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Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001*builtin.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2022 Apr 06
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7Builtin functions *builtin-functions*
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9Note: Expression evaluation can be disabled at compile time. If this has been
10done, the builtin functions are not available. See |+eval| and
11|no-eval-feature|.
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131. Overview |builtin-function-list|
142. Details |builtin-function-details|
153. Feature list |feature-list|
164. Matching a pattern in a String |string-match|
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18==============================================================================
191. Overview *builtin-function-list*
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21Use CTRL-] on the function name to jump to the full explanation.
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23USAGE RESULT DESCRIPTION ~
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25abs({expr}) Float or Number absolute value of {expr}
26acos({expr}) Float arc cosine of {expr}
27add({object}, {item}) List/Blob append {item} to {object}
28and({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise AND
29append({lnum}, {text}) Number append {text} below line {lnum}
30appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text})
31 Number append {text} below line {lnum}
32 in buffer {expr}
33argc([{winid}]) Number number of files in the argument list
34argidx() Number current index in the argument list
35arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) Number argument list id
36argv({nr} [, {winid}]) String {nr} entry of the argument list
37argv([-1, {winid}]) List the argument list
38asin({expr}) Float arc sine of {expr}
39assert_beeps({cmd}) Number assert {cmd} causes a beep
40assert_equal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}])
41 Number assert {exp} is equal to {act}
42assert_equalfile({fname-one}, {fname-two} [, {msg}])
43 Number assert file contents are equal
44assert_exception({error} [, {msg}])
45 Number assert {error} is in v:exception
46assert_fails({cmd} [, {error} [, {msg} [, {lnum} [, {context}]]]])
47 Number assert {cmd} fails
48assert_false({actual} [, {msg}])
49 Number assert {actual} is false
50assert_inrange({lower}, {upper}, {actual} [, {msg}])
51 Number assert {actual} is inside the range
52assert_match({pat}, {text} [, {msg}])
53 Number assert {pat} matches {text}
54assert_nobeep({cmd}) Number assert {cmd} does not cause a beep
55assert_notequal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}])
56 Number assert {exp} is not equal {act}
57assert_notmatch({pat}, {text} [, {msg}])
58 Number assert {pat} not matches {text}
59assert_report({msg}) Number report a test failure
60assert_true({actual} [, {msg}]) Number assert {actual} is true
61atan({expr}) Float arc tangent of {expr}
62atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) Float arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}
63balloon_gettext() String current text in the balloon
64balloon_show({expr}) none show {expr} inside the balloon
65balloon_split({msg}) List split {msg} as used for a balloon
66blob2list({blob}) List convert {blob} into a list of numbers
67browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default})
68 String put up a file requester
69browsedir({title}, {initdir}) String put up a directory requester
70bufadd({name}) Number add a buffer to the buffer list
71bufexists({buf}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {buf} exists
72buflisted({buf}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {buf} is listed
73bufload({buf}) Number load buffer {buf} if not loaded yet
74bufloaded({buf}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {buf} is loaded
75bufname([{buf}]) String Name of the buffer {buf}
76bufnr([{buf} [, {create}]]) Number Number of the buffer {buf}
77bufwinid({buf}) Number window ID of buffer {buf}
78bufwinnr({buf}) Number window number of buffer {buf}
79byte2line({byte}) Number line number at byte count {byte}
80byteidx({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr}
81byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr}
82call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}])
83 any call {func} with arguments {arglist}
84ceil({expr}) Float round {expr} up
85ch_canread({handle}) Number check if there is something to read
86ch_close({handle}) none close {handle}
87ch_close_in({handle}) none close in part of {handle}
88ch_evalexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
89 any evaluate {expr} on JSON {handle}
90ch_evalraw({handle}, {string} [, {options}])
91 any evaluate {string} on raw {handle}
92ch_getbufnr({handle}, {what}) Number get buffer number for {handle}/{what}
93ch_getjob({channel}) Job get the Job of {channel}
94ch_info({handle}) String info about channel {handle}
95ch_log({msg} [, {handle}]) none write {msg} in the channel log file
96ch_logfile({fname} [, {mode}]) none start logging channel activity
97ch_open({address} [, {options}])
98 Channel open a channel to {address}
99ch_read({handle} [, {options}]) String read from {handle}
100ch_readblob({handle} [, {options}])
101 Blob read Blob from {handle}
102ch_readraw({handle} [, {options}])
103 String read raw from {handle}
104ch_sendexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
105 any send {expr} over JSON {handle}
106ch_sendraw({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
107 any send {expr} over raw {handle}
108ch_setoptions({handle}, {options})
109 none set options for {handle}
110ch_status({handle} [, {options}])
111 String status of channel {handle}
112changenr() Number current change number
113char2nr({expr} [, {utf8}]) Number ASCII/UTF-8 value of first char in {expr}
114charclass({string}) Number character class of {string}
115charcol({expr}) Number column number of cursor or mark
116charidx({string}, {idx} [, {countcc}])
117 Number char index of byte {idx} in {string}
118chdir({dir}) String change current working directory
119cindent({lnum}) Number C indent for line {lnum}
120clearmatches([{win}]) none clear all matches
121col({expr}) Number column byte index of cursor or mark
122complete({startcol}, {matches}) none set Insert mode completion
123complete_add({expr}) Number add completion match
124complete_check() Number check for key typed during completion
125complete_info([{what}]) Dict get current completion information
126confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]])
127 Number number of choice picked by user
128copy({expr}) any make a shallow copy of {expr}
129cos({expr}) Float cosine of {expr}
130cosh({expr}) Float hyperbolic cosine of {expr}
131count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]])
132 Number count how many {expr} are in {comp}
133cscope_connection([{num}, {dbpath} [, {prepend}]])
134 Number checks existence of cscope connection
135cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}])
136 Number move cursor to {lnum}, {col}, {off}
137cursor({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list}
138debugbreak({pid}) Number interrupt process being debugged
139deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) any make a full copy of {expr}
140delete({fname} [, {flags}]) Number delete the file or directory {fname}
141deletebufline({buf}, {first} [, {last}])
142 Number delete lines from buffer {buf}
143did_filetype() Number |TRUE| if FileType autocmd event used
144diff_filler({lnum}) Number diff filler lines about {lnum}
145diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) Number diff highlighting at {lnum}/{col}
146digraph_get({chars}) String get the |digraph| of {chars}
147digraph_getlist([{listall}]) List get all |digraph|s
148digraph_set({chars}, {digraph}) Boolean register |digraph|
149digraph_setlist({digraphlist}) Boolean register multiple |digraph|s
150echoraw({expr}) none output {expr} as-is
151empty({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is empty
152environ() Dict return environment variables
153escape({string}, {chars}) String escape {chars} in {string} with '\'
154eval({string}) any evaluate {string} into its value
155eventhandler() Number |TRUE| if inside an event handler
156executable({expr}) Number 1 if executable {expr} exists
157execute({command}) String execute {command} and get the output
158exepath({expr}) String full path of the command {expr}
159exists({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} exists
160exists_compiled({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} exists at compile time
161exp({expr}) Float exponential of {expr}
162expand({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]])
163 any expand special keywords in {expr}
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +0100164expandcmd({string} [, {options}])
165 String expand {string} like with `:edit`
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000166extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
167 List/Dict insert items of {expr2} into {expr1}
168extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
169 List/Dict like |extend()| but creates a new
170 List or Dictionary
171feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) Number add key sequence to typeahead buffer
172filereadable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a readable file
173filewritable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a writable file
174filter({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict/Blob/String
175 remove items from {expr1} where
176 {expr2} is 0
177finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]])
178 String find directory {name} in {path}
179findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]])
180 String find file {name} in {path}
181flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) List flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels
182flattennew({list} [, {maxdepth}])
183 List flatten a copy of {list}
184float2nr({expr}) Number convert Float {expr} to a Number
185floor({expr}) Float round {expr} down
186fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) Float remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}
187fnameescape({fname}) String escape special characters in {fname}
188fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) String modify file name
189foldclosed({lnum}) Number first line of fold at {lnum} if closed
190foldclosedend({lnum}) Number last line of fold at {lnum} if closed
191foldlevel({lnum}) Number fold level at {lnum}
192foldtext() String line displayed for closed fold
193foldtextresult({lnum}) String text for closed fold at {lnum}
194foreground() Number bring the Vim window to the foreground
195fullcommand({name}) String get full command from {name}
196funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
197 Funcref reference to function {name}
198function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
199 Funcref named reference to function {name}
200garbagecollect([{atexit}]) none free memory, breaking cyclic references
201get({list}, {idx} [, {def}]) any get item {idx} from {list} or {def}
202get({dict}, {key} [, {def}]) any get item {key} from {dict} or {def}
203get({func}, {what}) any get property of funcref/partial {func}
204getbufinfo([{buf}]) List information about buffers
205getbufline({buf}, {lnum} [, {end}])
206 List lines {lnum} to {end} of buffer {buf}
207getbufvar({buf}, {varname} [, {def}])
208 any variable {varname} in buffer {buf}
209getchangelist([{buf}]) List list of change list items
210getchar([expr]) Number or String
211 get one character from the user
212getcharmod() Number modifiers for the last typed character
213getcharpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc.
214getcharsearch() Dict last character search
215getcharstr([expr]) String get one character from the user
216getcmdline() String return the current command-line
217getcmdpos() Number return cursor position in command-line
218getcmdtype() String return current command-line type
219getcmdwintype() String return current command-line window type
220getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}])
221 List list of cmdline completion matches
222getcurpos([{winnr}]) List position of the cursor
223getcursorcharpos([{winnr}]) List character position of the cursor
224getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) String get the current working directory
225getenv({name}) String return environment variable
226getfontname([{name}]) String name of font being used
227getfperm({fname}) String file permissions of file {fname}
228getfsize({fname}) Number size in bytes of file {fname}
229getftime({fname}) Number last modification time of file
230getftype({fname}) String description of type of file {fname}
231getimstatus() Number |TRUE| if the IME status is active
232getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
233 List list of jump list items
234getline({lnum}) String line {lnum} of current buffer
235getline({lnum}, {end}) List lines {lnum} to {end} of current buffer
236getloclist({nr}) List list of location list items
237getloclist({nr}, {what}) Dict get specific location list properties
238getmarklist([{buf}]) List list of global/local marks
239getmatches([{win}]) List list of current matches
240getmousepos() Dict last known mouse position
241getpid() Number process ID of Vim
242getpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc.
243getqflist() List list of quickfix items
244getqflist({what}) Dict get specific quickfix list properties
245getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]])
246 String or List contents of a register
247getreginfo([{regname}]) Dict information about a register
248getregtype([{regname}]) String type of a register
249gettabinfo([{expr}]) List list of tab pages
250gettabvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}])
251 any variable {varname} in tab {nr} or {def}
252gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {name} [, {def}])
253 any {name} in {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}
254gettagstack([{nr}]) Dict get the tag stack of window {nr}
255gettext({text}) String lookup translation of {text}
256getwininfo([{winid}]) List list of info about each window
257getwinpos([{timeout}]) List X and Y coord in pixels of the Vim window
258getwinposx() Number X coord in pixels of the Vim window
259getwinposy() Number Y coord in pixels of the Vim window
260getwinvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}])
261 any variable {varname} in window {nr}
262glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
263 any expand file wildcards in {expr}
264glob2regpat({expr}) String convert a glob pat into a search pat
265globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
266 String do glob({expr}) for all dirs in {path}
267has({feature} [, {check}]) Number |TRUE| if feature {feature} supported
268has_key({dict}, {key}) Number |TRUE| if {dict} has entry {key}
269haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
270 Number |TRUE| if the window executed |:lcd|
271 or |:tcd|
272hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
273 Number |TRUE| if mapping to {what} exists
274histadd({history}, {item}) Number add an item to a history
275histdel({history} [, {item}]) Number remove an item from a history
276histget({history} [, {index}]) String get the item {index} from a history
277histnr({history}) Number highest index of a history
278hlID({name}) Number syntax ID of highlight group {name}
279hlexists({name}) Number |TRUE| if highlight group {name} exists
280hlget([{name} [, {resolve}]]) List get highlight group attributes
281hlset({list}) Number set highlight group attributes
282hostname() String name of the machine Vim is running on
283iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) String convert encoding of {expr}
284indent({lnum}) Number indent of line {lnum}
285index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]])
286 Number index in {object} where {expr} appears
287input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]])
288 String get input from the user
289inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]])
290 String like input() but in a GUI dialog
291inputlist({textlist}) Number let the user pick from a choice list
292inputrestore() Number restore typeahead
293inputsave() Number save and clear typeahead
294inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) String like input() but hiding the text
295insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) List insert {item} in {object} [before {idx}]
296interrupt() none interrupt script execution
297invert({expr}) Number bitwise invert
298isdirectory({directory}) Number |TRUE| if {directory} is a directory
299isinf({expr}) Number determine if {expr} is infinity value
300 (positive or negative)
301islocked({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is locked
302isnan({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is NaN
303items({dict}) List key-value pairs in {dict}
304job_getchannel({job}) Channel get the channel handle for {job}
305job_info([{job}]) Dict get information about {job}
306job_setoptions({job}, {options}) none set options for {job}
307job_start({command} [, {options}])
308 Job start a job
309job_status({job}) String get the status of {job}
310job_stop({job} [, {how}]) Number stop {job}
311join({list} [, {sep}]) String join {list} items into one String
312js_decode({string}) any decode JS style JSON
313js_encode({expr}) String encode JS style JSON
314json_decode({string}) any decode JSON
315json_encode({expr}) String encode JSON
316keys({dict}) List keys in {dict}
317len({expr}) Number the length of {expr}
318libcall({lib}, {func}, {arg}) String call {func} in library {lib} with {arg}
319libcallnr({lib}, {func}, {arg}) Number idem, but return a Number
320line({expr} [, {winid}]) Number line nr of cursor, last line or mark
321line2byte({lnum}) Number byte count of line {lnum}
322lispindent({lnum}) Number Lisp indent for line {lnum}
323list2blob({list}) Blob turn {list} of numbers into a Blob
324list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) String turn {list} of numbers into a String
325listener_add({callback} [, {buf}])
326 Number add a callback to listen to changes
327listener_flush([{buf}]) none invoke listener callbacks
328listener_remove({id}) none remove a listener callback
329localtime() Number current time
330log({expr}) Float natural logarithm (base e) of {expr}
331log10({expr}) Float logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10
332luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) any evaluate |Lua| expression
333map({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict/Blob/String
334 change each item in {expr1} to {expr2}
335maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]])
336 String or Dict
337 rhs of mapping {name} in mode {mode}
338mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
339 String check for mappings matching {name}
340mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict/Blob/String
341 like |map()| but creates a new List or
342 Dictionary
343mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) none restore mapping from |maparg()| result
344match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
345 Number position where {pat} matches in {expr}
346matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
347 Number highlight {pattern} with {group}
348matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
349 Number highlight positions with {group}
350matcharg({nr}) List arguments of |:match|
351matchdelete({id} [, {win}]) Number delete match identified by {id}
352matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
353 Number position where {pat} ends in {expr}
354matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}])
355 List fuzzy match {str} in {list}
356matchfuzzypos({list}, {str} [, {dict}])
357 List fuzzy match {str} in {list}
358matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
359 List match and submatches of {pat} in {expr}
360matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
361 String {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
362matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
363 List {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
364max({expr}) Number maximum value of items in {expr}
365menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) Dict get menu item information
366min({expr}) Number minimum value of items in {expr}
367mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
368 Number create directory {name}
369mode([expr]) String current editing mode
370mzeval({expr}) any evaluate |MzScheme| expression
371nextnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line >= {lnum}
372nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) String single char with ASCII/UTF-8 value {expr}
373or({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise OR
374pathshorten({expr} [, {len}]) String shorten directory names in a path
375perleval({expr}) any evaluate |Perl| expression
376popup_atcursor({what}, {options}) Number create popup window near the cursor
377popup_beval({what}, {options}) Number create popup window for 'ballooneval'
378popup_clear() none close all popup windows
379popup_close({id} [, {result}]) none close popup window {id}
380popup_create({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window
381popup_dialog({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a dialog
382popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) Number filter for a menu popup window
383popup_filter_yesno({id}, {key}) Number filter for a dialog popup window
384popup_findinfo() Number get window ID of info popup window
385popup_findpreview() Number get window ID of preview popup window
386popup_getoptions({id}) Dict get options of popup window {id}
387popup_getpos({id}) Dict get position of popup window {id}
388popup_hide({id}) none hide popup menu {id}
389popup_list() List get a list of window IDs of all popups
390popup_locate({row}, {col}) Number get window ID of popup at position
391popup_menu({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a menu
392popup_move({id}, {options}) none set position of popup window {id}
393popup_notification({what}, {options})
394 Number create a notification popup window
395popup_setoptions({id}, {options})
396 none set options for popup window {id}
397popup_settext({id}, {text}) none set the text of popup window {id}
398popup_show({id}) none unhide popup window {id}
399pow({x}, {y}) Float {x} to the power of {y}
400prevnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line <= {lnum}
401printf({fmt}, {expr1}...) String format text
402prompt_getprompt({buf}) String get prompt text
403prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) none set prompt callback function
404prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt interrupt function
405prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt text
406prop_add({lnum}, {col}, {props}) none add one text property
407prop_add_list({props}, [[{lnum}, {col}, {end-lnum}, {end-col}], ...])
408 none add multiple text properties
409prop_clear({lnum} [, {lnum-end} [, {props}]])
410 none remove all text properties
411prop_find({props} [, {direction}])
412 Dict search for a text property
413prop_list({lnum} [, {props}]) List text properties in {lnum}
414prop_remove({props} [, {lnum} [, {lnum-end}]])
415 Number remove a text property
416prop_type_add({name}, {props}) none define a new property type
417prop_type_change({name}, {props})
418 none change an existing property type
419prop_type_delete({name} [, {props}])
420 none delete a property type
421prop_type_get({name} [, {props}])
422 Dict get property type values
423prop_type_list([{props}]) List get list of property types
424pum_getpos() Dict position and size of pum if visible
425pumvisible() Number whether popup menu is visible
426py3eval({expr}) any evaluate |python3| expression
427pyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Python| expression
428pyxeval({expr}) any evaluate |python_x| expression
429rand([{expr}]) Number get pseudo-random number
430range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]])
431 List items from {expr} to {max}
432readblob({fname}) Blob read a |Blob| from {fname}
433readdir({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]])
434 List file names in {dir} selected by {expr}
435readdirex({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]])
436 List file info in {dir} selected by {expr}
437readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]])
438 List get list of lines from file {fname}
439reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}])
440 any reduce {object} using {func}
441reg_executing() String get the executing register name
442reg_recording() String get the recording register name
443reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) List get time value
444reltimefloat({time}) Float turn the time value into a Float
445reltimestr({time}) String turn time value into a String
446remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]])
447 String send expression
448remote_foreground({server}) Number bring Vim server to the foreground
449remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}])
450 Number check for reply string
451remote_read({serverid} [, {timeout}])
452 String read reply string
453remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
454 String send key sequence
455remote_startserver({name}) none become server {name}
456remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) any/List
457 remove items {idx}-{end} from {list}
458remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}]) Number/Blob
459 remove bytes {idx}-{end} from {blob}
460remove({dict}, {key}) any remove entry {key} from {dict}
461rename({from}, {to}) Number rename (move) file from {from} to {to}
462repeat({expr}, {count}) String repeat {expr} {count} times
463resolve({filename}) String get filename a shortcut points to
464reverse({list}) List reverse {list} in-place
465round({expr}) Float round off {expr}
466rubyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Ruby| expression
467screenattr({row}, {col}) Number attribute at screen position
468screenchar({row}, {col}) Number character at screen position
469screenchars({row}, {col}) List List of characters at screen position
470screencol() Number current cursor column
471screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) Dict screen row and col of a text character
472screenrow() Number current cursor row
473screenstring({row}, {col}) String characters at screen position
474search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
475 Number search for {pattern}
476searchcount([{options}]) Dict get or update search stats
477searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]])
478 Number search for variable declaration
479searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]])
480 Number search for other end of start/end pair
481searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]])
482 List search for other end of start/end pair
483searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
484 List search for {pattern}
485server2client({clientid}, {string})
486 Number send reply string
487serverlist() String get a list of available servers
488setbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text})
489 Number set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer
490 {expr}
491setbufvar({buf}, {varname}, {val})
492 none set {varname} in buffer {buf} to {val}
493setcellwidths({list}) none set character cell width overrides
494setcharpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list}
495setcharsearch({dict}) Dict set character search from {dict}
496setcmdpos({pos}) Number set cursor position in command-line
497setcursorcharpos({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list}
498setenv({name}, {val}) none set environment variable
499setfperm({fname}, {mode}) Number set {fname} file permissions to {mode}
500setline({lnum}, {line}) Number set line {lnum} to {line}
501setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action}])
502 Number modify location list using {list}
503setloclist({nr}, {list}, {action}, {what})
504 Number modify specific location list props
505setmatches({list} [, {win}]) Number restore a list of matches
506setpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list}
507setqflist({list} [, {action}]) Number modify quickfix list using {list}
508setqflist({list}, {action}, {what})
509 Number modify specific quickfix list props
510setreg({n}, {v} [, {opt}]) Number set register to value and type
511settabvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in tab page {nr} to {val}
512settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val})
513 none set {varname} in window {winnr} in tab
514 page {tabnr} to {val}
515settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}])
516 Number modify tag stack using {dict}
517setwinvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in window {nr} to {val}
518sha256({string}) String SHA256 checksum of {string}
519shellescape({string} [, {special}])
520 String escape {string} for use as shell
521 command argument
522shiftwidth([{col}]) Number effective value of 'shiftwidth'
523sign_define({name} [, {dict}]) Number define or update a sign
524sign_define({list}) List define or update a list of signs
525sign_getdefined([{name}]) List get a list of defined signs
526sign_getplaced([{buf} [, {dict}]])
527 List get a list of placed signs
528sign_jump({id}, {group}, {buf})
529 Number jump to a sign
530sign_place({id}, {group}, {name}, {buf} [, {dict}])
531 Number place a sign
532sign_placelist({list}) List place a list of signs
533sign_undefine([{name}]) Number undefine a sign
534sign_undefine({list}) List undefine a list of signs
535sign_unplace({group} [, {dict}])
536 Number unplace a sign
537sign_unplacelist({list}) List unplace a list of signs
538simplify({filename}) String simplify filename as much as possible
539sin({expr}) Float sine of {expr}
540sinh({expr}) Float hyperbolic sine of {expr}
541slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) String, List or Blob
542 slice of a String, List or Blob
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +0000543sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]])
544 List sort {list}, compare with {how}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000545sound_clear() none stop playing all sounds
546sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
547 Number play an event sound
548sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}])
549 Number play sound file {path}
550sound_stop({id}) none stop playing sound {id}
551soundfold({word}) String sound-fold {word}
552spellbadword() String badly spelled word at cursor
553spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]])
554 List spelling suggestions
555split({expr} [, {pat} [, {keepempty}]])
556 List make |List| from {pat} separated {expr}
557sqrt({expr}) Float square root of {expr}
558srand([{expr}]) List get seed for |rand()|
559state([{what}]) String current state of Vim
560str2float({expr} [, {quoted}]) Float convert String to Float
561str2list({expr} [, {utf8}]) List convert each character of {expr} to
562 ASCII/UTF-8 value
563str2nr({expr} [, {base} [, {quoted}]])
564 Number convert String to Number
565strcharlen({expr}) Number character length of the String {expr}
566strcharpart({str}, {start} [, {len} [, {skipcc}]])
567 String {len} characters of {str} at
568 character {start}
569strchars({expr} [, {skipcc}]) Number character count of the String {expr}
570strdisplaywidth({expr} [, {col}]) Number display length of the String {expr}
571strftime({format} [, {time}]) String format time with a specified format
572strgetchar({str}, {index}) Number get char {index} from {str}
573stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}])
574 Number index of {needle} in {haystack}
575string({expr}) String String representation of {expr} value
576strlen({expr}) Number length of the String {expr}
577strpart({str}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]])
578 String {len} bytes/chars of {str} at
579 byte {start}
580strptime({format}, {timestring})
581 Number Convert {timestring} to unix timestamp
582strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}])
583 Number last index of {needle} in {haystack}
584strtrans({expr}) String translate string to make it printable
585strwidth({expr}) Number display cell length of the String {expr}
586submatch({nr} [, {list}]) String or List
587 specific match in ":s" or substitute()
588substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags})
589 String all {pat} in {expr} replaced with {sub}
590swapinfo({fname}) Dict information about swap file {fname}
591swapname({buf}) String swap file of buffer {buf}
592synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) Number syntax ID at {lnum} and {col}
593synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}])
594 String attribute {what} of syntax ID {synID}
595synIDtrans({synID}) Number translated syntax ID of {synID}
596synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) List info about concealing
597synstack({lnum}, {col}) List stack of syntax IDs at {lnum} and {col}
598system({expr} [, {input}]) String output of shell command/filter {expr}
599systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) List output of shell command/filter {expr}
600tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) List list of buffer numbers in tab page
601tabpagenr([{arg}]) Number number of current or last tab page
602tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) Number number of current window in tab page
603tagfiles() List tags files used
604taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) List list of tags matching {expr}
605tan({expr}) Float tangent of {expr}
606tanh({expr}) Float hyperbolic tangent of {expr}
607tempname() String name for a temporary file
608term_dumpdiff({filename}, {filename} [, {options}])
609 Number display difference between two dumps
610term_dumpload({filename} [, {options}])
611 Number displaying a screen dump
612term_dumpwrite({buf}, {filename} [, {options}])
613 none dump terminal window contents
614term_getaltscreen({buf}) Number get the alternate screen flag
615term_getansicolors({buf}) List get ANSI palette in GUI color mode
616term_getattr({attr}, {what}) Number get the value of attribute {what}
617term_getcursor({buf}) List get the cursor position of a terminal
618term_getjob({buf}) Job get the job associated with a terminal
619term_getline({buf}, {row}) String get a line of text from a terminal
620term_getscrolled({buf}) Number get the scroll count of a terminal
621term_getsize({buf}) List get the size of a terminal
622term_getstatus({buf}) String get the status of a terminal
623term_gettitle({buf}) String get the title of a terminal
624term_gettty({buf}, [{input}]) String get the tty name of a terminal
625term_list() List get the list of terminal buffers
626term_scrape({buf}, {row}) List get row of a terminal screen
627term_sendkeys({buf}, {keys}) none send keystrokes to a terminal
628term_setansicolors({buf}, {colors})
629 none set ANSI palette in GUI color mode
630term_setapi({buf}, {expr}) none set |terminal-api| function name prefix
631term_setkill({buf}, {how}) none set signal to stop job in terminal
632term_setrestore({buf}, {command}) none set command to restore terminal
633term_setsize({buf}, {rows}, {cols})
634 none set the size of a terminal
635term_start({cmd} [, {options}]) Number open a terminal window and run a job
636term_wait({buf} [, {time}]) Number wait for screen to be updated
637terminalprops() Dict properties of the terminal
638test_alloc_fail({id}, {countdown}, {repeat})
639 none make memory allocation fail
640test_autochdir() none enable 'autochdir' during startup
641test_feedinput({string}) none add key sequence to input buffer
642test_garbagecollect_now() none free memory right now for testing
643test_garbagecollect_soon() none free memory soon for testing
644test_getvalue({string}) any get value of an internal variable
Yegappan Lakshmanan06011e12022-01-30 12:37:29 +0000645test_gui_event({event}, {args}) bool generate a GUI event for testing
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000646test_ignore_error({expr}) none ignore a specific error
647test_null_blob() Blob null value for testing
648test_null_channel() Channel null value for testing
649test_null_dict() Dict null value for testing
650test_null_function() Funcref null value for testing
651test_null_job() Job null value for testing
652test_null_list() List null value for testing
653test_null_partial() Funcref null value for testing
654test_null_string() String null value for testing
655test_option_not_set({name}) none reset flag indicating option was set
656test_override({expr}, {val}) none test with Vim internal overrides
657test_refcount({expr}) Number get the reference count of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000658test_setmouse({row}, {col}) none set the mouse position for testing
659test_settime({expr}) none set current time for testing
660test_srand_seed([seed]) none set seed for testing srand()
661test_unknown() any unknown value for testing
662test_void() any void value for testing
663timer_info([{id}]) List information about timers
664timer_pause({id}, {pause}) none pause or unpause a timer
665timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}])
666 Number create a timer
667timer_stop({timer}) none stop a timer
668timer_stopall() none stop all timers
669tolower({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to lowercase
670toupper({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to uppercase
671tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) String translate chars of {src} in {fromstr}
672 to chars in {tostr}
673trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]])
674 String trim characters in {mask} from {text}
675trunc({expr}) Float truncate Float {expr}
676type({expr}) Number type of value {expr}
677typename({expr}) String representation of the type of {expr}
678undofile({name}) String undo file name for {name}
679undotree() List undo file tree
680uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
681 List remove adjacent duplicates from a list
682values({dict}) List values in {dict}
683virtcol({expr}) Number screen column of cursor or mark
684visualmode([expr]) String last visual mode used
685wildmenumode() Number whether 'wildmenu' mode is active
686win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}])
687 String execute {command} in window {id}
688win_findbuf({bufnr}) List find windows containing {bufnr}
689win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) Number get window ID for {win} in {tab}
690win_gettype([{nr}]) String type of window {nr}
691win_gotoid({expr}) Number go to window with ID {expr}
692win_id2tabwin({expr}) List get tab and window nr from window ID
693win_id2win({expr}) Number get window nr from window ID
Daniel Steinbergee630312022-01-10 13:36:34 +0000694win_move_separator({nr}) Number move window vertical separator
695win_move_statusline({nr}) Number move window status line
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000696win_screenpos({nr}) List get screen position of window {nr}
697win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}])
698 Number move window {nr} to split of {target}
699winbufnr({nr}) Number buffer number of window {nr}
700wincol() Number window column of the cursor
701windowsversion() String MS-Windows OS version
702winheight({nr}) Number height of window {nr}
703winlayout([{tabnr}]) List layout of windows in tab {tabnr}
704winline() Number window line of the cursor
705winnr([{expr}]) Number number of current window
706winrestcmd() String returns command to restore window sizes
707winrestview({dict}) none restore view of current window
708winsaveview() Dict save view of current window
709winwidth({nr}) Number width of window {nr}
710wordcount() Dict get byte/char/word statistics
711writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}])
712 Number write |Blob| or |List| of lines to file
713xor({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise XOR
714
715==============================================================================
7162. Details *builtin-function-details*
717
718Not all functions are here, some have been moved to a help file covering the
719specific functionality.
720
721abs({expr}) *abs()*
722 Return the absolute value of {expr}. When {expr} evaluates to
723 a |Float| abs() returns a |Float|. When {expr} can be
724 converted to a |Number| abs() returns a |Number|. Otherwise
725 abs() gives an error message and returns -1.
726 Examples: >
727 echo abs(1.456)
728< 1.456 >
729 echo abs(-5.456)
730< 5.456 >
731 echo abs(-4)
732< 4
733
734 Can also be used as a |method|: >
735 Compute()->abs()
736
737< {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
738
739
740acos({expr}) *acos()*
741 Return the arc cosine of {expr} measured in radians, as a
742 |Float| in the range of [0, pi].
743 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
744 [-1, 1].
745 Examples: >
746 :echo acos(0)
747< 1.570796 >
748 :echo acos(-0.5)
749< 2.094395
750
751 Can also be used as a |method|: >
752 Compute()->acos()
753
754< {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
755
756
757add({object}, {expr}) *add()*
758 Append the item {expr} to |List| or |Blob| {object}. Returns
759 the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: >
760 :let alist = add([1, 2, 3], item)
761 :call add(mylist, "woodstock")
762< Note that when {expr} is a |List| it is appended as a single
763 item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|.
764 When {object} is a |Blob| then {expr} must be a number.
765 Use |insert()| to add an item at another position.
766
767 Can also be used as a |method|: >
768 mylist->add(val1)->add(val2)
769
770
771and({expr}, {expr}) *and()*
772 Bitwise AND on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
773 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
774 Example: >
775 :let flag = and(bits, 0x80)
776< Can also be used as a |method|: >
777 :let flag = bits->and(0x80)
778
779
780append({lnum}, {text}) *append()*
781 When {text} is a |List|: Append each item of the |List| as a
782 text line below line {lnum} in the current buffer.
783 Otherwise append {text} as one text line below line {lnum} in
784 the current buffer.
785 Any type of item is accepted and converted to a String.
786 {lnum} can be zero to insert a line before the first one.
787 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
788 Returns 1 for failure ({lnum} out of range or out of memory),
789 0 for success. In |Vim9| script an invalid argument or
790 negative number results in an error. Example: >
791 :let failed = append(line('$'), "# THE END")
792 :let failed = append(0, ["Chapter 1", "the beginning"])
793
794< Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is
795 passed as the second argument: >
796 mylist->append(lnum)
797
798
799appendbufline({buf}, {lnum}, {text}) *appendbufline()*
800 Like |append()| but append the text in buffer {buf}.
801
802 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
803 |bufload()| if needed.
804
805 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()|.
806
Bram Moolenaar8b6256f2021-12-28 11:24:49 +0000807 {lnum} is the line number to append below. Note that using
808 |line()| would use the current buffer, not the one appending
809 to. Use "$" to append at the end of the buffer. Other string
810 values are not supported.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000811
812 On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned.
813 In |Vim9| script an error is given for an invalid {lnum}.
814
815 If {buf} is not a valid buffer or {lnum} is not valid, an
816 error message is given. Example: >
817 :let failed = appendbufline(13, 0, "# THE START")
818<
819 Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is
820 passed as the second argument: >
821 mylist->appendbufline(buf, lnum)
822
823
824argc([{winid}]) *argc()*
825 The result is the number of files in the argument list. See
826 |arglist|.
827 If {winid} is not supplied, the argument list of the current
828 window is used.
829 If {winid} is -1, the global argument list is used.
830 Otherwise {winid} specifies the window of which the argument
831 list is used: either the window number or the window ID.
832 Returns -1 if the {winid} argument is invalid.
833
834 *argidx()*
835argidx() The result is the current index in the argument list. 0 is
836 the first file. argc() - 1 is the last one. See |arglist|.
837
838 *arglistid()*
839arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
840 Return the argument list ID. This is a number which
841 identifies the argument list being used. Zero is used for the
842 global argument list. See |arglist|.
843 Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid.
844
845 Without arguments use the current window.
846 With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page.
847 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
848 page.
849 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
850
851 *argv()*
852argv([{nr} [, {winid}]])
853 The result is the {nr}th file in the argument list. See
854 |arglist|. "argv(0)" is the first one. Example: >
855 :let i = 0
856 :while i < argc()
857 : let f = escape(fnameescape(argv(i)), '.')
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +0000858 : exe 'amenu Arg.' .. f .. ' :e ' .. f .. '<CR>'
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000859 : let i = i + 1
860 :endwhile
861< Without the {nr} argument, or when {nr} is -1, a |List| with
862 the whole |arglist| is returned.
863
864 The {winid} argument specifies the window ID, see |argc()|.
865 For the Vim command line arguments see |v:argv|.
866
867asin({expr}) *asin()*
868 Return the arc sine of {expr} measured in radians, as a |Float|
869 in the range of [-pi/2, pi/2].
870 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
871 [-1, 1].
872 Examples: >
873 :echo asin(0.8)
874< 0.927295 >
875 :echo asin(-0.5)
876< -0.523599
877
878 Can also be used as a |method|: >
879 Compute()->asin()
880<
881 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
882
883
884assert_ functions are documented here: |assert-functions-details|
885
886
887
888atan({expr}) *atan()*
889 Return the principal value of the arc tangent of {expr}, in
890 the range [-pi/2, +pi/2] radians, as a |Float|.
891 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
892 Examples: >
893 :echo atan(100)
894< 1.560797 >
895 :echo atan(-4.01)
896< -1.326405
897
898 Can also be used as a |method|: >
899 Compute()->atan()
900<
901 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
902
903
904atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) *atan2()*
905 Return the arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}, measured in
906 radians, as a |Float| in the range [-pi, pi].
907 {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
908 Examples: >
909 :echo atan2(-1, 1)
910< -0.785398 >
911 :echo atan2(1, -1)
912< 2.356194
913
914 Can also be used as a |method|: >
915 Compute()->atan2(1)
916<
917 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
918
919balloon_gettext() *balloon_gettext()*
920 Return the current text in the balloon. Only for the string,
921 not used for the List.
922
923balloon_show({expr}) *balloon_show()*
924 Show {expr} inside the balloon. For the GUI {expr} is used as
925 a string. For a terminal {expr} can be a list, which contains
926 the lines of the balloon. If {expr} is not a list it will be
927 split with |balloon_split()|.
928 If {expr} is an empty string any existing balloon is removed.
929
930 Example: >
931 func GetBalloonContent()
932 " ... initiate getting the content
933 return ''
934 endfunc
935 set balloonexpr=GetBalloonContent()
936
937 func BalloonCallback(result)
938 call balloon_show(a:result)
939 endfunc
940< Can also be used as a |method|: >
941 GetText()->balloon_show()
942<
943 The intended use is that fetching the content of the balloon
944 is initiated from 'balloonexpr'. It will invoke an
945 asynchronous method, in which a callback invokes
946 balloon_show(). The 'balloonexpr' itself can return an
947 empty string or a placeholder.
948
949 When showing a balloon is not possible nothing happens, no
950 error message.
951 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval| or
952 |+balloon_eval_term| feature}
953
954balloon_split({msg}) *balloon_split()*
955 Split String {msg} into lines to be displayed in a balloon.
956 The splits are made for the current window size and optimize
957 to show debugger output.
958 Returns a |List| with the split lines.
959 Can also be used as a |method|: >
960 GetText()->balloon_split()->balloon_show()
961
962< {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval_term|
963 feature}
964
965blob2list({blob}) *blob2list()*
966 Return a List containing the number value of each byte in Blob
967 {blob}. Examples: >
968 blob2list(0z0102.0304) returns [1, 2, 3, 4]
969 blob2list(0z) returns []
970< Returns an empty List on error. |list2blob()| does the
971 opposite.
972
973 Can also be used as a |method|: >
974 GetBlob()->blob2list()
975
976 *browse()*
977browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default})
978 Put up a file requester. This only works when "has("browse")"
979 returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions).
980 The input fields are:
981 {save} when |TRUE|, select file to write
982 {title} title for the requester
983 {initdir} directory to start browsing in
984 {default} default file name
985 An empty string is returned when the "Cancel" button is hit,
986 something went wrong, or browsing is not possible.
987
988 *browsedir()*
989browsedir({title}, {initdir})
990 Put up a directory requester. This only works when
991 "has("browse")" returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions).
992 On systems where a directory browser is not supported a file
993 browser is used. In that case: select a file in the directory
994 to be used.
995 The input fields are:
996 {title} title for the requester
997 {initdir} directory to start browsing in
998 When the "Cancel" button is hit, something went wrong, or
999 browsing is not possible, an empty string is returned.
1000
1001bufadd({name}) *bufadd()*
1002 Add a buffer to the buffer list with String {name}.
1003 If a buffer for file {name} already exists, return that buffer
1004 number. Otherwise return the buffer number of the newly
1005 created buffer. When {name} is an empty string then a new
1006 buffer is always created.
1007 The buffer will not have 'buflisted' set and not be loaded
1008 yet. To add some text to the buffer use this: >
1009 let bufnr = bufadd('someName')
1010 call bufload(bufnr)
1011 call setbufline(bufnr, 1, ['some', 'text'])
1012< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1013 let bufnr = 'somename'->bufadd()
1014
1015bufexists({buf}) *bufexists()*
1016 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
1017 {buf} exists.
1018 If the {buf} argument is a number, buffer numbers are used.
1019 Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window.
1020
1021 If the {buf} argument is a string it must match a buffer name
1022 exactly. The name can be:
1023 - Relative to the current directory.
1024 - A full path.
1025 - The name of a buffer with 'buftype' set to "nofile".
1026 - A URL name.
1027 Unlisted buffers will be found.
1028 Note that help files are listed by their short name in the
1029 output of |:buffers|, but bufexists() requires using their
1030 long name to be able to find them.
1031 bufexists() may report a buffer exists, but to use the name
1032 with a |:buffer| command you may need to use |expand()|. Esp
1033 for MS-Windows 8.3 names in the form "c:\DOCUME~1"
1034 Use "bufexists(0)" to test for the existence of an alternate
1035 file name.
1036
1037 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1038 let exists = 'somename'->bufexists()
1039<
1040 Obsolete name: buffer_exists(). *buffer_exists()*
1041
1042buflisted({buf}) *buflisted()*
1043 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
1044 {buf} exists and is listed (has the 'buflisted' option set).
1045 The {buf} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
1046
1047 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1048 let listed = 'somename'->buflisted()
1049
1050bufload({buf}) *bufload()*
1051 Ensure the buffer {buf} is loaded. When the buffer name
1052 refers to an existing file then the file is read. Otherwise
1053 the buffer will be empty. If the buffer was already loaded
1054 then there is no change.
1055 If there is an existing swap file for the file of the buffer,
1056 there will be no dialog, the buffer will be loaded anyway.
1057 The {buf} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
1058
1059 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1060 eval 'somename'->bufload()
1061
1062bufloaded({buf}) *bufloaded()*
1063 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
1064 {buf} exists and is loaded (shown in a window or hidden).
1065 The {buf} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
1066
1067 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1068 let loaded = 'somename'->bufloaded()
1069
1070bufname([{buf}]) *bufname()*
1071 The result is the name of a buffer. Mostly as it is displayed
1072 by the `:ls` command, but not using special names such as
1073 "[No Name]".
1074 If {buf} is omitted the current buffer is used.
1075 If {buf} is a Number, that buffer number's name is given.
1076 Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window.
1077 If {buf} is a String, it is used as a |file-pattern| to match
1078 with the buffer names. This is always done like 'magic' is
1079 set and 'cpoptions' is empty. When there is more than one
1080 match an empty string is returned.
1081 "" or "%" can be used for the current buffer, "#" for the
1082 alternate buffer.
1083 A full match is preferred, otherwise a match at the start, end
1084 or middle of the buffer name is accepted. If you only want a
1085 full match then put "^" at the start and "$" at the end of the
1086 pattern.
1087 Listed buffers are found first. If there is a single match
1088 with a listed buffer, that one is returned. Next unlisted
1089 buffers are searched for.
1090 If the {buf} is a String, but you want to use it as a buffer
1091 number, force it to be a Number by adding zero to it: >
1092 :echo bufname("3" + 0)
1093< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1094 echo bufnr->bufname()
1095
1096< If the buffer doesn't exist, or doesn't have a name, an empty
1097 string is returned. >
1098 bufname("#") alternate buffer name
1099 bufname(3) name of buffer 3
1100 bufname("%") name of current buffer
1101 bufname("file2") name of buffer where "file2" matches.
1102< *buffer_name()*
1103 Obsolete name: buffer_name().
1104
1105 *bufnr()*
1106bufnr([{buf} [, {create}]])
1107 The result is the number of a buffer, as it is displayed by
1108 the `:ls` command. For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()|
1109 above.
1110
1111 If the buffer doesn't exist, -1 is returned. Or, if the
1112 {create} argument is present and TRUE, a new, unlisted,
1113 buffer is created and its number is returned. Example: >
1114 let newbuf = bufnr('Scratch001', 1)
1115< Using an empty name uses the current buffer. To create a new
1116 buffer with an empty name use |bufadd()|.
1117
1118 bufnr("$") is the last buffer: >
1119 :let last_buffer = bufnr("$")
1120< The result is a Number, which is the highest buffer number
1121 of existing buffers. Note that not all buffers with a smaller
1122 number necessarily exist, because ":bwipeout" may have removed
1123 them. Use bufexists() to test for the existence of a buffer.
1124
1125 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1126 echo bufref->bufnr()
1127<
1128 Obsolete name: buffer_number(). *buffer_number()*
1129 *last_buffer_nr()*
1130 Obsolete name for bufnr("$"): last_buffer_nr().
1131
1132bufwinid({buf}) *bufwinid()*
1133 The result is a Number, which is the |window-ID| of the first
1134 window associated with buffer {buf}. For the use of {buf},
1135 see |bufname()| above. If buffer {buf} doesn't exist or
1136 there is no such window, -1 is returned. Example: >
1137
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001138 echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " .. (bufwinid(1))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001139<
1140 Only deals with the current tab page.
1141
1142 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1143 FindBuffer()->bufwinid()
1144
1145bufwinnr({buf}) *bufwinnr()*
1146 Like |bufwinid()| but return the window number instead of the
1147 |window-ID|.
1148 If buffer {buf} doesn't exist or there is no such window, -1
1149 is returned. Example: >
1150
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001151 echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " .. (bufwinnr(1))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001152
1153< The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w"
1154 |:wincmd|.
1155
1156 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1157 FindBuffer()->bufwinnr()
1158
1159byte2line({byte}) *byte2line()*
1160 Return the line number that contains the character at byte
1161 count {byte} in the current buffer. This includes the
1162 end-of-line character, depending on the 'fileformat' option
1163 for the current buffer. The first character has byte count
1164 one.
1165 Also see |line2byte()|, |go| and |:goto|.
1166
1167 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1168 GetOffset()->byte2line()
1169
1170< {not available when compiled without the |+byte_offset|
1171 feature}
1172
1173byteidx({expr}, {nr}) *byteidx()*
1174 Return byte index of the {nr}'th character in the String
1175 {expr}. Use zero for the first character, it then returns
1176 zero.
1177 If there are no multibyte characters the returned value is
1178 equal to {nr}.
1179 Composing characters are not counted separately, their byte
1180 length is added to the preceding base character. See
1181 |byteidxcomp()| below for counting composing characters
1182 separately.
1183 Example : >
1184 echo matchstr(str, ".", byteidx(str, 3))
1185< will display the fourth character. Another way to do the
1186 same: >
1187 let s = strpart(str, byteidx(str, 3))
1188 echo strpart(s, 0, byteidx(s, 1))
1189< Also see |strgetchar()| and |strcharpart()|.
1190
1191 If there are less than {nr} characters -1 is returned.
1192 If there are exactly {nr} characters the length of the string
1193 in bytes is returned.
1194
1195 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1196 GetName()->byteidx(idx)
1197
1198byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) *byteidxcomp()*
1199 Like byteidx(), except that a composing character is counted
1200 as a separate character. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001201 let s = 'e' .. nr2char(0x301)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001202 echo byteidx(s, 1)
1203 echo byteidxcomp(s, 1)
1204 echo byteidxcomp(s, 2)
1205< The first and third echo result in 3 ('e' plus composing
1206 character is 3 bytes), the second echo results in 1 ('e' is
1207 one byte).
1208 Only works differently from byteidx() when 'encoding' is set
1209 to a Unicode encoding.
1210
1211 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1212 GetName()->byteidxcomp(idx)
1213
1214call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}]) *call()* *E699*
1215 Call function {func} with the items in |List| {arglist} as
1216 arguments.
1217 {func} can either be a |Funcref| or the name of a function.
1218 a:firstline and a:lastline are set to the cursor line.
1219 Returns the return value of the called function.
1220 {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be
1221 used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function|
1222
1223 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1224 GetFunc()->call([arg, arg], dict)
1225
1226ceil({expr}) *ceil()*
1227 Return the smallest integral value greater than or equal to
1228 {expr} as a |Float| (round up).
1229 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
1230 Examples: >
1231 echo ceil(1.456)
1232< 2.0 >
1233 echo ceil(-5.456)
1234< -5.0 >
1235 echo ceil(4.0)
1236< 4.0
1237
1238 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1239 Compute()->ceil()
1240<
1241 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1242
1243
1244ch_ functions are documented here: |channel-functions-details|
1245
1246
1247changenr() *changenr()*
1248 Return the number of the most recent change. This is the same
1249 number as what is displayed with |:undolist| and can be used
1250 with the |:undo| command.
1251 When a change was made it is the number of that change. After
1252 redo it is the number of the redone change. After undo it is
1253 one less than the number of the undone change.
1254
1255char2nr({string} [, {utf8}]) *char2nr()*
1256 Return number value of the first char in {string}.
1257 Examples: >
1258 char2nr(" ") returns 32
1259 char2nr("ABC") returns 65
1260< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
1261 Example for "utf-8": >
1262 char2nr("á") returns 225
1263 char2nr("á"[0]) returns 195
1264< When {utf8} is TRUE, always treat as UTF-8 characters.
1265 A combining character is a separate character.
1266 |nr2char()| does the opposite.
1267 To turn a string into a list of character numbers: >
1268 let str = "ABC"
1269 let list = map(split(str, '\zs'), {_, val -> char2nr(val)})
1270< Result: [65, 66, 67]
1271
1272 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1273 GetChar()->char2nr()
1274
1275
1276charclass({string}) *charclass()*
1277 Return the character class of the first character in {string}.
1278 The character class is one of:
1279 0 blank
1280 1 punctuation
1281 2 word character
1282 3 emoji
1283 other specific Unicode class
1284 The class is used in patterns and word motions.
1285
1286
1287charcol({expr}) *charcol()*
1288 Same as |col()| but returns the character index of the column
1289 position given with {expr} instead of the byte position.
1290
1291 Example:
1292 With the cursor on '세' in line 5 with text "여보세요": >
1293 charcol('.') returns 3
1294 col('.') returns 7
1295
1296< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1297 GetPos()->col()
1298<
1299 *charidx()*
1300charidx({string}, {idx} [, {countcc}])
1301 Return the character index of the byte at {idx} in {string}.
1302 The index of the first character is zero.
1303 If there are no multibyte characters the returned value is
1304 equal to {idx}.
1305 When {countcc} is omitted or |FALSE|, then composing characters
1306 are not counted separately, their byte length is
1307 added to the preceding base character.
1308 When {countcc} is |TRUE|, then composing characters are
1309 counted as separate characters.
1310 Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid or if {idx} is greater
1311 than the index of the last byte in {string}. An error is
1312 given if the first argument is not a string, the second
1313 argument is not a number or when the third argument is present
1314 and is not zero or one.
1315 See |byteidx()| and |byteidxcomp()| for getting the byte index
1316 from the character index.
1317 Examples: >
1318 echo charidx('áb́ć', 3) returns 1
1319 echo charidx('áb́ć', 6, 1) returns 4
1320 echo charidx('áb́ć', 16) returns -1
1321<
1322 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1323 GetName()->charidx(idx)
1324
1325chdir({dir}) *chdir()*
1326 Change the current working directory to {dir}. The scope of
1327 the directory change depends on the directory of the current
1328 window:
1329 - If the current window has a window-local directory
1330 (|:lcd|), then changes the window local directory.
1331 - Otherwise, if the current tabpage has a local
1332 directory (|:tcd|) then changes the tabpage local
1333 directory.
1334 - Otherwise, changes the global directory.
1335 {dir} must be a String.
1336 If successful, returns the previous working directory. Pass
1337 this to another chdir() to restore the directory.
1338 On failure, returns an empty string.
1339
1340 Example: >
1341 let save_dir = chdir(newdir)
1342 if save_dir != ""
1343 " ... do some work
1344 call chdir(save_dir)
1345 endif
1346
1347< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1348 GetDir()->chdir()
1349<
1350cindent({lnum}) *cindent()*
1351 Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the C
1352 indenting rules, as with 'cindent'.
1353 The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is
1354 relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|.
1355 When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the |+cindent|
1356 feature, -1 is returned.
1357 See |C-indenting|.
1358
1359 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1360 GetLnum()->cindent()
1361
1362clearmatches([{win}]) *clearmatches()*
1363 Clears all matches previously defined for the current window
1364 by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
1365 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
1366 window ID instead of the current window.
1367
1368 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1369 GetWin()->clearmatches()
1370<
1371 *col()*
1372col({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the byte index of the column
1373 position given with {expr}. The accepted positions are:
1374 . the cursor position
1375 $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the
1376 number of bytes in the cursor line plus one)
1377 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
1378 returned)
1379 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
1380 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
1381 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
1382 that it's updated right away.
1383 Additionally {expr} can be [lnum, col]: a |List| with the line
1384 and column number. Most useful when the column is "$", to get
1385 the last column of a specific line. When "lnum" or "col" is
1386 out of range then col() returns zero.
1387 To get the line number use |line()|. To get both use
1388 |getpos()|.
1389 For the screen column position use |virtcol()|. For the
1390 character position use |charcol()|.
1391 Note that only marks in the current file can be used.
1392 Examples: >
1393 col(".") column of cursor
1394 col("$") length of cursor line plus one
1395 col("'t") column of mark t
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001396 col("'" .. markname) column of mark markname
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001397< The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error.
1398 For an uppercase mark the column may actually be in another
1399 buffer.
1400 For the cursor position, when 'virtualedit' is active, the
1401 column is one higher if the cursor is after the end of the
1402 line. This can be used to obtain the column in Insert mode: >
1403 :imap <F2> <C-O>:let save_ve = &ve<CR>
1404 \<C-O>:set ve=all<CR>
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001405 \<C-O>:echo col(".") .. "\n" <Bar>
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001406 \let &ve = save_ve<CR>
1407
1408< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1409 GetPos()->col()
1410<
1411
1412complete({startcol}, {matches}) *complete()* *E785*
1413 Set the matches for Insert mode completion.
1414 Can only be used in Insert mode. You need to use a mapping
1415 with CTRL-R = (see |i_CTRL-R|). It does not work after CTRL-O
1416 or with an expression mapping.
1417 {startcol} is the byte offset in the line where the completed
1418 text start. The text up to the cursor is the original text
1419 that will be replaced by the matches. Use col('.') for an
1420 empty string. "col('.') - 1" will replace one character by a
1421 match.
1422 {matches} must be a |List|. Each |List| item is one match.
1423 See |complete-items| for the kind of items that are possible.
1424 "longest" in 'completeopt' is ignored.
1425 Note that the after calling this function you need to avoid
1426 inserting anything that would cause completion to stop.
1427 The match can be selected with CTRL-N and CTRL-P as usual with
1428 Insert mode completion. The popup menu will appear if
1429 specified, see |ins-completion-menu|.
1430 Example: >
1431 inoremap <F5> <C-R>=ListMonths()<CR>
1432
1433 func! ListMonths()
1434 call complete(col('.'), ['January', 'February', 'March',
1435 \ 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September',
1436 \ 'October', 'November', 'December'])
1437 return ''
1438 endfunc
1439< This isn't very useful, but it shows how it works. Note that
1440 an empty string is returned to avoid a zero being inserted.
1441
1442 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
1443 second argument: >
1444 GetMatches()->complete(col('.'))
1445
1446complete_add({expr}) *complete_add()*
1447 Add {expr} to the list of matches. Only to be used by the
1448 function specified with the 'completefunc' option.
1449 Returns 0 for failure (empty string or out of memory),
1450 1 when the match was added, 2 when the match was already in
1451 the list.
1452 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of {expr}. It is
1453 the same as one item in the list that 'omnifunc' would return.
1454
1455 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1456 GetMoreMatches()->complete_add()
1457
1458complete_check() *complete_check()*
1459 Check for a key typed while looking for completion matches.
1460 This is to be used when looking for matches takes some time.
1461 Returns |TRUE| when searching for matches is to be aborted,
1462 zero otherwise.
1463 Only to be used by the function specified with the
1464 'completefunc' option.
1465
1466
1467complete_info([{what}]) *complete_info()*
1468 Returns a |Dictionary| with information about Insert mode
1469 completion. See |ins-completion|.
1470 The items are:
1471 mode Current completion mode name string.
1472 See |complete_info_mode| for the values.
1473 pum_visible |TRUE| if popup menu is visible.
1474 See |pumvisible()|.
1475 items List of completion matches. Each item is a
1476 dictionary containing the entries "word",
1477 "abbr", "menu", "kind", "info" and "user_data".
1478 See |complete-items|.
1479 selected Selected item index. First index is zero.
1480 Index is -1 if no item is selected (showing
1481 typed text only, or the last completion after
1482 no item is selected when using the <Up> or
1483 <Down> keys)
1484 inserted Inserted string. [NOT IMPLEMENT YET]
1485
1486 *complete_info_mode*
1487 mode values are:
1488 "" Not in completion mode
1489 "keyword" Keyword completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N|
1490 "ctrl_x" Just pressed CTRL-X |i_CTRL-X|
1491 "scroll" Scrolling with |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-E| or
1492 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-Y|
1493 "whole_line" Whole lines |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|
1494 "files" File names |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F|
1495 "tags" Tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]|
1496 "path_defines" Definition completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
1497 "path_patterns" Include completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|
1498 "dictionary" Dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|
1499 "thesaurus" Thesaurus |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|
1500 "cmdline" Vim Command line |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V|
1501 "function" User defined completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
1502 "omni" Omni completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
1503 "spell" Spelling suggestions |i_CTRL-X_s|
1504 "eval" |complete()| completion
1505 "unknown" Other internal modes
1506
1507 If the optional {what} list argument is supplied, then only
1508 the items listed in {what} are returned. Unsupported items in
1509 {what} are silently ignored.
1510
1511 To get the position and size of the popup menu, see
1512 |pum_getpos()|. It's also available in |v:event| during the
1513 |CompleteChanged| event.
1514
1515 Examples: >
1516 " Get all items
1517 call complete_info()
1518 " Get only 'mode'
1519 call complete_info(['mode'])
1520 " Get only 'mode' and 'pum_visible'
1521 call complete_info(['mode', 'pum_visible'])
1522
1523< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1524 GetItems()->complete_info()
1525<
1526 *confirm()*
1527confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]])
1528 confirm() offers the user a dialog, from which a choice can be
1529 made. It returns the number of the choice. For the first
1530 choice this is 1.
1531 Note: confirm() is only supported when compiled with dialog
1532 support, see |+dialog_con| and |+dialog_gui|.
1533
1534 {msg} is displayed in a |dialog| with {choices} as the
1535 alternatives. When {choices} is missing or empty, "&OK" is
1536 used (and translated).
1537 {msg} is a String, use '\n' to include a newline. Only on
1538 some systems the string is wrapped when it doesn't fit.
1539
1540 {choices} is a String, with the individual choices separated
1541 by '\n', e.g. >
1542 confirm("Save changes?", "&Yes\n&No\n&Cancel")
1543< The letter after the '&' is the shortcut key for that choice.
1544 Thus you can type 'c' to select "Cancel". The shortcut does
1545 not need to be the first letter: >
1546 confirm("file has been modified", "&Save\nSave &All")
1547< For the console, the first letter of each choice is used as
1548 the default shortcut key. Case is ignored.
1549
1550 The optional {default} argument is the number of the choice
1551 that is made if the user hits <CR>. Use 1 to make the first
1552 choice the default one. Use 0 to not set a default. If
1553 {default} is omitted, 1 is used.
1554
1555 The optional {type} String argument gives the type of dialog.
1556 This is only used for the icon of the GTK, Mac, Motif and
1557 Win32 GUI. It can be one of these values: "Error",
1558 "Question", "Info", "Warning" or "Generic". Only the first
1559 character is relevant. When {type} is omitted, "Generic" is
1560 used.
1561
1562 If the user aborts the dialog by pressing <Esc>, CTRL-C,
1563 or another valid interrupt key, confirm() returns 0.
1564
1565 An example: >
Bram Moolenaar46eea442022-03-30 10:51:39 +01001566 let choice = confirm("What do you want?",
1567 \ "&Apples\n&Oranges\n&Bananas", 2)
1568 if choice == 0
1569 echo "make up your mind!"
1570 elseif choice == 3
1571 echo "tasteful"
1572 else
1573 echo "I prefer bananas myself."
1574 endif
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001575< In a GUI dialog, buttons are used. The layout of the buttons
1576 depends on the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'. If it is included,
1577 the buttons are always put vertically. Otherwise, confirm()
1578 tries to put the buttons in one horizontal line. If they
1579 don't fit, a vertical layout is used anyway. For some systems
1580 the horizontal layout is always used.
1581
1582 Can also be used as a |method|in: >
1583 BuildMessage()->confirm("&Yes\n&No")
1584<
1585 *copy()*
1586copy({expr}) Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
1587 different from using {expr} directly.
1588 When {expr} is a |List| a shallow copy is created. This means
1589 that the original |List| can be changed without changing the
1590 copy, and vice versa. But the items are identical, thus
1591 changing an item changes the contents of both |Lists|.
1592 A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|.
1593 Also see |deepcopy()|.
1594 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1595 mylist->copy()
1596
1597cos({expr}) *cos()*
1598 Return the cosine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|.
1599 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
1600 Examples: >
1601 :echo cos(100)
1602< 0.862319 >
1603 :echo cos(-4.01)
1604< -0.646043
1605
1606 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1607 Compute()->cos()
1608<
1609 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1610
1611
1612cosh({expr}) *cosh()*
1613 Return the hyperbolic cosine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
1614 [1, inf].
1615 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
1616 Examples: >
1617 :echo cosh(0.5)
1618< 1.127626 >
1619 :echo cosh(-0.5)
1620< -1.127626
1621
1622 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1623 Compute()->cosh()
1624<
1625 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1626
1627
1628count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]]) *count()*
1629 Return the number of times an item with value {expr} appears
1630 in |String|, |List| or |Dictionary| {comp}.
1631
1632 If {start} is given then start with the item with this index.
1633 {start} can only be used with a |List|.
1634
1635 When {ic} is given and it's |TRUE| then case is ignored.
1636
1637 When {comp} is a string then the number of not overlapping
1638 occurrences of {expr} is returned. Zero is returned when
1639 {expr} is an empty string.
1640
1641 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1642 mylist->count(val)
1643<
1644 *cscope_connection()*
1645cscope_connection([{num} , {dbpath} [, {prepend}]])
1646 Checks for the existence of a |cscope| connection. If no
1647 parameters are specified, then the function returns:
1648 0, if cscope was not available (not compiled in), or
1649 if there are no cscope connections;
1650 1, if there is at least one cscope connection.
1651
1652 If parameters are specified, then the value of {num}
1653 determines how existence of a cscope connection is checked:
1654
1655 {num} Description of existence check
1656 ----- ------------------------------
1657 0 Same as no parameters (e.g., "cscope_connection()").
1658 1 Ignore {prepend}, and use partial string matches for
1659 {dbpath}.
1660 2 Ignore {prepend}, and use exact string matches for
1661 {dbpath}.
1662 3 Use {prepend}, use partial string matches for both
1663 {dbpath} and {prepend}.
1664 4 Use {prepend}, use exact string matches for both
1665 {dbpath} and {prepend}.
1666
1667 Note: All string comparisons are case sensitive!
1668
1669 Examples. Suppose we had the following (from ":cs show"): >
1670
1671 # pid database name prepend path
1672 0 27664 cscope.out /usr/local
1673<
1674 Invocation Return Val ~
1675 ---------- ---------- >
1676 cscope_connection() 1
1677 cscope_connection(1, "out") 1
1678 cscope_connection(2, "out") 0
1679 cscope_connection(3, "out") 0
1680 cscope_connection(3, "out", "local") 1
1681 cscope_connection(4, "out") 0
1682 cscope_connection(4, "out", "local") 0
1683 cscope_connection(4, "cscope.out", "/usr/local") 1
1684<
1685cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *cursor()*
1686cursor({list})
1687 Positions the cursor at the column (byte count) {col} in the
1688 line {lnum}. The first column is one.
1689
1690 When there is one argument {list} this is used as a |List|
1691 with two, three or four item:
1692 [{lnum}, {col}]
1693 [{lnum}, {col}, {off}]
1694 [{lnum}, {col}, {off}, {curswant}]
1695 This is like the return value of |getpos()| or |getcurpos()|,
1696 but without the first item.
1697
1698 To position the cursor using the character count, use
1699 |setcursorcharpos()|.
1700
1701 Does not change the jumplist.
1702 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
1703 If {lnum} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer,
1704 the cursor will be positioned at the last line in the buffer.
1705 If {lnum} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current line.
1706 If {col} is greater than the number of bytes in the line,
1707 the cursor will be positioned at the last character in the
1708 line.
1709 If {col} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current column.
1710 If {curswant} is given it is used to set the preferred column
1711 for vertical movement. Otherwise {col} is used.
1712
1713 When 'virtualedit' is used {off} specifies the offset in
1714 screen columns from the start of the character. E.g., a
1715 position within a <Tab> or after the last character.
1716 Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise.
1717
1718 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1719 GetCursorPos()->cursor()
1720
1721debugbreak({pid}) *debugbreak()*
1722 Specifically used to interrupt a program being debugged. It
1723 will cause process {pid} to get a SIGTRAP. Behavior for other
1724 processes is undefined. See |terminal-debugger|.
1725 {only available on MS-Windows}
1726
1727 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1728 GetPid()->debugbreak()
1729
1730deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) *deepcopy()* *E698*
1731 Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
1732 different from using {expr} directly.
1733 When {expr} is a |List| a full copy is created. This means
1734 that the original |List| can be changed without changing the
1735 copy, and vice versa. When an item is a |List| or
1736 |Dictionary|, a copy for it is made, recursively. Thus
1737 changing an item in the copy does not change the contents of
1738 the original |List|.
1739 A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|.
1740
1741 When {noref} is omitted or zero a contained |List| or
1742 |Dictionary| is only copied once. All references point to
1743 this single copy. With {noref} set to 1 every occurrence of a
1744 |List| or |Dictionary| results in a new copy. This also means
1745 that a cyclic reference causes deepcopy() to fail.
1746 *E724*
1747 Nesting is possible up to 100 levels. When there is an item
1748 that refers back to a higher level making a deep copy with
1749 {noref} set to 1 will fail.
1750 Also see |copy()|.
1751
1752 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1753 GetObject()->deepcopy()
1754
1755delete({fname} [, {flags}]) *delete()*
1756 Without {flags} or with {flags} empty: Deletes the file by the
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001757 name {fname}.
1758
1759 This also works when {fname} is a symbolic link. The symbolic
1760 link itself is deleted, not what it points to.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001761
1762 When {flags} is "d": Deletes the directory by the name
1763 {fname}. This fails when directory {fname} is not empty.
1764
1765 When {flags} is "rf": Deletes the directory by the name
1766 {fname} and everything in it, recursively. BE CAREFUL!
1767 Note: on MS-Windows it is not possible to delete a directory
1768 that is being used.
1769
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001770 The result is a Number, which is 0/false if the delete
1771 operation was successful and -1/true when the deletion failed
1772 or partly failed.
1773
1774 Use |remove()| to delete an item from a |List|.
1775 To delete a line from the buffer use |:delete| or
1776 |deletebufline()|.
1777
1778 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1779 GetName()->delete()
1780
1781deletebufline({buf}, {first} [, {last}]) *deletebufline()*
1782 Delete lines {first} to {last} (inclusive) from buffer {buf}.
1783 If {last} is omitted then delete line {first} only.
1784 On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned.
1785
1786 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
1787 |bufload()| if needed.
1788
1789 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
1790
1791 {first} and {last} are used like with |getline()|. Note that
1792 when using |line()| this refers to the current buffer. Use "$"
1793 to refer to the last line in buffer {buf}.
1794
1795 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1796 GetBuffer()->deletebufline(1)
1797<
1798 *did_filetype()*
1799did_filetype() Returns |TRUE| when autocommands are being executed and the
1800 FileType event has been triggered at least once. Can be used
1801 to avoid triggering the FileType event again in the scripts
1802 that detect the file type. |FileType|
1803 Returns |FALSE| when `:setf FALLBACK` was used.
1804 When editing another file, the counter is reset, thus this
1805 really checks if the FileType event has been triggered for the
1806 current buffer. This allows an autocommand that starts
1807 editing another buffer to set 'filetype' and load a syntax
1808 file.
1809
1810diff_filler({lnum}) *diff_filler()*
1811 Returns the number of filler lines above line {lnum}.
1812 These are the lines that were inserted at this point in
1813 another diff'ed window. These filler lines are shown in the
1814 display but don't exist in the buffer.
1815 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
1816 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
1817 Returns 0 if the current window is not in diff mode.
1818
1819 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1820 GetLnum()->diff_filler()
1821
1822diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) *diff_hlID()*
1823 Returns the highlight ID for diff mode at line {lnum} column
1824 {col} (byte index). When the current line does not have a
1825 diff change zero is returned.
1826 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
1827 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
1828 {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
1829 line.
1830 The highlight ID can be used with |synIDattr()| to obtain
1831 syntax information about the highlighting.
1832
1833 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1834 GetLnum()->diff_hlID(col)
1835<
1836
1837digraph_get({chars}) *digraph_get()* *E1214*
1838 Return the digraph of {chars}. This should be a string with
1839 exactly two characters. If {chars} are not just two
1840 characters, or the digraph of {chars} does not exist, an error
1841 is given and an empty string is returned.
1842
1843 The character will be converted from Unicode to 'encoding'
1844 when needed. This does require the conversion to be
1845 available, it might fail.
1846
1847 Also see |digraph_getlist()|.
1848
1849 Examples: >
1850 " Get a built-in digraph
1851 :echo digraph_get('00') " Returns '∞'
1852
1853 " Get a user-defined digraph
1854 :call digraph_set('aa', 'あ')
1855 :echo digraph_get('aa') " Returns 'あ'
1856<
1857 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1858 GetChars()->digraph_get()
1859<
1860 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1861 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1862 display an error message.
1863
1864
1865digraph_getlist([{listall}]) *digraph_getlist()*
1866 Return a list of digraphs. If the {listall} argument is given
1867 and it is TRUE, return all digraphs, including the default
1868 digraphs. Otherwise, return only user-defined digraphs.
1869
1870 The characters will be converted from Unicode to 'encoding'
1871 when needed. This does require the conservation to be
1872 available, it might fail.
1873
1874 Also see |digraph_get()|.
1875
1876 Examples: >
1877 " Get user-defined digraphs
1878 :echo digraph_getlist()
1879
1880 " Get all the digraphs, including default digraphs
1881 :echo digraph_getlist(1)
1882<
1883 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1884 GetNumber()->digraph_getlist()
1885<
1886 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1887 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1888 display an error message.
1889
1890
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00001891digraph_set({chars}, {digraph}) *digraph_set()*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001892 Add digraph {chars} to the list. {chars} must be a string
1893 with two characters. {digraph} is a string with one UTF-8
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00001894 encoded character. *E1215*
1895 Be careful, composing characters are NOT ignored. This
1896 function is similar to |:digraphs| command, but useful to add
1897 digraphs start with a white space.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001898
1899 The function result is v:true if |digraph| is registered. If
1900 this fails an error message is given and v:false is returned.
1901
1902 If you want to define multiple digraphs at once, you can use
1903 |digraph_setlist()|.
1904
1905 Example: >
1906 call digraph_set(' ', 'あ')
1907<
1908 Can be used as a |method|: >
1909 GetString()->digraph_set('あ')
1910<
1911 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1912 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1913 display an error message.
1914
1915
1916digraph_setlist({digraphlist}) *digraph_setlist()*
1917 Similar to |digraph_set()| but this function can add multiple
1918 digraphs at once. {digraphlist} is a list composed of lists,
1919 where each list contains two strings with {chars} and
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00001920 {digraph} as in |digraph_set()|. *E1216*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001921 Example: >
1922 call digraph_setlist([['aa', 'あ'], ['ii', 'い']])
1923<
1924 It is similar to the following: >
1925 for [chars, digraph] in [['aa', 'あ'], ['ii', 'い']]
1926 call digraph_set(chars, digraph)
1927 endfor
1928< Except that the function returns after the first error,
1929 following digraphs will not be added.
1930
1931 Can be used as a |method|: >
1932 GetList()->digraph_setlist()
1933<
1934 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1935 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1936 display an error message.
1937
1938
1939echoraw({string}) *echoraw()*
1940 Output {string} as-is, including unprintable characters.
1941 This can be used to output a terminal code. For example, to
1942 disable modifyOtherKeys: >
1943 call echoraw(&t_TE)
1944< and to enable it again: >
1945 call echoraw(&t_TI)
1946< Use with care, you can mess up the terminal this way.
1947
1948
1949empty({expr}) *empty()*
1950 Return the Number 1 if {expr} is empty, zero otherwise.
1951 - A |List| or |Dictionary| is empty when it does not have any
1952 items.
1953 - A |String| is empty when its length is zero.
1954 - A |Number| and |Float| are empty when their value is zero.
1955 - |v:false|, |v:none| and |v:null| are empty, |v:true| is not.
1956 - A |Job| is empty when it failed to start.
1957 - A |Channel| is empty when it is closed.
1958 - A |Blob| is empty when its length is zero.
1959
1960 For a long |List| this is much faster than comparing the
1961 length with zero.
1962
1963 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1964 mylist->empty()
1965
1966environ() *environ()*
1967 Return all of environment variables as dictionary. You can
1968 check if an environment variable exists like this: >
1969 :echo has_key(environ(), 'HOME')
1970< Note that the variable name may be CamelCase; to ignore case
1971 use this: >
1972 :echo index(keys(environ()), 'HOME', 0, 1) != -1
1973
1974escape({string}, {chars}) *escape()*
1975 Escape the characters in {chars} that occur in {string} with a
1976 backslash. Example: >
1977 :echo escape('c:\program files\vim', ' \')
1978< results in: >
1979 c:\\program\ files\\vim
1980< Also see |shellescape()| and |fnameescape()|.
1981
1982 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1983 GetText()->escape(' \')
1984<
1985 *eval()*
1986eval({string}) Evaluate {string} and return the result. Especially useful to
1987 turn the result of |string()| back into the original value.
1988 This works for Numbers, Floats, Strings, Blobs and composites
1989 of them. Also works for |Funcref|s that refer to existing
1990 functions.
1991
1992 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1993 argv->join()->eval()
1994
1995eventhandler() *eventhandler()*
1996 Returns 1 when inside an event handler. That is that Vim got
1997 interrupted while waiting for the user to type a character,
1998 e.g., when dropping a file on Vim. This means interactive
1999 commands cannot be used. Otherwise zero is returned.
2000
2001executable({expr}) *executable()*
2002 This function checks if an executable with the name {expr}
2003 exists. {expr} must be the name of the program without any
2004 arguments.
2005 executable() uses the value of $PATH and/or the normal
2006 searchpath for programs. *PATHEXT*
2007 On MS-Windows the ".exe", ".bat", etc. can optionally be
2008 included. Then the extensions in $PATHEXT are tried. Thus if
2009 "foo.exe" does not exist, "foo.exe.bat" can be found. If
2010 $PATHEXT is not set then ".com;.exe;.bat;.cmd" is used. A dot
2011 by itself can be used in $PATHEXT to try using the name
2012 without an extension. When 'shell' looks like a Unix shell,
2013 then the name is also tried without adding an extension.
2014 On MS-Windows it only checks if the file exists and is not a
2015 directory, not if it's really executable.
2016 On MS-Windows an executable in the same directory as Vim is
2017 always found. Since this directory is added to $PATH it
2018 should also work to execute it |win32-PATH|.
2019 The result is a Number:
2020 1 exists
2021 0 does not exist
2022 -1 not implemented on this system
2023 |exepath()| can be used to get the full path of an executable.
2024
2025 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2026 GetCommand()->executable()
2027
2028execute({command} [, {silent}]) *execute()*
2029 Execute an Ex command or commands and return the output as a
2030 string.
2031 {command} can be a string or a List. In case of a List the
2032 lines are executed one by one.
2033 This is equivalent to: >
2034 redir => var
2035 {command}
2036 redir END
2037<
2038 The optional {silent} argument can have these values:
2039 "" no `:silent` used
2040 "silent" `:silent` used
2041 "silent!" `:silent!` used
2042 The default is "silent". Note that with "silent!", unlike
2043 `:redir`, error messages are dropped. When using an external
2044 command the screen may be messed up, use `system()` instead.
2045 *E930*
2046 It is not possible to use `:redir` anywhere in {command}.
2047
2048 To get a list of lines use |split()| on the result: >
2049 split(execute('args'), "\n")
2050
2051< To execute a command in another window than the current one
2052 use `win_execute()`.
2053
2054 When used recursively the output of the recursive call is not
2055 included in the output of the higher level call.
2056
2057 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2058 GetCommand()->execute()
2059
2060exepath({expr}) *exepath()*
2061 If {expr} is an executable and is either an absolute path, a
2062 relative path or found in $PATH, return the full path.
2063 Note that the current directory is used when {expr} starts
2064 with "./", which may be a problem for Vim: >
2065 echo exepath(v:progpath)
2066< If {expr} cannot be found in $PATH or is not executable then
2067 an empty string is returned.
2068
2069 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2070 GetCommand()->exepath()
2071<
2072 *exists()*
2073exists({expr}) The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if {expr} is defined,
2074 zero otherwise.
2075
2076 Note: In a compiled |:def| function the evaluation is done at
2077 runtime. Use `exists_compiled()` to evaluate the expression
2078 at compile time.
2079
2080 For checking for a supported feature use |has()|.
2081 For checking if a file exists use |filereadable()|.
2082
2083 The {expr} argument is a string, which contains one of these:
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00002084 varname internal variable (see
2085 dict.key |internal-variables|). Also works
2086 list[i] for |curly-braces-names|, |Dictionary|
2087 import.Func entries, |List| items, imported
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00002088 items, etc.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00002089 Does not work for local variables in a
2090 compiled `:def` function.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00002091 Also works for a function in |Vim9|
2092 script, since it can be used as a
2093 function reference.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00002094 Beware that evaluating an index may
2095 cause an error message for an invalid
2096 expression. E.g.: >
2097 :let l = [1, 2, 3]
2098 :echo exists("l[5]")
2099< 0 >
2100 :echo exists("l[xx]")
2101< E121: Undefined variable: xx
2102 0
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002103 &option-name Vim option (only checks if it exists,
2104 not if it really works)
2105 +option-name Vim option that works.
2106 $ENVNAME environment variable (could also be
2107 done by comparing with an empty
2108 string)
2109 *funcname built-in function (see |functions|)
2110 or user defined function (see
2111 |user-functions|) that is implemented.
2112 Also works for a variable that is a
2113 Funcref.
2114 ?funcname built-in function that could be
2115 implemented; to be used to check if
2116 "funcname" is valid
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002117 :cmdname Ex command: built-in command, user
2118 command or command modifier |:command|.
2119 Returns:
2120 1 for match with start of a command
2121 2 full match with a command
2122 3 matches several user commands
2123 To check for a supported command
2124 always check the return value to be 2.
2125 :2match The |:2match| command.
2126 :3match The |:3match| command.
2127 #event autocommand defined for this event
2128 #event#pattern autocommand defined for this event and
2129 pattern (the pattern is taken
2130 literally and compared to the
2131 autocommand patterns character by
2132 character)
2133 #group autocommand group exists
2134 #group#event autocommand defined for this group and
2135 event.
2136 #group#event#pattern
2137 autocommand defined for this group,
2138 event and pattern.
2139 ##event autocommand for this event is
2140 supported.
2141
2142 Examples: >
2143 exists("&shortname")
2144 exists("$HOSTNAME")
2145 exists("*strftime")
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00002146 exists("*s:MyFunc") " only for legacy script
2147 exists("*MyFunc")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002148 exists("bufcount")
2149 exists(":Make")
2150 exists("#CursorHold")
2151 exists("#BufReadPre#*.gz")
2152 exists("#filetypeindent")
2153 exists("#filetypeindent#FileType")
2154 exists("#filetypeindent#FileType#*")
2155 exists("##ColorScheme")
2156< There must be no space between the symbol (&/$/*/#) and the
2157 name.
2158 There must be no extra characters after the name, although in
2159 a few cases this is ignored. That may become more strict in
2160 the future, thus don't count on it!
2161 Working example: >
2162 exists(":make")
2163< NOT working example: >
2164 exists(":make install")
2165
2166< Note that the argument must be a string, not the name of the
2167 variable itself. For example: >
2168 exists(bufcount)
2169< This doesn't check for existence of the "bufcount" variable,
2170 but gets the value of "bufcount", and checks if that exists.
2171
2172 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2173 Varname()->exists()
2174<
2175
2176exists_compiled({expr}) *exists_compiled()*
2177 Like `exists()` but evaluated at compile time. This is useful
2178 to skip a block where a function is used that would otherwise
2179 give an error: >
2180 if exists_compiled('*ThatFunction')
2181 ThatFunction('works')
2182 endif
2183< If `exists()` were used then a compilation error would be
2184 given if ThatFunction() is not defined.
2185
2186 {expr} must be a literal string. *E1232*
2187 Can only be used in a |:def| function. *E1233*
2188 This does not work to check for arguments or local variables.
2189
2190
2191exp({expr}) *exp()*
2192 Return the exponential of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
2193 [0, inf].
2194 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
2195 Examples: >
2196 :echo exp(2)
2197< 7.389056 >
2198 :echo exp(-1)
2199< 0.367879
2200
2201 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2202 Compute()->exp()
2203<
2204 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
2205
2206
2207expand({string} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]]) *expand()*
2208 Expand wildcards and the following special keywords in
2209 {string}. 'wildignorecase' applies.
2210
2211 If {list} is given and it is |TRUE|, a List will be returned.
2212 Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
2213 matches, they are separated by <NL> characters. [Note: in
2214 version 5.0 a space was used, which caused problems when a
2215 file name contains a space]
2216
2217 If the expansion fails, the result is an empty string. A name
2218 for a non-existing file is not included, unless {string} does
2219 not start with '%', '#' or '<', see below.
2220
2221 When {string} starts with '%', '#' or '<', the expansion is
2222 done like for the |cmdline-special| variables with their
2223 associated modifiers. Here is a short overview:
2224
2225 % current file name
2226 # alternate file name
2227 #n alternate file name n
2228 <cfile> file name under the cursor
2229 <afile> autocmd file name
2230 <abuf> autocmd buffer number (as a String!)
2231 <amatch> autocmd matched name
2232 <cexpr> C expression under the cursor
2233 <sfile> sourced script file or function name
2234 <slnum> sourced script line number or function
2235 line number
2236 <sflnum> script file line number, also when in
2237 a function
2238 <SID> "<SNR>123_" where "123" is the
2239 current script ID |<SID>|
2240 <stack> call stack
2241 <cword> word under the cursor
2242 <cWORD> WORD under the cursor
2243 <client> the {clientid} of the last received
2244 message |server2client()|
2245 Modifiers:
2246 :p expand to full path
2247 :h head (last path component removed)
2248 :t tail (last path component only)
2249 :r root (one extension removed)
2250 :e extension only
2251
2252 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002253 :let &tags = expand("%:p:h") .. "/tags"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002254< Note that when expanding a string that starts with '%', '#' or
2255 '<', any following text is ignored. This does NOT work: >
2256 :let doesntwork = expand("%:h.bak")
2257< Use this: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002258 :let doeswork = expand("%:h") .. ".bak"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002259< Also note that expanding "<cfile>" and others only returns the
2260 referenced file name without further expansion. If "<cfile>"
2261 is "~/.cshrc", you need to do another expand() to have the
2262 "~/" expanded into the path of the home directory: >
2263 :echo expand(expand("<cfile>"))
2264<
2265 There cannot be white space between the variables and the
2266 following modifier. The |fnamemodify()| function can be used
2267 to modify normal file names.
2268
2269 When using '%' or '#', and the current or alternate file name
2270 is not defined, an empty string is used. Using "%:p" in a
2271 buffer with no name, results in the current directory, with a
2272 '/' added.
Bram Moolenaar57544522022-04-12 12:54:11 +01002273 When 'verbose' is set then expanding '%', '#' and <> items
2274 will result in an error message if the argument cannot be
2275 expanded.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002276
2277 When {string} does not start with '%', '#' or '<', it is
2278 expanded like a file name is expanded on the command line.
2279 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' are used, unless the optional
2280 {nosuf} argument is given and it is |TRUE|.
2281 Names for non-existing files are included. The "**" item can
2282 be used to search in a directory tree. For example, to find
2283 all "README" files in the current directory and below: >
2284 :echo expand("**/README")
2285<
2286 expand() can also be used to expand variables and environment
2287 variables that are only known in a shell. But this can be
2288 slow, because a shell may be used to do the expansion. See
2289 |expr-env-expand|.
2290 The expanded variable is still handled like a list of file
2291 names. When an environment variable cannot be expanded, it is
2292 left unchanged. Thus ":echo expand('$FOOBAR')" results in
2293 "$FOOBAR".
2294
2295 See |glob()| for finding existing files. See |system()| for
2296 getting the raw output of an external command.
2297
2298 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2299 Getpattern()->expand()
2300
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002301expandcmd({string} [, {options}]) *expandcmd()*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002302 Expand special items in String {string} like what is done for
2303 an Ex command such as `:edit`. This expands special keywords,
2304 like with |expand()|, and environment variables, anywhere in
2305 {string}. "~user" and "~/path" are only expanded at the
2306 start.
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002307
2308 The following items are supported in the {options} Dict
2309 argument:
2310 errmsg If set to TRUE, error messages are displayed
2311 if an error is encountered during expansion.
2312 By default, error messages are not displayed.
2313
Yegappan Lakshmanan5018a832022-04-02 21:12:21 +01002314 Returns the expanded string. If an error is encountered
2315 during expansion, the unmodified {string} is returned.
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002316
Yegappan Lakshmanan5018a832022-04-02 21:12:21 +01002317 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002318 :echo expandcmd('make %<.o')
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002319 make /path/runtime/doc/builtin.o
2320 :echo expandcmd('make %<.o', {'errmsg': v:true})
2321<
Yegappan Lakshmanan5018a832022-04-02 21:12:21 +01002322 Can also be used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002323 GetCommand()->expandcmd()
2324<
2325extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extend()*
2326 {expr1} and {expr2} must be both |Lists| or both
2327 |Dictionaries|.
2328
2329 If they are |Lists|: Append {expr2} to {expr1}.
2330 If {expr3} is given insert the items of {expr2} before the
2331 item with index {expr3} in {expr1}. When {expr3} is zero
2332 insert before the first item. When {expr3} is equal to
2333 len({expr1}) then {expr2} is appended.
2334 Examples: >
2335 :echo sort(extend(mylist, [7, 5]))
2336 :call extend(mylist, [2, 3], 1)
2337< When {expr1} is the same List as {expr2} then the number of
2338 items copied is equal to the original length of the List.
2339 E.g., when {expr3} is 1 you get N new copies of the first item
2340 (where N is the original length of the List).
2341 Use |add()| to concatenate one item to a list. To concatenate
2342 two lists into a new list use the + operator: >
2343 :let newlist = [1, 2, 3] + [4, 5]
2344<
2345 If they are |Dictionaries|:
2346 Add all entries from {expr2} to {expr1}.
2347 If a key exists in both {expr1} and {expr2} then {expr3} is
2348 used to decide what to do:
2349 {expr3} = "keep": keep the value of {expr1}
2350 {expr3} = "force": use the value of {expr2}
2351 {expr3} = "error": give an error message *E737*
2352 When {expr3} is omitted then "force" is assumed.
2353
2354 {expr1} is changed when {expr2} is not empty. If necessary
2355 make a copy of {expr1} first.
2356 {expr2} remains unchanged.
2357 When {expr1} is locked and {expr2} is not empty the operation
2358 fails.
2359 Returns {expr1}.
2360
2361 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2362 mylist->extend(otherlist)
2363
2364
2365extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extendnew()*
2366 Like |extend()| but instead of adding items to {expr1} a new
2367 List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains
2368 unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you
2369 don't want that use |deepcopy()| first.
2370
2371
2372feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) *feedkeys()*
2373 Characters in {string} are queued for processing as if they
2374 come from a mapping or were typed by the user.
2375
2376 By default the string is added to the end of the typeahead
2377 buffer, thus if a mapping is still being executed the
2378 characters come after them. Use the 'i' flag to insert before
2379 other characters, they will be executed next, before any
2380 characters from a mapping.
2381
2382 The function does not wait for processing of keys contained in
2383 {string}.
2384
2385 To include special keys into {string}, use double-quotes
2386 and "\..." notation |expr-quote|. For example,
2387 feedkeys("\<CR>") simulates pressing of the <Enter> key. But
2388 feedkeys('\<CR>') pushes 5 characters.
2389 A special code that might be useful is <Ignore>, it exits the
2390 wait for a character without doing anything. *<Ignore>*
2391
2392 {mode} is a String, which can contain these character flags:
2393 'm' Remap keys. This is default. If {mode} is absent,
2394 keys are remapped.
2395 'n' Do not remap keys.
2396 't' Handle keys as if typed; otherwise they are handled as
2397 if coming from a mapping. This matters for undo,
2398 opening folds, etc.
2399 'L' Lowlevel input. Only works for Unix or when using the
2400 GUI. Keys are used as if they were coming from the
2401 terminal. Other flags are not used. *E980*
2402 When a CTRL-C interrupts and 't' is included it sets
2403 the internal "got_int" flag.
2404 'i' Insert the string instead of appending (see above).
2405 'x' Execute commands until typeahead is empty. This is
2406 similar to using ":normal!". You can call feedkeys()
2407 several times without 'x' and then one time with 'x'
2408 (possibly with an empty {string}) to execute all the
2409 typeahead. Note that when Vim ends in Insert mode it
2410 will behave as if <Esc> is typed, to avoid getting
2411 stuck, waiting for a character to be typed before the
2412 script continues.
2413 Note that if you manage to call feedkeys() while
2414 executing commands, thus calling it recursively, then
2415 all typeahead will be consumed by the last call.
Bram Moolenaara9725222022-01-16 13:30:33 +00002416 'c' Remove any script context when executing, so that
2417 legacy script syntax applies, "s:var" does not work,
2418 etc.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002419 '!' When used with 'x' will not end Insert mode. Can be
2420 used in a test when a timer is set to exit Insert mode
2421 a little later. Useful for testing CursorHoldI.
2422
2423 Return value is always 0.
2424
2425 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2426 GetInput()->feedkeys()
2427
2428filereadable({file}) *filereadable()*
2429 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a file with the
2430 name {file} exists, and can be read. If {file} doesn't exist,
2431 or is a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {file} is any
2432 expression, which is used as a String.
2433 If you don't care about the file being readable you can use
2434 |glob()|.
2435 {file} is used as-is, you may want to expand wildcards first: >
2436 echo filereadable('~/.vimrc')
2437 0
2438 echo filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc'))
2439 1
2440
2441< Can also be used as a |method|: >
2442 GetName()->filereadable()
2443< *file_readable()*
2444 Obsolete name: file_readable().
2445
2446
2447filewritable({file}) *filewritable()*
2448 The result is a Number, which is 1 when a file with the
2449 name {file} exists, and can be written. If {file} doesn't
2450 exist, or is not writable, the result is 0. If {file} is a
2451 directory, and we can write to it, the result is 2.
2452
2453 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2454 GetName()->filewritable()
2455
2456
2457filter({expr1}, {expr2}) *filter()*
2458 {expr1} must be a |List|, |String|, |Blob| or |Dictionary|.
2459 For each item in {expr1} evaluate {expr2} and when the result
2460 is zero or false remove the item from the |List| or
2461 |Dictionary|. Similarly for each byte in a |Blob| and each
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00002462 character in a |String|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002463
2464 {expr2} must be a |string| or |Funcref|.
2465
2466 If {expr2} is a |string|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value
2467 of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key
2468 of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of
2469 the current item. For a |Blob| |v:key| has the index of the
2470 current byte. For a |String| |v:key| has the index of the
2471 current character.
2472 Examples: >
2473 call filter(mylist, 'v:val !~ "OLD"')
2474< Removes the items where "OLD" appears. >
2475 call filter(mydict, 'v:key >= 8')
2476< Removes the items with a key below 8. >
2477 call filter(var, 0)
2478< Removes all the items, thus clears the |List| or |Dictionary|.
2479
2480 Note that {expr2} is the result of expression and is then
2481 used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a
2482 |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes.
2483
2484 If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it must take two arguments:
2485 1. the key or the index of the current item.
2486 2. the value of the current item.
2487 The function must return |TRUE| if the item should be kept.
2488 Example that keeps the odd items of a list: >
2489 func Odd(idx, val)
2490 return a:idx % 2 == 1
2491 endfunc
2492 call filter(mylist, function('Odd'))
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00002493< It is shorter when using a |lambda|. In |Vim9| syntax: >
2494 call filter(myList, (idx, val) => idx * val <= 42)
2495< In legacy script syntax: >
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002496 call filter(myList, {idx, val -> idx * val <= 42})
2497< If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: >
2498 call filter(myList, {idx -> idx % 2 == 1})
2499<
2500 In |Vim9| script the result must be true, false, zero or one.
2501 Other values will result in a type error.
2502
2503 For a |List| and a |Dictionary| the operation is done
2504 in-place. If you want it to remain unmodified make a copy
2505 first: >
2506 :let l = filter(copy(mylist), 'v:val =~ "KEEP"')
2507
2508< Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered,
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00002509 or a new |Blob| or |String|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002510 When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no
2511 further items in {expr1} are processed.
2512 When {expr2} is a Funcref errors inside a function are ignored,
2513 unless it was defined with the "abort" flag.
2514
2515 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2516 mylist->filter(expr2)
2517
2518finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *finddir()*
2519 Find directory {name} in {path}. Supports both downwards and
2520 upwards recursive directory searches. See |file-searching|
2521 for the syntax of {path}.
2522
2523 Returns the path of the first found match. When the found
2524 directory is below the current directory a relative path is
2525 returned. Otherwise a full path is returned.
2526 If {path} is omitted or empty then 'path' is used.
2527
2528 If the optional {count} is given, find {count}'s occurrence of
2529 {name} in {path} instead of the first one.
2530 When {count} is negative return all the matches in a |List|.
2531
2532 This is quite similar to the ex-command `:find`.
2533 {only available when compiled with the |+file_in_path|
2534 feature}
2535
2536 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2537 GetName()->finddir()
2538
2539findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *findfile()*
2540 Just like |finddir()|, but find a file instead of a directory.
2541 Uses 'suffixesadd'.
2542 Example: >
2543 :echo findfile("tags.vim", ".;")
2544< Searches from the directory of the current file upwards until
2545 it finds the file "tags.vim".
2546
2547 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2548 GetName()->findfile()
2549
2550flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) *flatten()*
2551 Flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels. Without {maxdepth}
2552 the result is a |List| without nesting, as if {maxdepth} is
2553 a very large number.
2554 The {list} is changed in place, use |flattennew()| if you do
2555 not want that.
2556 In Vim9 script flatten() cannot be used, you must always use
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00002557 |flattennew()|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002558 *E900*
2559 {maxdepth} means how deep in nested lists changes are made.
2560 {list} is not modified when {maxdepth} is 0.
2561 {maxdepth} must be positive number.
2562
2563 If there is an error the number zero is returned.
2564
2565 Example: >
2566 :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5])
2567< [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >
2568 :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5], 1)
2569< [1, 2, [3, 4], 5]
2570
2571 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2572 mylist->flatten()
2573<
2574flattennew({list} [, {maxdepth}]) *flattennew()*
2575 Like |flatten()| but first make a copy of {list}.
2576
2577
2578float2nr({expr}) *float2nr()*
2579 Convert {expr} to a Number by omitting the part after the
2580 decimal point.
2581 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a Number.
2582 When the value of {expr} is out of range for a |Number| the
2583 result is truncated to 0x7fffffff or -0x7fffffff (or when
2584 64-bit Number support is enabled, 0x7fffffffffffffff or
2585 -0x7fffffffffffffff). NaN results in -0x80000000 (or when
2586 64-bit Number support is enabled, -0x8000000000000000).
2587 Examples: >
2588 echo float2nr(3.95)
2589< 3 >
2590 echo float2nr(-23.45)
2591< -23 >
2592 echo float2nr(1.0e100)
2593< 2147483647 (or 9223372036854775807) >
2594 echo float2nr(-1.0e150)
2595< -2147483647 (or -9223372036854775807) >
2596 echo float2nr(1.0e-100)
2597< 0
2598
2599 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2600 Compute()->float2nr()
2601<
2602 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
2603
2604
2605floor({expr}) *floor()*
2606 Return the largest integral value less than or equal to
2607 {expr} as a |Float| (round down).
2608 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
2609 Examples: >
2610 echo floor(1.856)
2611< 1.0 >
2612 echo floor(-5.456)
2613< -6.0 >
2614 echo floor(4.0)
2615< 4.0
2616
2617 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2618 Compute()->floor()
2619<
2620 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
2621
2622
2623fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) *fmod()*
2624 Return the remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}, even if the
2625 division is not representable. Returns {expr1} - i * {expr2}
2626 for some integer i such that if {expr2} is non-zero, the
2627 result has the same sign as {expr1} and magnitude less than
2628 the magnitude of {expr2}. If {expr2} is zero, the value
2629 returned is zero. The value returned is a |Float|.
2630 {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
2631 Examples: >
2632 :echo fmod(12.33, 1.22)
2633< 0.13 >
2634 :echo fmod(-12.33, 1.22)
2635< -0.13
2636
2637 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2638 Compute()->fmod(1.22)
2639<
2640 {only available when compiled with |+float| feature}
2641
2642
2643fnameescape({string}) *fnameescape()*
2644 Escape {string} for use as file name command argument. All
2645 characters that have a special meaning, such as '%' and '|'
2646 are escaped with a backslash.
2647 For most systems the characters escaped are
2648 " \t\n*?[{`$\\%#'\"|!<". For systems where a backslash
2649 appears in a filename, it depends on the value of 'isfname'.
2650 A leading '+' and '>' is also escaped (special after |:edit|
2651 and |:write|). And a "-" by itself (special after |:cd|).
2652 Example: >
2653 :let fname = '+some str%nge|name'
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002654 :exe "edit " .. fnameescape(fname)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002655< results in executing: >
2656 edit \+some\ str\%nge\|name
2657<
2658 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2659 GetName()->fnameescape()
2660
2661fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) *fnamemodify()*
2662 Modify file name {fname} according to {mods}. {mods} is a
2663 string of characters like it is used for file names on the
2664 command line. See |filename-modifiers|.
2665 Example: >
2666 :echo fnamemodify("main.c", ":p:h")
2667< results in: >
2668 /home/mool/vim/vim/src
2669< If {mods} is empty then {fname} is returned.
2670 Note: Environment variables don't work in {fname}, use
2671 |expand()| first then.
2672
2673 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2674 GetName()->fnamemodify(':p:h')
2675
2676foldclosed({lnum}) *foldclosed()*
2677 The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed
2678 fold, the result is the number of the first line in that fold.
2679 If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned.
2680 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2681 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2682
2683 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2684 GetLnum()->foldclosed()
2685
2686foldclosedend({lnum}) *foldclosedend()*
2687 The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed
2688 fold, the result is the number of the last line in that fold.
2689 If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned.
2690 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2691 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2692
2693 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2694 GetLnum()->foldclosedend()
2695
2696foldlevel({lnum}) *foldlevel()*
2697 The result is a Number, which is the foldlevel of line {lnum}
2698 in the current buffer. For nested folds the deepest level is
2699 returned. If there is no fold at line {lnum}, zero is
2700 returned. It doesn't matter if the folds are open or closed.
2701 When used while updating folds (from 'foldexpr') -1 is
2702 returned for lines where folds are still to be updated and the
2703 foldlevel is unknown. As a special case the level of the
2704 previous line is usually available.
2705 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2706 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2707
2708 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2709 GetLnum()->foldlevel()
2710<
2711 *foldtext()*
2712foldtext() Returns a String, to be displayed for a closed fold. This is
2713 the default function used for the 'foldtext' option and should
2714 only be called from evaluating 'foldtext'. It uses the
2715 |v:foldstart|, |v:foldend| and |v:folddashes| variables.
2716 The returned string looks like this: >
2717 +-- 45 lines: abcdef
2718< The number of leading dashes depends on the foldlevel. The
2719 "45" is the number of lines in the fold. "abcdef" is the text
2720 in the first non-blank line of the fold. Leading white space,
2721 "//" or "/*" and the text from the 'foldmarker' and
2722 'commentstring' options is removed.
2723 When used to draw the actual foldtext, the rest of the line
2724 will be filled with the fold char from the 'fillchars'
2725 setting.
2726 {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature}
2727
2728foldtextresult({lnum}) *foldtextresult()*
2729 Returns the text that is displayed for the closed fold at line
2730 {lnum}. Evaluates 'foldtext' in the appropriate context.
2731 When there is no closed fold at {lnum} an empty string is
2732 returned.
2733 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2734 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2735 Useful when exporting folded text, e.g., to HTML.
2736 {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature}
2737
2738
2739 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2740 GetLnum()->foldtextresult()
2741<
2742 *foreground()*
2743foreground() Move the Vim window to the foreground. Useful when sent from
2744 a client to a Vim server. |remote_send()|
2745 On Win32 systems this might not work, the OS does not always
2746 allow a window to bring itself to the foreground. Use
2747 |remote_foreground()| instead.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01002748 {only in the Win32, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002749 Win32 console version}
2750
2751fullcommand({name}) *fullcommand()*
2752 Get the full command name from a short abbreviated command
2753 name; see |20.2| for details on command abbreviations.
2754
2755 The string argument {name} may start with a `:` and can
2756 include a [range], these are skipped and not returned.
2757 Returns an empty string if a command doesn't exist or if it's
2758 ambiguous (for user-defined commands).
2759
2760 For example `fullcommand('s')`, `fullcommand('sub')`,
2761 `fullcommand(':%substitute')` all return "substitute".
2762
2763 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2764 GetName()->fullcommand()
2765<
2766 *funcref()*
2767funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
2768 Just like |function()|, but the returned Funcref will lookup
2769 the function by reference, not by name. This matters when the
2770 function {name} is redefined later.
2771
2772 Unlike |function()|, {name} must be an existing user function.
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00002773 It only works for an autoloaded function if it has already
2774 been loaded (to avoid mistakenly loading the autoload script
2775 when only intending to use the function name, use |function()|
2776 instead). {name} cannot be a builtin function.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002777
2778 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2779 GetFuncname()->funcref([arg])
2780<
2781 *function()* *partial* *E700* *E922* *E923*
2782function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
2783 Return a |Funcref| variable that refers to function {name}.
2784 {name} can be the name of a user defined function or an
2785 internal function.
2786
2787 {name} can also be a Funcref or a partial. When it is a
2788 partial the dict stored in it will be used and the {dict}
2789 argument is not allowed. E.g.: >
2790 let FuncWithArg = function(dict.Func, [arg])
2791 let Broken = function(dict.Func, [arg], dict)
2792<
2793 When using the Funcref the function will be found by {name},
2794 also when it was redefined later. Use |funcref()| to keep the
2795 same function.
2796
2797 When {arglist} or {dict} is present this creates a partial.
2798 That means the argument list and/or the dictionary is stored in
2799 the Funcref and will be used when the Funcref is called.
2800
2801 The arguments are passed to the function in front of other
2802 arguments, but after any argument from |method|. Example: >
2803 func Callback(arg1, arg2, name)
2804 ...
2805 let Partial = function('Callback', ['one', 'two'])
2806 ...
2807 call Partial('name')
2808< Invokes the function as with: >
2809 call Callback('one', 'two', 'name')
2810
2811< With a |method|: >
2812 func Callback(one, two, three)
2813 ...
2814 let Partial = function('Callback', ['two'])
2815 ...
2816 eval 'one'->Partial('three')
2817< Invokes the function as with: >
2818 call Callback('one', 'two', 'three')
2819
2820< The function() call can be nested to add more arguments to the
2821 Funcref. The extra arguments are appended to the list of
2822 arguments. Example: >
2823 func Callback(arg1, arg2, name)
2824 ...
2825 let Func = function('Callback', ['one'])
2826 let Func2 = function(Func, ['two'])
2827 ...
2828 call Func2('name')
2829< Invokes the function as with: >
2830 call Callback('one', 'two', 'name')
2831
2832< The Dictionary is only useful when calling a "dict" function.
2833 In that case the {dict} is passed in as "self". Example: >
2834 function Callback() dict
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002835 echo "called for " .. self.name
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002836 endfunction
2837 ...
2838 let context = {"name": "example"}
2839 let Func = function('Callback', context)
2840 ...
2841 call Func() " will echo: called for example
2842< The use of function() is not needed when there are no extra
2843 arguments, these two are equivalent: >
2844 let Func = function('Callback', context)
2845 let Func = context.Callback
2846
2847< The argument list and the Dictionary can be combined: >
2848 function Callback(arg1, count) dict
2849 ...
2850 let context = {"name": "example"}
2851 let Func = function('Callback', ['one'], context)
2852 ...
2853 call Func(500)
2854< Invokes the function as with: >
2855 call context.Callback('one', 500)
2856<
2857 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2858 GetFuncname()->function([arg])
2859
2860
2861garbagecollect([{atexit}]) *garbagecollect()*
2862 Cleanup unused |Lists|, |Dictionaries|, |Channels| and |Jobs|
2863 that have circular references.
2864
2865 There is hardly ever a need to invoke this function, as it is
2866 automatically done when Vim runs out of memory or is waiting
2867 for the user to press a key after 'updatetime'. Items without
2868 circular references are always freed when they become unused.
2869 This is useful if you have deleted a very big |List| and/or
2870 |Dictionary| with circular references in a script that runs
2871 for a long time.
2872
2873 When the optional {atexit} argument is one, garbage
2874 collection will also be done when exiting Vim, if it wasn't
2875 done before. This is useful when checking for memory leaks.
2876
2877 The garbage collection is not done immediately but only when
2878 it's safe to perform. This is when waiting for the user to
2879 type a character. To force garbage collection immediately use
2880 |test_garbagecollect_now()|.
2881
2882get({list}, {idx} [, {default}]) *get()*
2883 Get item {idx} from |List| {list}. When this item is not
2884 available return {default}. Return zero when {default} is
2885 omitted.
2886 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2887 mylist->get(idx)
2888get({blob}, {idx} [, {default}])
2889 Get byte {idx} from |Blob| {blob}. When this byte is not
2890 available return {default}. Return -1 when {default} is
2891 omitted.
2892 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2893 myblob->get(idx)
2894get({dict}, {key} [, {default}])
2895 Get item with key {key} from |Dictionary| {dict}. When this
2896 item is not available return {default}. Return zero when
2897 {default} is omitted. Useful example: >
2898 let val = get(g:, 'var_name', 'default')
2899< This gets the value of g:var_name if it exists, and uses
2900 'default' when it does not exist.
2901 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2902 mydict->get(key)
2903get({func}, {what})
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00002904 Get item {what} from Funcref {func}. Possible values for
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002905 {what} are:
2906 "name" The function name
2907 "func" The function
2908 "dict" The dictionary
2909 "args" The list with arguments
2910 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2911 myfunc->get(what)
2912<
2913 *getbufinfo()*
2914getbufinfo([{buf}])
2915getbufinfo([{dict}])
2916 Get information about buffers as a List of Dictionaries.
2917
2918 Without an argument information about all the buffers is
2919 returned.
2920
2921 When the argument is a |Dictionary| only the buffers matching
2922 the specified criteria are returned. The following keys can
2923 be specified in {dict}:
2924 buflisted include only listed buffers.
2925 bufloaded include only loaded buffers.
2926 bufmodified include only modified buffers.
2927
2928 Otherwise, {buf} specifies a particular buffer to return
2929 information for. For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()|
2930 above. If the buffer is found the returned List has one item.
2931 Otherwise the result is an empty list.
2932
2933 Each returned List item is a dictionary with the following
2934 entries:
2935 bufnr Buffer number.
2936 changed TRUE if the buffer is modified.
2937 changedtick Number of changes made to the buffer.
2938 hidden TRUE if the buffer is hidden.
2939 lastused Timestamp in seconds, like
2940 |localtime()|, when the buffer was
2941 last used.
2942 {only with the |+viminfo| feature}
2943 listed TRUE if the buffer is listed.
2944 lnum Line number used for the buffer when
2945 opened in the current window.
2946 Only valid if the buffer has been
2947 displayed in the window in the past.
2948 If you want the line number of the
2949 last known cursor position in a given
2950 window, use |line()|: >
2951 :echo line('.', {winid})
2952<
2953 linecount Number of lines in the buffer (only
2954 valid when loaded)
2955 loaded TRUE if the buffer is loaded.
2956 name Full path to the file in the buffer.
2957 signs List of signs placed in the buffer.
2958 Each list item is a dictionary with
2959 the following fields:
2960 id sign identifier
2961 lnum line number
2962 name sign name
2963 variables A reference to the dictionary with
2964 buffer-local variables.
2965 windows List of |window-ID|s that display this
2966 buffer
2967 popups List of popup |window-ID|s that
2968 display this buffer
2969
2970 Examples: >
2971 for buf in getbufinfo()
2972 echo buf.name
2973 endfor
2974 for buf in getbufinfo({'buflisted':1})
2975 if buf.changed
2976 ....
2977 endif
2978 endfor
2979<
2980 To get buffer-local options use: >
2981 getbufvar({bufnr}, '&option_name')
2982<
2983 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2984 GetBufnr()->getbufinfo()
2985<
2986
2987 *getbufline()*
2988getbufline({buf}, {lnum} [, {end}])
2989 Return a |List| with the lines starting from {lnum} to {end}
2990 (inclusive) in the buffer {buf}. If {end} is omitted, a
2991 |List| with only the line {lnum} is returned.
2992
2993 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
2994
2995 For {lnum} and {end} "$" can be used for the last line of the
2996 buffer. Otherwise a number must be used.
2997
2998 When {lnum} is smaller than 1 or bigger than the number of
2999 lines in the buffer, an empty |List| is returned.
3000
3001 When {end} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer,
3002 it is treated as {end} is set to the number of lines in the
3003 buffer. When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is
3004 returned.
3005
3006 This function works only for loaded buffers. For unloaded and
3007 non-existing buffers, an empty |List| is returned.
3008
3009 Example: >
3010 :let lines = getbufline(bufnr("myfile"), 1, "$")
3011
3012< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3013 GetBufnr()->getbufline(lnum)
3014
3015getbufvar({buf}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getbufvar()*
3016 The result is the value of option or local buffer variable
3017 {varname} in buffer {buf}. Note that the name without "b:"
3018 must be used.
3019 The {varname} argument is a string.
3020 When {varname} is empty returns a |Dictionary| with all the
3021 buffer-local variables.
3022 When {varname} is equal to "&" returns a |Dictionary| with all
3023 the buffer-local options.
3024 Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" returns the value of
3025 a buffer-local option.
3026 This also works for a global or buffer-local option, but it
3027 doesn't work for a global variable, window-local variable or
3028 window-local option.
3029 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
3030 When the buffer or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty
3031 string is returned, there is no error message.
3032 Examples: >
3033 :let bufmodified = getbufvar(1, "&mod")
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003034 :echo "todo myvar = " .. getbufvar("todo", "myvar")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003035
3036< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3037 GetBufnr()->getbufvar(varname)
3038<
3039getchangelist([{buf}]) *getchangelist()*
3040 Returns the |changelist| for the buffer {buf}. For the use
3041 of {buf}, see |bufname()| above. If buffer {buf} doesn't
3042 exist, an empty list is returned.
3043
3044 The returned list contains two entries: a list with the change
3045 locations and the current position in the list. Each
3046 entry in the change list is a dictionary with the following
3047 entries:
3048 col column number
3049 coladd column offset for 'virtualedit'
3050 lnum line number
3051 If buffer {buf} is the current buffer, then the current
3052 position refers to the position in the list. For other
3053 buffers, it is set to the length of the list.
3054
3055 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3056 GetBufnr()->getchangelist()
3057
3058getchar([expr]) *getchar()*
3059 Get a single character from the user or input stream.
3060 If [expr] is omitted, wait until a character is available.
3061 If [expr] is 0, only get a character when one is available.
3062 Return zero otherwise.
3063 If [expr] is 1, only check if a character is available, it is
3064 not consumed. Return zero if no character available.
3065 If you prefer always getting a string use |getcharstr()|.
3066
3067 Without [expr] and when [expr] is 0 a whole character or
3068 special key is returned. If it is a single character, the
3069 result is a number. Use nr2char() to convert it to a String.
3070 Otherwise a String is returned with the encoded character.
3071 For a special key it's a String with a sequence of bytes
3072 starting with 0x80 (decimal: 128). This is the same value as
3073 the String "\<Key>", e.g., "\<Left>". The returned value is
3074 also a String when a modifier (shift, control, alt) was used
3075 that is not included in the character.
3076
3077 When [expr] is 0 and Esc is typed, there will be a short delay
3078 while Vim waits to see if this is the start of an escape
3079 sequence.
3080
3081 When [expr] is 1 only the first byte is returned. For a
3082 one-byte character it is the character itself as a number.
3083 Use nr2char() to convert it to a String.
3084
3085 Use getcharmod() to obtain any additional modifiers.
3086
3087 When the user clicks a mouse button, the mouse event will be
3088 returned. The position can then be found in |v:mouse_col|,
3089 |v:mouse_lnum|, |v:mouse_winid| and |v:mouse_win|.
3090 |getmousepos()| can also be used. Mouse move events will be
3091 ignored.
3092 This example positions the mouse as it would normally happen: >
3093 let c = getchar()
3094 if c == "\<LeftMouse>" && v:mouse_win > 0
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003095 exe v:mouse_win .. "wincmd w"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003096 exe v:mouse_lnum
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003097 exe "normal " .. v:mouse_col .. "|"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003098 endif
3099<
3100 When using bracketed paste only the first character is
3101 returned, the rest of the pasted text is dropped.
3102 |xterm-bracketed-paste|.
3103
3104 There is no prompt, you will somehow have to make clear to the
3105 user that a character has to be typed. The screen is not
3106 redrawn, e.g. when resizing the window. When using a popup
3107 window it should work better with a |popup-filter|.
3108
3109 There is no mapping for the character.
3110 Key codes are replaced, thus when the user presses the <Del>
3111 key you get the code for the <Del> key, not the raw character
3112 sequence. Examples: >
3113 getchar() == "\<Del>"
3114 getchar() == "\<S-Left>"
3115< This example redefines "f" to ignore case: >
3116 :nmap f :call FindChar()<CR>
3117 :function FindChar()
3118 : let c = nr2char(getchar())
3119 : while col('.') < col('$') - 1
3120 : normal l
3121 : if getline('.')[col('.') - 1] ==? c
3122 : break
3123 : endif
3124 : endwhile
3125 :endfunction
3126<
3127 You may also receive synthetic characters, such as
3128 |<CursorHold>|. Often you will want to ignore this and get
3129 another character: >
3130 :function GetKey()
3131 : let c = getchar()
3132 : while c == "\<CursorHold>"
3133 : let c = getchar()
3134 : endwhile
3135 : return c
3136 :endfunction
3137
3138getcharmod() *getcharmod()*
3139 The result is a Number which is the state of the modifiers for
3140 the last obtained character with getchar() or in another way.
3141 These values are added together:
3142 2 shift
3143 4 control
3144 8 alt (meta)
3145 16 meta (when it's different from ALT)
3146 32 mouse double click
3147 64 mouse triple click
3148 96 mouse quadruple click (== 32 + 64)
3149 128 command (Macintosh only)
3150 Only the modifiers that have not been included in the
3151 character itself are obtained. Thus Shift-a results in "A"
3152 without a modifier.
3153
3154 *getcharpos()*
3155getcharpos({expr})
3156 Get the position for String {expr}. Same as |getpos()| but the
3157 column number in the returned List is a character index
3158 instead of a byte index.
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003159 If |getpos()| returns a very large column number, equal to
3160 |v:maxcol|, then getcharpos() will return the character index
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003161 of the last character.
3162
3163 Example:
3164 With the cursor on '세' in line 5 with text "여보세요": >
3165 getcharpos('.') returns [0, 5, 3, 0]
3166 getpos('.') returns [0, 5, 7, 0]
3167<
3168 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3169 GetMark()->getcharpos()
3170
3171getcharsearch() *getcharsearch()*
3172 Return the current character search information as a {dict}
3173 with the following entries:
3174
3175 char character previously used for a character
3176 search (|t|, |f|, |T|, or |F|); empty string
3177 if no character search has been performed
3178 forward direction of character search; 1 for forward,
3179 0 for backward
3180 until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T|
3181 character search, 0 for an |f| or |F|
3182 character search
3183
3184 This can be useful to always have |;| and |,| search
3185 forward/backward regardless of the direction of the previous
3186 character search: >
3187 :nnoremap <expr> ; getcharsearch().forward ? ';' : ','
3188 :nnoremap <expr> , getcharsearch().forward ? ',' : ';'
3189< Also see |setcharsearch()|.
3190
3191
3192getcharstr([expr]) *getcharstr()*
3193 Get a single character from the user or input stream as a
3194 string.
3195 If [expr] is omitted, wait until a character is available.
3196 If [expr] is 0 or false, only get a character when one is
3197 available. Return an empty string otherwise.
3198 If [expr] is 1 or true, only check if a character is
3199 available, it is not consumed. Return an empty string
3200 if no character is available.
3201 Otherwise this works like |getchar()|, except that a number
3202 result is converted to a string.
3203
3204
3205getcmdline() *getcmdline()*
3206 Return the current command-line. Only works when the command
3207 line is being edited, thus requires use of |c_CTRL-\_e| or
3208 |c_CTRL-R_=|.
3209 Example: >
3210 :cmap <F7> <C-\>eescape(getcmdline(), ' \')<CR>
3211< Also see |getcmdtype()|, |getcmdpos()| and |setcmdpos()|.
3212 Returns an empty string when entering a password or using
3213 |inputsecret()|.
3214
3215getcmdpos() *getcmdpos()*
3216 Return the position of the cursor in the command line as a
3217 byte count. The first column is 1.
3218 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
3219 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
3220 Returns 0 otherwise.
3221 Also see |getcmdtype()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
3222
3223getcmdtype() *getcmdtype()*
3224 Return the current command-line type. Possible return values
3225 are:
3226 : normal Ex command
3227 > debug mode command |debug-mode|
3228 / forward search command
3229 ? backward search command
3230 @ |input()| command
3231 - |:insert| or |:append| command
3232 = |i_CTRL-R_=|
3233 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
3234 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
3235 Returns an empty string otherwise.
3236 Also see |getcmdpos()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
3237
3238getcmdwintype() *getcmdwintype()*
3239 Return the current |command-line-window| type. Possible return
3240 values are the same as |getcmdtype()|. Returns an empty string
3241 when not in the command-line window.
3242
3243getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}]) *getcompletion()*
3244 Return a list of command-line completion matches. The String
3245 {type} argument specifies what for. The following completion
3246 types are supported:
3247
3248 arglist file names in argument list
3249 augroup autocmd groups
3250 buffer buffer names
Bram Moolenaar6e2e2cc2022-03-14 19:24:46 +00003251 behave |:behave| suboptions
3252 breakpoint |:breakadd| and |:breakdel| suboptions
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003253 color color schemes
3254 command Ex command
3255 cmdline |cmdline-completion| result
3256 compiler compilers
3257 cscope |:cscope| suboptions
3258 diff_buffer |:diffget| and |:diffput| completion
3259 dir directory names
3260 environment environment variable names
3261 event autocommand events
3262 expression Vim expression
3263 file file and directory names
3264 file_in_path file and directory names in |'path'|
3265 filetype filetype names |'filetype'|
3266 function function name
3267 help help subjects
3268 highlight highlight groups
Bram Moolenaar6e2e2cc2022-03-14 19:24:46 +00003269 history |:history| suboptions
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003270 locale locale names (as output of locale -a)
3271 mapclear buffer argument
3272 mapping mapping name
3273 menu menus
3274 messages |:messages| suboptions
3275 option options
3276 packadd optional package |pack-add| names
Yegappan Lakshmanan454ce672022-03-24 11:22:13 +00003277 scriptnames sourced script names |:scriptnames|
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003278 shellcmd Shell command
3279 sign |:sign| suboptions
3280 syntax syntax file names |'syntax'|
3281 syntime |:syntime| suboptions
3282 tag tags
3283 tag_listfiles tags, file names
3284 user user names
3285 var user variables
3286
3287 If {pat} is an empty string, then all the matches are
3288 returned. Otherwise only items matching {pat} are returned.
3289 See |wildcards| for the use of special characters in {pat}.
3290
3291 If the optional {filtered} flag is set to 1, then 'wildignore'
3292 is applied to filter the results. Otherwise all the matches
3293 are returned. The 'wildignorecase' option always applies.
3294
Yegappan Lakshmanane7dd0fa2022-03-22 16:06:31 +00003295 If the 'wildoptions' option contains 'fuzzy', then fuzzy
3296 matching is used to get the completion matches. Otherwise
Yegappan Lakshmanan454ce672022-03-24 11:22:13 +00003297 regular expression matching is used. Thus this function
3298 follows the user preference, what happens on the command line.
3299 If you do not want this you can make 'wildoptions' empty
3300 before calling getcompletion() and restore it afterwards.
Yegappan Lakshmanane7dd0fa2022-03-22 16:06:31 +00003301
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003302 If {type} is "cmdline", then the |cmdline-completion| result is
3303 returned. For example, to complete the possible values after
3304 a ":call" command: >
3305 echo getcompletion('call ', 'cmdline')
3306<
3307 If there are no matches, an empty list is returned. An
3308 invalid value for {type} produces an error.
3309
3310 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3311 GetPattern()->getcompletion('color')
3312<
3313 *getcurpos()*
3314getcurpos([{winid}])
3315 Get the position of the cursor. This is like getpos('.'), but
3316 includes an extra "curswant" item in the list:
3317 [0, lnum, col, off, curswant] ~
3318 The "curswant" number is the preferred column when moving the
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003319 cursor vertically. After |$| command it will be a very large
3320 number equal to |v:maxcol|. Also see |getcursorcharpos()| and
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003321 |getpos()|.
3322 The first "bufnum" item is always zero. The byte position of
3323 the cursor is returned in 'col'. To get the character
3324 position, use |getcursorcharpos()|.
3325
3326 The optional {winid} argument can specify the window. It can
3327 be the window number or the |window-ID|. The last known
3328 cursor position is returned, this may be invalid for the
3329 current value of the buffer if it is not the current window.
3330 If {winid} is invalid a list with zeroes is returned.
3331
3332 This can be used to save and restore the cursor position: >
3333 let save_cursor = getcurpos()
3334 MoveTheCursorAround
3335 call setpos('.', save_cursor)
3336< Note that this only works within the window. See
3337 |winrestview()| for restoring more state.
3338
3339 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3340 GetWinid()->getcurpos()
3341<
3342 *getcursorcharpos()*
3343getcursorcharpos([{winid}])
3344 Same as |getcurpos()| but the column number in the returned
3345 List is a character index instead of a byte index.
3346
3347 Example:
3348 With the cursor on '보' in line 3 with text "여보세요": >
3349 getcursorcharpos() returns [0, 3, 2, 0, 3]
3350 getcurpos() returns [0, 3, 4, 0, 3]
3351<
3352 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3353 GetWinid()->getcursorcharpos()
3354
3355< *getcwd()*
3356getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
3357 The result is a String, which is the name of the current
3358 working directory. 'autochdir' is ignored.
3359
3360 With {winnr} return the local current directory of this window
3361 in the current tab page. {winnr} can be the window number or
3362 the |window-ID|.
3363 If {winnr} is -1 return the name of the global working
3364 directory. See also |haslocaldir()|.
3365
3366 With {winnr} and {tabnr} return the local current directory of
3367 the window in the specified tab page. If {winnr} is -1 return
3368 the working directory of the tabpage.
3369 If {winnr} is zero use the current window, if {tabnr} is zero
3370 use the current tabpage.
3371 Without any arguments, return the actual working directory of
3372 the current window.
3373 Return an empty string if the arguments are invalid.
3374
3375 Examples: >
3376 " Get the working directory of the current window
3377 :echo getcwd()
3378 :echo getcwd(0)
3379 :echo getcwd(0, 0)
3380 " Get the working directory of window 3 in tabpage 2
3381 :echo getcwd(3, 2)
3382 " Get the global working directory
3383 :echo getcwd(-1)
3384 " Get the working directory of tabpage 3
3385 :echo getcwd(-1, 3)
3386 " Get the working directory of current tabpage
3387 :echo getcwd(-1, 0)
3388
3389< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3390 GetWinnr()->getcwd()
3391
3392getenv({name}) *getenv()*
3393 Return the value of environment variable {name}. The {name}
3394 argument is a string, without a leading '$'. Example: >
3395 myHome = getenv('HOME')
3396
3397< When the variable does not exist |v:null| is returned. That
3398 is different from a variable set to an empty string, although
3399 some systems interpret the empty value as the variable being
3400 deleted. See also |expr-env|.
3401
3402 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3403 GetVarname()->getenv()
3404
3405getfontname([{name}]) *getfontname()*
3406 Without an argument returns the name of the normal font being
3407 used. Like what is used for the Normal highlight group
3408 |hl-Normal|.
3409 With an argument a check is done whether String {name} is a
3410 valid font name. If not then an empty string is returned.
3411 Otherwise the actual font name is returned, or {name} if the
3412 GUI does not support obtaining the real name.
3413 Only works when the GUI is running, thus not in your vimrc or
3414 gvimrc file. Use the |GUIEnter| autocommand to use this
3415 function just after the GUI has started.
3416 Note that the GTK GUI accepts any font name, thus checking for
3417 a valid name does not work.
3418
3419getfperm({fname}) *getfperm()*
3420 The result is a String, which is the read, write, and execute
3421 permissions of the given file {fname}.
3422 If {fname} does not exist or its directory cannot be read, an
3423 empty string is returned.
3424 The result is of the form "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of
3425 "rwx" flags represent, in turn, the permissions of the owner
3426 of the file, the group the file belongs to, and other users.
3427 If a user does not have a given permission the flag for this
3428 is replaced with the string "-". Examples: >
3429 :echo getfperm("/etc/passwd")
3430 :echo getfperm(expand("~/.vimrc"))
3431< This will hopefully (from a security point of view) display
3432 the string "rw-r--r--" or even "rw-------".
3433
3434 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3435 GetFilename()->getfperm()
3436<
3437 For setting permissions use |setfperm()|.
3438
3439getfsize({fname}) *getfsize()*
3440 The result is a Number, which is the size in bytes of the
3441 given file {fname}.
3442 If {fname} is a directory, 0 is returned.
3443 If the file {fname} can't be found, -1 is returned.
3444 If the size of {fname} is too big to fit in a Number then -2
3445 is returned.
3446
3447 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3448 GetFilename()->getfsize()
3449
3450getftime({fname}) *getftime()*
3451 The result is a Number, which is the last modification time of
3452 the given file {fname}. The value is measured as seconds
3453 since 1st Jan 1970, and may be passed to strftime(). See also
3454 |localtime()| and |strftime()|.
3455 If the file {fname} can't be found -1 is returned.
3456
3457 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3458 GetFilename()->getftime()
3459
3460getftype({fname}) *getftype()*
3461 The result is a String, which is a description of the kind of
3462 file of the given file {fname}.
3463 If {fname} does not exist an empty string is returned.
3464 Here is a table over different kinds of files and their
3465 results:
3466 Normal file "file"
3467 Directory "dir"
3468 Symbolic link "link"
3469 Block device "bdev"
3470 Character device "cdev"
3471 Socket "socket"
3472 FIFO "fifo"
3473 All other "other"
3474 Example: >
3475 getftype("/home")
3476< Note that a type such as "link" will only be returned on
3477 systems that support it. On some systems only "dir" and
3478 "file" are returned. On MS-Windows a symbolic link to a
3479 directory returns "dir" instead of "link".
3480
3481 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3482 GetFilename()->getftype()
3483
3484getimstatus() *getimstatus()*
3485 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when the IME status is
3486 active.
3487 See 'imstatusfunc'.
3488
3489getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *getjumplist()*
3490 Returns the |jumplist| for the specified window.
3491
3492 Without arguments use the current window.
3493 With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page.
3494 {winnr} can also be a |window-ID|.
3495 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
3496 page.
3497
3498 The returned list contains two entries: a list with the jump
3499 locations and the last used jump position number in the list.
3500 Each entry in the jump location list is a dictionary with
3501 the following entries:
3502 bufnr buffer number
3503 col column number
3504 coladd column offset for 'virtualedit'
3505 filename filename if available
3506 lnum line number
3507
3508 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3509 GetWinnr()->getjumplist()
3510
3511< *getline()*
3512getline({lnum} [, {end}])
3513 Without {end} the result is a String, which is line {lnum}
3514 from the current buffer. Example: >
3515 getline(1)
3516< When {lnum} is a String that doesn't start with a
3517 digit, |line()| is called to translate the String into a Number.
3518 To get the line under the cursor: >
3519 getline(".")
3520< When {lnum} is a number smaller than 1 or bigger than the
3521 number of lines in the buffer, an empty string is returned.
3522
3523 When {end} is given the result is a |List| where each item is
3524 a line from the current buffer in the range {lnum} to {end},
3525 including line {end}.
3526 {end} is used in the same way as {lnum}.
3527 Non-existing lines are silently omitted.
3528 When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is returned.
3529 Example: >
3530 :let start = line('.')
3531 :let end = search("^$") - 1
3532 :let lines = getline(start, end)
3533
3534< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3535 ComputeLnum()->getline()
3536
3537< To get lines from another buffer see |getbufline()|
3538
3539getloclist({nr} [, {what}]) *getloclist()*
3540 Returns a |List| with all the entries in the location list for
3541 window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
3542 When {nr} is zero the current window is used.
3543
3544 For a location list window, the displayed location list is
3545 returned. For an invalid window number {nr}, an empty list is
3546 returned. Otherwise, same as |getqflist()|.
3547
3548 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
3549 returns the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. Refer to
3550 |getqflist()| for the supported items in {what}.
3551
3552 In addition to the items supported by |getqflist()| in {what},
3553 the following item is supported by |getloclist()|:
3554
3555 filewinid id of the window used to display files
3556 from the location list. This field is
3557 applicable only when called from a
3558 location list window. See
3559 |location-list-file-window| for more
3560 details.
3561
3562 Returns a |Dictionary| with default values if there is no
3563 location list for the window {nr}.
3564 Returns an empty Dictionary if window {nr} does not exist.
3565
3566 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >
3567 :echo getloclist(3, {'all': 0})
3568 :echo getloclist(5, {'filewinid': 0})
3569
3570
3571getmarklist([{buf}]) *getmarklist()*
3572 Without the {buf} argument returns a |List| with information
3573 about all the global marks. |mark|
3574
3575 If the optional {buf} argument is specified, returns the
3576 local marks defined in buffer {buf}. For the use of {buf},
3577 see |bufname()|.
3578
3579 Each item in the returned List is a |Dict| with the following:
3580 mark name of the mark prefixed by "'"
3581 pos a |List| with the position of the mark:
3582 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
3583 Refer to |getpos()| for more information.
3584 file file name
3585
3586 Refer to |getpos()| for getting information about a specific
3587 mark.
3588
3589 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3590 GetBufnr()->getmarklist()
3591
3592getmatches([{win}]) *getmatches()*
3593 Returns a |List| with all matches previously defined for the
3594 current window by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
3595 |getmatches()| is useful in combination with |setmatches()|,
3596 as |setmatches()| can restore a list of matches saved by
3597 |getmatches()|.
3598 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
3599 window ID instead of the current window.
3600 Example: >
3601 :echo getmatches()
3602< [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO',
3603 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2',
3604 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] >
3605 :let m = getmatches()
3606 :call clearmatches()
3607 :echo getmatches()
3608< [] >
3609 :call setmatches(m)
3610 :echo getmatches()
3611< [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO',
3612 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2',
3613 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] >
3614 :unlet m
3615<
3616getmousepos() *getmousepos()*
3617 Returns a |Dictionary| with the last known position of the
3618 mouse. This can be used in a mapping for a mouse click or in
3619 a filter of a popup window. The items are:
3620 screenrow screen row
3621 screencol screen column
3622 winid Window ID of the click
3623 winrow row inside "winid"
3624 wincol column inside "winid"
3625 line text line inside "winid"
3626 column text column inside "winid"
3627 All numbers are 1-based.
3628
3629 If not over a window, e.g. when in the command line, then only
3630 "screenrow" and "screencol" are valid, the others are zero.
3631
3632 When on the status line below a window or the vertical
3633 separator right of a window, the "line" and "column" values
3634 are zero.
3635
3636 When the position is after the text then "column" is the
3637 length of the text in bytes plus one.
3638
3639 If the mouse is over a popup window then that window is used.
3640
3641 When using |getchar()| the Vim variables |v:mouse_lnum|,
3642 |v:mouse_col| and |v:mouse_winid| also provide these values.
3643
3644 *getpid()*
3645getpid() Return a Number which is the process ID of the Vim process.
3646 On Unix and MS-Windows this is a unique number, until Vim
3647 exits.
3648
3649 *getpos()*
3650getpos({expr}) Get the position for String {expr}. For possible values of
3651 {expr} see |line()|. For getting the cursor position see
3652 |getcurpos()|.
3653 The result is a |List| with four numbers:
3654 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
3655 "bufnum" is zero, unless a mark like '0 or 'A is used, then it
3656 is the buffer number of the mark.
3657 "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first
3658 column is 1.
3659 The "off" number is zero, unless 'virtualedit' is used. Then
3660 it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
3661 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
3662 character.
3663 Note that for '< and '> Visual mode matters: when it is "V"
3664 (visual line mode) the column of '< is zero and the column of
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003665 '> is a large number equal to |v:maxcol|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003666 The column number in the returned List is the byte position
3667 within the line. To get the character position in the line,
3668 use |getcharpos()|.
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003669 A very large column number equal to |v:maxcol| can be returned,
3670 in which case it means "after the end of the line".
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003671 This can be used to save and restore the position of a mark: >
3672 let save_a_mark = getpos("'a")
3673 ...
3674 call setpos("'a", save_a_mark)
3675< Also see |getcharpos()|, |getcurpos()| and |setpos()|.
3676
3677 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3678 GetMark()->getpos()
3679
3680getqflist([{what}]) *getqflist()*
3681 Returns a |List| with all the current quickfix errors. Each
3682 list item is a dictionary with these entries:
3683 bufnr number of buffer that has the file name, use
3684 bufname() to get the name
3685 module module name
3686 lnum line number in the buffer (first line is 1)
3687 end_lnum
3688 end of line number if the item is multiline
3689 col column number (first column is 1)
3690 end_col end of column number if the item has range
3691 vcol |TRUE|: "col" is visual column
3692 |FALSE|: "col" is byte index
3693 nr error number
3694 pattern search pattern used to locate the error
3695 text description of the error
3696 type type of the error, 'E', '1', etc.
3697 valid |TRUE|: recognized error message
3698
3699 When there is no error list or it's empty, an empty list is
3700 returned. Quickfix list entries with a non-existing buffer
3701 number are returned with "bufnr" set to zero (Note: some
3702 functions accept buffer number zero for the alternate buffer,
3703 you may need to explicitly check for zero).
3704
3705 Useful application: Find pattern matches in multiple files and
3706 do something with them: >
3707 :vimgrep /theword/jg *.c
3708 :for d in getqflist()
3709 : echo bufname(d.bufnr) ':' d.lnum '=' d.text
3710 :endfor
3711<
3712 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
3713 returns only the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. The
3714 following string items are supported in {what}:
3715 changedtick get the total number of changes made
3716 to the list |quickfix-changedtick|
3717 context get the |quickfix-context|
3718 efm errorformat to use when parsing "lines". If
3719 not present, then the 'errorformat' option
3720 value is used.
3721 id get information for the quickfix list with
3722 |quickfix-ID|; zero means the id for the
3723 current list or the list specified by "nr"
3724 idx get information for the quickfix entry at this
3725 index in the list specified by 'id' or 'nr'.
3726 If set to zero, then uses the current entry.
3727 See |quickfix-index|
3728 items quickfix list entries
3729 lines parse a list of lines using 'efm' and return
3730 the resulting entries. Only a |List| type is
3731 accepted. The current quickfix list is not
3732 modified. See |quickfix-parse|.
3733 nr get information for this quickfix list; zero
3734 means the current quickfix list and "$" means
3735 the last quickfix list
3736 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix
3737 window. Returns 0 if the quickfix buffer is
3738 not present. See |quickfix-buffer|.
3739 size number of entries in the quickfix list
3740 title get the list title |quickfix-title|
3741 winid get the quickfix |window-ID|
3742 all all of the above quickfix properties
3743 Non-string items in {what} are ignored. To get the value of a
3744 particular item, set it to zero.
3745 If "nr" is not present then the current quickfix list is used.
3746 If both "nr" and a non-zero "id" are specified, then the list
3747 specified by "id" is used.
3748 To get the number of lists in the quickfix stack, set "nr" to
3749 "$" in {what}. The "nr" value in the returned dictionary
3750 contains the quickfix stack size.
3751 When "lines" is specified, all the other items except "efm"
3752 are ignored. The returned dictionary contains the entry
3753 "items" with the list of entries.
3754
3755 The returned dictionary contains the following entries:
3756 changedtick total number of changes made to the
3757 list |quickfix-changedtick|
3758 context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context|
3759 If not present, set to "".
3760 id quickfix list ID |quickfix-ID|. If not
3761 present, set to 0.
3762 idx index of the quickfix entry in the list. If not
3763 present, set to 0.
3764 items quickfix list entries. If not present, set to
3765 an empty list.
3766 nr quickfix list number. If not present, set to 0
3767 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix
3768 window. If not present, set to 0.
3769 size number of entries in the quickfix list. If not
3770 present, set to 0.
3771 title quickfix list title text. If not present, set
3772 to "".
3773 winid quickfix |window-ID|. If not present, set to 0
3774
3775 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >
3776 :echo getqflist({'all': 1})
3777 :echo getqflist({'nr': 2, 'title': 1})
3778 :echo getqflist({'lines' : ["F1:10:L10"]})
3779<
3780getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) *getreg()*
3781 The result is a String, which is the contents of register
3782 {regname}. Example: >
3783 :let cliptext = getreg('*')
3784< When register {regname} was not set the result is an empty
3785 string.
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00003786 The {regname} argument must be a string. *E1162*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003787
3788 getreg('=') returns the last evaluated value of the expression
3789 register. (For use in maps.)
3790 getreg('=', 1) returns the expression itself, so that it can
3791 be restored with |setreg()|. For other registers the extra
3792 argument is ignored, thus you can always give it.
3793
3794 If {list} is present and |TRUE|, the result type is changed
3795 to |List|. Each list item is one text line. Use it if you care
3796 about zero bytes possibly present inside register: without
3797 third argument both NLs and zero bytes are represented as NLs
3798 (see |NL-used-for-Nul|).
3799 When the register was not set an empty list is returned.
3800
3801 If {regname} is "", the unnamed register '"' is used.
3802 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
3803 In |Vim9-script| {regname} must be one character.
3804
3805 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3806 GetRegname()->getreg()
3807
3808getreginfo([{regname}]) *getreginfo()*
3809 Returns detailed information about register {regname} as a
3810 Dictionary with the following entries:
3811 regcontents List of lines contained in register
3812 {regname}, like
3813 |getreg|({regname}, 1, 1).
3814 regtype the type of register {regname}, as in
3815 |getregtype()|.
3816 isunnamed Boolean flag, v:true if this register
3817 is currently pointed to by the unnamed
3818 register.
3819 points_to for the unnamed register, gives the
3820 single letter name of the register
3821 currently pointed to (see |quotequote|).
3822 For example, after deleting a line
3823 with `dd`, this field will be "1",
3824 which is the register that got the
3825 deleted text.
3826
3827 The {regname} argument is a string. If {regname} is invalid
3828 or not set, an empty Dictionary will be returned.
3829 If {regname} is "" or "@", the unnamed register '"' is used.
3830 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
3831 The returned Dictionary can be passed to |setreg()|.
3832 In |Vim9-script| {regname} must be one character.
3833
3834 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3835 GetRegname()->getreginfo()
3836
3837getregtype([{regname}]) *getregtype()*
3838 The result is a String, which is type of register {regname}.
3839 The value will be one of:
3840 "v" for |characterwise| text
3841 "V" for |linewise| text
3842 "<CTRL-V>{width}" for |blockwise-visual| text
3843 "" for an empty or unknown register
3844 <CTRL-V> is one character with value 0x16.
3845 The {regname} argument is a string. If {regname} is "", the
3846 unnamed register '"' is used. If {regname} is not specified,
3847 |v:register| is used.
3848 In |Vim9-script| {regname} must be one character.
3849
3850 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3851 GetRegname()->getregtype()
3852
3853gettabinfo([{tabnr}]) *gettabinfo()*
3854 If {tabnr} is not specified, then information about all the
3855 tab pages is returned as a |List|. Each List item is a
3856 |Dictionary|. Otherwise, {tabnr} specifies the tab page
3857 number and information about that one is returned. If the tab
3858 page does not exist an empty List is returned.
3859
3860 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries:
3861 tabnr tab page number.
3862 variables a reference to the dictionary with
3863 tabpage-local variables
3864 windows List of |window-ID|s in the tab page.
3865
3866 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3867 GetTabnr()->gettabinfo()
3868
3869gettabvar({tabnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabvar()*
3870 Get the value of a tab-local variable {varname} in tab page
3871 {tabnr}. |t:var|
3872 Tabs are numbered starting with one.
3873 The {varname} argument is a string. When {varname} is empty a
3874 dictionary with all tab-local variables is returned.
3875 Note that the name without "t:" must be used.
3876 When the tab or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty
3877 string is returned, there is no error message.
3878
3879 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3880 GetTabnr()->gettabvar(varname)
3881
3882gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabwinvar()*
3883 Get the value of window-local variable {varname} in window
3884 {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}.
3885 The {varname} argument is a string. When {varname} is empty a
3886 dictionary with all window-local variables is returned.
3887 When {varname} is equal to "&" get the values of all
3888 window-local options in a |Dictionary|.
3889 Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" get the value of a
3890 window-local option.
3891 Note that {varname} must be the name without "w:".
3892 Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage
3893 use |getwinvar()|.
3894 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
3895 When {winnr} is zero the current window is used.
3896 This also works for a global option, buffer-local option and
3897 window-local option, but it doesn't work for a global variable
3898 or buffer-local variable.
3899 When the tab, window or variable doesn't exist {def} or an
3900 empty string is returned, there is no error message.
3901 Examples: >
3902 :let list_is_on = gettabwinvar(1, 2, '&list')
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003903 :echo "myvar = " .. gettabwinvar(3, 1, 'myvar')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003904<
3905 To obtain all window-local variables use: >
3906 gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, '&')
3907
3908< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3909 GetTabnr()->gettabwinvar(winnr, varname)
3910
3911gettagstack([{winnr}]) *gettagstack()*
3912 The result is a Dict, which is the tag stack of window {winnr}.
3913 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
3914 When {winnr} is not specified, the current window is used.
3915 When window {winnr} doesn't exist, an empty Dict is returned.
3916
3917 The returned dictionary contains the following entries:
3918 curidx Current index in the stack. When at
3919 top of the stack, set to (length + 1).
3920 Index of bottom of the stack is 1.
3921 items List of items in the stack. Each item
3922 is a dictionary containing the
3923 entries described below.
3924 length Number of entries in the stack.
3925
3926 Each item in the stack is a dictionary with the following
3927 entries:
3928 bufnr buffer number of the current jump
3929 from cursor position before the tag jump.
3930 See |getpos()| for the format of the
3931 returned list.
3932 matchnr current matching tag number. Used when
3933 multiple matching tags are found for a
3934 name.
3935 tagname name of the tag
3936
3937 See |tagstack| for more information about the tag stack.
3938
3939 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3940 GetWinnr()->gettagstack()
3941
3942
3943gettext({text}) *gettext()*
3944 Translate String {text} if possible.
3945 This is mainly for use in the distributed Vim scripts. When
3946 generating message translations the {text} is extracted by
3947 xgettext, the translator can add the translated message in the
3948 .po file and Vim will lookup the translation when gettext() is
3949 called.
3950 For {text} double quoted strings are preferred, because
3951 xgettext does not understand escaping in single quoted
3952 strings.
3953
3954
3955getwininfo([{winid}]) *getwininfo()*
3956 Returns information about windows as a |List| with Dictionaries.
3957
3958 If {winid} is given Information about the window with that ID
3959 is returned, as a |List| with one item. If the window does not
3960 exist the result is an empty list.
3961
3962 Without {winid} information about all the windows in all the
3963 tab pages is returned.
3964
3965 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries:
3966 botline last complete displayed buffer line
3967 bufnr number of buffer in the window
3968 height window height (excluding winbar)
3969 loclist 1 if showing a location list
3970 {only with the +quickfix feature}
3971 quickfix 1 if quickfix or location list window
3972 {only with the +quickfix feature}
3973 terminal 1 if a terminal window
3974 {only with the +terminal feature}
3975 tabnr tab page number
3976 topline first displayed buffer line
3977 variables a reference to the dictionary with
3978 window-local variables
3979 width window width
3980 winbar 1 if the window has a toolbar, 0
3981 otherwise
3982 wincol leftmost screen column of the window;
3983 "col" from |win_screenpos()|
3984 textoff number of columns occupied by any
3985 'foldcolumn', 'signcolumn' and line
3986 number in front of the text
3987 winid |window-ID|
3988 winnr window number
3989 winrow topmost screen line of the window;
3990 "row" from |win_screenpos()|
3991
3992 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3993 GetWinnr()->getwininfo()
3994
3995getwinpos([{timeout}]) *getwinpos()*
3996 The result is a |List| with two numbers, the result of
3997 |getwinposx()| and |getwinposy()| combined:
3998 [x-pos, y-pos]
3999 {timeout} can be used to specify how long to wait in msec for
4000 a response from the terminal. When omitted 100 msec is used.
4001 Use a longer time for a remote terminal.
4002 When using a value less than 10 and no response is received
4003 within that time, a previously reported position is returned,
4004 if available. This can be used to poll for the position and
4005 do some work in the meantime: >
4006 while 1
4007 let res = getwinpos(1)
4008 if res[0] >= 0
4009 break
4010 endif
4011 " Do some work here
4012 endwhile
4013<
4014
4015 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4016 GetTimeout()->getwinpos()
4017<
4018 *getwinposx()*
4019getwinposx() The result is a Number, which is the X coordinate in pixels of
4020 the left hand side of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an
4021 xterm (uses a timeout of 100 msec).
4022 The result will be -1 if the information is not available.
4023 The value can be used with `:winpos`.
4024
4025 *getwinposy()*
4026getwinposy() The result is a Number, which is the Y coordinate in pixels of
4027 the top of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an xterm (uses
4028 a timeout of 100 msec).
4029 The result will be -1 if the information is not available.
4030 The value can be used with `:winpos`.
4031
4032getwinvar({winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getwinvar()*
4033 Like |gettabwinvar()| for the current tabpage.
4034 Examples: >
4035 :let list_is_on = getwinvar(2, '&list')
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004036 :echo "myvar = " .. getwinvar(1, 'myvar')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004037
4038< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4039 GetWinnr()->getwinvar(varname)
4040<
4041glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) *glob()*
4042 Expand the file wildcards in {expr}. See |wildcards| for the
4043 use of special characters.
4044
4045 Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|,
4046 the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
4047 one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
4048 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
4049 'wildignorecase' always applies.
4050
4051 When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List|
4052 with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is,
4053 you also get filenames containing newlines correctly.
4054 Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
4055 matches, they are separated by <NL> characters.
4056
4057 If the expansion fails, the result is an empty String or List.
4058
4059 You can also use |readdir()| if you need to do complicated
4060 things, such as limiting the number of matches.
4061
4062 A name for a non-existing file is not included. A symbolic
4063 link is only included if it points to an existing file.
4064 However, when the {alllinks} argument is present and it is
4065 |TRUE| then all symbolic links are included.
4066
4067 For most systems backticks can be used to get files names from
4068 any external command. Example: >
4069 :let tagfiles = glob("`find . -name tags -print`")
4070 :let &tags = substitute(tagfiles, "\n", ",", "g")
4071< The result of the program inside the backticks should be one
4072 item per line. Spaces inside an item are allowed.
4073
4074 See |expand()| for expanding special Vim variables. See
4075 |system()| for getting the raw output of an external command.
4076
4077 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4078 GetExpr()->glob()
4079
4080glob2regpat({string}) *glob2regpat()*
4081 Convert a file pattern, as used by glob(), into a search
4082 pattern. The result can be used to match with a string that
4083 is a file name. E.g. >
4084 if filename =~ glob2regpat('Make*.mak')
4085< This is equivalent to: >
4086 if filename =~ '^Make.*\.mak$'
4087< When {string} is an empty string the result is "^$", match an
4088 empty string.
4089 Note that the result depends on the system. On MS-Windows
4090 a backslash usually means a path separator.
4091
4092 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4093 GetExpr()->glob2regpat()
4094< *globpath()*
4095globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
4096 Perform glob() for String {expr} on all directories in {path}
4097 and concatenate the results. Example: >
4098 :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim")
4099<
4100 {path} is a comma-separated list of directory names. Each
4101 directory name is prepended to {expr} and expanded like with
4102 |glob()|. A path separator is inserted when needed.
4103 To add a comma inside a directory name escape it with a
4104 backslash. Note that on MS-Windows a directory may have a
4105 trailing backslash, remove it if you put a comma after it.
4106 If the expansion fails for one of the directories, there is no
4107 error message.
4108
4109 Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|,
4110 the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
4111 one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
4112 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
4113
4114 When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List|
4115 with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is, you
4116 also get filenames containing newlines correctly. Otherwise
4117 the result is a String and when there are several matches,
4118 they are separated by <NL> characters. Example: >
4119 :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim", 0, 1)
4120<
4121 {alllinks} is used as with |glob()|.
4122
4123 The "**" item can be used to search in a directory tree.
4124 For example, to find all "README.txt" files in the directories
4125 in 'runtimepath' and below: >
4126 :echo globpath(&rtp, "**/README.txt")
4127< Upwards search and limiting the depth of "**" is not
4128 supported, thus using 'path' will not always work properly.
4129
4130 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4131 second argument: >
4132 GetExpr()->globpath(&rtp)
4133<
4134 *has()*
4135has({feature} [, {check}])
4136 When {check} is omitted or is zero: The result is a Number,
4137 which is 1 if the feature {feature} is supported, zero
4138 otherwise. The {feature} argument is a string, case is
4139 ignored. See |feature-list| below.
4140
4141 When {check} is present and not zero: The result is a Number,
4142 which is 1 if the feature {feature} could ever be supported,
4143 zero otherwise. This is useful to check for a typo in
4144 {feature} and to detect dead code. Keep in mind that an older
4145 Vim version will not know about a feature added later and
4146 features that have been abandoned will not be known by the
4147 current Vim version.
4148
4149 Also see |exists()| and |exists_compiled()|.
4150
4151 Note that to skip code that has a syntax error when the
4152 feature is not available, Vim may skip the rest of the line
4153 and miss a following `endif`. Therefore put the `endif` on a
4154 separate line: >
4155 if has('feature')
4156 let x = this->breaks->without->the->feature
4157 endif
4158< If the `endif` would be moved to the second line as "| endif" it
4159 would not be found.
4160
4161
4162has_key({dict}, {key}) *has_key()*
4163 The result is a Number, which is TRUE if |Dictionary| {dict}
4164 has an entry with key {key}. FALSE otherwise. The {key}
4165 argument is a string.
4166
4167 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4168 mydict->has_key(key)
4169
4170haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *haslocaldir()*
4171 The result is a Number:
4172 1 when the window has set a local directory via |:lcd|
4173 2 when the tab-page has set a local directory via |:tcd|
4174 0 otherwise.
4175
4176 Without arguments use the current window.
4177 With {winnr} use this window in the current tab page.
4178 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
4179 page.
4180 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
4181 If {winnr} is -1 it is ignored and only the tabpage is used.
4182 Return 0 if the arguments are invalid.
4183 Examples: >
4184 if haslocaldir() == 1
4185 " window local directory case
4186 elseif haslocaldir() == 2
4187 " tab-local directory case
4188 else
4189 " global directory case
4190 endif
4191
4192 " current window
4193 :echo haslocaldir()
4194 :echo haslocaldir(0)
4195 :echo haslocaldir(0, 0)
4196 " window n in current tab page
4197 :echo haslocaldir(n)
4198 :echo haslocaldir(n, 0)
4199 " window n in tab page m
4200 :echo haslocaldir(n, m)
4201 " tab page m
4202 :echo haslocaldir(-1, m)
4203<
4204 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4205 GetWinnr()->haslocaldir()
4206
4207hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *hasmapto()*
4208 The result is a Number, which is TRUE if there is a mapping
4209 that contains {what} in somewhere in the rhs (what it is
4210 mapped to) and this mapping exists in one of the modes
4211 indicated by {mode}.
4212 The arguments {what} and {mode} are strings.
4213 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
4214 instead of mappings. Don't forget to specify Insert and/or
4215 Command-line mode.
4216 Both the global mappings and the mappings local to the current
4217 buffer are checked for a match.
4218 If no matching mapping is found FALSE is returned.
4219 The following characters are recognized in {mode}:
4220 n Normal mode
4221 v Visual and Select mode
4222 x Visual mode
4223 s Select mode
4224 o Operator-pending mode
4225 i Insert mode
4226 l Language-Argument ("r", "f", "t", etc.)
4227 c Command-line mode
4228 When {mode} is omitted, "nvo" is used.
4229
4230 This function is useful to check if a mapping already exists
4231 to a function in a Vim script. Example: >
4232 :if !hasmapto('\ABCdoit')
4233 : map <Leader>d \ABCdoit
4234 :endif
4235< This installs the mapping to "\ABCdoit" only if there isn't
4236 already a mapping to "\ABCdoit".
4237
4238 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4239 GetRHS()->hasmapto()
4240
4241histadd({history}, {item}) *histadd()*
4242 Add the String {item} to the history {history} which can be
4243 one of: *hist-names*
4244 "cmd" or ":" command line history
4245 "search" or "/" search pattern history
4246 "expr" or "=" typed expression history
4247 "input" or "@" input line history
4248 "debug" or ">" debug command history
4249 empty the current or last used history
4250 The {history} string does not need to be the whole name, one
4251 character is sufficient.
4252 If {item} does already exist in the history, it will be
4253 shifted to become the newest entry.
4254 The result is a Number: TRUE if the operation was successful,
4255 otherwise FALSE is returned.
4256
4257 Example: >
4258 :call histadd("input", strftime("%Y %b %d"))
4259 :let date=input("Enter date: ")
4260< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
4261
4262 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4263 second argument: >
4264 GetHistory()->histadd('search')
4265
4266histdel({history} [, {item}]) *histdel()*
4267 Clear {history}, i.e. delete all its entries. See |hist-names|
4268 for the possible values of {history}.
4269
4270 If the parameter {item} evaluates to a String, it is used as a
4271 regular expression. All entries matching that expression will
4272 be removed from the history (if there are any).
4273 Upper/lowercase must match, unless "\c" is used |/\c|.
4274 If {item} evaluates to a Number, it will be interpreted as
4275 an index, see |:history-indexing|. The respective entry will
4276 be removed if it exists.
4277
4278 The result is TRUE for a successful operation, otherwise FALSE
4279 is returned.
4280
4281 Examples:
4282 Clear expression register history: >
4283 :call histdel("expr")
4284<
4285 Remove all entries starting with "*" from the search history: >
4286 :call histdel("/", '^\*')
4287<
4288 The following three are equivalent: >
4289 :call histdel("search", histnr("search"))
4290 :call histdel("search", -1)
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004291 :call histdel("search", '^' .. histget("search", -1) .. '$')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004292<
4293 To delete the last search pattern and use the last-but-one for
4294 the "n" command and 'hlsearch': >
4295 :call histdel("search", -1)
4296 :let @/ = histget("search", -1)
4297<
4298 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4299 GetHistory()->histdel()
4300
4301histget({history} [, {index}]) *histget()*
4302 The result is a String, the entry with Number {index} from
4303 {history}. See |hist-names| for the possible values of
4304 {history}, and |:history-indexing| for {index}. If there is
4305 no such entry, an empty String is returned. When {index} is
4306 omitted, the most recent item from the history is used.
4307
4308 Examples:
4309 Redo the second last search from history. >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004310 :execute '/' .. histget("search", -2)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004311
4312< Define an Ex command ":H {num}" that supports re-execution of
4313 the {num}th entry from the output of |:history|. >
4314 :command -nargs=1 H execute histget("cmd", 0+<args>)
4315<
4316 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4317 GetHistory()->histget()
4318
4319histnr({history}) *histnr()*
4320 The result is the Number of the current entry in {history}.
4321 See |hist-names| for the possible values of {history}.
4322 If an error occurred, -1 is returned.
4323
4324 Example: >
4325 :let inp_index = histnr("expr")
4326
4327< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4328 GetHistory()->histnr()
4329<
4330hlexists({name}) *hlexists()*
4331 The result is a Number, which is TRUE if a highlight group
4332 called {name} exists. This is when the group has been
4333 defined in some way. Not necessarily when highlighting has
4334 been defined for it, it may also have been used for a syntax
4335 item.
4336 *highlight_exists()*
4337 Obsolete name: highlight_exists().
4338
4339 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4340 GetName()->hlexists()
4341<
4342hlget([{name} [, {resolve}]]) *hlget()*
4343 Returns a List of all the highlight group attributes. If the
4344 optional {name} is specified, then returns a List with only
4345 the attributes of the specified highlight group. Returns an
4346 empty List if the highlight group {name} is not present.
4347
4348 If the optional {resolve} argument is set to v:true and the
4349 highlight group {name} is linked to another group, then the
4350 link is resolved recursively and the attributes of the
4351 resolved highlight group are returned.
4352
4353 Each entry in the returned List is a Dictionary with the
4354 following items:
4355 cleared boolean flag, set to v:true if the highlight
4356 group attributes are cleared or not yet
4357 specified. See |highlight-clear|.
4358 cterm cterm attributes. See |highlight-cterm|.
4359 ctermbg cterm background color.
4360 See |highlight-ctermbg|.
4361 ctermfg cterm foreground color.
4362 See |highlight-ctermfg|.
4363 ctermul cterm underline color. See |highlight-ctermul|.
4364 default boolean flag, set to v:true if the highlight
4365 group link is a default link. See
4366 |highlight-default|.
4367 font highlight group font. See |highlight-font|.
4368 gui gui attributes. See |highlight-gui|.
4369 guibg gui background color. See |highlight-guibg|.
4370 guifg gui foreground color. See |highlight-guifg|.
4371 guisp gui special color. See |highlight-guisp|.
4372 id highlight group ID.
4373 linksto linked highlight group name.
4374 See |:highlight-link|.
4375 name highlight group name. See |group-name|.
4376 start start terminal keycode. See |highlight-start|.
4377 stop stop terminal keycode. See |highlight-stop|.
4378 term term attributes. See |highlight-term|.
4379
4380 The 'term', 'cterm' and 'gui' items in the above Dictionary
4381 have a dictionary value with the following optional boolean
4382 items: 'bold', 'standout', 'underline', 'undercurl', 'italic',
4383 'reverse', 'inverse' and 'strikethrough'.
4384
4385 Example(s): >
4386 :echo hlget()
4387 :echo hlget('ModeMsg')
4388 :echo hlget('Number', v:true)
4389<
4390 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4391 GetName()->hlget()
4392<
4393hlset({list}) *hlset()*
4394 Creates or modifies the attributes of a List of highlight
4395 groups. Each item in {list} is a dictionary containing the
4396 attributes of a highlight group. See |hlget()| for the list of
4397 supported items in this dictionary.
4398
4399 In addition to the items described in |hlget()|, the following
4400 additional items are supported in the dictionary:
4401
4402 force boolean flag to force the creation of
4403 a link for an existing highlight group
4404 with attributes.
4405
4406 The highlight group is identified using the 'name' item and
4407 the 'id' item (if supplied) is ignored. If a highlight group
4408 with a specified name doesn't exist, then it is created.
4409 Otherwise the attributes of an existing highlight group are
4410 modified.
4411
4412 If an empty dictionary value is used for the 'term' or 'cterm'
4413 or 'gui' entries, then the corresponding attributes are
4414 cleared. If the 'cleared' item is set to v:true, then all the
4415 attributes of the highlight group are cleared.
4416
4417 The 'linksto' item can be used to link a highlight group to
4418 another highlight group. See |:highlight-link|.
4419
4420 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
4421
4422 Example(s): >
4423 " add bold attribute to the Visual highlight group
4424 :call hlset([#{name: 'Visual',
4425 \ term: #{reverse: 1 , bold: 1}}])
4426 :call hlset([#{name: 'Type', guifg: 'DarkGreen'}])
4427 :let l = hlget()
4428 :call hlset(l)
4429 " clear the Search highlight group
4430 :call hlset([#{name: 'Search', cleared: v:true}])
4431 " clear the 'term' attributes for a highlight group
4432 :call hlset([#{name: 'Title', term: {}}])
4433 " create the MyHlg group linking it to DiffAdd
4434 :call hlset([#{name: 'MyHlg', linksto: 'DiffAdd'}])
4435 " remove the MyHlg group link
4436 :call hlset([#{name: 'MyHlg', linksto: 'NONE'}])
4437 " clear the attributes and a link
4438 :call hlset([#{name: 'MyHlg', cleared: v:true,
4439 \ linksto: 'NONE'}])
4440<
4441 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4442 GetAttrList()->hlset()
4443<
4444 *hlID()*
4445hlID({name}) The result is a Number, which is the ID of the highlight group
4446 with name {name}. When the highlight group doesn't exist,
4447 zero is returned.
4448 This can be used to retrieve information about the highlight
4449 group. For example, to get the background color of the
4450 "Comment" group: >
4451 :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(hlID("Comment")), "bg")
4452< *highlightID()*
4453 Obsolete name: highlightID().
4454
4455 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4456 GetName()->hlID()
4457
4458hostname() *hostname()*
4459 The result is a String, which is the name of the machine on
4460 which Vim is currently running. Machine names greater than
4461 256 characters long are truncated.
4462
4463iconv({string}, {from}, {to}) *iconv()*
4464 The result is a String, which is the text {string} converted
4465 from encoding {from} to encoding {to}.
4466 When the conversion completely fails an empty string is
4467 returned. When some characters could not be converted they
4468 are replaced with "?".
4469 The encoding names are whatever the iconv() library function
4470 can accept, see ":!man 3 iconv".
4471 Most conversions require Vim to be compiled with the |+iconv|
4472 feature. Otherwise only UTF-8 to latin1 conversion and back
4473 can be done.
4474 This can be used to display messages with special characters,
4475 no matter what 'encoding' is set to. Write the message in
4476 UTF-8 and use: >
4477 echo iconv(utf8_str, "utf-8", &enc)
4478< Note that Vim uses UTF-8 for all Unicode encodings, conversion
4479 from/to UCS-2 is automatically changed to use UTF-8. You
4480 cannot use UCS-2 in a string anyway, because of the NUL bytes.
4481
4482 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4483 GetText()->iconv('latin1', 'utf-8')
4484<
4485 *indent()*
4486indent({lnum}) The result is a Number, which is indent of line {lnum} in the
4487 current buffer. The indent is counted in spaces, the value
4488 of 'tabstop' is relevant. {lnum} is used just like in
4489 |getline()|.
4490 When {lnum} is invalid -1 is returned. In |Vim9| script an
4491 error is given.
4492
4493 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4494 GetLnum()->indent()
4495
4496index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]]) *index()*
4497 If {object} is a |List| return the lowest index where the item
4498 has a value equal to {expr}. There is no automatic
4499 conversion, so the String "4" is different from the Number 4.
4500 And the number 4 is different from the Float 4.0. The value
4501 of 'ignorecase' is not used here, case always matters.
4502
4503 If {object} is |Blob| return the lowest index where the byte
4504 value is equal to {expr}.
4505
4506 If {start} is given then start looking at the item with index
4507 {start} (may be negative for an item relative to the end).
4508 When {ic} is given and it is |TRUE|, ignore case. Otherwise
4509 case must match.
4510 -1 is returned when {expr} is not found in {object}.
4511 Example: >
4512 :let idx = index(words, "the")
4513 :if index(numbers, 123) >= 0
4514
4515< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4516 GetObject()->index(what)
4517
4518input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]]) *input()*
4519 The result is a String, which is whatever the user typed on
4520 the command-line. The {prompt} argument is either a prompt
4521 string, or a blank string (for no prompt). A '\n' can be used
4522 in the prompt to start a new line.
4523 The highlighting set with |:echohl| is used for the prompt.
4524 The input is entered just like a command-line, with the same
4525 editing commands and mappings. There is a separate history
4526 for lines typed for input().
4527 Example: >
4528 :if input("Coffee or beer? ") == "beer"
4529 : echo "Cheers!"
4530 :endif
4531<
4532 If the optional {text} argument is present and not empty, this
4533 is used for the default reply, as if the user typed this.
4534 Example: >
4535 :let color = input("Color? ", "white")
4536
4537< The optional {completion} argument specifies the type of
4538 completion supported for the input. Without it completion is
4539 not performed. The supported completion types are the same as
4540 that can be supplied to a user-defined command using the
4541 "-complete=" argument. Refer to |:command-completion| for
4542 more information. Example: >
4543 let fname = input("File: ", "", "file")
4544<
4545 NOTE: This function must not be used in a startup file, for
4546 the versions that only run in GUI mode (e.g., the Win32 GUI).
4547 Note: When input() is called from within a mapping it will
4548 consume remaining characters from that mapping, because a
4549 mapping is handled like the characters were typed.
4550 Use |inputsave()| before input() and |inputrestore()|
4551 after input() to avoid that. Another solution is to avoid
4552 that further characters follow in the mapping, e.g., by using
4553 |:execute| or |:normal|.
4554
4555 Example with a mapping: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004556 :nmap \x :call GetFoo()<CR>:exe "/" .. Foo<CR>
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004557 :function GetFoo()
4558 : call inputsave()
4559 : let g:Foo = input("enter search pattern: ")
4560 : call inputrestore()
4561 :endfunction
4562
4563< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4564 GetPrompt()->input()
4565
4566inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {cancelreturn}]]) *inputdialog()*
4567 Like |input()|, but when the GUI is running and text dialogs
4568 are supported, a dialog window pops up to input the text.
4569 Example: >
4570 :let n = inputdialog("value for shiftwidth", shiftwidth())
4571 :if n != ""
4572 : let &sw = n
4573 :endif
4574< When the dialog is cancelled {cancelreturn} is returned. When
4575 omitted an empty string is returned.
4576 Hitting <Enter> works like pressing the OK button. Hitting
4577 <Esc> works like pressing the Cancel button.
4578 NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported.
4579
4580 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4581 GetPrompt()->inputdialog()
4582
4583inputlist({textlist}) *inputlist()*
4584 {textlist} must be a |List| of strings. This |List| is
4585 displayed, one string per line. The user will be prompted to
4586 enter a number, which is returned.
4587 The user can also select an item by clicking on it with the
4588 mouse, if the mouse is enabled in the command line ('mouse' is
4589 "a" or includes "c"). For the first string 0 is returned.
4590 When clicking above the first item a negative number is
4591 returned. When clicking on the prompt one more than the
4592 length of {textlist} is returned.
4593 Make sure {textlist} has less than 'lines' entries, otherwise
4594 it won't work. It's a good idea to put the entry number at
4595 the start of the string. And put a prompt in the first item.
4596 Example: >
4597 let color = inputlist(['Select color:', '1. red',
4598 \ '2. green', '3. blue'])
4599
4600< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4601 GetChoices()->inputlist()
4602
4603inputrestore() *inputrestore()*
4604 Restore typeahead that was saved with a previous |inputsave()|.
4605 Should be called the same number of times inputsave() is
4606 called. Calling it more often is harmless though.
4607 Returns TRUE when there is nothing to restore, FALSE otherwise.
4608
4609inputsave() *inputsave()*
4610 Preserve typeahead (also from mappings) and clear it, so that
4611 a following prompt gets input from the user. Should be
4612 followed by a matching inputrestore() after the prompt. Can
4613 be used several times, in which case there must be just as
4614 many inputrestore() calls.
4615 Returns TRUE when out of memory, FALSE otherwise.
4616
4617inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) *inputsecret()*
4618 This function acts much like the |input()| function with but
4619 two exceptions:
4620 a) the user's response will be displayed as a sequence of
4621 asterisks ("*") thereby keeping the entry secret, and
4622 b) the user's response will not be recorded on the input
4623 |history| stack.
4624 The result is a String, which is whatever the user actually
4625 typed on the command-line in response to the issued prompt.
4626 NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported.
4627
4628 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4629 GetPrompt()->inputsecret()
4630
4631insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) *insert()*
4632 When {object} is a |List| or a |Blob| insert {item} at the start
4633 of it.
4634
4635 If {idx} is specified insert {item} before the item with index
4636 {idx}. If {idx} is zero it goes before the first item, just
4637 like omitting {idx}. A negative {idx} is also possible, see
4638 |list-index|. -1 inserts just before the last item.
4639
4640 Returns the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: >
4641 :let mylist = insert([2, 3, 5], 1)
4642 :call insert(mylist, 4, -1)
4643 :call insert(mylist, 6, len(mylist))
4644< The last example can be done simpler with |add()|.
4645 Note that when {item} is a |List| it is inserted as a single
4646 item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|.
4647
4648 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4649 mylist->insert(item)
4650
4651interrupt() *interrupt()*
4652 Interrupt script execution. It works more or less like the
4653 user typing CTRL-C, most commands won't execute and control
4654 returns to the user. This is useful to abort execution
4655 from lower down, e.g. in an autocommand. Example: >
4656 :function s:check_typoname(file)
4657 : if fnamemodify(a:file, ':t') == '['
4658 : echomsg 'Maybe typo'
4659 : call interrupt()
4660 : endif
4661 :endfunction
4662 :au BufWritePre * call s:check_typoname(expand('<amatch>'))
4663
4664invert({expr}) *invert()*
4665 Bitwise invert. The argument is converted to a number. A
4666 List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. Example: >
4667 :let bits = invert(bits)
4668< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4669 :let bits = bits->invert()
4670
4671isdirectory({directory}) *isdirectory()*
4672 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a directory
4673 with the name {directory} exists. If {directory} doesn't
4674 exist, or isn't a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {directory}
4675 is any expression, which is used as a String.
4676
4677 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4678 GetName()->isdirectory()
4679
4680isinf({expr}) *isinf()*
4681 Return 1 if {expr} is a positive infinity, or -1 a negative
4682 infinity, otherwise 0. >
4683 :echo isinf(1.0 / 0.0)
4684< 1 >
4685 :echo isinf(-1.0 / 0.0)
4686< -1
4687
4688 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4689 Compute()->isinf()
4690<
4691 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
4692
4693islocked({expr}) *islocked()* *E786*
4694 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when {expr} is the
4695 name of a locked variable.
4696 The string argument {expr} must be the name of a variable,
4697 |List| item or |Dictionary| entry, not the variable itself!
4698 Example: >
4699 :let alist = [0, ['a', 'b'], 2, 3]
4700 :lockvar 1 alist
4701 :echo islocked('alist') " 1
4702 :echo islocked('alist[1]') " 0
4703
Bram Moolenaar9da17d72022-02-09 21:50:44 +00004704< When {expr} is a variable that does not exist -1 is returned.
4705 If {expr} uses a range, list or dict index that is out of
4706 range or does not exist you get an error message. Use
4707 |exists()| to check for existence.
4708 In Vim9 script it does not work for local function variables.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004709
4710 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4711 GetName()->islocked()
4712
4713isnan({expr}) *isnan()*
4714 Return |TRUE| if {expr} is a float with value NaN. >
4715 echo isnan(0.0 / 0.0)
4716< 1
4717
4718 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4719 Compute()->isnan()
4720<
4721 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
4722
4723items({dict}) *items()*
4724 Return a |List| with all the key-value pairs of {dict}. Each
4725 |List| item is a list with two items: the key of a {dict}
4726 entry and the value of this entry. The |List| is in arbitrary
4727 order. Also see |keys()| and |values()|.
4728 Example: >
4729 for [key, value] in items(mydict)
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004730 echo key .. ': ' .. value
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004731 endfor
4732
4733< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4734 mydict->items()
4735
4736job_ functions are documented here: |job-functions-details|
4737
4738
4739join({list} [, {sep}]) *join()*
4740 Join the items in {list} together into one String.
4741 When {sep} is specified it is put in between the items. If
4742 {sep} is omitted a single space is used.
4743 Note that {sep} is not added at the end. You might want to
4744 add it there too: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004745 let lines = join(mylist, "\n") .. "\n"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004746< String items are used as-is. |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are
4747 converted into a string like with |string()|.
4748 The opposite function is |split()|.
4749
4750 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4751 mylist->join()
4752
4753js_decode({string}) *js_decode()*
4754 This is similar to |json_decode()| with these differences:
4755 - Object key names do not have to be in quotes.
4756 - Strings can be in single quotes.
4757 - Empty items in an array (between two commas) are allowed and
4758 result in v:none items.
4759
4760 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4761 ReadObject()->js_decode()
4762
4763js_encode({expr}) *js_encode()*
4764 This is similar to |json_encode()| with these differences:
4765 - Object key names are not in quotes.
4766 - v:none items in an array result in an empty item between
4767 commas.
4768 For example, the Vim object:
4769 [1,v:none,{"one":1},v:none] ~
4770 Will be encoded as:
4771 [1,,{one:1},,] ~
4772 While json_encode() would produce:
4773 [1,null,{"one":1},null] ~
4774 This encoding is valid for JavaScript. It is more efficient
4775 than JSON, especially when using an array with optional items.
4776
4777 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4778 GetObject()->js_encode()
4779
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00004780json_decode({string}) *json_decode()* *E491*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004781 This parses a JSON formatted string and returns the equivalent
4782 in Vim values. See |json_encode()| for the relation between
4783 JSON and Vim values.
4784 The decoding is permissive:
4785 - A trailing comma in an array and object is ignored, e.g.
4786 "[1, 2, ]" is the same as "[1, 2]".
4787 - Integer keys are accepted in objects, e.g. {1:2} is the
4788 same as {"1":2}.
4789 - More floating point numbers are recognized, e.g. "1." for
4790 "1.0", or "001.2" for "1.2". Special floating point values
4791 "Infinity", "-Infinity" and "NaN" (capitalization ignored)
4792 are accepted.
4793 - Leading zeroes in integer numbers are ignored, e.g. "012"
4794 for "12" or "-012" for "-12".
4795 - Capitalization is ignored in literal names null, true or
4796 false, e.g. "NULL" for "null", "True" for "true".
4797 - Control characters U+0000 through U+001F which are not
4798 escaped in strings are accepted, e.g. " " (tab
4799 character in string) for "\t".
4800 - An empty JSON expression or made of only spaces is accepted
4801 and results in v:none.
4802 - Backslash in an invalid 2-character sequence escape is
4803 ignored, e.g. "\a" is decoded as "a".
4804 - A correct surrogate pair in JSON strings should normally be
4805 a 12 character sequence such as "\uD834\uDD1E", but
4806 json_decode() silently accepts truncated surrogate pairs
4807 such as "\uD834" or "\uD834\u"
4808 *E938*
4809 A duplicate key in an object, valid in rfc7159, is not
4810 accepted by json_decode() as the result must be a valid Vim
4811 type, e.g. this fails: {"a":"b", "a":"c"}
4812
4813 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4814 ReadObject()->json_decode()
4815
4816json_encode({expr}) *json_encode()*
4817 Encode {expr} as JSON and return this as a string.
4818 The encoding is specified in:
4819 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159.html
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00004820 Vim values are converted as follows: *E1161*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004821 |Number| decimal number
4822 |Float| floating point number
4823 Float nan "NaN"
4824 Float inf "Infinity"
4825 Float -inf "-Infinity"
4826 |String| in double quotes (possibly null)
4827 |Funcref| not possible, error
4828 |List| as an array (possibly null); when
4829 used recursively: []
4830 |Dict| as an object (possibly null); when
4831 used recursively: {}
4832 |Blob| as an array of the individual bytes
4833 v:false "false"
4834 v:true "true"
4835 v:none "null"
4836 v:null "null"
4837 Note that NaN and Infinity are passed on as values. This is
4838 missing in the JSON standard, but several implementations do
4839 allow it. If not then you will get an error.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004840 If a string contains an illegal character then the replacement
4841 character 0xfffd is used.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004842
4843 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4844 GetObject()->json_encode()
4845
4846keys({dict}) *keys()*
4847 Return a |List| with all the keys of {dict}. The |List| is in
4848 arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |values()|.
4849
4850 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4851 mydict->keys()
4852
4853< *len()* *E701*
4854len({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument.
4855 When {expr} is a String or a Number the length in bytes is
4856 used, as with |strlen()|.
4857 When {expr} is a |List| the number of items in the |List| is
4858 returned.
4859 When {expr} is a |Blob| the number of bytes is returned.
4860 When {expr} is a |Dictionary| the number of entries in the
4861 |Dictionary| is returned.
4862 Otherwise an error is given.
4863
4864 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4865 mylist->len()
4866
4867< *libcall()* *E364* *E368*
4868libcall({libname}, {funcname}, {argument})
4869 Call function {funcname} in the run-time library {libname}
4870 with single argument {argument}.
4871 This is useful to call functions in a library that you
4872 especially made to be used with Vim. Since only one argument
4873 is possible, calling standard library functions is rather
4874 limited.
4875 The result is the String returned by the function. If the
4876 function returns NULL, this will appear as an empty string ""
4877 to Vim.
4878 If the function returns a number, use libcallnr()!
4879 If {argument} is a number, it is passed to the function as an
4880 int; if {argument} is a string, it is passed as a
4881 null-terminated string.
4882 This function will fail in |restricted-mode|.
4883
4884 libcall() allows you to write your own 'plug-in' extensions to
4885 Vim without having to recompile the program. It is NOT a
4886 means to call system functions! If you try to do so Vim will
4887 very probably crash.
4888
4889 For Win32, the functions you write must be placed in a DLL
4890 and use the normal C calling convention (NOT Pascal which is
4891 used in Windows System DLLs). The function must take exactly
4892 one parameter, either a character pointer or a long integer,
4893 and must return a character pointer or NULL. The character
4894 pointer returned must point to memory that will remain valid
4895 after the function has returned (e.g. in static data in the
4896 DLL). If it points to allocated memory, that memory will
4897 leak away. Using a static buffer in the function should work,
4898 it's then freed when the DLL is unloaded.
4899
4900 WARNING: If the function returns a non-valid pointer, Vim may
4901 crash! This also happens if the function returns a number,
4902 because Vim thinks it's a pointer.
4903 For Win32 systems, {libname} should be the filename of the DLL
4904 without the ".DLL" suffix. A full path is only required if
4905 the DLL is not in the usual places.
4906 For Unix: When compiling your own plugins, remember that the
4907 object code must be compiled as position-independent ('PIC').
4908 {only in Win32 and some Unix versions, when the |+libcall|
4909 feature is present}
4910 Examples: >
4911 :echo libcall("libc.so", "getenv", "HOME")
4912
4913< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4914 third argument: >
4915 GetValue()->libcall("libc.so", "getenv")
4916<
4917 *libcallnr()*
4918libcallnr({libname}, {funcname}, {argument})
4919 Just like |libcall()|, but used for a function that returns an
4920 int instead of a string.
4921 {only in Win32 on some Unix versions, when the |+libcall|
4922 feature is present}
4923 Examples: >
4924 :echo libcallnr("/usr/lib/libc.so", "getpid", "")
4925 :call libcallnr("libc.so", "printf", "Hello World!\n")
4926 :call libcallnr("libc.so", "sleep", 10)
4927<
4928 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4929 third argument: >
4930 GetValue()->libcallnr("libc.so", "printf")
4931<
4932
4933line({expr} [, {winid}]) *line()*
4934 The result is a Number, which is the line number of the file
4935 position given with {expr}. The {expr} argument is a string.
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00004936 The accepted positions are: *E1209*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004937 . the cursor position
4938 $ the last line in the current buffer
4939 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
4940 returned)
4941 w0 first line visible in current window (one if the
4942 display isn't updated, e.g. in silent Ex mode)
4943 w$ last line visible in current window (this is one
4944 less than "w0" if no lines are visible)
4945 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
4946 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
4947 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
4948 that it's updated right away.
4949 Note that a mark in another file can be used. The line number
4950 then applies to another buffer.
4951 To get the column number use |col()|. To get both use
4952 |getpos()|.
4953 With the optional {winid} argument the values are obtained for
4954 that window instead of the current window.
4955 Examples: >
4956 line(".") line number of the cursor
4957 line(".", winid) idem, in window "winid"
4958 line("'t") line number of mark t
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004959 line("'" .. marker) line number of mark marker
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004960<
4961 To jump to the last known position when opening a file see
4962 |last-position-jump|.
4963
4964 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4965 GetValue()->line()
4966
4967line2byte({lnum}) *line2byte()*
4968 Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line
4969 {lnum}. This includes the end-of-line character, depending on
4970 the 'fileformat' option for the current buffer. The first
4971 line returns 1. 'encoding' matters, 'fileencoding' is ignored.
4972 This can also be used to get the byte count for the line just
4973 below the last line: >
4974 line2byte(line("$") + 1)
4975< This is the buffer size plus one. If 'fileencoding' is empty
4976 it is the file size plus one. {lnum} is used like with
4977 |getline()|. When {lnum} is invalid, or the |+byte_offset|
4978 feature has been disabled at compile time, -1 is returned.
4979 Also see |byte2line()|, |go| and |:goto|.
4980
4981 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4982 GetLnum()->line2byte()
4983
4984lispindent({lnum}) *lispindent()*
4985 Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the lisp
4986 indenting rules, as with 'lisp'.
4987 The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is
4988 relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|.
4989 When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the
4990 |+lispindent| feature, -1 is returned. In |Vim9| script an
4991 error is given.
4992
4993 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4994 GetLnum()->lispindent()
4995
4996list2blob({list}) *list2blob()*
4997 Return a Blob concatenating all the number values in {list}.
4998 Examples: >
4999 list2blob([1, 2, 3, 4]) returns 0z01020304
5000 list2blob([]) returns 0z
5001< Returns an empty Blob on error. If one of the numbers is
5002 negative or more than 255 error *E1239* is given.
5003
5004 |blob2list()| does the opposite.
5005
5006 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5007 GetList()->list2blob()
5008
5009list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) *list2str()*
5010 Convert each number in {list} to a character string can
5011 concatenate them all. Examples: >
5012 list2str([32]) returns " "
5013 list2str([65, 66, 67]) returns "ABC"
5014< The same can be done (slowly) with: >
5015 join(map(list, {nr, val -> nr2char(val)}), '')
5016< |str2list()| does the opposite.
5017
5018 When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
5019 When {utf8} is TRUE, always return UTF-8 characters.
5020 With UTF-8 composing characters work as expected: >
5021 list2str([97, 769]) returns "á"
5022<
5023 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5024 GetList()->list2str()
5025
5026listener_add({callback} [, {buf}]) *listener_add()*
5027 Add a callback function that will be invoked when changes have
5028 been made to buffer {buf}.
5029 {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
5030 values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current
5031 buffer is used.
5032 Returns a unique ID that can be passed to |listener_remove()|.
5033
5034 The {callback} is invoked with five arguments:
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005035 bufnr the buffer that was changed
5036 start first changed line number
5037 end first line number below the change
5038 added number of lines added, negative if lines were
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005039 deleted
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005040 changes a List of items with details about the changes
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005041
5042 Example: >
5043 func Listener(bufnr, start, end, added, changes)
5044 echo 'lines ' .. a:start .. ' until ' .. a:end .. ' changed'
5045 endfunc
5046 call listener_add('Listener', bufnr)
5047
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005048< The List cannot be changed. Each item in "changes" is a
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005049 dictionary with these entries:
5050 lnum the first line number of the change
5051 end the first line below the change
5052 added number of lines added; negative if lines were
5053 deleted
5054 col first column in "lnum" that was affected by
5055 the change; one if unknown or the whole line
5056 was affected; this is a byte index, first
5057 character has a value of one.
5058 When lines are inserted the values are:
5059 lnum line above which the new line is added
5060 end equal to "lnum"
5061 added number of lines inserted
5062 col 1
5063 When lines are deleted the values are:
5064 lnum the first deleted line
5065 end the line below the first deleted line, before
5066 the deletion was done
5067 added negative, number of lines deleted
5068 col 1
5069 When lines are changed:
5070 lnum the first changed line
5071 end the line below the last changed line
5072 added 0
5073 col first column with a change or 1
5074
5075 The entries are in the order the changes were made, thus the
5076 most recent change is at the end. The line numbers are valid
5077 when the callback is invoked, but later changes may make them
5078 invalid, thus keeping a copy for later might not work.
5079
5080 The {callback} is invoked just before the screen is updated,
5081 when |listener_flush()| is called or when a change is being
5082 made that changes the line count in a way it causes a line
5083 number in the list of changes to become invalid.
5084
5085 The {callback} is invoked with the text locked, see
5086 |textlock|. If you do need to make changes to the buffer, use
5087 a timer to do this later |timer_start()|.
5088
5089 The {callback} is not invoked when the buffer is first loaded.
5090 Use the |BufReadPost| autocmd event to handle the initial text
5091 of a buffer.
5092 The {callback} is also not invoked when the buffer is
5093 unloaded, use the |BufUnload| autocmd event for that.
5094
5095 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
5096 second argument: >
5097 GetBuffer()->listener_add(callback)
5098
5099listener_flush([{buf}]) *listener_flush()*
5100 Invoke listener callbacks for buffer {buf}. If there are no
5101 pending changes then no callbacks are invoked.
5102
5103 {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
5104 values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current
5105 buffer is used.
5106
5107 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5108 GetBuffer()->listener_flush()
5109
5110listener_remove({id}) *listener_remove()*
5111 Remove a listener previously added with listener_add().
5112 Returns FALSE when {id} could not be found, TRUE when {id} was
5113 removed.
5114
5115 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5116 GetListenerId()->listener_remove()
5117
5118localtime() *localtime()*
5119 Return the current time, measured as seconds since 1st Jan
5120 1970. See also |strftime()|, |strptime()| and |getftime()|.
5121
5122
5123log({expr}) *log()*
5124 Return the natural logarithm (base e) of {expr} as a |Float|.
5125 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
5126 (0, inf].
5127 Examples: >
5128 :echo log(10)
5129< 2.302585 >
5130 :echo log(exp(5))
5131< 5.0
5132
5133 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5134 Compute()->log()
5135<
5136 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
5137
5138
5139log10({expr}) *log10()*
5140 Return the logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10 as a |Float|.
5141 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
5142 Examples: >
5143 :echo log10(1000)
5144< 3.0 >
5145 :echo log10(0.01)
5146< -2.0
5147
5148 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5149 Compute()->log10()
5150<
5151 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
5152
5153luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) *luaeval()*
5154 Evaluate Lua expression {expr} and return its result converted
5155 to Vim data structures. Second {expr} may hold additional
5156 argument accessible as _A inside first {expr}.
5157 Strings are returned as they are.
5158 Boolean objects are converted to numbers.
5159 Numbers are converted to |Float| values if vim was compiled
5160 with |+float| and to numbers otherwise.
5161 Dictionaries and lists obtained by vim.eval() are returned
5162 as-is.
5163 Other objects are returned as zero without any errors.
5164 See |lua-luaeval| for more details.
5165 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
5166 to {expr}.
5167
5168 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5169 GetExpr()->luaeval()
5170
5171< {only available when compiled with the |+lua| feature}
5172
5173map({expr1}, {expr2}) *map()*
5174 {expr1} must be a |List|, |String|, |Blob| or |Dictionary|.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005175 When {expr1} is a |List| or |Dictionary|, replace each
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005176 item in {expr1} with the result of evaluating {expr2}.
5177 For a |Blob| each byte is replaced.
5178 For a |String|, each character, including composing
5179 characters, is replaced.
5180 If the item type changes you may want to use |mapnew()| to
5181 create a new List or Dictionary. This is required when using
5182 Vim9 script.
5183
5184 {expr2} must be a |String| or |Funcref|.
5185
5186 If {expr2} is a |String|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value
5187 of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key
5188 of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of
5189 the current item. For a |Blob| |v:key| has the index of the
5190 current byte. For a |String| |v:key| has the index of the
5191 current character.
5192 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005193 :call map(mylist, '"> " .. v:val .. " <"')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005194< This puts "> " before and " <" after each item in "mylist".
5195
5196 Note that {expr2} is the result of an expression and is then
5197 used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a
5198 |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes. You
5199 still have to double ' quotes
5200
5201 If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it is called with two arguments:
5202 1. The key or the index of the current item.
5203 2. the value of the current item.
5204 The function must return the new value of the item. Example
5205 that changes each value by "key-value": >
5206 func KeyValue(key, val)
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005207 return a:key .. '-' .. a:val
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005208 endfunc
5209 call map(myDict, function('KeyValue'))
5210< It is shorter when using a |lambda|: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005211 call map(myDict, {key, val -> key .. '-' .. val})
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005212< If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005213 call map(myDict, {key -> 'item: ' .. key})
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005214< If you do not use "key" you can use a short name: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005215 call map(myDict, {_, val -> 'item: ' .. val})
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005216<
5217 The operation is done in-place for a |List| and |Dictionary|.
5218 If you want it to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005219 :let tlist = map(copy(mylist), ' v:val .. "\t"')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005220
5221< Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered,
5222 or a new |Blob| or |String|.
5223 When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no
5224 further items in {expr1} are processed.
5225 When {expr2} is a Funcref errors inside a function are ignored,
5226 unless it was defined with the "abort" flag.
5227
5228 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5229 mylist->map(expr2)
5230
5231
5232maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) *maparg()*
5233 When {dict} is omitted or zero: Return the rhs of mapping
5234 {name} in mode {mode}. The returned String has special
5235 characters translated like in the output of the ":map" command
5236 listing.
5237
5238 When there is no mapping for {name}, an empty String is
5239 returned. When the mapping for {name} is empty, then "<Nop>"
5240 is returned.
5241
5242 The {name} can have special key names, like in the ":map"
5243 command.
5244
5245 {mode} can be one of these strings:
5246 "n" Normal
5247 "v" Visual (including Select)
5248 "o" Operator-pending
5249 "i" Insert
5250 "c" Cmd-line
5251 "s" Select
5252 "x" Visual
5253 "l" langmap |language-mapping|
5254 "t" Terminal-Job
5255 "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5256 When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used.
5257
5258 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
5259 instead of mappings.
5260
5261 When {dict} is there and it is |TRUE| return a dictionary
5262 containing all the information of the mapping with the
5263 following items:
5264 "lhs" The {lhs} of the mapping as it would be typed
5265 "lhsraw" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes
5266 "lhsrawalt" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes, alternate
5267 form, only present when it differs from "lhsraw"
5268 "rhs" The {rhs} of the mapping as typed.
5269 "silent" 1 for a |:map-silent| mapping, else 0.
5270 "noremap" 1 if the {rhs} of the mapping is not remappable.
5271 "script" 1 if mapping was defined with <script>.
5272 "expr" 1 for an expression mapping (|:map-<expr>|).
5273 "buffer" 1 for a buffer local mapping (|:map-local|).
5274 "mode" Modes for which the mapping is defined. In
5275 addition to the modes mentioned above, these
5276 characters will be used:
5277 " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5278 "!" Insert and Commandline mode
5279 (|mapmode-ic|)
5280 "sid" The script local ID, used for <sid> mappings
5281 (|<SID>|).
Bram Moolenaara9528b32022-01-18 20:51:35 +00005282 "scriptversion" The version of the script. 999999 for
5283 |Vim9| script.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005284 "lnum" The line number in "sid", zero if unknown.
5285 "nowait" Do not wait for other, longer mappings.
5286 (|:map-<nowait>|).
5287
5288 The dictionary can be used to restore a mapping with
5289 |mapset()|.
5290
5291 The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first,
5292 then the global mappings.
5293 This function can be used to map a key even when it's already
5294 mapped, and have it do the original mapping too. Sketch: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005295 exe 'nnoremap <Tab> ==' .. maparg('<Tab>', 'n')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005296
5297< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5298 GetKey()->maparg('n')
5299
5300mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *mapcheck()*
5301 Check if there is a mapping that matches with {name} in mode
5302 {mode}. See |maparg()| for {mode} and special names in
5303 {name}.
5304 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
5305 instead of mappings.
5306 A match happens with a mapping that starts with {name} and
5307 with a mapping which is equal to the start of {name}.
5308
5309 matches mapping "a" "ab" "abc" ~
5310 mapcheck("a") yes yes yes
5311 mapcheck("abc") yes yes yes
5312 mapcheck("ax") yes no no
5313 mapcheck("b") no no no
5314
5315 The difference with maparg() is that mapcheck() finds a
5316 mapping that matches with {name}, while maparg() only finds a
5317 mapping for {name} exactly.
5318 When there is no mapping that starts with {name}, an empty
5319 String is returned. If there is one, the RHS of that mapping
5320 is returned. If there are several mappings that start with
5321 {name}, the RHS of one of them is returned. This will be
5322 "<Nop>" if the RHS is empty.
5323 The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first,
5324 then the global mappings.
5325 This function can be used to check if a mapping can be added
5326 without being ambiguous. Example: >
5327 :if mapcheck("_vv") == ""
5328 : map _vv :set guifont=7x13<CR>
5329 :endif
5330< This avoids adding the "_vv" mapping when there already is a
5331 mapping for "_v" or for "_vvv".
5332
5333 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5334 GetKey()->mapcheck('n')
5335
5336
5337mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) *mapnew()*
5338 Like |map()| but instead of replacing items in {expr1} a new
5339 List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains
5340 unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you
5341 don't want that use |deepcopy()| first.
5342
5343
5344mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) *mapset()*
5345 Restore a mapping from a dictionary returned by |maparg()|.
5346 {mode} and {abbr} should be the same as for the call to
5347 |maparg()|. *E460*
5348 {mode} is used to define the mode in which the mapping is set,
5349 not the "mode" entry in {dict}.
5350 Example for saving and restoring a mapping: >
5351 let save_map = maparg('K', 'n', 0, 1)
5352 nnoremap K somethingelse
5353 ...
5354 call mapset('n', 0, save_map)
5355< Note that if you are going to replace a map in several modes,
5356 e.g. with `:map!`, you need to save the mapping for all of
5357 them, since they can differ.
5358
5359
5360match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *match()*
5361 When {expr} is a |List| then this returns the index of the
5362 first item where {pat} matches. Each item is used as a
5363 String, |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are used as echoed.
5364
5365 Otherwise, {expr} is used as a String. The result is a
5366 Number, which gives the index (byte offset) in {expr} where
5367 {pat} matches.
5368
5369 A match at the first character or |List| item returns zero.
5370 If there is no match -1 is returned.
5371
5372 For getting submatches see |matchlist()|.
5373 Example: >
5374 :echo match("testing", "ing") " results in 4
5375 :echo match([1, 'x'], '\a') " results in 1
5376< See |string-match| for how {pat} is used.
5377 *strpbrk()*
5378 Vim doesn't have a strpbrk() function. But you can do: >
5379 :let sepidx = match(line, '[.,;: \t]')
5380< *strcasestr()*
5381 Vim doesn't have a strcasestr() function. But you can add
5382 "\c" to the pattern to ignore case: >
5383 :let idx = match(haystack, '\cneedle')
5384<
5385 If {start} is given, the search starts from byte index
5386 {start} in a String or item {start} in a |List|.
5387 The result, however, is still the index counted from the
5388 first character/item. Example: >
5389 :echo match("testing", "ing", 2)
5390< result is again "4". >
5391 :echo match("testing", "ing", 4)
5392< result is again "4". >
5393 :echo match("testing", "t", 2)
5394< result is "3".
5395 For a String, if {start} > 0 then it is like the string starts
5396 {start} bytes later, thus "^" will match at {start}. Except
5397 when {count} is given, then it's like matches before the
5398 {start} byte are ignored (this is a bit complicated to keep it
5399 backwards compatible).
5400 For a String, if {start} < 0, it will be set to 0. For a list
5401 the index is counted from the end.
5402 If {start} is out of range ({start} > strlen({expr}) for a
5403 String or {start} > len({expr}) for a |List|) -1 is returned.
5404
5405 When {count} is given use the {count}'th match. When a match
5406 is found in a String the search for the next one starts one
5407 character further. Thus this example results in 1: >
5408 echo match("testing", "..", 0, 2)
5409< In a |List| the search continues in the next item.
5410 Note that when {count} is added the way {start} works changes,
5411 see above.
5412
5413 See |pattern| for the patterns that are accepted.
5414 The 'ignorecase' option is used to set the ignore-caseness of
5415 the pattern. 'smartcase' is NOT used. The matching is always
5416 done like 'magic' is set and 'cpoptions' is empty.
5417 Note that a match at the start is preferred, thus when the
5418 pattern is using "*" (any number of matches) it tends to find
5419 zero matches at the start instead of a number of matches
5420 further down in the text.
5421
5422 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5423 GetText()->match('word')
5424 GetList()->match('word')
5425<
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00005426 *matchadd()* *E290* *E798* *E799* *E801* *E957*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005427matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
5428 Defines a pattern to be highlighted in the current window (a
5429 "match"). It will be highlighted with {group}. Returns an
5430 identification number (ID), which can be used to delete the
5431 match using |matchdelete()|. The ID is bound to the window.
5432 Matching is case sensitive and magic, unless case sensitivity
5433 or magicness are explicitly overridden in {pattern}. The
5434 'magic', 'smartcase' and 'ignorecase' options are not used.
5435 The "Conceal" value is special, it causes the match to be
5436 concealed.
5437
5438 The optional {priority} argument assigns a priority to the
5439 match. A match with a high priority will have its
5440 highlighting overrule that of a match with a lower priority.
5441 A priority is specified as an integer (negative numbers are no
5442 exception). If the {priority} argument is not specified, the
5443 default priority is 10. The priority of 'hlsearch' is zero,
5444 hence all matches with a priority greater than zero will
5445 overrule it. Syntax highlighting (see 'syntax') is a separate
5446 mechanism, and regardless of the chosen priority a match will
5447 always overrule syntax highlighting.
5448
5449 The optional {id} argument allows the request for a specific
5450 match ID. If a specified ID is already taken, an error
5451 message will appear and the match will not be added. An ID
5452 is specified as a positive integer (zero excluded). IDs 1, 2
5453 and 3 are reserved for |:match|, |:2match| and |:3match|,
5454 respectively. If the {id} argument is not specified or -1,
5455 |matchadd()| automatically chooses a free ID.
5456
5457 The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom
5458 values. Currently this is used to specify a match specific
5459 conceal character that will be shown for |hl-Conceal|
5460 highlighted matches. The dict can have the following members:
5461
5462 conceal Special character to show instead of the
5463 match (only for |hl-Conceal| highlighted
5464 matches, see |:syn-cchar|)
5465 window Instead of the current window use the
5466 window with this number or window ID.
5467
5468 The number of matches is not limited, as it is the case with
5469 the |:match| commands.
5470
5471 Example: >
5472 :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
5473 :let m = matchadd("MyGroup", "TODO")
5474< Deletion of the pattern: >
5475 :call matchdelete(m)
5476
5477< A list of matches defined by |matchadd()| and |:match| are
5478 available from |getmatches()|. All matches can be deleted in
5479 one operation by |clearmatches()|.
5480
5481 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5482 GetGroup()->matchadd('TODO')
5483<
5484 *matchaddpos()*
5485matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
5486 Same as |matchadd()|, but requires a list of positions {pos}
5487 instead of a pattern. This command is faster than |matchadd()|
5488 because it does not require to handle regular expressions and
5489 sets buffer line boundaries to redraw screen. It is supposed
5490 to be used when fast match additions and deletions are
5491 required, for example to highlight matching parentheses.
5492
5493 {pos} is a list of positions. Each position can be one of
5494 these:
5495 - A number. This whole line will be highlighted. The first
5496 line has number 1.
5497 - A list with one number, e.g., [23]. The whole line with this
5498 number will be highlighted.
5499 - A list with two numbers, e.g., [23, 11]. The first number is
5500 the line number, the second one is the column number (first
5501 column is 1, the value must correspond to the byte index as
5502 |col()| would return). The character at this position will
5503 be highlighted.
5504 - A list with three numbers, e.g., [23, 11, 3]. As above, but
5505 the third number gives the length of the highlight in bytes.
5506
5507 The maximum number of positions in {pos} is 8.
5508
5509 Example: >
5510 :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
5511 :let m = matchaddpos("MyGroup", [[23, 24], 34])
5512< Deletion of the pattern: >
5513 :call matchdelete(m)
5514
5515< Matches added by |matchaddpos()| are returned by
5516 |getmatches()|.
5517
5518 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5519 GetGroup()->matchaddpos([23, 11])
5520
5521matcharg({nr}) *matcharg()*
5522 Selects the {nr} match item, as set with a |:match|,
5523 |:2match| or |:3match| command.
5524 Return a |List| with two elements:
5525 The name of the highlight group used
5526 The pattern used.
5527 When {nr} is not 1, 2 or 3 returns an empty |List|.
5528 When there is no match item set returns ['', ''].
5529 This is useful to save and restore a |:match|.
5530 Highlighting matches using the |:match| commands are limited
5531 to three matches. |matchadd()| does not have this limitation.
5532
5533 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5534 GetMatch()->matcharg()
5535
5536matchdelete({id} [, {win}) *matchdelete()* *E802* *E803*
5537 Deletes a match with ID {id} previously defined by |matchadd()|
5538 or one of the |:match| commands. Returns 0 if successful,
5539 otherwise -1. See example for |matchadd()|. All matches can
5540 be deleted in one operation by |clearmatches()|.
5541 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
5542 window ID instead of the current window.
5543
5544 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5545 GetMatch()->matchdelete()
5546
5547matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchend()*
5548 Same as |match()|, but return the index of first character
5549 after the match. Example: >
5550 :echo matchend("testing", "ing")
5551< results in "7".
5552 *strspn()* *strcspn()*
5553 Vim doesn't have a strspn() or strcspn() function, but you can
5554 do it with matchend(): >
5555 :let span = matchend(line, '[a-zA-Z]')
5556 :let span = matchend(line, '[^a-zA-Z]')
5557< Except that -1 is returned when there are no matches.
5558
5559 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
5560 :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 2)
5561< results in "7". >
5562 :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 5)
5563< result is "-1".
5564 When {expr} is a |List| the result is equal to |match()|.
5565
5566 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5567 GetText()->matchend('word')
5568
5569
5570matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzy()*
5571 If {list} is a list of strings, then returns a |List| with all
5572 the strings in {list} that fuzzy match {str}. The strings in
5573 the returned list are sorted based on the matching score.
5574
5575 The optional {dict} argument always supports the following
5576 items:
5577 matchseq When this item is present and {str} contains
5578 multiple words separated by white space, then
5579 returns only matches that contain the words in
5580 the given sequence.
5581
5582 If {list} is a list of dictionaries, then the optional {dict}
5583 argument supports the following additional items:
5584 key key of the item which is fuzzy matched against
5585 {str}. The value of this item should be a
5586 string.
5587 text_cb |Funcref| that will be called for every item
5588 in {list} to get the text for fuzzy matching.
5589 This should accept a dictionary item as the
5590 argument and return the text for that item to
5591 use for fuzzy matching.
5592
5593 {str} is treated as a literal string and regular expression
5594 matching is NOT supported. The maximum supported {str} length
5595 is 256.
5596
5597 When {str} has multiple words each separated by white space,
5598 then the list of strings that have all the words is returned.
5599
5600 If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then an
5601 empty list is returned. If length of {str} is greater than
5602 256, then returns an empty list.
5603
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +00005604 Refer to |fuzzy-matching| for more information about fuzzy
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005605 matching strings.
5606
5607 Example: >
5608 :echo matchfuzzy(["clay", "crow"], "cay")
5609< results in ["clay"]. >
5610 :echo getbufinfo()->map({_, v -> v.name})->matchfuzzy("ndl")
5611< results in a list of buffer names fuzzy matching "ndl". >
5612 :echo getbufinfo()->matchfuzzy("ndl", {'key' : 'name'})
5613< results in a list of buffer information dicts with buffer
5614 names fuzzy matching "ndl". >
5615 :echo getbufinfo()->matchfuzzy("spl",
5616 \ {'text_cb' : {v -> v.name}})
5617< results in a list of buffer information dicts with buffer
5618 names fuzzy matching "spl". >
5619 :echo v:oldfiles->matchfuzzy("test")
5620< results in a list of file names fuzzy matching "test". >
5621 :let l = readfile("buffer.c")->matchfuzzy("str")
5622< results in a list of lines in "buffer.c" fuzzy matching "str". >
5623 :echo ['one two', 'two one']->matchfuzzy('two one')
5624< results in ['two one', 'one two']. >
5625 :echo ['one two', 'two one']->matchfuzzy('two one',
5626 \ {'matchseq': 1})
5627< results in ['two one'].
5628
5629matchfuzzypos({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzypos()*
5630 Same as |matchfuzzy()|, but returns the list of matched
5631 strings, the list of character positions where characters
5632 in {str} matches and a list of matching scores. You can
5633 use |byteidx()| to convert a character position to a byte
5634 position.
5635
5636 If {str} matches multiple times in a string, then only the
5637 positions for the best match is returned.
5638
5639 If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then a
5640 list with three empty list items is returned.
5641
5642 Example: >
5643 :echo matchfuzzypos(['testing'], 'tsg')
5644< results in [['testing'], [[0, 2, 6]], [99]] >
5645 :echo matchfuzzypos(['clay', 'lacy'], 'la')
5646< results in [['lacy', 'clay'], [[0, 1], [1, 2]], [153, 133]] >
5647 :echo [{'text': 'hello', 'id' : 10}]->matchfuzzypos('ll', {'key' : 'text'})
5648< results in [[{'id': 10, 'text': 'hello'}], [[2, 3]], [127]]
5649
5650matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchlist()*
5651 Same as |match()|, but return a |List|. The first item in the
5652 list is the matched string, same as what matchstr() would
5653 return. Following items are submatches, like "\1", "\2", etc.
5654 in |:substitute|. When an optional submatch didn't match an
5655 empty string is used. Example: >
5656 echo matchlist('acd', '\(a\)\?\(b\)\?\(c\)\?\(.*\)')
5657< Results in: ['acd', 'a', '', 'c', 'd', '', '', '', '', '']
5658 When there is no match an empty list is returned.
5659
5660 You can pass in a List, but that is not very useful.
5661
5662 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5663 GetText()->matchlist('word')
5664
5665matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstr()*
5666 Same as |match()|, but return the matched string. Example: >
5667 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing")
5668< results in "ing".
5669 When there is no match "" is returned.
5670 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
5671 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 2)
5672< results in "ing". >
5673 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 5)
5674< result is "".
5675 When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item is returned.
5676 The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
5677
5678 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5679 GetText()->matchstr('word')
5680
5681matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstrpos()*
5682 Same as |matchstr()|, but return the matched string, the start
5683 position and the end position of the match. Example: >
5684 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing")
5685< results in ["ing", 4, 7].
5686 When there is no match ["", -1, -1] is returned.
5687 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
5688 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 2)
5689< results in ["ing", 4, 7]. >
5690 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 5)
5691< result is ["", -1, -1].
5692 When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item, the index
5693 of first item where {pat} matches, the start position and the
5694 end position of the match are returned. >
5695 :echo matchstrpos([1, '__x'], '\a')
5696< result is ["x", 1, 2, 3].
5697 The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
5698
5699 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5700 GetText()->matchstrpos('word')
5701<
5702
5703 *max()*
5704max({expr}) Return the maximum value of all items in {expr}. Example: >
5705 echo max([apples, pears, oranges])
5706
5707< {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary,
5708 it returns the maximum of all values in the Dictionary.
5709 If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the
5710 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
5711 an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero.
5712
5713 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5714 mylist->max()
5715
5716
5717menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) *menu_info()*
5718 Return information about the specified menu {name} in
5719 mode {mode}. The menu name should be specified without the
5720 shortcut character ('&'). If {name} is "", then the top-level
5721 menu names are returned.
5722
5723 {mode} can be one of these strings:
5724 "n" Normal
5725 "v" Visual (including Select)
5726 "o" Operator-pending
5727 "i" Insert
5728 "c" Cmd-line
5729 "s" Select
5730 "x" Visual
5731 "t" Terminal-Job
5732 "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5733 "!" Insert and Cmd-line
5734 When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used.
5735
5736 Returns a |Dictionary| containing the following items:
5737 accel menu item accelerator text |menu-text|
5738 display display name (name without '&')
5739 enabled v:true if this menu item is enabled
5740 Refer to |:menu-enable|
5741 icon name of the icon file (for toolbar)
5742 |toolbar-icon|
5743 iconidx index of a built-in icon
5744 modes modes for which the menu is defined. In
5745 addition to the modes mentioned above, these
5746 characters will be used:
5747 " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5748 name menu item name.
5749 noremenu v:true if the {rhs} of the menu item is not
5750 remappable else v:false.
5751 priority menu order priority |menu-priority|
5752 rhs right-hand-side of the menu item. The returned
5753 string has special characters translated like
5754 in the output of the ":menu" command listing.
5755 When the {rhs} of a menu item is empty, then
5756 "<Nop>" is returned.
5757 script v:true if script-local remapping of {rhs} is
5758 allowed else v:false. See |:menu-script|.
5759 shortcut shortcut key (character after '&' in
5760 the menu name) |menu-shortcut|
5761 silent v:true if the menu item is created
5762 with <silent> argument |:menu-silent|
5763 submenus |List| containing the names of
5764 all the submenus. Present only if the menu
5765 item has submenus.
5766
5767 Returns an empty dictionary if the menu item is not found.
5768
5769 Examples: >
5770 :echo menu_info('Edit.Cut')
5771 :echo menu_info('File.Save', 'n')
5772
5773 " Display the entire menu hierarchy in a buffer
5774 func ShowMenu(name, pfx)
5775 let m = menu_info(a:name)
5776 call append(line('$'), a:pfx .. m.display)
5777 for child in m->get('submenus', [])
5778 call ShowMenu(a:name .. '.' .. escape(child, '.'),
5779 \ a:pfx .. ' ')
5780 endfor
5781 endfunc
5782 new
5783 for topmenu in menu_info('').submenus
5784 call ShowMenu(topmenu, '')
5785 endfor
5786<
5787 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5788 GetMenuName()->menu_info('v')
5789
5790
5791< *min()*
5792min({expr}) Return the minimum value of all items in {expr}. Example: >
5793 echo min([apples, pears, oranges])
5794
5795< {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary,
5796 it returns the minimum of all values in the Dictionary.
5797 If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the
5798 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
5799 an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero.
5800
5801 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5802 mylist->min()
5803
5804< *mkdir()* *E739*
5805mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
5806 Create directory {name}.
5807
5808 If {path} is "p" then intermediate directories are created as
5809 necessary. Otherwise it must be "".
5810
5811 If {prot} is given it is used to set the protection bits of
5812 the new directory. The default is 0o755 (rwxr-xr-x: r/w for
5813 the user, readable for others). Use 0o700 to make it
5814 unreadable for others. This is only used for the last part of
5815 {name}. Thus if you create /tmp/foo/bar then /tmp/foo will be
5816 created with 0o755.
5817 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005818 :call mkdir($HOME .. "/tmp/foo/bar", "p", 0o700)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005819
5820< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
5821
5822 There is no error if the directory already exists and the "p"
5823 flag is passed (since patch 8.0.1708). However, without the
5824 "p" option the call will fail.
5825
5826 The function result is a Number, which is TRUE if the call was
5827 successful or FALSE if the directory creation failed or partly
5828 failed.
5829
5830 Not available on all systems. To check use: >
5831 :if exists("*mkdir")
5832
5833< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5834 GetName()->mkdir()
5835<
5836 *mode()*
5837mode([expr]) Return a string that indicates the current mode.
5838 If [expr] is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or
5839 a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then the full mode is
5840 returned, otherwise only the first letter is returned.
5841 Also see |state()|.
5842
5843 n Normal
5844 no Operator-pending
5845 nov Operator-pending (forced characterwise |o_v|)
5846 noV Operator-pending (forced linewise |o_V|)
5847 noCTRL-V Operator-pending (forced blockwise |o_CTRL-V|);
5848 CTRL-V is one character
5849 niI Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Insert-mode|
5850 niR Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Replace-mode|
5851 niV Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Virtual-Replace-mode|
5852 nt Terminal-Normal (insert goes to Terminal-Job mode)
5853 v Visual by character
5854 vs Visual by character using |v_CTRL-O| in Select mode
5855 V Visual by line
5856 Vs Visual by line using |v_CTRL-O| in Select mode
5857 CTRL-V Visual blockwise
5858 CTRL-Vs Visual blockwise using |v_CTRL-O| in Select mode
5859 s Select by character
5860 S Select by line
5861 CTRL-S Select blockwise
5862 i Insert
5863 ic Insert mode completion |compl-generic|
5864 ix Insert mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
5865 R Replace |R|
5866 Rc Replace mode completion |compl-generic|
5867 Rx Replace mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
5868 Rv Virtual Replace |gR|
5869 Rvc Virtual Replace mode completion |compl-generic|
5870 Rvx Virtual Replace mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
5871 c Command-line editing
5872 cv Vim Ex mode |gQ|
5873 ce Normal Ex mode |Q|
5874 r Hit-enter prompt
5875 rm The -- more -- prompt
5876 r? A |:confirm| query of some sort
5877 ! Shell or external command is executing
5878 t Terminal-Job mode: keys go to the job
5879
5880 This is useful in the 'statusline' option or when used
5881 with |remote_expr()| In most other places it always returns
5882 "c" or "n".
5883 Note that in the future more modes and more specific modes may
5884 be added. It's better not to compare the whole string but only
5885 the leading character(s).
5886 Also see |visualmode()|.
5887
5888 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5889 DoFull()->mode()
5890
5891mzeval({expr}) *mzeval()*
5892 Evaluate MzScheme expression {expr} and return its result
5893 converted to Vim data structures.
5894 Numbers and strings are returned as they are.
5895 Pairs (including lists and improper lists) and vectors are
5896 returned as Vim |Lists|.
5897 Hash tables are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with keys
5898 converted to strings.
5899 All other types are converted to string with display function.
5900 Examples: >
5901 :mz (define l (list 1 2 3))
5902 :mz (define h (make-hash)) (hash-set! h "list" l)
5903 :echo mzeval("l")
5904 :echo mzeval("h")
5905<
5906 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
5907 to {expr}.
5908
5909 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5910 GetExpr()->mzeval()
5911<
5912 {only available when compiled with the |+mzscheme| feature}
5913
5914nextnonblank({lnum}) *nextnonblank()*
5915 Return the line number of the first line at or below {lnum}
5916 that is not blank. Example: >
5917 if getline(nextnonblank(1)) =~ "Java"
5918< When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or
5919 below it, zero is returned.
5920 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
5921 See also |prevnonblank()|.
5922
5923 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5924 GetLnum()->nextnonblank()
5925
5926nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) *nr2char()*
5927 Return a string with a single character, which has the number
5928 value {expr}. Examples: >
5929 nr2char(64) returns "@"
5930 nr2char(32) returns " "
5931< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
5932 Example for "utf-8": >
5933 nr2char(300) returns I with bow character
5934< When {utf8} is TRUE, always return UTF-8 characters.
5935 Note that a NUL character in the file is specified with
5936 nr2char(10), because NULs are represented with newline
5937 characters. nr2char(0) is a real NUL and terminates the
5938 string, thus results in an empty string.
5939 To turn a list of character numbers into a string: >
5940 let list = [65, 66, 67]
5941 let str = join(map(list, {_, val -> nr2char(val)}), '')
5942< Result: "ABC"
5943
5944 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5945 GetNumber()->nr2char()
5946
5947or({expr}, {expr}) *or()*
5948 Bitwise OR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
5949 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
5950 Example: >
5951 :let bits = or(bits, 0x80)
5952< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5953 :let bits = bits->or(0x80)
5954
5955
5956pathshorten({path} [, {len}]) *pathshorten()*
5957 Shorten directory names in the path {path} and return the
5958 result. The tail, the file name, is kept as-is. The other
5959 components in the path are reduced to {len} letters in length.
5960 If {len} is omitted or smaller than 1 then 1 is used (single
5961 letters). Leading '~' and '.' characters are kept. Examples: >
5962 :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim')
5963< ~/.v/a/myfile.vim ~
5964>
5965 :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim', 2)
5966< ~/.vi/au/myfile.vim ~
5967 It doesn't matter if the path exists or not.
5968
5969 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5970 GetDirectories()->pathshorten()
5971
5972perleval({expr}) *perleval()*
5973 Evaluate Perl expression {expr} in scalar context and return
5974 its result converted to Vim data structures. If value can't be
5975 converted, it is returned as a string Perl representation.
5976 Note: If you want an array or hash, {expr} must return a
5977 reference to it.
5978 Example: >
5979 :echo perleval('[1 .. 4]')
5980< [1, 2, 3, 4]
5981
5982 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
5983 to {expr}.
5984
5985 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5986 GetExpr()->perleval()
5987
5988< {only available when compiled with the |+perl| feature}
5989
5990
5991popup_ functions are documented here: |popup-functions|
5992
5993
5994pow({x}, {y}) *pow()*
5995 Return the power of {x} to the exponent {y} as a |Float|.
5996 {x} and {y} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
5997 Examples: >
5998 :echo pow(3, 3)
5999< 27.0 >
6000 :echo pow(2, 16)
6001< 65536.0 >
6002 :echo pow(32, 0.20)
6003< 2.0
6004
6005 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6006 Compute()->pow(3)
6007<
6008 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
6009
6010prevnonblank({lnum}) *prevnonblank()*
6011 Return the line number of the first line at or above {lnum}
6012 that is not blank. Example: >
6013 let ind = indent(prevnonblank(v:lnum - 1))
6014< When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or
6015 above it, zero is returned.
6016 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
6017 Also see |nextnonblank()|.
6018
6019 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6020 GetLnum()->prevnonblank()
6021
6022printf({fmt}, {expr1} ...) *printf()*
6023 Return a String with {fmt}, where "%" items are replaced by
6024 the formatted form of their respective arguments. Example: >
6025 printf("%4d: E%d %.30s", lnum, errno, msg)
6026< May result in:
6027 " 99: E42 asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas" ~
6028
6029 When used as a |method| the base is passed as the second
6030 argument: >
6031 Compute()->printf("result: %d")
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01006032<
6033 You can use `call()` to pass the items as a list.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006034
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01006035 Often used items are:
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006036 %s string
6037 %6S string right-aligned in 6 display cells
6038 %6s string right-aligned in 6 bytes
6039 %.9s string truncated to 9 bytes
6040 %c single byte
6041 %d decimal number
6042 %5d decimal number padded with spaces to 5 characters
6043 %x hex number
6044 %04x hex number padded with zeros to at least 4 characters
6045 %X hex number using upper case letters
6046 %o octal number
6047 %08b binary number padded with zeros to at least 8 chars
6048 %f floating point number as 12.23, inf, -inf or nan
6049 %F floating point number as 12.23, INF, -INF or NAN
6050 %e floating point number as 1.23e3, inf, -inf or nan
6051 %E floating point number as 1.23E3, INF, -INF or NAN
6052 %g floating point number, as %f or %e depending on value
6053 %G floating point number, as %F or %E depending on value
6054 %% the % character itself
6055
6056 Conversion specifications start with '%' and end with the
6057 conversion type. All other characters are copied unchanged to
6058 the result.
6059
6060 The "%" starts a conversion specification. The following
6061 arguments appear in sequence:
6062
6063 % [flags] [field-width] [.precision] type
6064
6065 flags
6066 Zero or more of the following flags:
6067
6068 # The value should be converted to an "alternate
6069 form". For c, d, and s conversions, this option
6070 has no effect. For o conversions, the precision
6071 of the number is increased to force the first
6072 character of the output string to a zero (except
6073 if a zero value is printed with an explicit
6074 precision of zero).
6075 For b and B conversions, a non-zero result has
6076 the string "0b" (or "0B" for B conversions)
6077 prepended to it.
6078 For x and X conversions, a non-zero result has
6079 the string "0x" (or "0X" for X conversions)
6080 prepended to it.
6081
6082 0 (zero) Zero padding. For all conversions the converted
6083 value is padded on the left with zeros rather
6084 than blanks. If a precision is given with a
6085 numeric conversion (d, b, B, o, x, and X), the 0
6086 flag is ignored.
6087
6088 - A negative field width flag; the converted value
6089 is to be left adjusted on the field boundary.
6090 The converted value is padded on the right with
6091 blanks, rather than on the left with blanks or
6092 zeros. A - overrides a 0 if both are given.
6093
6094 ' ' (space) A blank should be left before a positive
6095 number produced by a signed conversion (d).
6096
6097 + A sign must always be placed before a number
6098 produced by a signed conversion. A + overrides
6099 a space if both are used.
6100
6101 field-width
6102 An optional decimal digit string specifying a minimum
6103 field width. If the converted value has fewer bytes
6104 than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on
6105 the left (or right, if the left-adjustment flag has
6106 been given) to fill out the field width. For the S
6107 conversion the count is in cells.
6108
6109 .precision
6110 An optional precision, in the form of a period '.'
6111 followed by an optional digit string. If the digit
6112 string is omitted, the precision is taken as zero.
6113 This gives the minimum number of digits to appear for
6114 d, o, x, and X conversions, the maximum number of
6115 bytes to be printed from a string for s conversions,
6116 or the maximum number of cells to be printed from a
6117 string for S conversions.
6118 For floating point it is the number of digits after
6119 the decimal point.
6120
6121 type
6122 A character that specifies the type of conversion to
6123 be applied, see below.
6124
6125 A field width or precision, or both, may be indicated by an
6126 asterisk '*' instead of a digit string. In this case, a
6127 Number argument supplies the field width or precision. A
6128 negative field width is treated as a left adjustment flag
6129 followed by a positive field width; a negative precision is
6130 treated as though it were missing. Example: >
6131 :echo printf("%d: %.*s", nr, width, line)
6132< This limits the length of the text used from "line" to
6133 "width" bytes.
6134
6135 The conversion specifiers and their meanings are:
6136
6137 *printf-d* *printf-b* *printf-B* *printf-o*
6138 *printf-x* *printf-X*
6139 dbBoxX The Number argument is converted to signed decimal
6140 (d), unsigned binary (b and B), unsigned octal (o), or
6141 unsigned hexadecimal (x and X) notation. The letters
6142 "abcdef" are used for x conversions; the letters
6143 "ABCDEF" are used for X conversions.
6144 The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of
6145 digits that must appear; if the converted value
6146 requires fewer digits, it is padded on the left with
6147 zeros.
6148 In no case does a non-existent or small field width
6149 cause truncation of a numeric field; if the result of
6150 a conversion is wider than the field width, the field
6151 is expanded to contain the conversion result.
6152 The 'h' modifier indicates the argument is 16 bits.
6153 The 'l' modifier indicates the argument is 32 bits.
6154 The 'L' modifier indicates the argument is 64 bits.
6155 Generally, these modifiers are not useful. They are
6156 ignored when type is known from the argument.
6157
6158 i alias for d
6159 D alias for ld
6160 U alias for lu
6161 O alias for lo
6162
6163 *printf-c*
6164 c The Number argument is converted to a byte, and the
6165 resulting character is written.
6166
6167 *printf-s*
6168 s The text of the String argument is used. If a
6169 precision is specified, no more bytes than the number
6170 specified are used.
6171 If the argument is not a String type, it is
6172 automatically converted to text with the same format
6173 as ":echo".
6174 *printf-S*
6175 S The text of the String argument is used. If a
6176 precision is specified, no more display cells than the
6177 number specified are used.
6178
6179 *printf-f* *E807*
6180 f F The Float argument is converted into a string of the
6181 form 123.456. The precision specifies the number of
6182 digits after the decimal point. When the precision is
6183 zero the decimal point is omitted. When the precision
6184 is not specified 6 is used. A really big number
6185 (out of range or dividing by zero) results in "inf"
6186 or "-inf" with %f (INF or -INF with %F).
6187 "0.0 / 0.0" results in "nan" with %f (NAN with %F).
6188 Example: >
6189 echo printf("%.2f", 12.115)
6190< 12.12
6191 Note that roundoff depends on the system libraries.
6192 Use |round()| when in doubt.
6193
6194 *printf-e* *printf-E*
6195 e E The Float argument is converted into a string of the
6196 form 1.234e+03 or 1.234E+03 when using 'E'. The
6197 precision specifies the number of digits after the
6198 decimal point, like with 'f'.
6199
6200 *printf-g* *printf-G*
6201 g G The Float argument is converted like with 'f' if the
6202 value is between 0.001 (inclusive) and 10000000.0
6203 (exclusive). Otherwise 'e' is used for 'g' and 'E'
6204 for 'G'. When no precision is specified superfluous
6205 zeroes and '+' signs are removed, except for the zero
6206 immediately after the decimal point. Thus 10000000.0
6207 results in 1.0e7.
6208
6209 *printf-%*
6210 % A '%' is written. No argument is converted. The
6211 complete conversion specification is "%%".
6212
6213 When a Number argument is expected a String argument is also
6214 accepted and automatically converted.
6215 When a Float or String argument is expected a Number argument
6216 is also accepted and automatically converted.
6217 Any other argument type results in an error message.
6218
6219 *E766* *E767*
6220 The number of {exprN} arguments must exactly match the number
6221 of "%" items. If there are not sufficient or too many
6222 arguments an error is given. Up to 18 arguments can be used.
6223
6224
6225prompt_getprompt({buf}) *prompt_getprompt()*
6226 Returns the effective prompt text for buffer {buf}. {buf} can
6227 be a buffer name or number. See |prompt-buffer|.
6228
6229 If the buffer doesn't exist or isn't a prompt buffer, an empty
6230 string is returned.
6231
6232 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6233 GetBuffer()->prompt_getprompt()
6234
6235< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6236
6237
6238prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setcallback()*
6239 Set prompt callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr}
6240 is an empty string the callback is removed. This has only
6241 effect if {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt".
6242
6243 The callback is invoked when pressing Enter. The current
6244 buffer will always be the prompt buffer. A new line for a
6245 prompt is added before invoking the callback, thus the prompt
6246 for which the callback was invoked will be in the last but one
6247 line.
6248 If the callback wants to add text to the buffer, it must
6249 insert it above the last line, since that is where the current
6250 prompt is. This can also be done asynchronously.
6251 The callback is invoked with one argument, which is the text
6252 that was entered at the prompt. This can be an empty string
6253 if the user only typed Enter.
6254 Example: >
6255 call prompt_setcallback(bufnr(), function('s:TextEntered'))
6256 func s:TextEntered(text)
6257 if a:text == 'exit' || a:text == 'quit'
6258 stopinsert
6259 close
6260 else
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006261 call append(line('$') - 1, 'Entered: "' .. a:text .. '"')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006262 " Reset 'modified' to allow the buffer to be closed.
6263 set nomodified
6264 endif
6265 endfunc
6266
6267< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6268 GetBuffer()->prompt_setcallback(callback)
6269
6270< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6271
6272prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setinterrupt()*
6273 Set a callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr} is an
6274 empty string the callback is removed. This has only effect if
6275 {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt".
6276
6277 This callback will be invoked when pressing CTRL-C in Insert
6278 mode. Without setting a callback Vim will exit Insert mode,
6279 as in any buffer.
6280
6281 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6282 GetBuffer()->prompt_setinterrupt(callback)
6283
6284< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6285
6286prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) *prompt_setprompt()*
6287 Set prompt for buffer {buf} to {text}. You most likely want
6288 {text} to end in a space.
6289 The result is only visible if {buf} has 'buftype' set to
6290 "prompt". Example: >
6291 call prompt_setprompt(bufnr(), 'command: ')
6292<
6293 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6294 GetBuffer()->prompt_setprompt('command: ')
6295
6296< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6297
6298prop_ functions are documented here: |text-prop-functions|
6299
6300pum_getpos() *pum_getpos()*
6301 If the popup menu (see |ins-completion-menu|) is not visible,
6302 returns an empty |Dictionary|, otherwise, returns a
6303 |Dictionary| with the following keys:
6304 height nr of items visible
6305 width screen cells
6306 row top screen row (0 first row)
6307 col leftmost screen column (0 first col)
6308 size total nr of items
6309 scrollbar |TRUE| if scrollbar is visible
6310
6311 The values are the same as in |v:event| during
6312 |CompleteChanged|.
6313
6314pumvisible() *pumvisible()*
6315 Returns non-zero when the popup menu is visible, zero
6316 otherwise. See |ins-completion-menu|.
6317 This can be used to avoid some things that would remove the
6318 popup menu.
6319
6320py3eval({expr}) *py3eval()*
6321 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
6322 converted to Vim data structures.
6323 Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
6324 copied though, Unicode strings are additionally converted to
6325 'encoding').
6326 Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
6327 Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with
6328 keys converted to strings.
6329 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6330 to {expr}.
6331
6332 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6333 GetExpr()->py3eval()
6334
6335< {only available when compiled with the |+python3| feature}
6336
6337 *E858* *E859*
6338pyeval({expr}) *pyeval()*
6339 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
6340 converted to Vim data structures.
6341 Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
6342 copied though).
6343 Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
6344 Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type,
6345 non-string keys result in error.
6346 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6347 to {expr}.
6348
6349 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6350 GetExpr()->pyeval()
6351
6352< {only available when compiled with the |+python| feature}
6353
6354pyxeval({expr}) *pyxeval()*
6355 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
6356 converted to Vim data structures.
6357 Uses Python 2 or 3, see |python_x| and 'pyxversion'.
6358 See also: |pyeval()|, |py3eval()|
6359
6360 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6361 GetExpr()->pyxeval()
6362
6363< {only available when compiled with the |+python| or the
6364 |+python3| feature}
6365
6366rand([{expr}]) *rand()* *random*
6367 Return a pseudo-random Number generated with an xoshiro128**
6368 algorithm using seed {expr}. The returned number is 32 bits,
6369 also on 64 bits systems, for consistency.
6370 {expr} can be initialized by |srand()| and will be updated by
6371 rand(). If {expr} is omitted, an internal seed value is used
6372 and updated.
6373
6374 Examples: >
6375 :echo rand()
6376 :let seed = srand()
6377 :echo rand(seed)
6378 :echo rand(seed) % 16 " random number 0 - 15
6379<
6380
6381 *E726* *E727*
6382range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]]) *range()*
6383 Returns a |List| with Numbers:
6384 - If only {expr} is specified: [0, 1, ..., {expr} - 1]
6385 - If {max} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + 1, ..., {max}]
6386 - If {stride} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + {stride}, ...,
6387 {max}] (increasing {expr} with {stride} each time, not
6388 producing a value past {max}).
6389 When the maximum is one before the start the result is an
6390 empty list. When the maximum is more than one before the
6391 start this is an error.
6392 Examples: >
6393 range(4) " [0, 1, 2, 3]
6394 range(2, 4) " [2, 3, 4]
6395 range(2, 9, 3) " [2, 5, 8]
6396 range(2, -2, -1) " [2, 1, 0, -1, -2]
6397 range(0) " []
6398 range(2, 0) " error!
6399<
6400 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6401 GetExpr()->range()
6402<
6403
6404readblob({fname}) *readblob()*
6405 Read file {fname} in binary mode and return a |Blob|.
6406 When the file can't be opened an error message is given and
6407 the result is an empty |Blob|.
6408 Also see |readfile()| and |writefile()|.
6409
6410
6411readdir({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdir()*
6412 Return a list with file and directory names in {directory}.
6413 You can also use |glob()| if you don't need to do complicated
6414 things, such as limiting the number of matches.
6415 The list will be sorted (case sensitive), see the {dict}
6416 argument below for changing the sort order.
6417
6418 When {expr} is omitted all entries are included.
6419 When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do:
6420 If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will
6421 be handled.
6422 If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be
6423 added to the list.
6424 If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added
6425 to the list.
6426 The entries "." and ".." are always excluded.
6427 Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to the entry name.
6428 When {expr} is a function the name is passed as the argument.
6429 For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": >
6430 readdir(dirname, {n -> n =~ '.txt$'})
6431< To skip hidden and backup files: >
6432 readdir(dirname, {n -> n !~ '^\.\|\~$'})
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00006433< *E857*
6434 The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006435 values. Currently this is used to specify if and how sorting
6436 should be performed. The dict can have the following members:
6437
6438 sort How to sort the result returned from the system.
6439 Valid values are:
6440 "none" do not sort (fastest method)
6441 "case" sort case sensitive (byte value of
6442 each character, technically, using
6443 strcmp()) (default)
6444 "icase" sort case insensitive (technically
6445 using strcasecmp())
6446 "collate" sort using the collation order
6447 of the "POSIX" or "C" |locale|
6448 (technically using strcoll())
6449 Other values are silently ignored.
6450
6451 For example, to get a list of all files in the current
6452 directory without sorting the individual entries: >
6453 readdir('.', '1', #{sort: 'none'})
6454< If you want to get a directory tree: >
6455 function! s:tree(dir)
6456 return {a:dir : map(readdir(a:dir),
6457 \ {_, x -> isdirectory(x) ?
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006458 \ {x : s:tree(a:dir .. '/' .. x)} : x})}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006459 endfunction
6460 echo s:tree(".")
6461<
6462 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6463 GetDirName()->readdir()
6464<
6465readdirex({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdirex()*
6466 Extended version of |readdir()|.
6467 Return a list of Dictionaries with file and directory
6468 information in {directory}.
6469 This is useful if you want to get the attributes of file and
6470 directory at the same time as getting a list of a directory.
6471 This is much faster than calling |readdir()| then calling
6472 |getfperm()|, |getfsize()|, |getftime()| and |getftype()| for
6473 each file and directory especially on MS-Windows.
6474 The list will by default be sorted by name (case sensitive),
6475 the sorting can be changed by using the optional {dict}
6476 argument, see |readdir()|.
6477
6478 The Dictionary for file and directory information has the
6479 following items:
6480 group Group name of the entry. (Only on Unix)
6481 name Name of the entry.
6482 perm Permissions of the entry. See |getfperm()|.
6483 size Size of the entry. See |getfsize()|.
6484 time Timestamp of the entry. See |getftime()|.
6485 type Type of the entry.
6486 On Unix, almost same as |getftype()| except:
6487 Symlink to a dir "linkd"
6488 Other symlink "link"
6489 On MS-Windows:
6490 Normal file "file"
6491 Directory "dir"
6492 Junction "junction"
6493 Symlink to a dir "linkd"
6494 Other symlink "link"
6495 Other reparse point "reparse"
6496 user User name of the entry's owner. (Only on Unix)
6497 On Unix, if the entry is a symlink, the Dictionary includes
6498 the information of the target (except the "type" item).
6499 On MS-Windows, it includes the information of the symlink
6500 itself because of performance reasons.
6501
6502 When {expr} is omitted all entries are included.
6503 When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do:
6504 If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will
6505 be handled.
6506 If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be
6507 added to the list.
6508 If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added
6509 to the list.
6510 The entries "." and ".." are always excluded.
6511 Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to a |Dictionary|
6512 of the entry.
6513 When {expr} is a function the entry is passed as the argument.
6514 For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": >
6515 readdirex(dirname, {e -> e.name =~ '.txt$'})
6516<
6517 For example, to get a list of all files in the current
6518 directory without sorting the individual entries: >
6519 readdirex(dirname, '1', #{sort: 'none'})
6520
6521<
6522 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6523 GetDirName()->readdirex()
6524<
6525
6526 *readfile()*
6527readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]])
6528 Read file {fname} and return a |List|, each line of the file
6529 as an item. Lines are broken at NL characters. Macintosh
6530 files separated with CR will result in a single long line
6531 (unless a NL appears somewhere).
6532 All NUL characters are replaced with a NL character.
6533 When {type} contains "b" binary mode is used:
6534 - When the last line ends in a NL an extra empty list item is
6535 added.
6536 - No CR characters are removed.
6537 Otherwise:
6538 - CR characters that appear before a NL are removed.
6539 - Whether the last line ends in a NL or not does not matter.
6540 - When 'encoding' is Unicode any UTF-8 byte order mark is
6541 removed from the text.
6542 When {max} is given this specifies the maximum number of lines
6543 to be read. Useful if you only want to check the first ten
6544 lines of a file: >
6545 :for line in readfile(fname, '', 10)
6546 : if line =~ 'Date' | echo line | endif
6547 :endfor
6548< When {max} is negative -{max} lines from the end of the file
6549 are returned, or as many as there are.
6550 When {max} is zero the result is an empty list.
6551 Note that without {max} the whole file is read into memory.
6552 Also note that there is no recognition of encoding. Read a
6553 file into a buffer if you need to.
6554 Deprecated (use |readblob()| instead): When {type} contains
6555 "B" a |Blob| is returned with the binary data of the file
6556 unmodified.
6557 When the file can't be opened an error message is given and
6558 the result is an empty list.
6559 Also see |writefile()|.
6560
6561 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6562 GetFileName()->readfile()
6563
6564reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}]) *reduce()* *E998*
6565 {func} is called for every item in {object}, which can be a
6566 |String|, |List| or a |Blob|. {func} is called with two
6567 arguments: the result so far and current item. After
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00006568 processing all items the result is returned. *E1132*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006569
6570 {initial} is the initial result. When omitted, the first item
6571 in {object} is used and {func} is first called for the second
6572 item. If {initial} is not given and {object} is empty no
6573 result can be computed, an E998 error is given.
6574
6575 Examples: >
6576 echo reduce([1, 3, 5], { acc, val -> acc + val })
6577 echo reduce(['x', 'y'], { acc, val -> acc .. val }, 'a')
6578 echo reduce(0z1122, { acc, val -> 2 * acc + val })
6579 echo reduce('xyz', { acc, val -> acc .. ',' .. val })
6580<
6581 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6582 echo mylist->reduce({ acc, val -> acc + val }, 0)
6583
6584
6585reg_executing() *reg_executing()*
6586 Returns the single letter name of the register being executed.
6587 Returns an empty string when no register is being executed.
6588 See |@|.
6589
6590reg_recording() *reg_recording()*
6591 Returns the single letter name of the register being recorded.
6592 Returns an empty string when not recording. See |q|.
6593
6594reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) *reltime()*
6595 Return an item that represents a time value. The item is a
6596 list with items that depend on the system. In Vim 9 script
6597 list<any> can be used.
6598 The item can be passed to |reltimestr()| to convert it to a
6599 string or |reltimefloat()| to convert to a Float.
6600
6601 Without an argument reltime() returns the current time.
6602 With one argument is returns the time passed since the time
6603 specified in the argument.
6604 With two arguments it returns the time passed between {start}
6605 and {end}.
6606
6607 The {start} and {end} arguments must be values returned by
6608 reltime(). If there is an error zero is returned in legacy
6609 script, in Vim9 script an error is given.
6610
6611 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6612 GetStart()->reltime()
6613<
6614 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
6615
6616reltimefloat({time}) *reltimefloat()*
6617 Return a Float that represents the time value of {time}.
6618 Example: >
6619 let start = reltime()
6620 call MyFunction()
6621 let seconds = reltimefloat(reltime(start))
6622< See the note of reltimestr() about overhead.
6623 Also see |profiling|.
6624 If there is an error 0.0 is returned in legacy script, in Vim9
6625 script an error is given.
6626
6627 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6628 reltime(start)->reltimefloat()
6629
6630< {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
6631
6632reltimestr({time}) *reltimestr()*
6633 Return a String that represents the time value of {time}.
6634 This is the number of seconds, a dot and the number of
6635 microseconds. Example: >
6636 let start = reltime()
6637 call MyFunction()
6638 echo reltimestr(reltime(start))
6639< Note that overhead for the commands will be added to the time.
6640 The accuracy depends on the system.
6641 Leading spaces are used to make the string align nicely. You
6642 can use split() to remove it. >
6643 echo split(reltimestr(reltime(start)))[0]
6644< Also see |profiling|.
6645 If there is an error an empty string is returned in legacy
6646 script, in Vim9 script an error is given.
6647
6648 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6649 reltime(start)->reltimestr()
6650
6651< {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
6652
6653 *remote_expr()* *E449*
6654remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]])
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006655 Send the {string} to {server}. The {server} argument is a
6656 string, also see |{server}|.
6657
6658 The string is sent as an expression and the result is returned
6659 after evaluation. The result must be a String or a |List|. A
6660 |List| is turned into a String by joining the items with a
6661 line break in between (not at the end), like with join(expr,
6662 "\n").
6663
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006664 If {idvar} is present and not empty, it is taken as the name
6665 of a variable and a {serverid} for later use with
6666 |remote_read()| is stored there.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006667
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006668 If {timeout} is given the read times out after this many
6669 seconds. Otherwise a timeout of 600 seconds is used.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006670
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006671 See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
6672 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6673 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6674 Note: Any errors will cause a local error message to be issued
6675 and the result will be the empty string.
6676
6677 Variables will be evaluated in the global namespace,
6678 independent of a function currently being active. Except
6679 when in debug mode, then local function variables and
6680 arguments can be evaluated.
6681
6682 Examples: >
6683 :echo remote_expr("gvim", "2+2")
6684 :echo remote_expr("gvim1", "b:current_syntax")
6685<
6686 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6687 ServerName()->remote_expr(expr)
6688
6689remote_foreground({server}) *remote_foreground()*
6690 Move the Vim server with the name {server} to the foreground.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006691 The {server} argument is a string, also see |{server}|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006692 This works like: >
6693 remote_expr({server}, "foreground()")
6694< Except that on Win32 systems the client does the work, to work
6695 around the problem that the OS doesn't always allow the server
6696 to bring itself to the foreground.
6697 Note: This does not restore the window if it was minimized,
6698 like foreground() does.
6699 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6700
6701 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6702 ServerName()->remote_foreground()
6703
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01006704< {only in the Win32, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006705 Win32 console version}
6706
6707
6708remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}]) *remote_peek()*
6709 Returns a positive number if there are available strings
6710 from {serverid}. Copies any reply string into the variable
6711 {retvar} if specified. {retvar} must be a string with the
6712 name of a variable.
6713 Returns zero if none are available.
6714 Returns -1 if something is wrong.
6715 See also |clientserver|.
6716 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6717 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6718 Examples: >
6719 :let repl = ""
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006720 :echo "PEEK: " .. remote_peek(id, "repl") .. ": " .. repl
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006721
6722< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6723 ServerId()->remote_peek()
6724
6725remote_read({serverid}, [{timeout}]) *remote_read()*
6726 Return the oldest available reply from {serverid} and consume
6727 it. Unless a {timeout} in seconds is given, it blocks until a
6728 reply is available.
6729 See also |clientserver|.
6730 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6731 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6732 Example: >
6733 :echo remote_read(id)
6734
6735< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6736 ServerId()->remote_read()
6737<
6738 *remote_send()* *E241*
6739remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006740 Send the {string} to {server}. The {server} argument is a
6741 string, also see |{server}|.
6742
6743 The string is sent as input keys and the function returns
6744 immediately. At the Vim server the keys are not mapped
6745 |:map|.
6746
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006747 If {idvar} is present, it is taken as the name of a variable
6748 and a {serverid} for later use with remote_read() is stored
6749 there.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006750
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006751 See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
6752 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6753 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6754
6755 Note: Any errors will be reported in the server and may mess
6756 up the display.
6757 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006758 :echo remote_send("gvim", ":DropAndReply " .. file, "serverid") ..
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006759 \ remote_read(serverid)
6760
6761 :autocmd NONE RemoteReply *
6762 \ echo remote_read(expand("<amatch>"))
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006763 :echo remote_send("gvim", ":sleep 10 | echo " ..
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006764 \ 'server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")<CR>')
6765<
6766 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6767 ServerName()->remote_send(keys)
6768<
6769 *remote_startserver()* *E941* *E942*
6770remote_startserver({name})
6771 Become the server {name}. This fails if already running as a
6772 server, when |v:servername| is not empty.
6773
6774 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6775 ServerName()->remote_startserver()
6776
6777< {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6778
6779remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) *remove()*
6780 Without {end}: Remove the item at {idx} from |List| {list} and
6781 return the item.
6782 With {end}: Remove items from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and
6783 return a |List| with these items. When {idx} points to the same
6784 item as {end} a list with one item is returned. When {end}
6785 points to an item before {idx} this is an error.
6786 See |list-index| for possible values of {idx} and {end}.
6787 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006788 :echo "last item: " .. remove(mylist, -1)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006789 :call remove(mylist, 0, 9)
6790<
6791 Use |delete()| to remove a file.
6792
6793 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6794 mylist->remove(idx)
6795
6796remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}])
6797 Without {end}: Remove the byte at {idx} from |Blob| {blob} and
6798 return the byte.
6799 With {end}: Remove bytes from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and
6800 return a |Blob| with these bytes. When {idx} points to the same
6801 byte as {end} a |Blob| with one byte is returned. When {end}
6802 points to a byte before {idx} this is an error.
6803 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006804 :echo "last byte: " .. remove(myblob, -1)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006805 :call remove(mylist, 0, 9)
6806
6807remove({dict}, {key})
6808 Remove the entry from {dict} with key {key} and return it.
6809 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006810 :echo "removed " .. remove(dict, "one")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006811< If there is no {key} in {dict} this is an error.
6812
6813rename({from}, {to}) *rename()*
6814 Rename the file by the name {from} to the name {to}. This
6815 should also work to move files across file systems. The
6816 result is a Number, which is 0 if the file was renamed
6817 successfully, and non-zero when the renaming failed.
6818 NOTE: If {to} exists it is overwritten without warning.
6819 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6820
6821 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6822 GetOldName()->rename(newname)
6823
6824repeat({expr}, {count}) *repeat()*
6825 Repeat {expr} {count} times and return the concatenated
6826 result. Example: >
6827 :let separator = repeat('-', 80)
6828< When {count} is zero or negative the result is empty.
6829 When {expr} is a |List| the result is {expr} concatenated
6830 {count} times. Example: >
6831 :let longlist = repeat(['a', 'b'], 3)
6832< Results in ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b'].
6833
6834 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6835 mylist->repeat(count)
6836
6837resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655*
6838 On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file),
6839 returns the path the shortcut points to in a simplified form.
6840 When {filename} is a symbolic link or junction point, return
6841 the full path to the target. If the target of junction is
6842 removed, return {filename}.
6843 On Unix, repeat resolving symbolic links in all path
6844 components of {filename} and return the simplified result.
6845 To cope with link cycles, resolving of symbolic links is
6846 stopped after 100 iterations.
6847 On other systems, return the simplified {filename}.
6848 The simplification step is done as by |simplify()|.
6849 resolve() keeps a leading path component specifying the
6850 current directory (provided the result is still a relative
6851 path name) and also keeps a trailing path separator.
6852
6853 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6854 GetName()->resolve()
6855
6856reverse({object}) *reverse()*
6857 Reverse the order of items in {object} in-place.
6858 {object} can be a |List| or a |Blob|.
6859 Returns {object}.
6860 If you want an object to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
6861 :let revlist = reverse(copy(mylist))
6862< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6863 mylist->reverse()
6864
6865round({expr}) *round()*
6866 Round off {expr} to the nearest integral value and return it
6867 as a |Float|. If {expr} lies halfway between two integral
6868 values, then use the larger one (away from zero).
6869 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
6870 Examples: >
6871 echo round(0.456)
6872< 0.0 >
6873 echo round(4.5)
6874< 5.0 >
6875 echo round(-4.5)
6876< -5.0
6877
6878 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6879 Compute()->round()
6880<
6881 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
6882
6883rubyeval({expr}) *rubyeval()*
6884 Evaluate Ruby expression {expr} and return its result
6885 converted to Vim data structures.
6886 Numbers, floats and strings are returned as they are (strings
6887 are copied though).
6888 Arrays are represented as Vim |List| type.
6889 Hashes are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type.
6890 Other objects are represented as strings resulted from their
6891 "Object#to_s" method.
6892 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6893 to {expr}.
6894
6895 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6896 GetRubyExpr()->rubyeval()
6897
6898< {only available when compiled with the |+ruby| feature}
6899
6900screenattr({row}, {col}) *screenattr()*
6901 Like |screenchar()|, but return the attribute. This is a rather
6902 arbitrary number that can only be used to compare to the
6903 attribute at other positions.
6904
6905 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6906 GetRow()->screenattr(col)
6907
6908screenchar({row}, {col}) *screenchar()*
6909 The result is a Number, which is the character at position
6910 [row, col] on the screen. This works for every possible
6911 screen position, also status lines, window separators and the
6912 command line. The top left position is row one, column one
6913 The character excludes composing characters. For double-byte
6914 encodings it may only be the first byte.
6915 This is mainly to be used for testing.
6916 Returns -1 when row or col is out of range.
6917
6918 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6919 GetRow()->screenchar(col)
6920
6921screenchars({row}, {col}) *screenchars()*
6922 The result is a |List| of Numbers. The first number is the same
6923 as what |screenchar()| returns. Further numbers are
6924 composing characters on top of the base character.
6925 This is mainly to be used for testing.
6926 Returns an empty List when row or col is out of range.
6927
6928 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6929 GetRow()->screenchars(col)
6930
6931screencol() *screencol()*
6932 The result is a Number, which is the current screen column of
6933 the cursor. The leftmost column has number 1.
6934 This function is mainly used for testing.
6935
6936 Note: Always returns the current screen column, thus if used
6937 in a command (e.g. ":echo screencol()") it will return the
6938 column inside the command line, which is 1 when the command is
6939 executed. To get the cursor position in the file use one of
6940 the following mappings: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006941 nnoremap <expr> GG ":echom " .. screencol() .. "\n"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006942 nnoremap <silent> GG :echom screencol()<CR>
6943 nnoremap GG <Cmd>echom screencol()<CR>
6944<
6945screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) *screenpos()*
6946 The result is a Dict with the screen position of the text
6947 character in window {winid} at buffer line {lnum} and column
6948 {col}. {col} is a one-based byte index.
6949 The Dict has these members:
6950 row screen row
6951 col first screen column
6952 endcol last screen column
6953 curscol cursor screen column
6954 If the specified position is not visible, all values are zero.
6955 The "endcol" value differs from "col" when the character
6956 occupies more than one screen cell. E.g. for a Tab "col" can
6957 be 1 and "endcol" can be 8.
6958 The "curscol" value is where the cursor would be placed. For
6959 a Tab it would be the same as "endcol", while for a double
6960 width character it would be the same as "col".
6961 The |conceal| feature is ignored here, the column numbers are
6962 as if 'conceallevel' is zero. You can set the cursor to the
6963 right position and use |screencol()| to get the value with
6964 |conceal| taken into account.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006965 If the position is in a closed fold the screen position of the
6966 first character is returned, {col} is not used.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006967
6968 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6969 GetWinid()->screenpos(lnum, col)
6970
6971screenrow() *screenrow()*
6972 The result is a Number, which is the current screen row of the
6973 cursor. The top line has number one.
6974 This function is mainly used for testing.
6975 Alternatively you can use |winline()|.
6976
6977 Note: Same restrictions as with |screencol()|.
6978
6979screenstring({row}, {col}) *screenstring()*
6980 The result is a String that contains the base character and
6981 any composing characters at position [row, col] on the screen.
6982 This is like |screenchars()| but returning a String with the
6983 characters.
6984 This is mainly to be used for testing.
6985 Returns an empty String when row or col is out of range.
6986
6987 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6988 GetRow()->screenstring(col)
6989<
6990 *search()*
6991search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
6992 Search for regexp pattern {pattern}. The search starts at the
6993 cursor position (you can use |cursor()| to set it).
6994
6995 When a match has been found its line number is returned.
6996 If there is no match a 0 is returned and the cursor doesn't
6997 move. No error message is given.
6998
6999 {flags} is a String, which can contain these character flags:
7000 'b' search Backward instead of forward
7001 'c' accept a match at the Cursor position
7002 'e' move to the End of the match
7003 'n' do Not move the cursor
7004 'p' return number of matching sub-Pattern (see below)
7005 's' Set the ' mark at the previous location of the cursor
7006 'w' Wrap around the end of the file
7007 'W' don't Wrap around the end of the file
7008 'z' start searching at the cursor column instead of zero
7009 If neither 'w' or 'W' is given, the 'wrapscan' option applies.
7010
7011 If the 's' flag is supplied, the ' mark is set, only if the
7012 cursor is moved. The 's' flag cannot be combined with the 'n'
7013 flag.
7014
7015 'ignorecase', 'smartcase' and 'magic' are used.
7016
7017 When the 'z' flag is not given, forward searching always
7018 starts in column zero and then matches before the cursor are
7019 skipped. When the 'c' flag is present in 'cpo' the next
7020 search starts after the match. Without the 'c' flag the next
7021 search starts one column further. This matters for
7022 overlapping matches.
7023 When searching backwards and the 'z' flag is given then the
7024 search starts in column zero, thus no match in the current
7025 line will be found (unless wrapping around the end of the
7026 file).
7027
7028 When the {stopline} argument is given then the search stops
7029 after searching this line. This is useful to restrict the
7030 search to a range of lines. Examples: >
7031 let match = search('(', 'b', line("w0"))
7032 let end = search('END', '', line("w$"))
7033< When {stopline} is used and it is not zero this also implies
7034 that the search does not wrap around the end of the file.
7035 A zero value is equal to not giving the argument.
7036
7037 When the {timeout} argument is given the search stops when
7038 more than this many milliseconds have passed. Thus when
7039 {timeout} is 500 the search stops after half a second.
7040 The value must not be negative. A zero value is like not
7041 giving the argument.
7042 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
7043
7044 If the {skip} expression is given it is evaluated with the
7045 cursor positioned on the start of a match. If it evaluates to
7046 non-zero this match is skipped. This can be used, for
7047 example, to skip a match in a comment or a string.
7048 {skip} can be a string, which is evaluated as an expression, a
7049 function reference or a lambda.
7050 When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted.
7051 When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted
7052 and -1 returned.
7053 *search()-sub-match*
7054 With the 'p' flag the returned value is one more than the
7055 first sub-match in \(\). One if none of them matched but the
7056 whole pattern did match.
7057 To get the column number too use |searchpos()|.
7058
7059 The cursor will be positioned at the match, unless the 'n'
7060 flag is used.
7061
7062 Example (goes over all files in the argument list): >
7063 :let n = 1
7064 :while n <= argc() " loop over all files in arglist
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007065 : exe "argument " .. n
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007066 : " start at the last char in the file and wrap for the
7067 : " first search to find match at start of file
7068 : normal G$
7069 : let flags = "w"
7070 : while search("foo", flags) > 0
7071 : s/foo/bar/g
7072 : let flags = "W"
7073 : endwhile
7074 : update " write the file if modified
7075 : let n = n + 1
7076 :endwhile
7077<
7078 Example for using some flags: >
7079 :echo search('\<if\|\(else\)\|\(endif\)', 'ncpe')
7080< This will search for the keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
7081 under or after the cursor. Because of the 'p' flag, it
7082 returns 1, 2, or 3 depending on which keyword is found, or 0
7083 if the search fails. With the cursor on the first word of the
7084 line:
7085 if (foo == 0) | let foo = foo + 1 | endif ~
7086 the function returns 1. Without the 'c' flag, the function
7087 finds the "endif" and returns 3. The same thing happens
7088 without the 'e' flag if the cursor is on the "f" of "if".
7089 The 'n' flag tells the function not to move the cursor.
7090
7091 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7092 GetPattern()->search()
7093
7094searchcount([{options}]) *searchcount()*
7095 Get or update the last search count, like what is displayed
7096 without the "S" flag in 'shortmess'. This works even if
7097 'shortmess' does contain the "S" flag.
7098
7099 This returns a |Dictionary|. The dictionary is empty if the
7100 previous pattern was not set and "pattern" was not specified.
7101
7102 key type meaning ~
7103 current |Number| current position of match;
7104 0 if the cursor position is
7105 before the first match
7106 exact_match |Boolean| 1 if "current" is matched on
7107 "pos", otherwise 0
7108 total |Number| total count of matches found
7109 incomplete |Number| 0: search was fully completed
7110 1: recomputing was timed out
7111 2: max count exceeded
7112
7113 For {options} see further down.
7114
7115 To get the last search count when |n| or |N| was pressed, call
7116 this function with `recompute: 0` . This sometimes returns
7117 wrong information because |n| and |N|'s maximum count is 99.
7118 If it exceeded 99 the result must be max count + 1 (100). If
7119 you want to get correct information, specify `recompute: 1`: >
7120
7121 " result == maxcount + 1 (100) when many matches
7122 let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0})
7123
7124 " Below returns correct result (recompute defaults
7125 " to 1)
7126 let result = searchcount()
7127<
7128 The function is useful to add the count to |statusline|: >
7129 function! LastSearchCount() abort
7130 let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0})
7131 if empty(result)
7132 return ''
7133 endif
7134 if result.incomplete ==# 1 " timed out
7135 return printf(' /%s [?/??]', @/)
7136 elseif result.incomplete ==# 2 " max count exceeded
7137 if result.total > result.maxcount &&
7138 \ result.current > result.maxcount
7139 return printf(' /%s [>%d/>%d]', @/,
7140 \ result.current, result.total)
7141 elseif result.total > result.maxcount
7142 return printf(' /%s [%d/>%d]', @/,
7143 \ result.current, result.total)
7144 endif
7145 endif
7146 return printf(' /%s [%d/%d]', @/,
7147 \ result.current, result.total)
7148 endfunction
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007149 let &statusline ..= '%{LastSearchCount()}'
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007150
7151 " Or if you want to show the count only when
7152 " 'hlsearch' was on
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007153 " let &statusline ..=
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007154 " \ '%{v:hlsearch ? LastSearchCount() : ""}'
7155<
7156 You can also update the search count, which can be useful in a
7157 |CursorMoved| or |CursorMovedI| autocommand: >
7158
7159 autocmd CursorMoved,CursorMovedI *
7160 \ let s:searchcount_timer = timer_start(
7161 \ 200, function('s:update_searchcount'))
7162 function! s:update_searchcount(timer) abort
7163 if a:timer ==# s:searchcount_timer
7164 call searchcount(#{
7165 \ recompute: 1, maxcount: 0, timeout: 100})
7166 redrawstatus
7167 endif
7168 endfunction
7169<
7170 This can also be used to count matched texts with specified
7171 pattern in the current buffer using "pattern": >
7172
7173 " Count '\<foo\>' in this buffer
7174 " (Note that it also updates search count)
7175 let result = searchcount(#{pattern: '\<foo\>'})
7176
7177 " To restore old search count by old pattern,
7178 " search again
7179 call searchcount()
7180<
7181 {options} must be a |Dictionary|. It can contain:
7182 key type meaning ~
7183 recompute |Boolean| if |TRUE|, recompute the count
7184 like |n| or |N| was executed.
7185 otherwise returns the last
7186 computed result (when |n| or
7187 |N| was used when "S" is not
7188 in 'shortmess', or this
7189 function was called).
7190 (default: |TRUE|)
7191 pattern |String| recompute if this was given
7192 and different with |@/|.
7193 this works as same as the
7194 below command is executed
7195 before calling this function >
7196 let @/ = pattern
7197< (default: |@/|)
7198 timeout |Number| 0 or negative number is no
7199 timeout. timeout milliseconds
7200 for recomputing the result
7201 (default: 0)
7202 maxcount |Number| 0 or negative number is no
7203 limit. max count of matched
7204 text while recomputing the
7205 result. if search exceeded
7206 total count, "total" value
7207 becomes `maxcount + 1`
7208 (default: 99)
7209 pos |List| `[lnum, col, off]` value
7210 when recomputing the result.
7211 this changes "current" result
7212 value. see |cursor()|,
7213 |getpos()|
7214 (default: cursor's position)
7215
7216 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7217 GetSearchOpts()->searchcount()
7218<
7219searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]]) *searchdecl()*
7220 Search for the declaration of {name}.
7221
7222 With a non-zero {global} argument it works like |gD|, find
7223 first match in the file. Otherwise it works like |gd|, find
7224 first match in the function.
7225
7226 With a non-zero {thisblock} argument matches in a {} block
7227 that ends before the cursor position are ignored. Avoids
7228 finding variable declarations only valid in another scope.
7229
7230 Moves the cursor to the found match.
7231 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
7232 Example: >
7233 if searchdecl('myvar') == 0
7234 echo getline('.')
7235 endif
7236<
7237 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7238 GetName()->searchdecl()
7239<
7240 *searchpair()*
7241searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip}
7242 [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]])
7243 Search for the match of a nested start-end pair. This can be
7244 used to find the "endif" that matches an "if", while other
7245 if/endif pairs in between are ignored.
7246 The search starts at the cursor. The default is to search
7247 forward, include 'b' in {flags} to search backward.
7248 If a match is found, the cursor is positioned at it and the
7249 line number is returned. If no match is found 0 or -1 is
7250 returned and the cursor doesn't move. No error message is
7251 given.
7252
7253 {start}, {middle} and {end} are patterns, see |pattern|. They
7254 must not contain \( \) pairs. Use of \%( \) is allowed. When
7255 {middle} is not empty, it is found when searching from either
7256 direction, but only when not in a nested start-end pair. A
7257 typical use is: >
7258 searchpair('\<if\>', '\<else\>', '\<endif\>')
7259< By leaving {middle} empty the "else" is skipped.
7260
7261 {flags} 'b', 'c', 'n', 's', 'w' and 'W' are used like with
7262 |search()|. Additionally:
7263 'r' Repeat until no more matches found; will find the
7264 outer pair. Implies the 'W' flag.
7265 'm' Return number of matches instead of line number with
7266 the match; will be > 1 when 'r' is used.
7267 Note: it's nearly always a good idea to use the 'W' flag, to
7268 avoid wrapping around the end of the file.
7269
7270 When a match for {start}, {middle} or {end} is found, the
7271 {skip} expression is evaluated with the cursor positioned on
7272 the start of the match. It should return non-zero if this
7273 match is to be skipped. E.g., because it is inside a comment
7274 or a string.
7275 When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted.
7276 When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted
7277 and -1 returned.
7278 {skip} can be a string, a lambda, a funcref or a partial.
7279 Anything else makes the function fail.
7280 In a `:def` function when the {skip} argument is a string
7281 constant it is compiled into instructions.
7282
7283 For {stopline} and {timeout} see |search()|.
7284
7285 The value of 'ignorecase' is used. 'magic' is ignored, the
7286 patterns are used like it's on.
7287
7288 The search starts exactly at the cursor. A match with
7289 {start}, {middle} or {end} at the next character, in the
7290 direction of searching, is the first one found. Example: >
7291 if 1
7292 if 2
7293 endif 2
7294 endif 1
7295< When starting at the "if 2", with the cursor on the "i", and
7296 searching forwards, the "endif 2" is found. When starting on
7297 the character just before the "if 2", the "endif 1" will be
7298 found. That's because the "if 2" will be found first, and
7299 then this is considered to be a nested if/endif from "if 2" to
7300 "endif 2".
7301 When searching backwards and {end} is more than one character,
7302 it may be useful to put "\zs" at the end of the pattern, so
7303 that when the cursor is inside a match with the end it finds
7304 the matching start.
7305
7306 Example, to find the "endif" command in a Vim script: >
7307
7308 :echo searchpair('\<if\>', '\<el\%[seif]\>', '\<en\%[dif]\>', 'W',
7309 \ 'getline(".") =~ "^\\s*\""')
7310
7311< The cursor must be at or after the "if" for which a match is
7312 to be found. Note that single-quote strings are used to avoid
7313 having to double the backslashes. The skip expression only
7314 catches comments at the start of a line, not after a command.
7315 Also, a word "en" or "if" halfway a line is considered a
7316 match.
7317 Another example, to search for the matching "{" of a "}": >
7318
7319 :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW')
7320
7321< This works when the cursor is at or before the "}" for which a
7322 match is to be found. To reject matches that syntax
7323 highlighting recognized as strings: >
7324
7325 :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW',
7326 \ 'synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 0), "name") =~? "string"')
7327<
7328 *searchpairpos()*
7329searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip}
7330 [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]])
7331 Same as |searchpair()|, but returns a |List| with the line and
7332 column position of the match. The first element of the |List|
7333 is the line number and the second element is the byte index of
7334 the column position of the match. If no match is found,
7335 returns [0, 0]. >
7336
7337 :let [lnum,col] = searchpairpos('{', '', '}', 'n')
7338<
7339 See |match-parens| for a bigger and more useful example.
7340
7341 *searchpos()*
7342searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
7343 Same as |search()|, but returns a |List| with the line and
7344 column position of the match. The first element of the |List|
7345 is the line number and the second element is the byte index of
7346 the column position of the match. If no match is found,
7347 returns [0, 0].
7348 Example: >
7349 :let [lnum, col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n')
7350
7351< When the 'p' flag is given then there is an extra item with
7352 the sub-pattern match number |search()-sub-match|. Example: >
7353 :let [lnum, col, submatch] = searchpos('\(\l\)\|\(\u\)', 'np')
7354< In this example "submatch" is 2 when a lowercase letter is
7355 found |/\l|, 3 when an uppercase letter is found |/\u|.
7356
7357 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7358 GetPattern()->searchpos()
7359
7360server2client({clientid}, {string}) *server2client()*
7361 Send a reply string to {clientid}. The most recent {clientid}
7362 that sent a string can be retrieved with expand("<client>").
7363 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
7364 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
7365 Note:
7366 This id has to be stored before the next command can be
7367 received. I.e. before returning from the received command and
7368 before calling any commands that waits for input.
7369 See also |clientserver|.
7370 Example: >
7371 :echo server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")
7372
7373< Can also be used as a |method|: >
7374 GetClientId()->server2client(string)
7375<
7376serverlist() *serverlist()*
7377 Return a list of available server names, one per line.
7378 When there are no servers or the information is not available
7379 an empty string is returned. See also |clientserver|.
7380 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
7381 Example: >
7382 :echo serverlist()
7383<
7384setbufline({buf}, {lnum}, {text}) *setbufline()*
7385 Set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer {buf}. This works like
7386 |setline()| for the specified buffer.
7387
7388 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
7389 |bufload()| if needed.
7390
7391 To insert lines use |appendbufline()|.
7392 Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared.
7393
7394 {text} can be a string to set one line, or a list of strings
7395 to set multiple lines. If the list extends below the last
7396 line then those lines are added.
7397
7398 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
7399
7400 {lnum} is used like with |setline()|.
7401 Use "$" to refer to the last line in buffer {buf}.
7402 When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be
7403 added below the last line.
7404
7405 When {buf} is not a valid buffer, the buffer is not loaded or
7406 {lnum} is not valid then 1 is returned. In |Vim9| script an
7407 error is given.
7408 On success 0 is returned.
7409
7410 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7411 third argument: >
7412 GetText()->setbufline(buf, lnum)
7413
7414setbufvar({buf}, {varname}, {val}) *setbufvar()*
7415 Set option or local variable {varname} in buffer {buf} to
7416 {val}.
7417 This also works for a global or local window option, but it
7418 doesn't work for a global or local window variable.
7419 For a local window option the global value is unchanged.
7420 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
7421 The {varname} argument is a string.
7422 Note that the variable name without "b:" must be used.
7423 Examples: >
7424 :call setbufvar(1, "&mod", 1)
7425 :call setbufvar("todo", "myvar", "foobar")
7426< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
7427
7428 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7429 third argument: >
7430 GetValue()->setbufvar(buf, varname)
7431
7432
7433setcellwidths({list}) *setcellwidths()*
7434 Specify overrides for cell widths of character ranges. This
7435 tells Vim how wide characters are, counted in screen cells.
7436 This overrides 'ambiwidth'. Example: >
7437 setcellwidths([[0xad, 0xad, 1],
7438 \ [0x2194, 0x2199, 2]])
7439
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00007440< *E1109* *E1110* *E1111* *E1112* *E1113* *E1114*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007441 The {list} argument is a list of lists with each three
7442 numbers. These three numbers are [low, high, width]. "low"
7443 and "high" can be the same, in which case this refers to one
7444 character. Otherwise it is the range of characters from "low"
7445 to "high" (inclusive). "width" is either 1 or 2, indicating
7446 the character width in screen cells.
7447 An error is given if the argument is invalid, also when a
7448 range overlaps with another.
7449 Only characters with value 0x100 and higher can be used.
7450
7451 If the new value causes 'fillchars' or 'listchars' to become
7452 invalid it is rejected and an error is given.
7453
7454 To clear the overrides pass an empty list: >
7455 setcellwidths([]);
7456< You can use the script $VIMRUNTIME/tools/emoji_list.vim to see
7457 the effect for known emoji characters.
7458
7459setcharpos({expr}, {list}) *setcharpos()*
7460 Same as |setpos()| but uses the specified column number as the
7461 character index instead of the byte index in the line.
7462
7463 Example:
7464 With the text "여보세요" in line 8: >
7465 call setcharpos('.', [0, 8, 4, 0])
7466< positions the cursor on the fourth character '요'. >
7467 call setpos('.', [0, 8, 4, 0])
7468< positions the cursor on the second character '보'.
7469
7470 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7471 GetPosition()->setcharpos('.')
7472
7473setcharsearch({dict}) *setcharsearch()*
7474 Set the current character search information to {dict},
7475 which contains one or more of the following entries:
7476
7477 char character which will be used for a subsequent
7478 |,| or |;| command; an empty string clears the
7479 character search
7480 forward direction of character search; 1 for forward,
7481 0 for backward
7482 until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T|
7483 character search, 0 for an |f| or |F|
7484 character search
7485
7486 This can be useful to save/restore a user's character search
7487 from a script: >
7488 :let prevsearch = getcharsearch()
7489 :" Perform a command which clobbers user's search
7490 :call setcharsearch(prevsearch)
7491< Also see |getcharsearch()|.
7492
7493 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7494 SavedSearch()->setcharsearch()
7495
7496setcmdpos({pos}) *setcmdpos()*
7497 Set the cursor position in the command line to byte position
7498 {pos}. The first position is 1.
7499 Use |getcmdpos()| to obtain the current position.
7500 Only works while editing the command line, thus you must use
7501 |c_CTRL-\_e|, |c_CTRL-R_=| or |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '='. For
7502 |c_CTRL-\_e| and |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '=' the position is
7503 set after the command line is set to the expression. For
7504 |c_CTRL-R_=| it is set after evaluating the expression but
7505 before inserting the resulting text.
7506 When the number is too big the cursor is put at the end of the
7507 line. A number smaller than one has undefined results.
7508 Returns FALSE when successful, TRUE when not editing the
7509 command line.
7510
7511 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7512 GetPos()->setcmdpos()
7513
7514setcursorcharpos({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *setcursorcharpos()*
7515setcursorcharpos({list})
7516 Same as |cursor()| but uses the specified column number as the
7517 character index instead of the byte index in the line.
7518
7519 Example:
7520 With the text "여보세요" in line 4: >
7521 call setcursorcharpos(4, 3)
7522< positions the cursor on the third character '세'. >
7523 call cursor(4, 3)
7524< positions the cursor on the first character '여'.
7525
7526 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7527 GetCursorPos()->setcursorcharpos()
7528
7529
7530setenv({name}, {val}) *setenv()*
7531 Set environment variable {name} to {val}. Example: >
7532 call setenv('HOME', '/home/myhome')
7533
7534< When {val} is |v:null| the environment variable is deleted.
7535 See also |expr-env|.
7536
7537 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7538 second argument: >
7539 GetPath()->setenv('PATH')
7540
7541setfperm({fname}, {mode}) *setfperm()* *chmod*
7542 Set the file permissions for {fname} to {mode}.
7543 {mode} must be a string with 9 characters. It is of the form
7544 "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of "rwx" flags represent, in
7545 turn, the permissions of the owner of the file, the group the
7546 file belongs to, and other users. A '-' character means the
7547 permission is off, any other character means on. Multi-byte
7548 characters are not supported.
7549
7550 For example "rw-r-----" means read-write for the user,
7551 readable by the group, not accessible by others. "xx-x-----"
7552 would do the same thing.
7553
7554 Returns non-zero for success, zero for failure.
7555
7556 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7557 GetFilename()->setfperm(mode)
7558<
7559 To read permissions see |getfperm()|.
7560
7561
7562setline({lnum}, {text}) *setline()*
7563 Set line {lnum} of the current buffer to {text}. To insert
7564 lines use |append()|. To set lines in another buffer use
7565 |setbufline()|. Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared.
7566
7567 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
7568 When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be
7569 added below the last line.
7570 {text} can be any type or a List of any type, each item is
7571 converted to a String.
7572
7573 If this succeeds, FALSE is returned. If this fails (most likely
7574 because {lnum} is invalid) TRUE is returned.
7575 In |Vim9| script an error is given if {lnum} is invalid.
7576
7577 Example: >
7578 :call setline(5, strftime("%c"))
7579
7580< When {text} is a |List| then line {lnum} and following lines
7581 will be set to the items in the list. Example: >
7582 :call setline(5, ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc'])
7583< This is equivalent to: >
7584 :for [n, l] in [[5, 'aaa'], [6, 'bbb'], [7, 'ccc']]
7585 : call setline(n, l)
7586 :endfor
7587
7588< Note: The '[ and '] marks are not set.
7589
7590 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7591 second argument: >
7592 GetText()->setline(lnum)
7593
7594setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setloclist()*
7595 Create or replace or add to the location list for window {nr}.
7596 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
7597 When {nr} is zero the current window is used.
7598
7599 For a location list window, the displayed location list is
7600 modified. For an invalid window number {nr}, -1 is returned.
7601 Otherwise, same as |setqflist()|.
7602 Also see |location-list|.
7603
7604 For {action} see |setqflist-action|.
7605
7606 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
7607 only the items listed in {what} are set. Refer to |setqflist()|
7608 for the list of supported keys in {what}.
7609
7610 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7611 second argument: >
7612 GetLoclist()->setloclist(winnr)
7613
7614setmatches({list} [, {win}]) *setmatches()*
7615 Restores a list of matches saved by |getmatches()| for the
7616 current window. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise -1. All
7617 current matches are cleared before the list is restored. See
7618 example for |getmatches()|.
7619 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
7620 window ID instead of the current window.
7621
7622 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7623 GetMatches()->setmatches()
7624<
7625 *setpos()*
7626setpos({expr}, {list})
7627 Set the position for String {expr}. Possible values:
7628 . the cursor
7629 'x mark x
7630
7631 {list} must be a |List| with four or five numbers:
7632 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
7633 [bufnum, lnum, col, off, curswant]
7634
7635 "bufnum" is the buffer number. Zero can be used for the
7636 current buffer. When setting an uppercase mark "bufnum" is
7637 used for the mark position. For other marks it specifies the
7638 buffer to set the mark in. You can use the |bufnr()| function
7639 to turn a file name into a buffer number.
7640 For setting the cursor and the ' mark "bufnum" is ignored,
7641 since these are associated with a window, not a buffer.
7642 Does not change the jumplist.
7643
7644 "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first
7645 column is 1. Use a zero "lnum" to delete a mark. If "col" is
7646 smaller than 1 then 1 is used. To use the character count
7647 instead of the byte count, use |setcharpos()|.
7648
7649 The "off" number is only used when 'virtualedit' is set. Then
7650 it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
7651 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
7652 character.
7653
7654 The "curswant" number is only used when setting the cursor
7655 position. It sets the preferred column for when moving the
7656 cursor vertically. When the "curswant" number is missing the
7657 preferred column is not set. When it is present and setting a
7658 mark position it is not used.
7659
7660 Note that for '< and '> changing the line number may result in
7661 the marks to be effectively be swapped, so that '< is always
7662 before '>.
7663
7664 Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise.
7665 An error message is given if {expr} is invalid.
7666
7667 Also see |setcharpos()|, |getpos()| and |getcurpos()|.
7668
7669 This does not restore the preferred column for moving
7670 vertically; if you set the cursor position with this, |j| and
7671 |k| motions will jump to previous columns! Use |cursor()| to
7672 also set the preferred column. Also see the "curswant" key in
7673 |winrestview()|.
7674
7675 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7676 GetPosition()->setpos('.')
7677
7678setqflist({list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setqflist()*
7679 Create or replace or add to the quickfix list.
7680
7681 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
7682 only the items listed in {what} are set. The first {list}
7683 argument is ignored. See below for the supported items in
7684 {what}.
7685 *setqflist-what*
7686 When {what} is not present, the items in {list} are used. Each
7687 item must be a dictionary. Non-dictionary items in {list} are
7688 ignored. Each dictionary item can contain the following
7689 entries:
7690
7691 bufnr buffer number; must be the number of a valid
7692 buffer
7693 filename name of a file; only used when "bufnr" is not
7694 present or it is invalid.
7695 module name of a module; if given it will be used in
7696 quickfix error window instead of the filename.
7697 lnum line number in the file
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00007698 end_lnum end of lines, if the item spans multiple lines
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007699 pattern search pattern used to locate the error
7700 col column number
7701 vcol when non-zero: "col" is visual column
7702 when zero: "col" is byte index
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00007703 end_col end column, if the item spans multiple columns
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007704 nr error number
7705 text description of the error
7706 type single-character error type, 'E', 'W', etc.
7707 valid recognized error message
7708
7709 The "col", "vcol", "nr", "type" and "text" entries are
7710 optional. Either "lnum" or "pattern" entry can be used to
7711 locate a matching error line.
7712 If the "filename" and "bufnr" entries are not present or
7713 neither the "lnum" or "pattern" entries are present, then the
7714 item will not be handled as an error line.
7715 If both "pattern" and "lnum" are present then "pattern" will
7716 be used.
7717 If the "valid" entry is not supplied, then the valid flag is
7718 set when "bufnr" is a valid buffer or "filename" exists.
7719 If you supply an empty {list}, the quickfix list will be
7720 cleared.
7721 Note that the list is not exactly the same as what
7722 |getqflist()| returns.
7723
7724 {action} values: *setqflist-action* *E927*
7725 'a' The items from {list} are added to the existing
7726 quickfix list. If there is no existing list, then a
7727 new list is created.
7728
7729 'r' The items from the current quickfix list are replaced
7730 with the items from {list}. This can also be used to
7731 clear the list: >
7732 :call setqflist([], 'r')
7733<
7734 'f' All the quickfix lists in the quickfix stack are
7735 freed.
7736
7737 If {action} is not present or is set to ' ', then a new list
7738 is created. The new quickfix list is added after the current
7739 quickfix list in the stack and all the following lists are
7740 freed. To add a new quickfix list at the end of the stack,
7741 set "nr" in {what} to "$".
7742
7743 The following items can be specified in dictionary {what}:
7744 context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context|
7745 efm errorformat to use when parsing text from
7746 "lines". If this is not present, then the
7747 'errorformat' option value is used.
7748 See |quickfix-parse|
7749 id quickfix list identifier |quickfix-ID|
7750 idx index of the current entry in the quickfix
7751 list specified by 'id' or 'nr'. If set to '$',
7752 then the last entry in the list is set as the
7753 current entry. See |quickfix-index|
7754 items list of quickfix entries. Same as the {list}
7755 argument.
7756 lines use 'errorformat' to parse a list of lines and
7757 add the resulting entries to the quickfix list
7758 {nr} or {id}. Only a |List| value is supported.
7759 See |quickfix-parse|
7760 nr list number in the quickfix stack; zero
7761 means the current quickfix list and "$" means
7762 the last quickfix list.
7763 quickfixtextfunc
7764 function to get the text to display in the
7765 quickfix window. The value can be the name of
7766 a function or a funcref or a lambda. Refer to
7767 |quickfix-window-function| for an explanation
7768 of how to write the function and an example.
7769 title quickfix list title text. See |quickfix-title|
7770 Unsupported keys in {what} are ignored.
7771 If the "nr" item is not present, then the current quickfix list
7772 is modified. When creating a new quickfix list, "nr" can be
7773 set to a value one greater than the quickfix stack size.
7774 When modifying a quickfix list, to guarantee that the correct
7775 list is modified, "id" should be used instead of "nr" to
7776 specify the list.
7777
7778 Examples (See also |setqflist-examples|): >
7779 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'title': 'My search'})
7780 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'nr': 2, 'title': 'Errors'})
7781 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id':qfid, 'lines':["F1:10:L10"]})
7782<
7783 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
7784
7785 This function can be used to create a quickfix list
7786 independent of the 'errorformat' setting. Use a command like
7787 `:cc 1` to jump to the first position.
7788
7789 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7790 second argument: >
7791 GetErrorlist()->setqflist()
7792<
7793 *setreg()*
7794setreg({regname}, {value} [, {options}])
7795 Set the register {regname} to {value}.
7796 If {regname} is "" or "@", the unnamed register '"' is used.
7797 The {regname} argument is a string. In |Vim9-script|
7798 {regname} must be one character.
7799
7800 {value} may be any value returned by |getreg()| or
7801 |getreginfo()|, including a |List| or |Dict|.
7802 If {options} contains "a" or {regname} is upper case,
7803 then the value is appended.
7804
7805 {options} can also contain a register type specification:
7806 "c" or "v" |characterwise| mode
7807 "l" or "V" |linewise| mode
7808 "b" or "<CTRL-V>" |blockwise-visual| mode
7809 If a number immediately follows "b" or "<CTRL-V>" then this is
7810 used as the width of the selection - if it is not specified
7811 then the width of the block is set to the number of characters
7812 in the longest line (counting a <Tab> as 1 character).
7813
7814 If {options} contains no register settings, then the default
7815 is to use character mode unless {value} ends in a <NL> for
7816 string {value} and linewise mode for list {value}. Blockwise
7817 mode is never selected automatically.
7818 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
7819
7820 *E883*
7821 Note: you may not use |List| containing more than one item to
7822 set search and expression registers. Lists containing no
7823 items act like empty strings.
7824
7825 Examples: >
7826 :call setreg(v:register, @*)
7827 :call setreg('*', @%, 'ac')
7828 :call setreg('a', "1\n2\n3", 'b5')
7829 :call setreg('"', { 'points_to': 'a'})
7830
7831< This example shows using the functions to save and restore a
7832 register: >
7833 :let var_a = getreginfo()
7834 :call setreg('a', var_a)
7835< or: >
7836 :let var_a = getreg('a', 1, 1)
7837 :let var_amode = getregtype('a')
7838 ....
7839 :call setreg('a', var_a, var_amode)
7840< Note: you may not reliably restore register value
7841 without using the third argument to |getreg()| as without it
7842 newlines are represented as newlines AND Nul bytes are
7843 represented as newlines as well, see |NL-used-for-Nul|.
7844
7845 You can also change the type of a register by appending
7846 nothing: >
7847 :call setreg('a', '', 'al')
7848
7849< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7850 second argument: >
7851 GetText()->setreg('a')
7852
7853settabvar({tabnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabvar()*
7854 Set tab-local variable {varname} to {val} in tab page {tabnr}.
7855 |t:var|
7856 The {varname} argument is a string.
7857 Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be
7858 triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype'.
7859 Note that the variable name without "t:" must be used.
7860 Tabs are numbered starting with one.
7861 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
7862
7863 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7864 third argument: >
7865 GetValue()->settabvar(tab, name)
7866
7867settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabwinvar()*
7868 Set option or local variable {varname} in window {winnr} to
7869 {val}.
7870 Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage
7871 use |setwinvar()|.
7872 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
7873 When {winnr} is zero the current window is used.
7874 Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be
7875 triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype' or 'syntax'.
7876 This also works for a global or local buffer option, but it
7877 doesn't work for a global or local buffer variable.
7878 For a local buffer option the global value is unchanged.
7879 Note that the variable name without "w:" must be used.
7880 Examples: >
7881 :call settabwinvar(1, 1, "&list", 0)
7882 :call settabwinvar(3, 2, "myvar", "foobar")
7883< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
7884
7885 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7886 fourth argument: >
7887 GetValue()->settabwinvar(tab, winnr, name)
7888
7889settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}]) *settagstack()*
7890 Modify the tag stack of the window {nr} using {dict}.
7891 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
7892
7893 For a list of supported items in {dict}, refer to
7894 |gettagstack()|. "curidx" takes effect before changing the tag
7895 stack.
7896 *E962*
7897 How the tag stack is modified depends on the {action}
7898 argument:
7899 - If {action} is not present or is set to 'r', then the tag
7900 stack is replaced.
7901 - If {action} is set to 'a', then new entries from {dict} are
7902 pushed (added) onto the tag stack.
7903 - If {action} is set to 't', then all the entries from the
7904 current entry in the tag stack or "curidx" in {dict} are
7905 removed and then new entries are pushed to the stack.
7906
7907 The current index is set to one after the length of the tag
7908 stack after the modification.
7909
7910 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
7911
7912 Examples (for more examples see |tagstack-examples|):
7913 Empty the tag stack of window 3: >
7914 call settagstack(3, {'items' : []})
7915
7916< Save and restore the tag stack: >
7917 let stack = gettagstack(1003)
7918 " do something else
7919 call settagstack(1003, stack)
7920 unlet stack
7921<
7922 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7923 second argument: >
7924 GetStack()->settagstack(winnr)
7925
7926setwinvar({winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *setwinvar()*
7927 Like |settabwinvar()| for the current tab page.
7928 Examples: >
7929 :call setwinvar(1, "&list", 0)
7930 :call setwinvar(2, "myvar", "foobar")
7931
7932< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7933 third argument: >
7934 GetValue()->setwinvar(winnr, name)
7935
7936sha256({string}) *sha256()*
7937 Returns a String with 64 hex characters, which is the SHA256
7938 checksum of {string}.
7939
7940 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7941 GetText()->sha256()
7942
7943< {only available when compiled with the |+cryptv| feature}
7944
7945shellescape({string} [, {special}]) *shellescape()*
7946 Escape {string} for use as a shell command argument.
7947 When the 'shell' contains powershell (MS-Windows) or pwsh
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00007948 (MS-Windows, Linux, and macOS) then it will enclose {string}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007949 in single quotes and will double up all internal single
7950 quotes.
7951 On MS-Windows, when 'shellslash' is not set, it will enclose
7952 {string} in double quotes and double all double quotes within
7953 {string}.
7954 Otherwise it will enclose {string} in single quotes and
7955 replace all "'" with "'\''".
7956
7957 When the {special} argument is present and it's a non-zero
7958 Number or a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then special
7959 items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" will be preceded by
7960 a backslash. This backslash will be removed again by the |:!|
7961 command.
7962
7963 The "!" character will be escaped (again with a |non-zero-arg|
7964 {special}) when 'shell' contains "csh" in the tail. That is
7965 because for csh and tcsh "!" is used for history replacement
7966 even when inside single quotes.
7967
7968 With a |non-zero-arg| {special} the <NL> character is also
7969 escaped. When 'shell' containing "csh" in the tail it's
7970 escaped a second time.
7971
7972 The "\" character will be escaped when 'shell' contains "fish"
7973 in the tail. That is because for fish "\" is used as an escape
7974 character inside single quotes.
7975
7976 Example of use with a |:!| command: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007977 :exe '!dir ' .. shellescape(expand('<cfile>'), 1)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007978< This results in a directory listing for the file under the
7979 cursor. Example of use with |system()|: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007980 :call system("chmod +w -- " .. shellescape(expand("%")))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007981< See also |::S|.
7982
7983 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7984 GetCommand()->shellescape()
7985
7986shiftwidth([{col}]) *shiftwidth()*
7987 Returns the effective value of 'shiftwidth'. This is the
7988 'shiftwidth' value unless it is zero, in which case it is the
7989 'tabstop' value. This function was introduced with patch
7990 7.3.694 in 2012, everybody should have it by now (however it
7991 did not allow for the optional {col} argument until 8.1.542).
7992
7993 When there is one argument {col} this is used as column number
7994 for which to return the 'shiftwidth' value. This matters for the
7995 'vartabstop' feature. If the 'vartabstop' setting is enabled and
7996 no {col} argument is given, column 1 will be assumed.
7997
7998 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7999 GetColumn()->shiftwidth()
8000
8001sign_ functions are documented here: |sign-functions-details|
8002
8003
8004simplify({filename}) *simplify()*
8005 Simplify the file name as much as possible without changing
8006 the meaning. Shortcuts (on MS-Windows) or symbolic links (on
8007 Unix) are not resolved. If the first path component in
8008 {filename} designates the current directory, this will be
8009 valid for the result as well. A trailing path separator is
8010 not removed either. On Unix "//path" is unchanged, but
8011 "///path" is simplified to "/path" (this follows the Posix
8012 standard).
8013 Example: >
8014 simplify("./dir/.././/file/") == "./file/"
8015< Note: The combination "dir/.." is only removed if "dir" is
8016 a searchable directory or does not exist. On Unix, it is also
8017 removed when "dir" is a symbolic link within the same
8018 directory. In order to resolve all the involved symbolic
8019 links before simplifying the path name, use |resolve()|.
8020
8021 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8022 GetName()->simplify()
8023
8024sin({expr}) *sin()*
8025 Return the sine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|.
8026 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
8027 Examples: >
8028 :echo sin(100)
8029< -0.506366 >
8030 :echo sin(-4.01)
8031< 0.763301
8032
8033 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8034 Compute()->sin()
8035<
8036 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8037
8038
8039sinh({expr}) *sinh()*
8040 Return the hyperbolic sine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
8041 [-inf, inf].
8042 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
8043 Examples: >
8044 :echo sinh(0.5)
8045< 0.521095 >
8046 :echo sinh(-0.9)
8047< -1.026517
8048
8049 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8050 Compute()->sinh()
8051<
8052 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8053
8054
8055slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) *slice()*
8056 Similar to using a |slice| "expr[start : end]", but "end" is
8057 used exclusive. And for a string the indexes are used as
8058 character indexes instead of byte indexes, like in
8059 |vim9script|. Also, composing characters are not counted.
8060 When {end} is omitted the slice continues to the last item.
8061 When {end} is -1 the last item is omitted.
8062
8063 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8064 GetList()->slice(offset)
8065
8066
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008067sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008068 Sort the items in {list} in-place. Returns {list}.
8069
8070 If you want a list to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
8071 :let sortedlist = sort(copy(mylist))
8072
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008073< When {how} is omitted or is an string, then sort() uses the
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008074 string representation of each item to sort on. Numbers sort
8075 after Strings, |Lists| after Numbers. For sorting text in the
8076 current buffer use |:sort|.
8077
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008078 When {how} is given and it is 'i' then case is ignored.
8079 In legacy script, for backwards compatibility, the value one
8080 can be used to ignore case. Zero means to not ignore case.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008081
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008082 When {how} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008083 locale is used for ordering. Implementation details: strcoll()
8084 is used to compare strings. See |:language| check or set the
8085 collation locale. |v:collate| can also be used to check the
8086 current locale. Sorting using the locale typically ignores
8087 case. Example: >
8088 " ö is sorted similarly to o with English locale.
8089 :language collate en_US.UTF8
8090 :echo sort(['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'], 'l')
8091< ['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'] ~
8092>
8093 " ö is sorted after z with Swedish locale.
8094 :language collate sv_SE.UTF8
8095 :echo sort(['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'], 'l')
8096< ['n', 'o', 'O', 'p', 'z', 'ö'] ~
8097 This does not work properly on Mac.
8098
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008099 When {how} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008100 sorted numerical (Implementation detail: this uses the
8101 strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and
8102 Funcrefs will be considered as being 0).
8103
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008104 When {how} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008105 sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing
8106 digits will be used as the number they represent.
8107
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008108 When {how} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008109 sorted numerical. All values must be a Number or a Float.
8110
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008111 When {how} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008112 is called to compare items. The function is invoked with two
8113 items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or
8114 bigger if the first one sorts after the second one, -1 or
8115 smaller if the first one sorts before the second one.
8116
8117 {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be
8118 used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function|
8119
8120 The sort is stable, items which compare equal (as number or as
8121 string) will keep their relative position. E.g., when sorting
8122 on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the
8123 same order as they were originally.
8124
8125 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8126 mylist->sort()
8127
8128< Also see |uniq()|.
8129
8130 Example: >
8131 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
8132 return a:i1 == a:i2 ? 0 : a:i1 > a:i2 ? 1 : -1
8133 endfunc
8134 eval mylist->sort("MyCompare")
8135< A shorter compare version for this specific simple case, which
8136 ignores overflow: >
8137 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
8138 return a:i1 - a:i2
8139 endfunc
8140< For a simple expression you can use a lambda: >
8141 eval mylist->sort({i1, i2 -> i1 - i2})
8142<
8143sound_clear() *sound_clear()*
8144 Stop playing all sounds.
8145
8146 On some Linux systems you may need the libcanberra-pulse
8147 package, otherwise sound may not stop.
8148
8149 {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
8150
8151 *sound_playevent()*
8152sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
8153 Play a sound identified by {name}. Which event names are
8154 supported depends on the system. Often the XDG sound names
8155 are used. On Ubuntu they may be found in
8156 /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo. Example: >
8157 call sound_playevent('bell')
8158< On MS-Windows, {name} can be SystemAsterisk, SystemDefault,
8159 SystemExclamation, SystemExit, SystemHand, SystemQuestion,
8160 SystemStart, SystemWelcome, etc.
8161
8162 When {callback} is specified it is invoked when the sound is
8163 finished. The first argument is the sound ID, the second
8164 argument is the status:
8165 0 sound was played to the end
8166 1 sound was interrupted
8167 2 error occurred after sound started
8168 Example: >
8169 func Callback(id, status)
8170 echomsg "sound " .. a:id .. " finished with " .. a:status
8171 endfunc
8172 call sound_playevent('bell', 'Callback')
8173
8174< MS-Windows: {callback} doesn't work for this function.
8175
8176 Returns the sound ID, which can be passed to `sound_stop()`.
8177 Returns zero if the sound could not be played.
8178
8179 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8180 GetSoundName()->sound_playevent()
8181
8182< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
8183
8184 *sound_playfile()*
8185sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}])
8186 Like `sound_playevent()` but play sound file {path}. {path}
8187 must be a full path. On Ubuntu you may find files to play
8188 with this command: >
8189 :!find /usr/share/sounds -type f | grep -v index.theme
8190
8191< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8192 GetSoundPath()->sound_playfile()
8193
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +00008194< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008195
8196
8197sound_stop({id}) *sound_stop()*
8198 Stop playing sound {id}. {id} must be previously returned by
8199 `sound_playevent()` or `sound_playfile()`.
8200
8201 On some Linux systems you may need the libcanberra-pulse
8202 package, otherwise sound may not stop.
8203
8204 On MS-Windows, this does not work for event sound started by
8205 `sound_playevent()`. To stop event sounds, use `sound_clear()`.
8206
8207 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8208 soundid->sound_stop()
8209
8210< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
8211
8212 *soundfold()*
8213soundfold({word})
8214 Return the sound-folded equivalent of {word}. Uses the first
8215 language in 'spelllang' for the current window that supports
8216 soundfolding. 'spell' must be set. When no sound folding is
8217 possible the {word} is returned unmodified.
8218 This can be used for making spelling suggestions. Note that
8219 the method can be quite slow.
8220
8221 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8222 GetWord()->soundfold()
8223<
8224 *spellbadword()*
8225spellbadword([{sentence}])
8226 Without argument: The result is the badly spelled word under
8227 or after the cursor. The cursor is moved to the start of the
8228 bad word. When no bad word is found in the cursor line the
8229 result is an empty string and the cursor doesn't move.
8230
8231 With argument: The result is the first word in {sentence} that
8232 is badly spelled. If there are no spelling mistakes the
8233 result is an empty string.
8234
8235 The return value is a list with two items:
8236 - The badly spelled word or an empty string.
8237 - The type of the spelling error:
8238 "bad" spelling mistake
8239 "rare" rare word
8240 "local" word only valid in another region
8241 "caps" word should start with Capital
8242 Example: >
8243 echo spellbadword("the quik brown fox")
8244< ['quik', 'bad'] ~
8245
8246 The spelling information for the current window and the value
8247 of 'spelllang' are used.
8248
8249 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8250 GetText()->spellbadword()
8251<
8252 *spellsuggest()*
8253spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]])
8254 Return a |List| with spelling suggestions to replace {word}.
8255 When {max} is given up to this number of suggestions are
8256 returned. Otherwise up to 25 suggestions are returned.
8257
8258 When the {capital} argument is given and it's non-zero only
8259 suggestions with a leading capital will be given. Use this
8260 after a match with 'spellcapcheck'.
8261
8262 {word} can be a badly spelled word followed by other text.
8263 This allows for joining two words that were split. The
8264 suggestions also include the following text, thus you can
8265 replace a line.
8266
8267 {word} may also be a good word. Similar words will then be
8268 returned. {word} itself is not included in the suggestions,
8269 although it may appear capitalized.
8270
8271 The spelling information for the current window is used. The
8272 values of 'spelllang' and 'spellsuggest' are used.
8273
8274 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8275 GetWord()->spellsuggest()
8276
8277split({string} [, {pattern} [, {keepempty}]]) *split()*
8278 Make a |List| out of {string}. When {pattern} is omitted or
8279 empty each white-separated sequence of characters becomes an
8280 item.
8281 Otherwise the string is split where {pattern} matches,
8282 removing the matched characters. 'ignorecase' is not used
8283 here, add \c to ignore case. |/\c|
8284 When the first or last item is empty it is omitted, unless the
8285 {keepempty} argument is given and it's non-zero.
8286 Other empty items are kept when {pattern} matches at least one
8287 character or when {keepempty} is non-zero.
8288 Example: >
8289 :let words = split(getline('.'), '\W\+')
8290< To split a string in individual characters: >
8291 :for c in split(mystring, '\zs')
8292< If you want to keep the separator you can also use '\zs' at
8293 the end of the pattern: >
8294 :echo split('abc:def:ghi', ':\zs')
8295< ['abc:', 'def:', 'ghi'] ~
8296 Splitting a table where the first element can be empty: >
8297 :let items = split(line, ':', 1)
8298< The opposite function is |join()|.
8299
8300 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8301 GetString()->split()
8302
8303sqrt({expr}) *sqrt()*
8304 Return the non-negative square root of Float {expr} as a
8305 |Float|.
8306 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. When {expr}
8307 is negative the result is NaN (Not a Number).
8308 Examples: >
8309 :echo sqrt(100)
8310< 10.0 >
8311 :echo sqrt(-4.01)
8312< nan
8313 "nan" may be different, it depends on system libraries.
8314
8315 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8316 Compute()->sqrt()
8317<
8318 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8319
8320
8321srand([{expr}]) *srand()*
8322 Initialize seed used by |rand()|:
8323 - If {expr} is not given, seed values are initialized by
8324 reading from /dev/urandom, if possible, or using time(NULL)
8325 a.k.a. epoch time otherwise; this only has second accuracy.
8326 - If {expr} is given it must be a Number. It is used to
8327 initialize the seed values. This is useful for testing or
8328 when a predictable sequence is intended.
8329
8330 Examples: >
8331 :let seed = srand()
8332 :let seed = srand(userinput)
8333 :echo rand(seed)
8334
8335state([{what}]) *state()*
8336 Return a string which contains characters indicating the
8337 current state. Mostly useful in callbacks that want to do
8338 work that may not always be safe. Roughly this works like:
8339 - callback uses state() to check if work is safe to do.
8340 Yes: then do it right away.
8341 No: add to work queue and add a |SafeState| and/or
8342 |SafeStateAgain| autocommand (|SafeState| triggers at
8343 toplevel, |SafeStateAgain| triggers after handling
8344 messages and callbacks).
8345 - When SafeState or SafeStateAgain is triggered and executes
8346 your autocommand, check with `state()` if the work can be
8347 done now, and if yes remove it from the queue and execute.
8348 Remove the autocommand if the queue is now empty.
8349 Also see |mode()|.
8350
8351 When {what} is given only characters in this string will be
8352 added. E.g, this checks if the screen has scrolled: >
8353 if state('s') == ''
8354 " screen has not scrolled
8355<
8356 These characters indicate the state, generally indicating that
8357 something is busy:
8358 m halfway a mapping, :normal command, feedkeys() or
8359 stuffed command
8360 o operator pending, e.g. after |d|
8361 a Insert mode autocomplete active
8362 x executing an autocommand
8363 w blocked on waiting, e.g. ch_evalexpr(), ch_read() and
8364 ch_readraw() when reading json
8365 S not triggering SafeState or SafeStateAgain, e.g. after
8366 |f| or a count
8367 c callback invoked, including timer (repeats for
8368 recursiveness up to "ccc")
8369 s screen has scrolled for messages
8370
8371str2float({string} [, {quoted}]) *str2float()*
8372 Convert String {string} to a Float. This mostly works the
8373 same as when using a floating point number in an expression,
8374 see |floating-point-format|. But it's a bit more permissive.
8375 E.g., "1e40" is accepted, while in an expression you need to
8376 write "1.0e40". The hexadecimal form "0x123" is also
8377 accepted, but not others, like binary or octal.
8378 When {quoted} is present and non-zero then embedded single
8379 quotes before the dot are ignored, thus "1'000.0" is a
8380 thousand.
8381 Text after the number is silently ignored.
8382 The decimal point is always '.', no matter what the locale is
8383 set to. A comma ends the number: "12,345.67" is converted to
8384 12.0. You can strip out thousands separators with
8385 |substitute()|: >
8386 let f = str2float(substitute(text, ',', '', 'g'))
8387<
8388 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8389 let f = text->substitute(',', '', 'g')->str2float()
8390<
8391 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8392
8393str2list({string} [, {utf8}]) *str2list()*
8394 Return a list containing the number values which represent
8395 each character in String {string}. Examples: >
8396 str2list(" ") returns [32]
8397 str2list("ABC") returns [65, 66, 67]
8398< |list2str()| does the opposite.
8399
8400 When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
8401 When {utf8} is TRUE, always treat the String as UTF-8
8402 characters. With UTF-8 composing characters are handled
8403 properly: >
8404 str2list("á") returns [97, 769]
8405
8406< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8407 GetString()->str2list()
8408
8409
8410str2nr({string} [, {base} [, {quoted}]]) *str2nr()*
8411 Convert string {string} to a number.
8412 {base} is the conversion base, it can be 2, 8, 10 or 16.
8413 When {quoted} is present and non-zero then embedded single
8414 quotes are ignored, thus "1'000'000" is a million.
8415
8416 When {base} is omitted base 10 is used. This also means that
8417 a leading zero doesn't cause octal conversion to be used, as
8418 with the default String to Number conversion. Example: >
8419 let nr = str2nr('0123')
8420<
8421 When {base} is 16 a leading "0x" or "0X" is ignored. With a
8422 different base the result will be zero. Similarly, when
8423 {base} is 8 a leading "0", "0o" or "0O" is ignored, and when
8424 {base} is 2 a leading "0b" or "0B" is ignored.
8425 Text after the number is silently ignored.
8426
8427 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8428 GetText()->str2nr()
8429
8430
8431strcharlen({string}) *strcharlen()*
8432 The result is a Number, which is the number of characters
8433 in String {string}. Composing characters are ignored.
8434 |strchars()| can count the number of characters, counting
8435 composing characters separately.
8436
8437 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
8438
8439 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8440 GetText()->strcharlen()
8441
8442
8443strcharpart({src}, {start} [, {len} [, {skipcc}]]) *strcharpart()*
8444 Like |strpart()| but using character index and length instead
8445 of byte index and length.
8446 When {skipcc} is omitted or zero, composing characters are
8447 counted separately.
8448 When {skipcc} set to 1, Composing characters are ignored,
8449 similar to |slice()|.
8450 When a character index is used where a character does not
8451 exist it is omitted and counted as one character. For
8452 example: >
8453 strcharpart('abc', -1, 2)
8454< results in 'a'.
8455
8456 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8457 GetText()->strcharpart(5)
8458
8459
8460strchars({string} [, {skipcc}]) *strchars()*
8461 The result is a Number, which is the number of characters
8462 in String {string}.
8463 When {skipcc} is omitted or zero, composing characters are
8464 counted separately.
8465 When {skipcc} set to 1, Composing characters are ignored.
8466 |strcharlen()| always does this.
8467
8468 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
8469
8470 {skipcc} is only available after 7.4.755. For backward
8471 compatibility, you can define a wrapper function: >
8472 if has("patch-7.4.755")
8473 function s:strchars(str, skipcc)
8474 return strchars(a:str, a:skipcc)
8475 endfunction
8476 else
8477 function s:strchars(str, skipcc)
8478 if a:skipcc
8479 return strlen(substitute(a:str, ".", "x", "g"))
8480 else
8481 return strchars(a:str)
8482 endif
8483 endfunction
8484 endif
8485<
8486 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8487 GetText()->strchars()
8488
8489strdisplaywidth({string} [, {col}]) *strdisplaywidth()*
8490 The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells
8491 String {string} occupies on the screen when it starts at {col}
8492 (first column is zero). When {col} is omitted zero is used.
8493 Otherwise it is the screen column where to start. This
8494 matters for Tab characters.
8495 The option settings of the current window are used. This
8496 matters for anything that's displayed differently, such as
8497 'tabstop' and 'display'.
8498 When {string} contains characters with East Asian Width Class
8499 Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'.
8500 Also see |strlen()|, |strwidth()| and |strchars()|.
8501
8502 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8503 GetText()->strdisplaywidth()
8504
8505strftime({format} [, {time}]) *strftime()*
8506 The result is a String, which is a formatted date and time, as
8507 specified by the {format} string. The given {time} is used,
8508 or the current time if no time is given. The accepted
8509 {format} depends on your system, thus this is not portable!
8510 See the manual page of the C function strftime() for the
8511 format. The maximum length of the result is 80 characters.
8512 See also |localtime()|, |getftime()| and |strptime()|.
8513 The language can be changed with the |:language| command.
8514 Examples: >
8515 :echo strftime("%c") Sun Apr 27 11:49:23 1997
8516 :echo strftime("%Y %b %d %X") 1997 Apr 27 11:53:25
8517 :echo strftime("%y%m%d %T") 970427 11:53:55
8518 :echo strftime("%H:%M") 11:55
8519 :echo strftime("%c", getftime("file.c"))
8520 Show mod time of file.c.
8521< Not available on all systems. To check use: >
8522 :if exists("*strftime")
8523
8524< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8525 GetFormat()->strftime()
8526
8527strgetchar({str}, {index}) *strgetchar()*
8528 Get character {index} from {str}. This uses a character
8529 index, not a byte index. Composing characters are considered
8530 separate characters here.
8531 Also see |strcharpart()| and |strchars()|.
8532
8533 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8534 GetText()->strgetchar(5)
8535
8536stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *stridx()*
8537 The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in
8538 {haystack} of the first occurrence of the String {needle}.
8539 If {start} is specified, the search starts at index {start}.
8540 This can be used to find a second match: >
8541 :let colon1 = stridx(line, ":")
8542 :let colon2 = stridx(line, ":", colon1 + 1)
8543< The search is done case-sensitive.
8544 For pattern searches use |match()|.
8545 -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}.
8546 See also |strridx()|.
8547 Examples: >
8548 :echo stridx("An Example", "Example") 3
8549 :echo stridx("Starting point", "Start") 0
8550 :echo stridx("Starting point", "start") -1
8551< *strstr()* *strchr()*
8552 stridx() works similar to the C function strstr(). When used
8553 with a single character it works similar to strchr().
8554
8555 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8556 GetHaystack()->stridx(needle)
8557<
8558 *string()*
8559string({expr}) Return {expr} converted to a String. If {expr} is a Number,
8560 Float, String, Blob or a composition of them, then the result
8561 can be parsed back with |eval()|.
8562 {expr} type result ~
8563 String 'string' (single quotes are doubled)
8564 Number 123
8565 Float 123.123456 or 1.123456e8
8566 Funcref function('name')
8567 Blob 0z00112233.44556677.8899
8568 List [item, item]
8569 Dictionary {key: value, key: value}
8570
8571 When a |List| or |Dictionary| has a recursive reference it is
8572 replaced by "[...]" or "{...}". Using eval() on the result
8573 will then fail.
8574
8575 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8576 mylist->string()
8577
8578< Also see |strtrans()|.
8579
8580
8581strlen({string}) *strlen()*
8582 The result is a Number, which is the length of the String
8583 {string} in bytes.
8584 If the argument is a Number it is first converted to a String.
8585 For other types an error is given.
8586 If you want to count the number of multibyte characters use
8587 |strchars()|.
8588 Also see |len()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
8589
8590 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8591 GetString()->strlen()
8592
8593strpart({src}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]]) *strpart()*
8594 The result is a String, which is part of {src}, starting from
8595 byte {start}, with the byte length {len}.
8596 When {chars} is present and TRUE then {len} is the number of
8597 characters positions (composing characters are not counted
8598 separately, thus "1" means one base character and any
8599 following composing characters).
8600 To count {start} as characters instead of bytes use
8601 |strcharpart()|.
8602
8603 When bytes are selected which do not exist, this doesn't
8604 result in an error, the bytes are simply omitted.
8605 If {len} is missing, the copy continues from {start} till the
8606 end of the {src}. >
8607 strpart("abcdefg", 3, 2) == "de"
8608 strpart("abcdefg", -2, 4) == "ab"
8609 strpart("abcdefg", 5, 4) == "fg"
8610 strpart("abcdefg", 3) == "defg"
8611
8612< Note: To get the first character, {start} must be 0. For
8613 example, to get the character under the cursor: >
8614 strpart(getline("."), col(".") - 1, 1, v:true)
8615<
8616 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8617 GetText()->strpart(5)
8618
8619strptime({format}, {timestring}) *strptime()*
8620 The result is a Number, which is a unix timestamp representing
8621 the date and time in {timestring}, which is expected to match
8622 the format specified in {format}.
8623
8624 The accepted {format} depends on your system, thus this is not
8625 portable! See the manual page of the C function strptime()
8626 for the format. Especially avoid "%c". The value of $TZ also
8627 matters.
8628
8629 If the {timestring} cannot be parsed with {format} zero is
8630 returned. If you do not know the format of {timestring} you
8631 can try different {format} values until you get a non-zero
8632 result.
8633
8634 See also |strftime()|.
8635 Examples: >
8636 :echo strptime("%Y %b %d %X", "1997 Apr 27 11:49:23")
8637< 862156163 >
8638 :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%y%m%d %T", "970427 11:53:55"))
8639< Sun Apr 27 11:53:55 1997 >
8640 :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", "19970427115355") + 3600)
8641< Sun Apr 27 12:53:55 1997
8642
8643 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8644 GetFormat()->strptime(timestring)
8645<
8646 Not available on all systems. To check use: >
8647 :if exists("*strptime")
8648
8649strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *strridx()*
8650 The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in
8651 {haystack} of the last occurrence of the String {needle}.
8652 When {start} is specified, matches beyond this index are
8653 ignored. This can be used to find a match before a previous
8654 match: >
8655 :let lastcomma = strridx(line, ",")
8656 :let comma2 = strridx(line, ",", lastcomma - 1)
8657< The search is done case-sensitive.
8658 For pattern searches use |match()|.
8659 -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}.
8660 If the {needle} is empty the length of {haystack} is returned.
8661 See also |stridx()|. Examples: >
8662 :echo strridx("an angry armadillo", "an") 3
8663< *strrchr()*
8664 When used with a single character it works similar to the C
8665 function strrchr().
8666
8667 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8668 GetHaystack()->strridx(needle)
8669
8670strtrans({string}) *strtrans()*
8671 The result is a String, which is {string} with all unprintable
8672 characters translated into printable characters |'isprint'|.
8673 Like they are shown in a window. Example: >
8674 echo strtrans(@a)
8675< This displays a newline in register a as "^@" instead of
8676 starting a new line.
8677
8678 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8679 GetString()->strtrans()
8680
8681strwidth({string}) *strwidth()*
8682 The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells
8683 String {string} occupies. A Tab character is counted as one
8684 cell, alternatively use |strdisplaywidth()|.
8685 When {string} contains characters with East Asian Width Class
8686 Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'.
8687 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strchars()|.
8688
8689 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8690 GetString()->strwidth()
8691
8692submatch({nr} [, {list}]) *submatch()* *E935*
8693 Only for an expression in a |:substitute| command or
8694 substitute() function.
8695 Returns the {nr}'th submatch of the matched text. When {nr}
8696 is 0 the whole matched text is returned.
8697 Note that a NL in the string can stand for a line break of a
8698 multi-line match or a NUL character in the text.
8699 Also see |sub-replace-expression|.
8700
8701 If {list} is present and non-zero then submatch() returns
8702 a list of strings, similar to |getline()| with two arguments.
8703 NL characters in the text represent NUL characters in the
8704 text.
8705 Only returns more than one item for |:substitute|, inside
8706 |substitute()| this list will always contain one or zero
8707 items, since there are no real line breaks.
8708
8709 When substitute() is used recursively only the submatches in
8710 the current (deepest) call can be obtained.
8711
8712 Examples: >
8713 :s/\d\+/\=submatch(0) + 1/
8714 :echo substitute(text, '\d\+', '\=submatch(0) + 1', '')
8715< This finds the first number in the line and adds one to it.
8716 A line break is included as a newline character.
8717
8718 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8719 GetNr()->submatch()
8720
8721substitute({string}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) *substitute()*
8722 The result is a String, which is a copy of {string}, in which
8723 the first match of {pat} is replaced with {sub}.
8724 When {flags} is "g", all matches of {pat} in {string} are
8725 replaced. Otherwise {flags} should be "".
8726
8727 This works like the ":substitute" command (without any flags).
8728 But the matching with {pat} is always done like the 'magic'
8729 option is set and 'cpoptions' is empty (to make scripts
8730 portable). 'ignorecase' is still relevant, use |/\c| or |/\C|
8731 if you want to ignore or match case and ignore 'ignorecase'.
8732 'smartcase' is not used. See |string-match| for how {pat} is
8733 used.
8734
8735 A "~" in {sub} is not replaced with the previous {sub}.
8736 Note that some codes in {sub} have a special meaning
8737 |sub-replace-special|. For example, to replace something with
8738 "\n" (two characters), use "\\\\n" or '\\n'.
8739
8740 When {pat} does not match in {string}, {string} is returned
8741 unmodified.
8742
8743 Example: >
8744 :let &path = substitute(&path, ",\\=[^,]*$", "", "")
8745< This removes the last component of the 'path' option. >
8746 :echo substitute("testing", ".*", "\\U\\0", "")
8747< results in "TESTING".
8748
8749 When {sub} starts with "\=", the remainder is interpreted as
8750 an expression. See |sub-replace-expression|. Example: >
8751 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)',
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008752 \ '\=nr2char("0x" .. submatch(1))', 'g')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008753
8754< When {sub} is a Funcref that function is called, with one
8755 optional argument. Example: >
8756 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', SubNr, 'g')
8757< The optional argument is a list which contains the whole
8758 matched string and up to nine submatches, like what
8759 |submatch()| returns. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008760 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', {m -> '0x' .. m[1]}, 'g')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008761
8762< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8763 GetString()->substitute(pat, sub, flags)
8764
8765swapinfo({fname}) *swapinfo()*
8766 The result is a dictionary, which holds information about the
8767 swapfile {fname}. The available fields are:
8768 version Vim version
8769 user user name
8770 host host name
8771 fname original file name
8772 pid PID of the Vim process that created the swap
8773 file
8774 mtime last modification time in seconds
8775 inode Optional: INODE number of the file
8776 dirty 1 if file was modified, 0 if not
8777 Note that "user" and "host" are truncated to at most 39 bytes.
8778 In case of failure an "error" item is added with the reason:
8779 Cannot open file: file not found or in accessible
8780 Cannot read file: cannot read first block
8781 Not a swap file: does not contain correct block ID
8782 Magic number mismatch: Info in first block is invalid
8783
8784 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8785 GetFilename()->swapinfo()
8786
8787swapname({buf}) *swapname()*
8788 The result is the swap file path of the buffer {expr}.
8789 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
8790 If buffer {buf} is the current buffer, the result is equal to
8791 |:swapname| (unless there is no swap file).
8792 If buffer {buf} has no swap file, returns an empty string.
8793
8794 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8795 GetBufname()->swapname()
8796
8797synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) *synID()*
8798 The result is a Number, which is the syntax ID at the position
8799 {lnum} and {col} in the current window.
8800 The syntax ID can be used with |synIDattr()| and
8801 |synIDtrans()| to obtain syntax information about text.
8802
8803 {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
8804 line. 'synmaxcol' applies, in a longer line zero is returned.
8805 Note that when the position is after the last character,
8806 that's where the cursor can be in Insert mode, synID() returns
8807 zero. {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
8808
8809 When {trans} is |TRUE|, transparent items are reduced to the
8810 item that they reveal. This is useful when wanting to know
8811 the effective color. When {trans} is |FALSE|, the transparent
8812 item is returned. This is useful when wanting to know which
8813 syntax item is effective (e.g. inside parens).
8814 Warning: This function can be very slow. Best speed is
8815 obtained by going through the file in forward direction.
8816
8817 Example (echoes the name of the syntax item under the cursor): >
8818 :echo synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 1), "name")
8819<
8820
8821synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}]) *synIDattr()*
8822 The result is a String, which is the {what} attribute of
8823 syntax ID {synID}. This can be used to obtain information
8824 about a syntax item.
8825 {mode} can be "gui", "cterm" or "term", to get the attributes
8826 for that mode. When {mode} is omitted, or an invalid value is
8827 used, the attributes for the currently active highlighting are
8828 used (GUI, cterm or term).
8829 Use synIDtrans() to follow linked highlight groups.
8830 {what} result
8831 "name" the name of the syntax item
8832 "fg" foreground color (GUI: color name used to set
8833 the color, cterm: color number as a string,
8834 term: empty string)
8835 "bg" background color (as with "fg")
8836 "font" font name (only available in the GUI)
8837 |highlight-font|
8838 "sp" special color for the GUI (as with "fg")
8839 |highlight-guisp|
8840 "ul" underline color for cterm: number as a string
8841 "fg#" like "fg", but for the GUI and the GUI is
8842 running the name in "#RRGGBB" form
8843 "bg#" like "fg#" for "bg"
8844 "sp#" like "fg#" for "sp"
8845 "bold" "1" if bold
8846 "italic" "1" if italic
8847 "reverse" "1" if reverse
8848 "inverse" "1" if inverse (= reverse)
8849 "standout" "1" if standout
8850 "underline" "1" if underlined
8851 "undercurl" "1" if undercurled
8852 "strike" "1" if strikethrough
8853
8854 Example (echoes the color of the syntax item under the
8855 cursor): >
8856 :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."), col("."), 1)), "fg")
8857<
8858 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8859 :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg")
8860
8861
8862synIDtrans({synID}) *synIDtrans()*
8863 The result is a Number, which is the translated syntax ID of
8864 {synID}. This is the syntax group ID of what is being used to
8865 highlight the character. Highlight links given with
8866 ":highlight link" are followed.
8867
8868 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8869 :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg")
8870
8871synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) *synconcealed()*
8872 The result is a |List| with currently three items:
8873 1. The first item in the list is 0 if the character at the
8874 position {lnum} and {col} is not part of a concealable
8875 region, 1 if it is. {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
8876 2. The second item in the list is a string. If the first item
8877 is 1, the second item contains the text which will be
8878 displayed in place of the concealed text, depending on the
8879 current setting of 'conceallevel' and 'listchars'.
8880 3. The third and final item in the list is a number
8881 representing the specific syntax region matched in the
8882 line. When the character is not concealed the value is
8883 zero. This allows detection of the beginning of a new
8884 concealable region if there are two consecutive regions
8885 with the same replacement character. For an example, if
8886 the text is "123456" and both "23" and "45" are concealed
8887 and replaced by the character "X", then:
8888 call returns ~
8889 synconcealed(lnum, 1) [0, '', 0]
8890 synconcealed(lnum, 2) [1, 'X', 1]
8891 synconcealed(lnum, 3) [1, 'X', 1]
8892 synconcealed(lnum, 4) [1, 'X', 2]
8893 synconcealed(lnum, 5) [1, 'X', 2]
8894 synconcealed(lnum, 6) [0, '', 0]
8895
8896
8897synstack({lnum}, {col}) *synstack()*
8898 Return a |List|, which is the stack of syntax items at the
8899 position {lnum} and {col} in the current window. {lnum} is
8900 used like with |getline()|. Each item in the List is an ID
8901 like what |synID()| returns.
8902 The first item in the List is the outer region, following are
8903 items contained in that one. The last one is what |synID()|
8904 returns, unless not the whole item is highlighted or it is a
8905 transparent item.
8906 This function is useful for debugging a syntax file.
8907 Example that shows the syntax stack under the cursor: >
8908 for id in synstack(line("."), col("."))
8909 echo synIDattr(id, "name")
8910 endfor
8911< When the position specified with {lnum} and {col} is invalid
8912 nothing is returned. The position just after the last
8913 character in a line and the first column in an empty line are
8914 valid positions.
8915
8916system({expr} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677*
8917 Get the output of the shell command {expr} as a |String|. See
8918 |systemlist()| to get the output as a |List|.
8919
8920 When {input} is given and is a |String| this string is written
8921 to a file and passed as stdin to the command. The string is
8922 written as-is, you need to take care of using the correct line
8923 separators yourself.
8924 If {input} is given and is a |List| it is written to the file
8925 in a way |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e.
8926 with a newline between each list item with newlines inside
8927 list items converted to NULs).
8928 When {input} is given and is a number that is a valid id for
8929 an existing buffer then the content of the buffer is written
8930 to the file line by line, each line terminated by a NL and
8931 NULs characters where the text has a NL.
8932
8933 Pipes are not used, the 'shelltemp' option is not used.
8934
8935 When prepended by |:silent| the terminal will not be set to
8936 cooked mode. This is meant to be used for commands that do
8937 not need the user to type. It avoids stray characters showing
8938 up on the screen which require |CTRL-L| to remove. >
8939 :silent let f = system('ls *.vim')
8940<
8941 Note: Use |shellescape()| or |::S| with |expand()| or
8942 |fnamemodify()| to escape special characters in a command
8943 argument. Newlines in {expr} may cause the command to fail.
8944 The characters in 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote' may also
8945 cause trouble.
8946 This is not to be used for interactive commands.
8947
8948 The result is a String. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008949 :let files = system('ls ' .. shellescape(expand('%:h')))
8950 :let files = system('ls ' .. expand('%:h:S'))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008951
8952< To make the result more system-independent, the shell output
8953 is filtered to replace <CR> with <NL> for Macintosh, and
8954 <CR><NL> with <NL> for DOS-like systems.
8955 To avoid the string being truncated at a NUL, all NUL
8956 characters are replaced with SOH (0x01).
8957
8958 The command executed is constructed using several options:
8959 'shell' 'shellcmdflag' 'shellxquote' {expr} 'shellredir' {tmp} 'shellxquote'
8960 ({tmp} is an automatically generated file name).
8961 For Unix, braces are put around {expr} to allow for
8962 concatenated commands.
8963
8964 The command will be executed in "cooked" mode, so that a
8965 CTRL-C will interrupt the command (on Unix at least).
8966
8967 The resulting error code can be found in |v:shell_error|.
8968 This function will fail in |restricted-mode|.
8969
8970 Note that any wrong value in the options mentioned above may
8971 make the function fail. It has also been reported to fail
8972 when using a security agent application.
8973 Unlike ":!cmd" there is no automatic check for changed files.
8974 Use |:checktime| to force a check.
8975
8976 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8977 :echo GetCmd()->system()
8978
8979
8980systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) *systemlist()*
8981 Same as |system()|, but returns a |List| with lines (parts of
8982 output separated by NL) with NULs transformed into NLs. Output
8983 is the same as |readfile()| will output with {binary} argument
8984 set to "b", except that there is no extra empty item when the
8985 result ends in a NL.
8986 Note that on MS-Windows you may get trailing CR characters.
8987
8988 To see the difference between "echo hello" and "echo -n hello"
8989 use |system()| and |split()|: >
8990 echo system('echo hello')->split('\n', 1)
8991<
8992 Returns an empty string on error.
8993
8994 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8995 :echo GetCmd()->systemlist()
8996
8997
8998tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) *tabpagebuflist()*
8999 The result is a |List|, where each item is the number of the
9000 buffer associated with each window in the current tab page.
9001 {arg} specifies the number of the tab page to be used. When
9002 omitted the current tab page is used.
9003 When {arg} is invalid the number zero is returned.
9004 To get a list of all buffers in all tabs use this: >
9005 let buflist = []
9006 for i in range(tabpagenr('$'))
9007 call extend(buflist, tabpagebuflist(i + 1))
9008 endfor
9009< Note that a buffer may appear in more than one window.
9010
9011 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9012 GetTabpage()->tabpagebuflist()
9013
9014tabpagenr([{arg}]) *tabpagenr()*
9015 The result is a Number, which is the number of the current
9016 tab page. The first tab page has number 1.
9017
9018 The optional argument {arg} supports the following values:
9019 $ the number of the last tab page (the tab page
9020 count).
9021 # the number of the last accessed tab page
9022 (where |g<Tab>| goes to). if there is no
9023 previous tab page 0 is returned.
9024 The number can be used with the |:tab| command.
9025
9026
9027tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) *tabpagewinnr()*
9028 Like |winnr()| but for tab page {tabarg}.
9029 {tabarg} specifies the number of tab page to be used.
9030 {arg} is used like with |winnr()|:
9031 - When omitted the current window number is returned. This is
9032 the window which will be used when going to this tab page.
9033 - When "$" the number of windows is returned.
9034 - When "#" the previous window nr is returned.
9035 Useful examples: >
9036 tabpagewinnr(1) " current window of tab page 1
9037 tabpagewinnr(4, '$') " number of windows in tab page 4
9038< When {tabarg} is invalid zero is returned.
9039
9040 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9041 GetTabpage()->tabpagewinnr()
9042<
9043 *tagfiles()*
9044tagfiles() Returns a |List| with the file names used to search for tags
9045 for the current buffer. This is the 'tags' option expanded.
9046
9047
9048taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) *taglist()*
9049 Returns a |List| of tags matching the regular expression {expr}.
9050
9051 If {filename} is passed it is used to prioritize the results
9052 in the same way that |:tselect| does. See |tag-priority|.
9053 {filename} should be the full path of the file.
9054
9055 Each list item is a dictionary with at least the following
9056 entries:
9057 name Name of the tag.
9058 filename Name of the file where the tag is
9059 defined. It is either relative to the
9060 current directory or a full path.
9061 cmd Ex command used to locate the tag in
9062 the file.
9063 kind Type of the tag. The value for this
9064 entry depends on the language specific
9065 kind values. Only available when
9066 using a tags file generated by
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00009067 Universal/Exuberant ctags or hdrtag.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009068 static A file specific tag. Refer to
9069 |static-tag| for more information.
9070 More entries may be present, depending on the content of the
9071 tags file: access, implementation, inherits and signature.
9072 Refer to the ctags documentation for information about these
9073 fields. For C code the fields "struct", "class" and "enum"
9074 may appear, they give the name of the entity the tag is
9075 contained in.
9076
9077 The ex-command "cmd" can be either an ex search pattern, a
9078 line number or a line number followed by a byte number.
9079
9080 If there are no matching tags, then an empty list is returned.
9081
9082 To get an exact tag match, the anchors '^' and '$' should be
9083 used in {expr}. This also make the function work faster.
9084 Refer to |tag-regexp| for more information about the tag
9085 search regular expression pattern.
9086
9087 Refer to |'tags'| for information about how the tags file is
9088 located by Vim. Refer to |tags-file-format| for the format of
9089 the tags file generated by the different ctags tools.
9090
9091 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9092 GetTagpattern()->taglist()
9093
9094tan({expr}) *tan()*
9095 Return the tangent of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|
9096 in the range [-inf, inf].
9097 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9098 Examples: >
9099 :echo tan(10)
9100< 0.648361 >
9101 :echo tan(-4.01)
9102< -1.181502
9103
9104 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9105 Compute()->tan()
9106<
9107 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
9108
9109
9110tanh({expr}) *tanh()*
9111 Return the hyperbolic tangent of {expr} as a |Float| in the
9112 range [-1, 1].
9113 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9114 Examples: >
9115 :echo tanh(0.5)
9116< 0.462117 >
9117 :echo tanh(-1)
9118< -0.761594
9119
9120 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9121 Compute()->tanh()
9122<
9123 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
9124
9125
9126tempname() *tempname()* *temp-file-name*
9127 The result is a String, which is the name of a file that
9128 doesn't exist. It can be used for a temporary file. The name
9129 is different for at least 26 consecutive calls. Example: >
9130 :let tmpfile = tempname()
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009131 :exe "redir > " .. tmpfile
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009132< For Unix, the file will be in a private directory |tempfile|.
9133 For MS-Windows forward slashes are used when the 'shellslash'
9134 option is set, or when 'shellcmdflag' starts with '-' and
9135 'shell' does not contain powershell or pwsh.
9136
9137
9138term_ functions are documented here: |terminal-function-details|
9139
9140
9141terminalprops() *terminalprops()*
9142 Returns a |Dictionary| with properties of the terminal that Vim
9143 detected from the response to |t_RV| request. See
9144 |v:termresponse| for the response itself. If |v:termresponse|
9145 is empty most values here will be 'u' for unknown.
9146 cursor_style whether sending |t_RS| works **
9147 cursor_blink_mode whether sending |t_RC| works **
9148 underline_rgb whether |t_8u| works **
9149 mouse mouse type supported
9150
9151 ** value 'u' for unknown, 'y' for yes, 'n' for no
9152
9153 If the |+termresponse| feature is missing then the result is
9154 an empty dictionary.
9155
9156 If "cursor_style" is 'y' then |t_RS| will be sent to request the
9157 current cursor style.
9158 If "cursor_blink_mode" is 'y' then |t_RC| will be sent to
9159 request the cursor blink status.
9160 "cursor_style" and "cursor_blink_mode" are also set if |t_u7|
9161 is not empty, Vim will detect the working of sending |t_RS|
9162 and |t_RC| on startup.
9163
9164 When "underline_rgb" is not 'y', then |t_8u| will be made empty.
9165 This avoids sending it to xterm, which would clear the colors.
9166
9167 For "mouse" the value 'u' is unknown
9168
9169 Also see:
9170 - 'ambiwidth' - detected by using |t_u7|.
9171 - |v:termstyleresp| and |v:termblinkresp| for the response to
9172 |t_RS| and |t_RC|.
9173
9174
9175test_ functions are documented here: |test-functions-details|
9176
9177
9178 *timer_info()*
9179timer_info([{id}])
9180 Return a list with information about timers.
9181 When {id} is given only information about this timer is
9182 returned. When timer {id} does not exist an empty list is
9183 returned.
9184 When {id} is omitted information about all timers is returned.
9185
9186 For each timer the information is stored in a |Dictionary| with
9187 these items:
9188 "id" the timer ID
9189 "time" time the timer was started with
9190 "remaining" time until the timer fires
9191 "repeat" number of times the timer will still fire;
9192 -1 means forever
9193 "callback" the callback
9194 "paused" 1 if the timer is paused, 0 otherwise
9195
9196 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9197 GetTimer()->timer_info()
9198
9199< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9200
9201timer_pause({timer}, {paused}) *timer_pause()*
9202 Pause or unpause a timer. A paused timer does not invoke its
9203 callback when its time expires. Unpausing a timer may cause
9204 the callback to be invoked almost immediately if enough time
9205 has passed.
9206
9207 Pausing a timer is useful to avoid the callback to be called
9208 for a short time.
9209
9210 If {paused} evaluates to a non-zero Number or a non-empty
9211 String, then the timer is paused, otherwise it is unpaused.
9212 See |non-zero-arg|.
9213
9214 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9215 GetTimer()->timer_pause(1)
9216
9217< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9218
9219 *timer_start()* *timer* *timers*
9220timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}])
9221 Create a timer and return the timer ID.
9222
9223 {time} is the waiting time in milliseconds. This is the
9224 minimum time before invoking the callback. When the system is
9225 busy or Vim is not waiting for input the time will be longer.
9226
9227 {callback} is the function to call. It can be the name of a
9228 function or a |Funcref|. It is called with one argument, which
9229 is the timer ID. The callback is only invoked when Vim is
9230 waiting for input.
9231 If you want to show a message look at |popup_notification()|
9232 to avoid interfering with what the user is doing.
9233
9234 {options} is a dictionary. Supported entries:
9235 "repeat" Number of times to repeat calling the
9236 callback. -1 means forever. When not present
9237 the callback will be called once.
9238 If the timer causes an error three times in a
9239 row the repeat is cancelled. This avoids that
9240 Vim becomes unusable because of all the error
9241 messages.
9242
9243 Example: >
9244 func MyHandler(timer)
9245 echo 'Handler called'
9246 endfunc
9247 let timer = timer_start(500, 'MyHandler',
9248 \ {'repeat': 3})
9249< This will invoke MyHandler() three times at 500 msec
9250 intervals.
9251
9252 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9253 GetMsec()->timer_start(callback)
9254
9255< Not available in the |sandbox|.
9256 {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9257
9258timer_stop({timer}) *timer_stop()*
9259 Stop a timer. The timer callback will no longer be invoked.
9260 {timer} is an ID returned by timer_start(), thus it must be a
9261 Number. If {timer} does not exist there is no error.
9262
9263 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9264 GetTimer()->timer_stop()
9265
9266< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9267
9268timer_stopall() *timer_stopall()*
9269 Stop all timers. The timer callbacks will no longer be
9270 invoked. Useful if a timer is misbehaving. If there are no
9271 timers there is no error.
9272
9273 {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9274
9275tolower({expr}) *tolower()*
9276 The result is a copy of the String given, with all uppercase
9277 characters turned into lowercase (just like applying |gu| to
9278 the string).
9279
9280 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9281 GetText()->tolower()
9282
9283toupper({expr}) *toupper()*
9284 The result is a copy of the String given, with all lowercase
9285 characters turned into uppercase (just like applying |gU| to
9286 the string).
9287
9288 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9289 GetText()->toupper()
9290
9291tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) *tr()*
9292 The result is a copy of the {src} string with all characters
9293 which appear in {fromstr} replaced by the character in that
9294 position in the {tostr} string. Thus the first character in
9295 {fromstr} is translated into the first character in {tostr}
9296 and so on. Exactly like the unix "tr" command.
9297 This code also deals with multibyte characters properly.
9298
9299 Examples: >
9300 echo tr("hello there", "ht", "HT")
9301< returns "Hello THere" >
9302 echo tr("<blob>", "<>", "{}")
9303< returns "{blob}"
9304
9305 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9306 GetText()->tr(from, to)
9307
9308trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]]) *trim()*
9309 Return {text} as a String where any character in {mask} is
9310 removed from the beginning and/or end of {text}.
9311
9312 If {mask} is not given, {mask} is all characters up to 0x20,
9313 which includes Tab, space, NL and CR, plus the non-breaking
9314 space character 0xa0.
9315
9316 The optional {dir} argument specifies where to remove the
9317 characters:
9318 0 remove from the beginning and end of {text}
9319 1 remove only at the beginning of {text}
9320 2 remove only at the end of {text}
9321 When omitted both ends are trimmed.
9322
9323 This function deals with multibyte characters properly.
9324
9325 Examples: >
9326 echo trim(" some text ")
9327< returns "some text" >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009328 echo trim(" \r\t\t\r RESERVE \t\n\x0B\xA0") .. "_TAIL"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009329< returns "RESERVE_TAIL" >
9330 echo trim("rm<Xrm<>X>rrm", "rm<>")
9331< returns "Xrm<>X" (characters in the middle are not removed) >
9332 echo trim(" vim ", " ", 2)
9333< returns " vim"
9334
9335 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9336 GetText()->trim()
9337
9338trunc({expr}) *trunc()*
9339 Return the largest integral value with magnitude less than or
9340 equal to {expr} as a |Float| (truncate towards zero).
9341 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9342 Examples: >
9343 echo trunc(1.456)
9344< 1.0 >
9345 echo trunc(-5.456)
9346< -5.0 >
9347 echo trunc(4.0)
9348< 4.0
9349
9350 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9351 Compute()->trunc()
9352<
9353 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
9354
9355 *type()*
9356type({expr}) The result is a Number representing the type of {expr}.
9357 Instead of using the number directly, it is better to use the
9358 v:t_ variable that has the value:
9359 Number: 0 |v:t_number|
9360 String: 1 |v:t_string|
9361 Funcref: 2 |v:t_func|
9362 List: 3 |v:t_list|
9363 Dictionary: 4 |v:t_dict|
9364 Float: 5 |v:t_float|
9365 Boolean: 6 |v:t_bool| (v:false and v:true)
9366 None: 7 |v:t_none| (v:null and v:none)
9367 Job: 8 |v:t_job|
9368 Channel: 9 |v:t_channel|
9369 Blob: 10 |v:t_blob|
9370 For backward compatibility, this method can be used: >
9371 :if type(myvar) == type(0)
9372 :if type(myvar) == type("")
9373 :if type(myvar) == type(function("tr"))
9374 :if type(myvar) == type([])
9375 :if type(myvar) == type({})
9376 :if type(myvar) == type(0.0)
9377 :if type(myvar) == type(v:false)
9378 :if type(myvar) == type(v:none)
9379< To check if the v:t_ variables exist use this: >
9380 :if exists('v:t_number')
9381
9382< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9383 mylist->type()
9384
9385
9386typename({expr}) *typename()*
9387 Return a string representation of the type of {expr}.
9388 Example: >
9389 echo typename([1, 2, 3])
9390 list<number>
9391
9392
9393undofile({name}) *undofile()*
9394 Return the name of the undo file that would be used for a file
9395 with name {name} when writing. This uses the 'undodir'
9396 option, finding directories that exist. It does not check if
9397 the undo file exists.
9398 {name} is always expanded to the full path, since that is what
9399 is used internally.
9400 If {name} is empty undofile() returns an empty string, since a
9401 buffer without a file name will not write an undo file.
9402 Useful in combination with |:wundo| and |:rundo|.
9403 When compiled without the |+persistent_undo| option this always
9404 returns an empty string.
9405
9406 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9407 GetFilename()->undofile()
9408
9409undotree() *undotree()*
9410 Return the current state of the undo tree in a dictionary with
9411 the following items:
9412 "seq_last" The highest undo sequence number used.
9413 "seq_cur" The sequence number of the current position in
9414 the undo tree. This differs from "seq_last"
9415 when some changes were undone.
9416 "time_cur" Time last used for |:earlier| and related
9417 commands. Use |strftime()| to convert to
9418 something readable.
9419 "save_last" Number of the last file write. Zero when no
9420 write yet.
9421 "save_cur" Number of the current position in the undo
9422 tree.
9423 "synced" Non-zero when the last undo block was synced.
9424 This happens when waiting from input from the
9425 user. See |undo-blocks|.
9426 "entries" A list of dictionaries with information about
9427 undo blocks.
9428
9429 The first item in the "entries" list is the oldest undo item.
9430 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with these items:
9431 "seq" Undo sequence number. Same as what appears in
9432 |:undolist|.
9433 "time" Timestamp when the change happened. Use
9434 |strftime()| to convert to something readable.
9435 "newhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one
9436 that was added. This marks the last change
9437 and where further changes will be added.
9438 "curhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one
9439 that was undone. This marks the current
9440 position in the undo tree, the block that will
9441 be used by a redo command. When nothing was
9442 undone after the last change this item will
9443 not appear anywhere.
9444 "save" Only appears on the last block before a file
9445 write. The number is the write count. The
9446 first write has number 1, the last one the
9447 "save_last" mentioned above.
9448 "alt" Alternate entry. This is again a List of undo
9449 blocks. Each item may again have an "alt"
9450 item.
9451
9452uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *uniq()* *E882*
9453 Remove second and succeeding copies of repeated adjacent
9454 {list} items in-place. Returns {list}. If you want a list
9455 to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
9456 :let newlist = uniq(copy(mylist))
9457< The default compare function uses the string representation of
9458 each item. For the use of {func} and {dict} see |sort()|.
9459
9460 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9461 mylist->uniq()
9462
9463values({dict}) *values()*
9464 Return a |List| with all the values of {dict}. The |List| is
9465 in arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |keys()|.
9466
9467 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9468 mydict->values()
9469
9470virtcol({expr}) *virtcol()*
9471 The result is a Number, which is the screen column of the file
9472 position given with {expr}. That is, the last screen position
9473 occupied by the character at that position, when the screen
9474 would be of unlimited width. When there is a <Tab> at the
9475 position, the returned Number will be the column at the end of
9476 the <Tab>. For example, for a <Tab> in column 1, with 'ts'
9477 set to 8, it returns 8. |conceal| is ignored.
9478 For the byte position use |col()|.
9479 For the use of {expr} see |col()|.
9480 When 'virtualedit' is used {expr} can be [lnum, col, off], where
9481 "off" is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
9482 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
9483 character. When "off" is omitted zero is used.
9484 When Virtual editing is active in the current mode, a position
9485 beyond the end of the line can be returned. |'virtualedit'|
9486 The accepted positions are:
9487 . the cursor position
9488 $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the
9489 number of displayed characters in the cursor line
9490 plus one)
9491 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
9492 returned)
9493 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
9494 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
9495 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
9496 that it's updated right away.
9497 Note that only marks in the current file can be used.
9498 Examples: >
9499 virtcol(".") with text "foo^Lbar", with cursor on the "^L", returns 5
9500 virtcol("$") with text "foo^Lbar", returns 9
9501 virtcol("'t") with text " there", with 't at 'h', returns 6
9502< The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error.
9503 A more advanced example that echoes the maximum length of
9504 all lines: >
9505 echo max(map(range(1, line('$')), "virtcol([v:val, '$'])"))
9506
9507< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9508 GetPos()->virtcol()
9509
9510
9511visualmode([{expr}]) *visualmode()*
9512 The result is a String, which describes the last Visual mode
9513 used in the current buffer. Initially it returns an empty
9514 string, but once Visual mode has been used, it returns "v",
9515 "V", or "<CTRL-V>" (a single CTRL-V character) for
9516 character-wise, line-wise, or block-wise Visual mode
9517 respectively.
9518 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009519 :exe "normal " .. visualmode()
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009520< This enters the same Visual mode as before. It is also useful
9521 in scripts if you wish to act differently depending on the
9522 Visual mode that was used.
9523 If Visual mode is active, use |mode()| to get the Visual mode
9524 (e.g., in a |:vmap|).
9525 If {expr} is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or
9526 a non-empty String, then the Visual mode will be cleared and
9527 the old value is returned. See |non-zero-arg|.
9528
9529wildmenumode() *wildmenumode()*
9530 Returns |TRUE| when the wildmenu is active and |FALSE|
9531 otherwise. See 'wildmenu' and 'wildmode'.
9532 This can be used in mappings to handle the 'wildcharm' option
9533 gracefully. (Makes only sense with |mapmode-c| mappings).
9534
9535 For example to make <c-j> work like <down> in wildmode, use: >
9536 :cnoremap <expr> <C-j> wildmenumode() ? "\<Down>\<Tab>" : "\<c-j>"
9537<
9538 (Note, this needs the 'wildcharm' option set appropriately).
9539
9540win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}]) *win_execute()*
9541 Like `execute()` but in the context of window {id}.
9542 The window will temporarily be made the current window,
9543 without triggering autocommands or changing directory. When
9544 executing {command} autocommands will be triggered, this may
9545 have unexpected side effects. Use |:noautocmd| if needed.
9546 Example: >
9547 call win_execute(winid, 'set syntax=python')
9548< Doing the same with `setwinvar()` would not trigger
9549 autocommands and not actually show syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009550 *E994*
9551 Not all commands are allowed in popup windows.
9552 When window {id} does not exist then no error is given and
9553 an empty string is returned.
9554
9555 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9556 second argument: >
9557 GetCommand()->win_execute(winid)
9558
9559win_findbuf({bufnr}) *win_findbuf()*
9560 Returns a |List| with |window-ID|s for windows that contain
9561 buffer {bufnr}. When there is none the list is empty.
9562
9563 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9564 GetBufnr()->win_findbuf()
9565
9566win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) *win_getid()*
9567 Get the |window-ID| for the specified window.
9568 When {win} is missing use the current window.
9569 With {win} this is the window number. The top window has
9570 number 1.
9571 Without {tab} use the current tab, otherwise the tab with
9572 number {tab}. The first tab has number one.
9573 Return zero if the window cannot be found.
9574
9575 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9576 GetWinnr()->win_getid()
9577
9578
9579win_gettype([{nr}]) *win_gettype()*
9580 Return the type of the window:
9581 "autocmd" autocommand window. Temporary window
9582 used to execute autocommands.
9583 "command" command-line window |cmdwin|
9584 (empty) normal window
9585 "loclist" |location-list-window|
9586 "popup" popup window |popup|
9587 "preview" preview window |preview-window|
9588 "quickfix" |quickfix-window|
9589 "unknown" window {nr} not found
9590
9591 When {nr} is omitted return the type of the current window.
9592 When {nr} is given return the type of this window by number or
9593 |window-ID|.
9594
9595 Also see the 'buftype' option. When running a terminal in a
9596 popup window then 'buftype' is "terminal" and win_gettype()
9597 returns "popup".
9598
9599 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9600 GetWinid()->win_gettype()
9601<
9602win_gotoid({expr}) *win_gotoid()*
9603 Go to window with ID {expr}. This may also change the current
9604 tabpage.
9605 Return TRUE if successful, FALSE if the window cannot be found.
9606
9607 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9608 GetWinid()->win_gotoid()
9609
9610win_id2tabwin({expr}) *win_id2tabwin()*
9611 Return a list with the tab number and window number of window
9612 with ID {expr}: [tabnr, winnr].
9613 Return [0, 0] if the window cannot be found.
9614
9615 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9616 GetWinid()->win_id2tabwin()
9617
9618win_id2win({expr}) *win_id2win()*
9619 Return the window number of window with ID {expr}.
9620 Return 0 if the window cannot be found in the current tabpage.
9621
9622 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9623 GetWinid()->win_id2win()
9624
Daniel Steinbergee630312022-01-10 13:36:34 +00009625win_move_separator({nr}, {offset}) *win_move_separator()*
9626 Move window {nr}'s vertical separator (i.e., the right border)
9627 by {offset} columns, as if being dragged by the mouse. {nr}
9628 can be a window number or |window-ID|. A positive {offset}
9629 moves right and a negative {offset} moves left. Moving a
9630 window's vertical separator will change the width of the
9631 window and the width of other windows adjacent to the vertical
9632 separator. The magnitude of movement may be smaller than
9633 specified (e.g., as a consequence of maintaining
9634 'winminwidth'). Returns TRUE if the window can be found and
9635 FALSE otherwise.
9636
9637 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9638 GetWinnr()->win_move_separator(offset)
9639
9640win_move_statusline({nr}, {offset}) *win_move_statusline()*
9641 Move window {nr}'s status line (i.e., the bottom border) by
9642 {offset} rows, as if being dragged by the mouse. {nr} can be a
9643 window number or |window-ID|. A positive {offset} moves down
9644 and a negative {offset} moves up. Moving a window's status
9645 line will change the height of the window and the height of
9646 other windows adjacent to the status line. The magnitude of
9647 movement may be smaller than specified (e.g., as a consequence
9648 of maintaining 'winminheight'). Returns TRUE if the window can
9649 be found and FALSE otherwise.
9650
9651 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9652 GetWinnr()->win_move_statusline(offset)
9653
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009654win_screenpos({nr}) *win_screenpos()*
9655 Return the screen position of window {nr} as a list with two
9656 numbers: [row, col]. The first window always has position
9657 [1, 1], unless there is a tabline, then it is [2, 1].
9658 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. Use zero
9659 for the current window.
9660 Returns [0, 0] if the window cannot be found in the current
9661 tabpage.
9662
9663 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9664 GetWinid()->win_screenpos()
9665<
9666win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}]) *win_splitmove()*
9667 Move the window {nr} to a new split of the window {target}.
9668 This is similar to moving to {target}, creating a new window
9669 using |:split| but having the same contents as window {nr}, and
9670 then closing {nr}.
9671
9672 Both {nr} and {target} can be window numbers or |window-ID|s.
9673 Both must be in the current tab page.
9674
9675 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
9676
9677 {options} is a |Dictionary| with the following optional entries:
9678 "vertical" When TRUE, the split is created vertically,
9679 like with |:vsplit|.
9680 "rightbelow" When TRUE, the split is made below or to the
9681 right (if vertical). When FALSE, it is done
9682 above or to the left (if vertical). When not
9683 present, the values of 'splitbelow' and
9684 'splitright' are used.
9685
9686 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9687 GetWinid()->win_splitmove(target)
9688<
9689
9690 *winbufnr()*
9691winbufnr({nr}) The result is a Number, which is the number of the buffer
9692 associated with window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or
9693 the |window-ID|.
9694 When {nr} is zero, the number of the buffer in the current
9695 window is returned.
9696 When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
9697 Example: >
9698 :echo "The file in the current window is " . bufname(winbufnr(0))
9699<
9700 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9701 FindWindow()->winbufnr()->bufname()
9702<
9703 *wincol()*
9704wincol() The result is a Number, which is the virtual column of the
9705 cursor in the window. This is counting screen cells from the
9706 left side of the window. The leftmost column is one.
9707
9708 *windowsversion()*
9709windowsversion()
9710 The result is a String. For MS-Windows it indicates the OS
9711 version. E.g, Windows 10 is "10.0", Windows 8 is "6.2",
9712 Windows XP is "5.1". For non-MS-Windows systems the result is
9713 an empty string.
9714
9715winheight({nr}) *winheight()*
9716 The result is a Number, which is the height of window {nr}.
9717 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
9718 When {nr} is zero, the height of the current window is
9719 returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
9720 An existing window always has a height of zero or more.
9721 This excludes any window toolbar line.
9722 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009723 :echo "The current window has " .. winheight(0) .. " lines."
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009724
9725< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9726 GetWinid()->winheight()
9727<
9728winlayout([{tabnr}]) *winlayout()*
9729 The result is a nested List containing the layout of windows
9730 in a tabpage.
9731
9732 Without {tabnr} use the current tabpage, otherwise the tabpage
9733 with number {tabnr}. If the tabpage {tabnr} is not found,
9734 returns an empty list.
9735
9736 For a leaf window, it returns:
9737 ['leaf', {winid}]
9738 For horizontally split windows, which form a column, it
9739 returns:
9740 ['col', [{nested list of windows}]]
9741 For vertically split windows, which form a row, it returns:
9742 ['row', [{nested list of windows}]]
9743
9744 Example: >
9745 " Only one window in the tab page
9746 :echo winlayout()
9747 ['leaf', 1000]
9748 " Two horizontally split windows
9749 :echo winlayout()
9750 ['col', [['leaf', 1000], ['leaf', 1001]]]
9751 " The second tab page, with three horizontally split
9752 " windows, with two vertically split windows in the
9753 " middle window
9754 :echo winlayout(2)
9755 ['col', [['leaf', 1002], ['row', [['leaf', 1003],
9756 ['leaf', 1001]]], ['leaf', 1000]]]
9757<
9758 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9759 GetTabnr()->winlayout()
9760<
9761 *winline()*
9762winline() The result is a Number, which is the screen line of the cursor
9763 in the window. This is counting screen lines from the top of
9764 the window. The first line is one.
9765 If the cursor was moved the view on the file will be updated
9766 first, this may cause a scroll.
9767
9768 *winnr()*
9769winnr([{arg}]) The result is a Number, which is the number of the current
9770 window. The top window has number 1.
9771 Returns zero for a popup window.
9772
9773 The optional argument {arg} supports the following values:
9774 $ the number of the last window (the window
9775 count).
9776 # the number of the last accessed window (where
9777 |CTRL-W_p| goes to). If there is no previous
9778 window or it is in another tab page 0 is
9779 returned.
9780 {N}j the number of the Nth window below the
9781 current window (where |CTRL-W_j| goes to).
9782 {N}k the number of the Nth window above the current
9783 window (where |CTRL-W_k| goes to).
9784 {N}h the number of the Nth window left of the
9785 current window (where |CTRL-W_h| goes to).
9786 {N}l the number of the Nth window right of the
9787 current window (where |CTRL-W_l| goes to).
9788 The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w"
9789 |:wincmd|.
9790 Also see |tabpagewinnr()| and |win_getid()|.
9791 Examples: >
9792 let window_count = winnr('$')
9793 let prev_window = winnr('#')
9794 let wnum = winnr('3k')
9795
9796< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9797 GetWinval()->winnr()
9798<
9799 *winrestcmd()*
9800winrestcmd() Returns a sequence of |:resize| commands that should restore
9801 the current window sizes. Only works properly when no windows
9802 are opened or closed and the current window and tab page is
9803 unchanged.
9804 Example: >
9805 :let cmd = winrestcmd()
9806 :call MessWithWindowSizes()
9807 :exe cmd
9808<
9809 *winrestview()*
9810winrestview({dict})
9811 Uses the |Dictionary| returned by |winsaveview()| to restore
9812 the view of the current window.
9813 Note: The {dict} does not have to contain all values, that are
9814 returned by |winsaveview()|. If values are missing, those
9815 settings won't be restored. So you can use: >
9816 :call winrestview({'curswant': 4})
9817<
9818 This will only set the curswant value (the column the cursor
9819 wants to move on vertical movements) of the cursor to column 5
9820 (yes, that is 5), while all other settings will remain the
9821 same. This is useful, if you set the cursor position manually.
9822
9823 If you have changed the values the result is unpredictable.
9824 If the window size changed the result won't be the same.
9825
9826 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9827 GetView()->winrestview()
9828<
9829 *winsaveview()*
9830winsaveview() Returns a |Dictionary| that contains information to restore
9831 the view of the current window. Use |winrestview()| to
9832 restore the view.
9833 This is useful if you have a mapping that jumps around in the
9834 buffer and you want to go back to the original view.
9835 This does not save fold information. Use the 'foldenable'
9836 option to temporarily switch off folding, so that folds are
9837 not opened when moving around. This may have side effects.
9838 The return value includes:
9839 lnum cursor line number
9840 col cursor column (Note: the first column
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00009841 zero, as opposed to what |getcurpos()|
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009842 returns)
9843 coladd cursor column offset for 'virtualedit'
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00009844 curswant column for vertical movement (Note:
9845 the first column is zero, as opposed
9846 to what |getcurpos()| returns). After
9847 |$| command it will be a very large
9848 number equal to |v:maxcol|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009849 topline first line in the window
9850 topfill filler lines, only in diff mode
9851 leftcol first column displayed; only used when
9852 'wrap' is off
9853 skipcol columns skipped
9854 Note that no option values are saved.
9855
9856
9857winwidth({nr}) *winwidth()*
9858 The result is a Number, which is the width of window {nr}.
9859 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
9860 When {nr} is zero, the width of the current window is
9861 returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
9862 An existing window always has a width of zero or more.
9863 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009864 :echo "The current window has " .. winwidth(0) .. " columns."
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009865 :if winwidth(0) <= 50
9866 : 50 wincmd |
9867 :endif
9868< For getting the terminal or screen size, see the 'columns'
9869 option.
9870
9871 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9872 GetWinid()->winwidth()
9873
9874
9875wordcount() *wordcount()*
9876 The result is a dictionary of byte/chars/word statistics for
9877 the current buffer. This is the same info as provided by
9878 |g_CTRL-G|
9879 The return value includes:
9880 bytes Number of bytes in the buffer
9881 chars Number of chars in the buffer
9882 words Number of words in the buffer
9883 cursor_bytes Number of bytes before cursor position
9884 (not in Visual mode)
9885 cursor_chars Number of chars before cursor position
9886 (not in Visual mode)
9887 cursor_words Number of words before cursor position
9888 (not in Visual mode)
9889 visual_bytes Number of bytes visually selected
9890 (only in Visual mode)
9891 visual_chars Number of chars visually selected
9892 (only in Visual mode)
9893 visual_words Number of words visually selected
9894 (only in Visual mode)
9895
9896
9897 *writefile()*
9898writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}])
9899 When {object} is a |List| write it to file {fname}. Each list
9900 item is separated with a NL. Each list item must be a String
9901 or Number.
9902 When {flags} contains "b" then binary mode is used: There will
9903 not be a NL after the last list item. An empty item at the
9904 end does cause the last line in the file to end in a NL.
9905
9906 When {object} is a |Blob| write the bytes to file {fname}
9907 unmodified.
9908
9909 When {flags} contains "a" then append mode is used, lines are
9910 appended to the file: >
9911 :call writefile(["foo"], "event.log", "a")
9912 :call writefile(["bar"], "event.log", "a")
9913<
9914 When {flags} contains "s" then fsync() is called after writing
9915 the file. This flushes the file to disk, if possible. This
9916 takes more time but avoids losing the file if the system
9917 crashes.
9918 When {flags} does not contain "S" or "s" then fsync() is
9919 called if the 'fsync' option is set.
9920 When {flags} contains "S" then fsync() is not called, even
9921 when 'fsync' is set.
9922
9923 All NL characters are replaced with a NUL character.
9924 Inserting CR characters needs to be done before passing {list}
9925 to writefile().
9926 An existing file is overwritten, if possible.
9927 When the write fails -1 is returned, otherwise 0. There is an
9928 error message if the file can't be created or when writing
9929 fails.
9930 Also see |readfile()|.
9931 To copy a file byte for byte: >
9932 :let fl = readfile("foo", "b")
9933 :call writefile(fl, "foocopy", "b")
9934
9935< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9936 GetText()->writefile("thefile")
9937
9938
9939xor({expr}, {expr}) *xor()*
9940 Bitwise XOR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
9941 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
9942 Example: >
9943 :let bits = xor(bits, 0x80)
9944<
9945 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9946 :let bits = bits->xor(0x80)
9947<
9948
9949==============================================================================
99503. Feature list *feature-list*
9951
9952There are three types of features:
99531. Features that are only supported when they have been enabled when Vim
9954 was compiled |+feature-list|. Example: >
9955 :if has("cindent")
9956< *gui_running*
99572. Features that are only supported when certain conditions have been met.
9958 Example: >
9959 :if has("gui_running")
9960< *has-patch*
99613. Beyond a certain version or at a certain version and including a specific
9962 patch. The "patch-7.4.248" feature means that the Vim version is 7.5 or
9963 later, or it is version 7.4 and patch 248 was included. Example: >
9964 :if has("patch-7.4.248")
9965< Note that it's possible for patch 248 to be omitted even though 249 is
9966 included. Only happens when cherry-picking patches.
9967 Note that this form only works for patch 7.4.237 and later, before that
9968 you need to check for the patch and the v:version. Example (checking
9969 version 6.2.148 or later): >
9970 :if v:version > 602 || (v:version == 602 && has("patch148"))
9971
9972Hint: To find out if Vim supports backslashes in a file name (MS-Windows),
9973use: `if exists('+shellslash')`
9974
9975
9976acl Compiled with |ACL| support.
9977all_builtin_terms Compiled with all builtin terminals enabled.
9978amiga Amiga version of Vim.
9979arabic Compiled with Arabic support |Arabic|.
9980arp Compiled with ARP support (Amiga).
9981autocmd Compiled with autocommand support. (always true)
9982autochdir Compiled with support for 'autochdir'
9983autoservername Automatically enable |clientserver|
9984balloon_eval Compiled with |balloon-eval| support.
9985balloon_multiline GUI supports multiline balloons.
9986beos BeOS version of Vim.
9987browse Compiled with |:browse| support, and browse() will
9988 work.
9989browsefilter Compiled with support for |browsefilter|.
9990bsd Compiled on an OS in the BSD family (excluding macOS).
9991builtin_terms Compiled with some builtin terminals.
9992byte_offset Compiled with support for 'o' in 'statusline'
9993channel Compiled with support for |channel| and |job|
9994cindent Compiled with 'cindent' support.
9995clientserver Compiled with remote invocation support |clientserver|.
9996clipboard Compiled with 'clipboard' support.
9997clipboard_working Compiled with 'clipboard' support and it can be used.
9998cmdline_compl Compiled with |cmdline-completion| support.
9999cmdline_hist Compiled with |cmdline-history| support.
10000cmdline_info Compiled with 'showcmd' and 'ruler' support.
10001comments Compiled with |'comments'| support.
10002compatible Compiled to be very Vi compatible.
10003conpty Platform where |ConPTY| can be used.
10004cryptv Compiled with encryption support |encryption|.
10005cscope Compiled with |cscope| support.
10006cursorbind Compiled with |'cursorbind'| (always true)
10007debug Compiled with "DEBUG" defined.
10008dialog_con Compiled with console dialog support.
10009dialog_gui Compiled with GUI dialog support.
10010diff Compiled with |vimdiff| and 'diff' support.
10011digraphs Compiled with support for digraphs.
10012directx Compiled with support for DirectX and 'renderoptions'.
10013dnd Compiled with support for the "~ register |quote_~|.
10014drop_file Compiled with |drop_file| support.
10015ebcdic Compiled on a machine with ebcdic character set.
10016emacs_tags Compiled with support for Emacs tags.
10017eval Compiled with expression evaluation support. Always
10018 true, of course!
10019ex_extra |+ex_extra| (always true)
10020extra_search Compiled with support for |'incsearch'| and
10021 |'hlsearch'|
10022farsi Support for Farsi was removed |farsi|.
10023file_in_path Compiled with support for |gf| and |<cfile>|
10024filterpipe When 'shelltemp' is off pipes are used for shell
10025 read/write/filter commands
10026find_in_path Compiled with support for include file searches
10027 |+find_in_path|.
10028float Compiled with support for |Float|.
10029fname_case Case in file names matters (for Amiga and MS-Windows
10030 this is not present).
10031folding Compiled with |folding| support.
10032footer Compiled with GUI footer support. |gui-footer|
10033fork Compiled to use fork()/exec() instead of system().
10034gettext Compiled with message translation |multi-lang|
10035gui Compiled with GUI enabled.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010010036gui_athena Compiled with Athena GUI (always false).
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +000010037gui_gnome Compiled with Gnome support (gui_gtk is also defined).
10038gui_gtk Compiled with GTK+ GUI (any version).
10039gui_gtk2 Compiled with GTK+ 2 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined).
10040gui_gtk3 Compiled with GTK+ 3 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined).
10041gui_haiku Compiled with Haiku GUI.
10042gui_mac Compiled with Macintosh GUI.
10043gui_motif Compiled with Motif GUI.
10044gui_photon Compiled with Photon GUI.
10045gui_running Vim is running in the GUI, or it will start soon.
10046gui_win32 Compiled with MS-Windows Win32 GUI.
10047gui_win32s idem, and Win32s system being used (Windows 3.1)
10048haiku Haiku version of Vim.
10049hangul_input Compiled with Hangul input support. |hangul|
10050hpux HP-UX version of Vim.
10051iconv Can use iconv() for conversion.
10052insert_expand Compiled with support for CTRL-X expansion commands in
10053 Insert mode. (always true)
10054job Compiled with support for |channel| and |job|
10055ipv6 Compiled with support for IPv6 networking in |channel|.
10056jumplist Compiled with |jumplist| support.
10057keymap Compiled with 'keymap' support.
10058lambda Compiled with |lambda| support.
10059langmap Compiled with 'langmap' support.
10060libcall Compiled with |libcall()| support.
10061linebreak Compiled with 'linebreak', 'breakat', 'showbreak' and
10062 'breakindent' support.
10063linux Linux version of Vim.
10064lispindent Compiled with support for lisp indenting.
10065listcmds Compiled with commands for the buffer list |:files|
10066 and the argument list |arglist|.
10067localmap Compiled with local mappings and abbr. |:map-local|
10068lua Compiled with Lua interface |Lua|.
10069mac Any Macintosh version of Vim cf. osx
10070macunix Synonym for osxdarwin
10071menu Compiled with support for |:menu|.
10072mksession Compiled with support for |:mksession|.
10073modify_fname Compiled with file name modifiers. |filename-modifiers|
10074 (always true)
10075mouse Compiled with support for mouse.
10076mouse_dec Compiled with support for Dec terminal mouse.
10077mouse_gpm Compiled with support for gpm (Linux console mouse)
10078mouse_gpm_enabled GPM mouse is working
10079mouse_netterm Compiled with support for netterm mouse.
10080mouse_pterm Compiled with support for qnx pterm mouse.
10081mouse_sysmouse Compiled with support for sysmouse (*BSD console mouse)
10082mouse_sgr Compiled with support for sgr mouse.
10083mouse_urxvt Compiled with support for urxvt mouse.
10084mouse_xterm Compiled with support for xterm mouse.
10085mouseshape Compiled with support for 'mouseshape'.
10086multi_byte Compiled with support for 'encoding' (always true)
10087multi_byte_encoding 'encoding' is set to a multibyte encoding.
10088multi_byte_ime Compiled with support for IME input method.
10089multi_lang Compiled with support for multiple languages.
10090mzscheme Compiled with MzScheme interface |mzscheme|.
10091nanotime Compiled with sub-second time stamp checks.
10092netbeans_enabled Compiled with support for |netbeans| and connected.
10093netbeans_intg Compiled with support for |netbeans|.
10094num64 Compiled with 64-bit |Number| support.
10095ole Compiled with OLE automation support for Win32.
10096osx Compiled for macOS cf. mac
10097osxdarwin Compiled for macOS, with |mac-darwin-feature|
10098packages Compiled with |packages| support.
10099path_extra Compiled with up/downwards search in 'path' and 'tags'
10100perl Compiled with Perl interface.
10101persistent_undo Compiled with support for persistent undo history.
10102postscript Compiled with PostScript file printing.
10103printer Compiled with |:hardcopy| support.
10104profile Compiled with |:profile| support.
10105python Python 2.x interface available. |has-python|
10106python_compiled Compiled with Python 2.x interface. |has-python|
10107python_dynamic Python 2.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python|
10108python3 Python 3.x interface available. |has-python|
10109python3_compiled Compiled with Python 3.x interface. |has-python|
10110python3_dynamic Python 3.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python|
10111pythonx Python 2.x and/or 3.x interface available. |python_x|
10112qnx QNX version of Vim.
10113quickfix Compiled with |quickfix| support.
10114reltime Compiled with |reltime()| support.
10115rightleft Compiled with 'rightleft' support.
10116ruby Compiled with Ruby interface |ruby|.
10117scrollbind Compiled with 'scrollbind' support. (always true)
10118showcmd Compiled with 'showcmd' support.
10119signs Compiled with |:sign| support.
10120smartindent Compiled with 'smartindent' support.
10121sodium Compiled with libsodium for better crypt support
10122sound Compiled with sound support, e.g. `sound_playevent()`
10123spell Compiled with spell checking support |spell|.
10124startuptime Compiled with |--startuptime| support.
10125statusline Compiled with support for 'statusline', 'rulerformat'
10126 and special formats of 'titlestring' and 'iconstring'.
10127sun SunOS version of Vim.
10128sun_workshop Support for Sun |workshop| has been removed.
10129syntax Compiled with syntax highlighting support |syntax|.
10130syntax_items There are active syntax highlighting items for the
10131 current buffer.
10132system Compiled to use system() instead of fork()/exec().
10133tag_binary Compiled with binary searching in tags files
10134 |tag-binary-search|.
10135tag_old_static Support for old static tags was removed, see
10136 |tag-old-static|.
10137tcl Compiled with Tcl interface.
10138termguicolors Compiled with true color in terminal support.
10139terminal Compiled with |terminal| support.
10140terminfo Compiled with terminfo instead of termcap.
10141termresponse Compiled with support for |t_RV| and |v:termresponse|.
10142textobjects Compiled with support for |text-objects|.
10143textprop Compiled with support for |text-properties|.
10144tgetent Compiled with tgetent support, able to use a termcap
10145 or terminfo file.
10146timers Compiled with |timer_start()| support.
10147title Compiled with window title support |'title'|.
10148toolbar Compiled with support for |gui-toolbar|.
10149ttyin input is a terminal (tty)
10150ttyout output is a terminal (tty)
10151unix Unix version of Vim. *+unix*
10152unnamedplus Compiled with support for "unnamedplus" in 'clipboard'
10153user_commands User-defined commands. (always true)
10154vartabs Compiled with variable tabstop support |'vartabstop'|.
10155vcon Win32: Virtual console support is working, can use
10156 'termguicolors'. Also see |+vtp|.
10157vertsplit Compiled with vertically split windows |:vsplit|.
10158 (always true)
10159vim_starting True while initial source'ing takes place. |startup|
10160 *vim_starting*
Bram Moolenaara6feb162022-01-02 12:06:33 +000010161vim9script Compiled with |Vim9| script support
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +000010162viminfo Compiled with viminfo support.
10163vimscript-1 Compiled Vim script version 1 support
10164vimscript-2 Compiled Vim script version 2 support
10165vimscript-3 Compiled Vim script version 3 support
10166virtualedit Compiled with 'virtualedit' option. (always true)
10167visual Compiled with Visual mode. (always true)
10168visualextra Compiled with extra Visual mode commands. (always
10169 true) |blockwise-operators|.
10170vms VMS version of Vim.
10171vreplace Compiled with |gR| and |gr| commands. (always true)
10172vtp Compiled for vcon support |+vtp| (check vcon to find
10173 out if it works in the current console).
10174wildignore Compiled with 'wildignore' option.
10175wildmenu Compiled with 'wildmenu' option.
10176win16 old version for MS-Windows 3.1 (always false)
10177win32 Win32 version of Vim (MS-Windows 95 and later, 32 or
10178 64 bits)
10179win32unix Win32 version of Vim, using Unix files (Cygwin)
10180win64 Win64 version of Vim (MS-Windows 64 bit).
10181win95 Win32 version for MS-Windows 95/98/ME (always false)
10182winaltkeys Compiled with 'winaltkeys' option.
10183windows Compiled with support for more than one window.
10184 (always true)
10185writebackup Compiled with 'writebackup' default on.
10186xfontset Compiled with X fontset support |xfontset|.
10187xim Compiled with X input method support |xim|.
10188xpm Compiled with pixmap support.
10189xpm_w32 Compiled with pixmap support for Win32. (Only for
10190 backward compatibility. Use "xpm" instead.)
10191xsmp Compiled with X session management support.
10192xsmp_interact Compiled with interactive X session management support.
10193xterm_clipboard Compiled with support for xterm clipboard.
10194xterm_save Compiled with support for saving and restoring the
10195 xterm screen.
10196x11 Compiled with X11 support.
10197
10198
10199==============================================================================
102004. Matching a pattern in a String *string-match*
10201
10202This is common between several functions. A regexp pattern as explained at
10203|pattern| is normally used to find a match in the buffer lines. When a
10204pattern is used to find a match in a String, almost everything works in the
10205same way. The difference is that a String is handled like it is one line.
10206When it contains a "\n" character, this is not seen as a line break for the
10207pattern. It can be matched with a "\n" in the pattern, or with ".". Example:
10208>
10209 :let a = "aaaa\nxxxx"
10210 :echo matchstr(a, "..\n..")
10211 aa
10212 xx
10213 :echo matchstr(a, "a.x")
10214 a
10215 x
10216
10217Don't forget that "^" will only match at the first character of the String and
10218"$" at the last character of the string. They don't match after or before a
10219"\n".
10220
10221 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: