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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2005-07-28 22:28:16 +0000
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2005-07-28 22:28:16 +0000
commitcfc7d63267e68168b5fb068d8ee1e763ed4aa6a0 (patch)
tree55f9ab4b76bdcf34ef4e79b9e92bdbcb8b54b82d /runtime/doc/message.txt
parent87e25fdf80c7b45deee9c59389b51503e906d93b (diff)
updated for version 7.0118
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/message.txt b/runtime/doc/message.txt
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+++ b/runtime/doc/message.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*message.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Jul 27
+*message.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Jul 28
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ depends on the 'shortmess' option.
The number of remembered messages is fixed at 20.
+ *g<*
+The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
+This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-return
+prompt.
+Note: when you stopped the output with "q" at the more prompt only up to that
+point will be displayed.
+The previous command output is cleared when another command produces output.
+
If you are using translated messages, the first printed line tells who
maintains the messages or the translations. You can use this to contact the
maintainer when you spot a mistake.
@@ -728,8 +736,8 @@ and the screen is about to be redrawn:
-> Press <Enter> or <Space> to redraw the screen and continue, without that
key being used otherwise.
-> Press ':' or any other Normal mode command character to start that command.
--> Press 'k', 'u' or 'b' to scroll back in the messages. This works the same
- way as at the |more-prompt|. Only works when 'compatible' is off and
+-> Press 'k', 'u', 'b' or 'g' to scroll back in the messages. This works the
+ same way as at the |more-prompt|. Only works when 'compatible' is off and
'more' is on.
-> Press <C-Y> to copy (yank) a modeless selection to the clipboard register.
-> Use a menu. The characters defined for Cmdline-mode are used.
@@ -739,6 +747,9 @@ and the screen is about to be redrawn:
pressing <Space>.
{Vi: only ":" commands are interpreted}
+If you accidentally hit <Enter> or <Space> and you want to see the displayed
+text then use |g<|. This only works when 'more' is set.
+
To reduce the number of hit-enter prompts:
- Set 'cmdheight' to 2 or higher.
- Add flags to 'shortmess'.
@@ -760,10 +771,13 @@ Type effect ~
<CR> or <NL> or j or <Down> one more line
d down a page (half a screen)
<Space> or <PageDown> down a screen
+ G down all the way, until the hit-enter
+ prompt
<BS> or k or <Up> one line back (*)
u up a page (half a screen) (*)
b or <PageUp> back a screen (*)
+ g back to the start (*)
q, <Esc> or CTRL-C stop the listing
: stop the listing and enter a