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| author | zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com> | 2022-09-12 13:38:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2022-09-12 13:38:41 +0100 |
| commit | cdc839353f68ca43db6446e1b727fc7ba657b738 (patch) | |
| tree | 0729860faa774e594b183ce0823ae23776b92701 /runtime/doc/builtin.txt | |
| parent | 5a4eb55122e45444d3a6c56ce108ce29bc8e52ab (diff) | |
patch 9.0.0449: there is no easy way to translate a key code into a stringv9.0.0449
Problem: There is no easy way to translate a string with a key code into a
readable string.
Solution: Add the keytrans() function. (closes #11114)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/builtin.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/builtin.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt index 3448ed5855..fb8b116010 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt @@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ js_encode({expr}) String encode JS style JSON json_decode({string}) any decode JSON json_encode({expr}) String encode JSON keys({dict}) List keys in {dict} +keytrans({string}) String translate internal keycodes to a form + that can be used by |:map| len({expr}) Number the length of {expr} libcall({lib}, {func}, {arg}) String call {func} in library {lib} with {arg} libcallnr({lib}, {func}, {arg}) Number idem, but return a Number @@ -5205,6 +5207,16 @@ keys({dict}) *keys()* Can also be used as a |method|: > mydict->keys() +keytrans({string}) *keytrans()* + Turn the internal byte representation of keys into a form that + can be used for |:map|. E.g. > + :let xx = "\<C-Home>" + :echo keytrans(xx) +< <C-Home> + + Can also be used as a |method|: > + "\<C-Home>"->keytrans() + < *len()* *E701* len({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument. When {expr} is a String or a Number the length in bytes is |