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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2011-10-20 21:58:34 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2011-10-20 21:58:34 +0200
commite3cc6d422367e5d7a0a15c69480313644caefd01 (patch)
tree57d417b4eaa46fd4eddf962e724cdf8829f3ad0b /runtime/doc/netbeans.txt
parent6cc00c75c1349821e95c6128da55110463bab208 (diff)
updated for version 7.3.346v7.3.346
Problem: It's hard to test netbeans commands. Solution: Process netbeans commands after :sleep. (Xavier de Gaye)
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@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ The messages are currently sent over a socket. Since the messages are in
plain UTF-8 text this protocol could also be used with any other communication
mechanism.
+Netbeans messages are processed when Vim is idle, waiting for user input.
+When Vim is run in non-interactive mode, for example when running an automated
+test case that sources a Vim script, the idle loop may not be called often
+enough. In that case, insert |sleep| commands in the Vim script. The |sleep|
+command does invoke Netbeans messages processing.
+
6.1 Kinds of messages |nb-messages|
6.2 Terms |nb-terms|
6.3 Commands |nb-commands|
@@ -833,11 +839,16 @@ These errors occur when a message violates the protocol:
signs.
*:nbkey*
-:nb[key] {key} Pass the {key} to the Vim Controller for processing
-
-When a hot-key has been installed with the specialKeys command, this command
-can be used to generate a hotkey messages to the Vim Controller. The events
-newDotAndMark, keyCommand and keyAtPos are generated (in this order).
+:nb[key] {key} Pass the {key} to the Vim Controller for processing.
+ When a hot-key has been installed with the specialKeys
+ command, this command can be used to generate a hotkey
+ message to the Vim Controller.
+ This command can also be used to pass any text to the
+ Vim Controller. It is used by Pyclewn, for example,
+ to build the complete set of gdb commands as Vim user
+ commands.
+ The events newDotAndMark, keyCommand and keyAtPos are
+ generated (in this order).
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