongly recommended NOT to use this simple form, since it could |
| 13690 | catch more than you want. With the ":write" command, some autocommands could |
| 13691 | be executed and cause errors not related to writing, for instance: > |
| 13692 | |
| 13693 | :au BufWritePre * unlet novar |
| 13694 | |
| 13695 | There could even be such errors you are not responsible for as a script |
| 13696 | writer: a user of your script might have defined such autocommands. You would |
| 13697 | then hide the error from the user. |
| 13698 | It is much better to use > |
| 13699 | |
| 13700 | :try |
| 13701 | : write |
| 13702 | :catch /^Vim(write):/ |
| 13703 | :endtry |
| 13704 | |
| 13705 | which only catches real write errors. So catch only what you'd like to ignore |
| 13706 | intentionally. |
| 13707 | |
| 13708 | For a single command that does not cause execution of autocommands, you could |
| 13709 | even suppress the conversion of errors to exceptions by the ":silent!" |
| 13710 | command: > |
| 13711 | :silent! nunmap k |
| 13712 | This works also when a try conditional is active. |
| 13713 | |
| 13714 | |
| 13715 | CATCHING INTERRUPTS *catch-interrupt* |
| 13716 | |
| 13717 | When there are active try conditionals, an interrupt (CTRL-C) is converted to |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13718 | the exception "Vim:Interrupt". You can catch it like every exception. The |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13719 | script is not terminated, then. |
| 13720 | Example: > |
| 13721 | |
| 13722 | :function! TASK1() |
| 13723 | : sleep 10 |
| 13724 | :endfunction |
| 13725 | |
| 13726 | :function! TASK2() |
| 13727 | : sleep 20 |
| 13728 | :endfunction |
| 13729 | |
| 13730 | :while 1 |
| 13731 | : let command = input("Type a command: ") |
| 13732 | : try |
| 13733 | : if command == "" |
| 13734 | : continue |
| 13735 | : elseif command == "END" |
| 13736 | : break |
| 13737 | : elseif command == "TASK1" |
| 13738 | : call TASK1() |
| 13739 | : elseif command == "TASK2" |
| 13740 | : call TASK2() |
| 13741 | : else |
| 13742 | : echo "\nIllegal command:" command |
| 13743 | : continue |
| 13744 | : endif |
| 13745 | : catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ |
| 13746 | : echo "\nCommand interrupted" |
| 13747 | : " Caught the interrupt. Continue with next prompt. |
| 13748 | : endtry |
| 13749 | :endwhile |
| 13750 | |
| 13751 | You can interrupt a task here by pressing CTRL-C; the script then asks for |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13752 | a new command. If you press CTRL-C at the prompt, the script is terminated. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13753 | |
| 13754 | For testing what happens when CTRL-C would be pressed on a specific line in |
| 13755 | your script, use the debug mode and execute the |>quit| or |>interrupt| |
| 13756 | command on that line. See |debug-scripts|. |
| 13757 | |
| 13758 | |
| 13759 | CATCHING ALL *catch-all* |
| 13760 | |
| 13761 | The commands > |
| 13762 | |
| 13763 | :catch /.*/ |
| 13764 | :catch // |
| 13765 | :catch |
| 13766 | |
| 13767 | catch everything, error exceptions, interrupt exceptions and exceptions |
| 13768 | explicitly thrown by the |:throw| command. This is useful at the top level of |
| 13769 | a script in order to catch unexpected things. |
| 13770 | Example: > |
| 13771 | |
| 13772 | :try |
| 13773 | : |
| 13774 | : " do the hard work here |
| 13775 | : |
| 13776 | :catch /MyException/ |
| 13777 | : |
| 13778 | : " handle known problem |
| 13779 | : |
| 13780 | :catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ |
| 13781 | : echo "Script interrupted" |
| 13782 | :catch /.*/ |
| 13783 | : echo "Internal error (" . v:exception . ")" |
| 13784 | : echo " - occurred at " . v:throwpoint |
| 13785 | :endtry |
| 13786 | :" end of script |
| 13787 | |
| 13788 | Note: Catching all might catch more things than you want. Thus, you are |
| 13789 | strongly encouraged to catch only for problems that you can really handle by |
| 13790 | specifying a pattern argument to the ":catch". |
| 13791 | Example: Catching all could make it nearly impossible to interrupt a script |
| 13792 | by pressing CTRL-C: > |
| 13793 | |
| 13794 | :while 1 |
| 13795 | : try |
| 13796 | : sleep 1 |
| 13797 | : catch |
| 13798 | : endtry |
| 13799 | :endwhile |
| 13800 | |
| 13801 | |
| 13802 | EXCEPTIONS AND AUTOCOMMANDS *except-autocmd* |
| 13803 | |
| 13804 | Exceptions may be used during execution of autocommands. Example: > |
| 13805 | |
| 13806 | :autocmd User x try |
| 13807 | :autocmd User x throw "Oops!" |
| 13808 | :autocmd User x catch |
| 13809 | :autocmd User x echo v:exception |
| 13810 | :autocmd User x endtry |
| 13811 | :autocmd User x throw "Arrgh!" |
| 13812 | :autocmd User x echo "Should not be displayed" |
| 13813 | : |
| 13814 | :try |
| 13815 | : doautocmd User x |
| 13816 | :catch |
| 13817 | : echo v:exception |
| 13818 | :endtry |
| 13819 | |
| 13820 | This displays "Oops!" and "Arrgh!". |
| 13821 | |
| 13822 | *except-autocmd-Pre* |
| 13823 | For some commands, autocommands get executed before the main action of the |
| 13824 | command takes place. If an exception is thrown and not caught in the sequence |
| 13825 | of autocommands, the sequence and the command that caused its execution are |
| 13826 | abandoned and the exception is propagated to the caller of the command. |
| 13827 | Example: > |
| 13828 | |
| 13829 | :autocmd BufWritePre * throw "FAIL" |
| 13830 | :autocmd BufWritePre * echo "Should not be displayed" |
| 13831 | : |
| 13832 | :try |
| 13833 | : write |
| 13834 | :catch |
| 13835 | : echo "Caught:" v:exception "from" v:throwpoint |
| 13836 | :endtry |
| 13837 | |
| 13838 | Here, the ":write" command does not write the file currently being edited (as |
| 13839 | you can see by checking 'modified'), since the exception from the BufWritePre |
| 13840 | autocommand abandons the ":write". The exception is then caught and the |
| 13841 | script displays: > |
| 13842 | |
| 13843 | Caught: FAIL from BufWrite Auto commands for "*" |
| 13844 | < |
| 13845 | *except-autocmd-Post* |
| 13846 | For some commands, autocommands get executed after the main action of the |
| 13847 | command has taken place. If this main action fails and the command is inside |
| 13848 | an active try conditional, the autocommands are skipped and an error exception |
| 13849 | is thrown that can be caught by the caller of the command. |
| 13850 | Example: > |
| 13851 | |
| 13852 | :autocmd BufWritePost * echo "File successfully written!" |
| 13853 | : |
| 13854 | :try |
| 13855 | : write /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e |
| 13856 | :catch |
| 13857 | : echo v:exception |
| 13858 | :endtry |
| 13859 | |
| 13860 | This just displays: > |
| 13861 | |
| 13862 | Vim(write):E212: Can't open file for writing (/i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e) |
| 13863 | |
| 13864 | If you really need to execute the autocommands even when the main action |
| 13865 | fails, trigger the event from the catch clause. |
| 13866 | Example: > |
| 13867 | |
| 13868 | :autocmd BufWritePre * set noreadonly |
| 13869 | :autocmd BufWritePost * set readonly |
| 13870 | : |
| 13871 | :try |
| 13872 | : write /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e |
| 13873 | :catch |
| 13874 | : doautocmd BufWritePost /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e |
| 13875 | :endtry |
| 13876 | < |
| 13877 | You can also use ":silent!": > |
| 13878 | |
| 13879 | :let x = "ok" |
| 13880 | :let v:errmsg = "" |
| 13881 | :autocmd BufWritePost * if v:errmsg != "" |
| 13882 | :autocmd BufWritePost * let x = "after fail" |
| 13883 | :autocmd BufWritePost * endif |
| 13884 | :try |
| 13885 | : silent! write /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e |
| 13886 | :catch |
| 13887 | :endtry |
| 13888 | :echo x |
| 13889 | |
| 13890 | This displays "after fail". |
| 13891 | |
| 13892 | If the main action of the command does not fail, exceptions from the |
| 13893 | autocommands will be catchable by the caller of the command: > |
| 13894 | |
| 13895 | :autocmd BufWritePost * throw ":-(" |
| 13896 | :autocmd BufWritePost * echo "Should not be displayed" |
| 13897 | : |
| 13898 | :try |
| 13899 | : write |
| 13900 | :catch |
| 13901 | : echo v:exception |
| 13902 | :endtry |
| 13903 | < |
| 13904 | *except-autocmd-Cmd* |
| 13905 | For some commands, the normal action can be replaced by a sequence of |
| 13906 | autocommands. Exceptions from that sequence will be catchable by the caller |
| 13907 | of the command. |
| 13908 | Example: For the ":write" command, the caller cannot know whether the file |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13909 | had actually been written when the exception occurred. You need to tell it in |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13910 | some way. > |
| 13911 | |
| 13912 | :if !exists("cnt") |
| 13913 | : let cnt = 0 |
| 13914 | : |
| 13915 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * if &modified |
| 13916 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * let cnt = cnt + 1 |
| 13917 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * if cnt % 3 == 2 |
| 13918 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * throw "BufWriteCmdError" |
| 13919 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * endif |
| 13920 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * write | set nomodified |
| 13921 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * if cnt % 3 == 0 |
| 13922 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * throw "BufWriteCmdError" |
| 13923 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * endif |
| 13924 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * echo "File successfully written!" |
| 13925 | : autocmd BufWriteCmd * endif |
| 13926 | :endif |
| 13927 | : |
| 13928 | :try |
| 13929 | : write |
| 13930 | :catch /^BufWriteCmdError$/ |
| 13931 | : if &modified |
| 13932 | : echo "Error on writing (file contents not changed)" |
| 13933 | : else |
| 13934 | : echo "Error after writing" |
| 13935 | : endif |
| 13936 | :catch /^Vim(write):/ |
| 13937 | : echo "Error on writing" |
| 13938 | :endtry |
| 13939 | |
| 13940 | When this script is sourced several times after making changes, it displays |
| 13941 | first > |
| 13942 | File successfully written! |
| 13943 | then > |
| 13944 | Error on writing (file contents not changed) |
| 13945 | then > |
| 13946 | Error after writing |
| 13947 | etc. |
| 13948 | |
| 13949 | *except-autocmd-ill* |
| 13950 | You cannot spread a try conditional over autocommands for different events. |
| 13951 | The following code is ill-formed: > |
| 13952 | |
| 13953 | :autocmd BufWritePre * try |
| 13954 | : |
| 13955 | :autocmd BufWritePost * catch |
| 13956 | :autocmd BufWritePost * echo v:exception |
| 13957 | :autocmd BufWritePost * endtry |
| 13958 | : |
| 13959 | :write |
| 13960 | |
| 13961 | |
| 13962 | EXCEPTION HIERARCHIES AND PARAMETERIZED EXCEPTIONS *except-hier-param* |
| 13963 | |
| 13964 | Some programming languages allow to use hierarchies of exception classes or to |
| 13965 | pass additional information with the object of an exception class. You can do |
| 13966 | similar things in Vim. |
| 13967 | In order to throw an exception from a hierarchy, just throw the complete |
| 13968 | class name with the components separated by a colon, for instance throw the |
| 13969 | string "EXCEPT:MATHERR:OVERFLOW" for an overflow in a mathematical library. |
| 13970 | When you want to pass additional information with your exception class, add |
| 13971 | it in parentheses, for instance throw the string "EXCEPT:IO:WRITEERR(myfile)" |
| 13972 | for an error when writing "myfile". |
| 13973 | With the appropriate patterns in the ":catch" command, you can catch for |
| 13974 | base classes or derived classes of your hierarchy. Additional information in |
| 13975 | parentheses can be cut out from |v:exception| with the ":substitute" command. |
| 13976 | Example: > |
| 13977 | |
| 13978 | :function! CheckRange(a, func) |
| 13979 | : if a:a < 0 |
| 13980 | : throw "EXCEPT:MATHERR:RANGE(" . a:func . ")" |
| 13981 | : endif |
| 13982 | :endfunction |
| 13983 | : |
| 13984 | :function! Add(a, b) |
| 13985 | : call CheckRange(a:a, "Add") |
| 13986 | : call CheckRange(a:b, "Add") |
| 13987 | : let c = a:a + a:b |
| 13988 | : if c < 0 |
| 13989 | : throw "EXCEPT:MATHERR:OVERFLOW" |
| 13990 | : endif |
| 13991 | : return c |
| 13992 | :endfunction |
| 13993 | : |
| 13994 | :function! Div(a, b) |
| 13995 | : call CheckRange(a:a, "Div") |
| 13996 | : call CheckRange(a:b, "Div") |
| 13997 | : if (a:b == 0) |
| 13998 | : throw "EXCEPT:MATHERR:ZERODIV" |
| 13999 | : endif |
| 14000 | : return a:a / a:b |
| 14001 | :endfunction |
| 14002 | : |
| 14003 | :function! Write(file) |
| 14004 | : try |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14005 | : execute "write" fnameescape(a:file) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14006 | : catch /^Vim(write):/ |
| 14007 | : throw "EXCEPT:IO(" . getcwd() . ", " . a:file . "):WRITEERR" |
| 14008 | : endtry |
| 14009 | :endfunction |
| 14010 | : |
| 14011 | :try |
| 14012 | : |
| 14013 | : " something with arithmetics and I/O |
| 14014 | : |
| 14015 | :catch /^EXCEPT:MATHERR:RANGE/ |
| 14016 | : let function = substitute(v:exception, '.*(\(\a\+\)).*', '\1', "") |
| 14017 | : echo "Range error in" function |
| 14018 | : |
| 14019 | :catch /^EXCEPT:MATHERR/ " catches OVERFLOW and ZERODIV |
| 14020 | : echo "Math error" |
| 14021 | : |
| 14022 | :catch /^EXCEPT:IO/ |
| 14023 | : let dir = substitute(v:exception, '.*(\(.\+\),\s*.\+).*', '\1', "") |
| 14024 | : let file = substitute(v:exception, '.*(.\+,\s*\(.\+\)).*', '\1', "") |
| 14025 | : if file !~ '^/' |
| 14026 | : let file = dir . "/" . file |
| 14027 | : endif |
| 14028 | : echo 'I/O error for "' . file . '"' |
| 14029 | : |
| 14030 | :catch /^EXCEPT/ |
| 14031 | : echo "Unspecified error" |
| 14032 | : |
| 14033 | :endtry |
| 14034 | |
| 14035 | The exceptions raised by Vim itself (on error or when pressing CTRL-C) use |
| 14036 | a flat hierarchy: they are all in the "Vim" class. You cannot throw yourself |
| 14037 | exceptions with the "Vim" prefix; they are reserved for Vim. |
| 14038 | Vim error exceptions are parameterized with the name of the command that |
| 14039 | failed, if known. See |catch-errors|. |
| 14040 | |
| 14041 | |
| 14042 | PECULIARITIES |
| 14043 | *except-compat* |
| 14044 | The exception handling concept requires that the command sequence causing the |
| 14045 | exception is aborted immediately and control is transferred to finally clauses |
| 14046 | and/or a catch clause. |
| 14047 | |
| 14048 | In the Vim script language there are cases where scripts and functions |
| 14049 | continue after an error: in functions without the "abort" flag or in a command |
| 14050 | after ":silent!", control flow goes to the following line, and outside |
| 14051 | functions, control flow goes to the line following the outermost ":endwhile" |
| 14052 | or ":endif". On the other hand, errors should be catchable as exceptions |
| 14053 | (thus, requiring the immediate abortion). |
| 14054 | |
| 14055 | This problem has been solved by converting errors to exceptions and using |
| 14056 | immediate abortion (if not suppressed by ":silent!") only when a try |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14057 | conditional is active. This is no restriction since an (error) exception can |
| 14058 | be caught only from an active try conditional. If you want an immediate |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14059 | termination without catching the error, just use a try conditional without |
| 14060 | catch clause. (You can cause cleanup code being executed before termination |
| 14061 | by specifying a finally clause.) |
| 14062 | |
| 14063 | When no try conditional is active, the usual abortion and continuation |
| 14064 | behavior is used instead of immediate abortion. This ensures compatibility of |
| 14065 | scripts written for Vim 6.1 and earlier. |
| 14066 | |
| 14067 | However, when sourcing an existing script that does not use exception handling |
| 14068 | commands (or when calling one of its functions) from inside an active try |
| 14069 | conditional of a new script, you might change the control flow of the existing |
| 14070 | script on error. You get the immediate abortion on error and can catch the |
| 14071 | error in the new script. If however the sourced script suppresses error |
| 14072 | messages by using the ":silent!" command (checking for errors by testing |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14073 | |v:errmsg| if appropriate), its execution path is not changed. The error is |
| 14074 | not converted to an exception. (See |:silent|.) So the only remaining cause |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14075 | where this happens is for scripts that don't care about errors and produce |
| 14076 | error messages. You probably won't want to use such code from your new |
| 14077 | scripts. |
| 14078 | |
| 14079 | *except-syntax-err* |
| 14080 | Syntax errors in the exception handling commands are never caught by any of |
| 14081 | the ":catch" commands of the try conditional they belong to. Its finally |
| 14082 | clauses, however, is executed. |
| 14083 | Example: > |
| 14084 | |
| 14085 | :try |
| 14086 | : try |
| 14087 | : throw 4711 |
| 14088 | : catch /\(/ |
| 14089 | : echo "in catch with syntax error" |
| 14090 | : catch |
| 14091 | : echo "inner catch-all" |
| 14092 | : finally |
| 14093 | : echo "inner finally" |
| 14094 | : endtry |
| 14095 | :catch |
| 14096 | : echo 'outer catch-all caught "' . v:exception . '"' |
| 14097 | : finally |
| 14098 | : echo "outer finally" |
| 14099 | :endtry |
| 14100 | |
| 14101 | This displays: > |
| 14102 | inner finally |
| 14103 | outer catch-all caught "Vim(catch):E54: Unmatched \(" |
| 14104 | outer finally |
| 14105 | The original exception is discarded and an error exception is raised, instead. |
| 14106 | |
| 14107 | *except-single-line* |
| 14108 | The ":try", ":catch", ":finally", and ":endtry" commands can be put on |
| 14109 | a single line, but then syntax errors may make it difficult to recognize the |
| 14110 | "catch" line, thus you better avoid this. |
| 14111 | Example: > |
| 14112 | :try | unlet! foo # | catch | endtry |
| 14113 | raises an error exception for the trailing characters after the ":unlet!" |
| 14114 | argument, but does not see the ":catch" and ":endtry" commands, so that the |
| 14115 | error exception is discarded and the "E488: Trailing characters" message gets |
| 14116 | displayed. |
| 14117 | |
| 14118 | *except-several-errors* |
| 14119 | When several errors appear in a single command, the first error message is |
| 14120 | usually the most specific one and therefor converted to the error exception. |
| 14121 | Example: > |
| 14122 | echo novar |
| 14123 | causes > |
| 14124 | E121: Undefined variable: novar |
| 14125 | E15: Invalid expression: novar |
| 14126 | The value of the error exception inside try conditionals is: > |
| 14127 | Vim(echo):E121: Undefined variable: novar |
| 14128 | < *except-syntax-error* |
| 14129 | But when a syntax error is detected after a normal error in the same command, |
| 14130 | the syntax error is used for the exception being thrown. |
| 14131 | Example: > |
| 14132 | unlet novar # |
| 14133 | causes > |
| 14134 | E108: No such variable: "novar" |
| 14135 | E488: Trailing characters |
| 14136 | The value of the error exception inside try conditionals is: > |
| 14137 | Vim(unlet):E488: Trailing characters |
| 14138 | This is done because the syntax error might change the execution path in a way |
| 14139 | not intended by the user. Example: > |
| 14140 | try |
| 14141 | try | unlet novar # | catch | echo v:exception | endtry |
| 14142 | catch /.*/ |
| 14143 | echo "outer catch:" v:exception |
| 14144 | endtry |
| 14145 | This displays "outer catch: Vim(unlet):E488: Trailing characters", and then |
| 14146 | a "E600: Missing :endtry" error message is given, see |except-single-line|. |
| 14147 | |
| 14148 | ============================================================================== |
| 14149 | 9. Examples *eval-examples* |
| 14150 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14151 | Printing in Binary ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14152 | > |
Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 14153 | :" The function Nr2Bin() returns the binary string representation of a number. |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14154 | :func Nr2Bin(nr) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14155 | : let n = a:nr |
| 14156 | : let r = "" |
| 14157 | : while n |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14158 | : let r = '01'[n % 2] . r |
| 14159 | : let n = n / 2 |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14160 | : endwhile |
| 14161 | : return r |
| 14162 | :endfunc |
| 14163 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14164 | :" The function String2Bin() converts each character in a string to a |
| 14165 | :" binary string, separated with dashes. |
| 14166 | :func String2Bin(str) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14167 | : let out = '' |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14168 | : for ix in range(strlen(a:str)) |
| 14169 | : let out = out . '-' . Nr2Bin(char2nr(a:str[ix])) |
| 14170 | : endfor |
| 14171 | : return out[1:] |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14172 | :endfunc |
| 14173 | |
| 14174 | Example of its use: > |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14175 | :echo Nr2Bin(32) |
| 14176 | result: "100000" > |
| 14177 | :echo String2Bin("32") |
| 14178 | result: "110011-110010" |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14179 | |
| 14180 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14181 | Sorting lines ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14182 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14183 | This example sorts lines with a specific compare function. > |
| 14184 | |
| 14185 | :func SortBuffer() |
| 14186 | : let lines = getline(1, '$') |
| 14187 | : call sort(lines, function("Strcmp")) |
| 14188 | : call setline(1, lines) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14189 | :endfunction |
| 14190 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14191 | As a one-liner: > |
| 14192 | :call setline(1, sort(getline(1, '$'), function("Strcmp"))) |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14193 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14194 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14195 | scanf() replacement ~ |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14196 | *sscanf* |
| 14197 | There is no sscanf() function in Vim. If you need to extract parts from a |
| 14198 | line, you can use matchstr() and substitute() to do it. This example shows |
| 14199 | how to get the file name, line number and column number out of a line like |
| 14200 | "foobar.txt, 123, 45". > |
| 14201 | :" Set up the match bit |
| 14202 | :let mx='\(\f\+\),\s*\(\d\+\),\s*\(\d\+\)' |
| 14203 | :"get the part matching the whole expression |
| 14204 | :let l = matchstr(line, mx) |
| 14205 | :"get each item out of the match |
| 14206 | :let file = substitute(l, mx, '\1', '') |
| 14207 | :let lnum = substitute(l, mx, '\2', '') |
| 14208 | :let col = substitute(l, mx, '\3', '') |
| 14209 | |
| 14210 | The input is in the variable "line", the results in the variables "file", |
| 14211 | "lnum" and "col". (idea from Michael Geddes) |
| 14212 | |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14213 | |
| 14214 | getting the scriptnames in a Dictionary ~ |
| 14215 | *scriptnames-dictionary* |
| 14216 | The |:scriptnames| command can be used to get a list of all script files that |
| 14217 | have been sourced. There is no equivalent function or variable for this |
| 14218 | (because it's rarely needed). In case you need to manipulate the list this |
| 14219 | code can be used: > |
| 14220 | " Get the output of ":scriptnames" in the scriptnames_output variable. |
| 14221 | let scriptnames_output = '' |
| 14222 | redir => scriptnames_output |
| 14223 | silent scriptnames |
| 14224 | redir END |
Bram Moolenaar | b0d45e7 | 2017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 14225 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14226 | " Split the output into lines and parse each line. Add an entry to the |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14227 | " "scripts" dictionary. |
| 14228 | let scripts = {} |
| 14229 | for line in split(scriptnames_output, "\n") |
| 14230 | " Only do non-blank lines. |
| 14231 | if line =~ '\S' |
| 14232 | " Get the first number in the line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14233 | let nr = matchstr(line, '\d\+') |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14234 | " Get the file name, remove the script number " 123: ". |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14235 | let name = substitute(line, '.\+:\s*', '', '') |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14236 | " Add an item to the Dictionary |
Bram Moolenaar | 446cb83 | 2008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14237 | let scripts[nr] = name |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14238 | endif |
| 14239 | endfor |
| 14240 | unlet scriptnames_output |
| 14241 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14242 | ============================================================================== |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14243 | 10. Vim script versions *vimscript-version* *vimscript-versions* |
Bram Moolenaar | 911ead1 | 2019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14244 | *scriptversion* |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14245 | Over time many features have been added to Vim script. This includes Ex |
| 14246 | commands, functions, variable types, etc. Each individual feature can be |
| 14247 | checked with the |has()| and |exists()| functions. |
| 14248 | |
| 14249 | Sometimes old syntax of functionality gets in the way of making Vim better. |
| 14250 | When support is taken away this will break older Vim scripts. To make this |
| 14251 | explicit the |:scriptversion| command can be used. When a Vim script is not |
| 14252 | compatible with older versions of Vim this will give an explicit error, |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14253 | instead of failing in mysterious ways. |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14254 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14255 | *scriptversion-1* > |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14256 | :scriptversion 1 |
| 14257 | < This is the original Vim script, same as not using a |:scriptversion| |
| 14258 | command. Can be used to go back to old syntax for a range of lines. |
| 14259 | Test for support with: > |
| 14260 | has('vimscript-1') |
| 14261 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14262 | < *scriptversion-2* > |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14263 | :scriptversion 2 |
Bram Moolenaar | 68e6560 | 2019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14264 | < String concatenation with "." is not supported, use ".." instead. |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14265 | This avoids the ambiguity using "." for Dict member access and |
| 14266 | floating point numbers. Now ".5" means the number 0.5. |
Bram Moolenaar | 3ff5f0f | 2019-06-10 13:11:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14267 | |
| 14268 | *scriptversion-3* > |
Bram Moolenaar | 911ead1 | 2019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14269 | :scriptversion 3 |
| 14270 | < All |vim-variable|s must be prefixed by "v:". E.g. "version" doesn't |
| 14271 | work as |v:version| anymore, it can be used as a normal variable. |
| 14272 | Same for some obvious names as "count" and others. |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14273 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 911ead1 | 2019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14274 | Test for support with: > |
| 14275 | has('vimscript-3') |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14276 | < |
| 14277 | *scriptversion-4* > |
| 14278 | :scriptversion 4 |
Bram Moolenaar | c17e66c | 2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14279 | < Numbers with a leading zero are not recognized as octal. "0o" or "0O" |
| 14280 | is still recognized as octal. With the |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14281 | previous version you get: > |
Bram Moolenaar | c17e66c | 2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14282 | echo 017 " displays 15 (octal) |
| 14283 | echo 0o17 " displays 15 (octal) |
| 14284 | echo 018 " displays 18 (decimal) |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14285 | < with script version 4: > |
Bram Moolenaar | c17e66c | 2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14286 | echo 017 " displays 17 (decimal) |
| 14287 | echo 0o17 " displays 15 (octal) |
| 14288 | echo 018 " displays 18 (decimal) |
Bram Moolenaar | 60a8de2 | 2019-09-15 14:33:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14289 | < Also, it is possible to use single quotes inside numbers to make them |
| 14290 | easier to read: > |
| 14291 | echo 1'000'000 |
| 14292 | < The quotes must be surrounded by digits. |
| 14293 | |
| 14294 | Test for support with: > |
| 14295 | has('vimscript-4') |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14296 | |
| 14297 | ============================================================================== |
| 14298 | 11. No +eval feature *no-eval-feature* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14299 | |
| 14300 | When the |+eval| feature was disabled at compile time, none of the expression |
| 14301 | evaluation commands are available. To prevent this from causing Vim scripts |
| 14302 | to generate all kinds of errors, the ":if" and ":endif" commands are still |
| 14303 | recognized, though the argument of the ":if" and everything between the ":if" |
| 14304 | and the matching ":endif" is ignored. Nesting of ":if" blocks is allowed, but |
| 14305 | only if the commands are at the start of the line. The ":else" command is not |
| 14306 | recognized. |
| 14307 | |
| 14308 | Example of how to avoid executing commands when the |+eval| feature is |
| 14309 | missing: > |
| 14310 | |
| 14311 | :if 1 |
| 14312 | : echo "Expression evaluation is compiled in" |
| 14313 | :else |
| 14314 | : echo "You will _never_ see this message" |
| 14315 | :endif |
| 14316 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 773a97c | 2019-06-06 20:39:55 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14317 | To execute a command only when the |+eval| feature is disabled can be done in |
| 14318 | two ways. The simplest is to exit the script (or Vim) prematurely: > |
| 14319 | if 1 |
| 14320 | echo "commands executed with +eval" |
| 14321 | finish |
| 14322 | endif |
| 14323 | args " command executed without +eval |
| 14324 | |
| 14325 | If you do not want to abort loading the script you can use a trick, as this |
| 14326 | example shows: > |
Bram Moolenaar | 45d2cca | 2017-04-30 16:36:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14327 | |
| 14328 | silent! while 0 |
| 14329 | set history=111 |
| 14330 | silent! endwhile |
| 14331 | |
| 14332 | When the |+eval| feature is available the command is skipped because of the |
| 14333 | "while 0". Without the |+eval| feature the "while 0" is an error, which is |
| 14334 | silently ignored, and the command is executed. |
Bram Moolenaar | cd5c8f8 | 2017-04-09 20:11:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14335 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14336 | ============================================================================== |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14337 | 12. The sandbox *eval-sandbox* *sandbox* *E48* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14338 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 368373e | 2010-07-19 20:46:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14339 | The 'foldexpr', 'formatexpr', 'includeexpr', 'indentexpr', 'statusline' and |
| 14340 | 'foldtext' options may be evaluated in a sandbox. This means that you are |
| 14341 | protected from these expressions having nasty side effects. This gives some |
| 14342 | safety for when these options are set from a modeline. It is also used when |
| 14343 | the command from a tags file is executed and for CTRL-R = in the command line. |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14344 | The sandbox is also used for the |:sandbox| command. |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14345 | |
| 14346 | These items are not allowed in the sandbox: |
| 14347 | - changing the buffer text |
Bram Moolenaar | b477af2 | 2018-07-15 20:20:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14348 | - defining or changing mapping, autocommands, user commands |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14349 | - setting certain options (see |option-summary|) |
Bram Moolenaar | ef2f656 | 2007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14350 | - setting certain v: variables (see |v:var|) *E794* |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14351 | - executing a shell command |
| 14352 | - reading or writing a file |
| 14353 | - jumping to another buffer or editing a file |
Bram Moolenaar | 4770d09 | 2006-01-12 23:22:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14354 | - executing Python, Perl, etc. commands |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14355 | This is not guaranteed 100% secure, but it should block most attacks. |
| 14356 | |
| 14357 | *:san* *:sandbox* |
Bram Moolenaar | 045e82d | 2005-07-08 22:25:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14358 | :san[dbox] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in the sandbox. Useful to evaluate an |
Bram Moolenaar | 7b0294c | 2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14359 | option that may have been set from a modeline, e.g. |
| 14360 | 'foldexpr'. |
| 14361 | |
Bram Moolenaar | b71eaae | 2006-01-20 23:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14362 | *sandbox-option* |
| 14363 | A few options contain an expression. When this expression is evaluated it may |
Bram Moolenaar | 9b2200a | 2006-03-20 21:55:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14364 | have to be done in the sandbox to avoid a security risk. But the sandbox is |
Bram Moolenaar | b71eaae | 2006-01-20 23:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14365 | restrictive, thus this only happens when the option was set from an insecure |
| 14366 | location. Insecure in this context are: |
Bram Moolenaar | 551dbcc | 2006-04-25 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14367 | - sourcing a .vimrc or .exrc in the current directory |
Bram Moolenaar | b71eaae | 2006-01-20 23:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14368 | - while executing in the sandbox |
| 14369 | - value coming from a modeline |
Bram Moolenaar | b477af2 | 2018-07-15 20:20:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14370 | - executing a function that was defined in the sandbox |
Bram Moolenaar | b71eaae | 2006-01-20 23:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14371 | |
| 14372 | Note that when in the sandbox and saving an option value and restoring it, the |
| 14373 | option will still be marked as it was set in the sandbox. |
| 14374 | |
| 14375 | ============================================================================== |
Bram Moolenaar | 558ca4a | 2019-04-04 18:15:38 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14376 | 13. Textlock *textlock* |
Bram Moolenaar | b71eaae | 2006-01-20 23:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14377 | |
| 14378 | In a few situations it is not allowed to change the text in the buffer, jump |
| 14379 | to another window and some other things that might confuse or break what Vim |
| 14380 | is currently doing. This mostly applies to things that happen when Vim is |
Bram Moolenaar | 58b8534 | 2016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14381 | actually doing something else. For example, evaluating the 'balloonexpr' may |
Bram Moolenaar | b71eaae | 2006-01-20 23:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14382 | happen any moment the mouse cursor is resting at some position. |
| 14383 | |
| 14384 | This is not allowed when the textlock is active: |
| 14385 | - changing the buffer text |
| 14386 | - jumping to another buffer or window |
| 14387 | - editing another file |
| 14388 | - closing a window or quitting Vim |
| 14389 | - etc. |
| 14390 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14391 | |
Bram Moolenaar | 91f84f6 | 2018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14392 | vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |