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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2020-04-12 17:53:12 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2020-04-12 17:53:12 +0200
commitbfe13ccc58ccb96f243a58309800410db1ccb52c (patch)
tree9b11760d9a0a5bfbdfeda140c0f795e80844a556 /runtime/doc/channel.txt
parentc5f1ef53c24cc0c9f7b2131609e916f913634feb (diff)
patch 8.2.0557: no IPv6 support for channelsv8.2.0557
Problem: No IPv6 support for channels. Solution: Add IPv6 support. (Ozaki Kiichi, closes #5893)
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/channel.txt b/runtime/doc/channel.txt
index 3fa05083cb..42e00c7ae7 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/channel.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/channel.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ Use |ch_status()| to see if the channel could be opened.
{address} has the form "hostname:port". E.g., "localhost:8765".
+When using an IPv6 address, enclose it within square brackets. E.g.,
+"[2001:db8::1]:8765".
+
{options} is a dictionary with optional entries: *channel-open-options*
"mode" can be: *channel-mode*
@@ -621,6 +624,9 @@ ch_open({address} [, {options}]) *ch_open()*
{address} has the form "hostname:port", e.g.,
"localhost:8765".
+ When using an IPv6 address, enclose it within square brackets.
+ E.g., "[2001:db8::1]:8765".
+
If {options} is given it must be a |Dictionary|.
See |channel-open-options|.