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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2014-08-29 15:53:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2014-08-29 15:53:52 +0200 |
| commit | 52a7246f015be40e54007c0c3a1d9e37dc14045a (patch) | |
| tree | fe02ec88208f11b62e7e38c9621de3ffb1b9985d /runtime | |
| parent | 96f3a49b3bab421edebff24f070634ae876edd7f (diff) | |
updated for version 7.4.427v7.4.427
Problem: When an InsertCharPre autocommand executes system() typeahead may
be echoed and messes up the display. (Jacob Niehus)
Solution: Do not set cooked mode when invoked from ":silent".
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 9aa97b7f76..688fc38eb8 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -6093,6 +6093,12 @@ system({expr} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677* list items converted to NULs). Pipes are not used. + When prepended by |:silent| the shell will not be set to + cooked mode. This is meant to be used for commands that do + not need the user to type. It avoids stray characters showing + up on the screen which require |CTRL-L| to remove. > + :silent let f = system('ls *.vim') +< Note: Use |shellescape()| or |::S| with |expand()| or |fnamemodify()| to escape special characters in a command argument. Newlines in {expr} may cause the command to fail. |