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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2020-05-31 15:41:57 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2020-05-31 15:41:57 +0200
commitcfb4b47de08e4437c692d382067dc1692cd83c23 (patch)
tree351716a60d481c4bf2b437d095875b2353b7840f /runtime
parentaaad995f8384a77a64efba6846c9c4ac99de0953 (diff)
patch 8.2.0861: cannot easily get all the current marksv8.2.0861
Problem: Cannot easily get all the current marks. Solution: Add getmarklist(). (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closes #6032)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt20
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/usr_41.txt1
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 11cc772b2f..75936679f9 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2497,6 +2497,7 @@ getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
getline({lnum}) String line {lnum} of current buffer
getline({lnum}, {end}) List lines {lnum} to {end} of current buffer
getloclist({nr} [, {what}]) List list of location list items
+getmarklist([{expr}]) List list of global/local marks
getmatches([{win}]) List list of current matches
getmousepos() Dict last known mouse position
getpid() Number process ID of Vim
@@ -5365,6 +5366,25 @@ getloclist({nr} [, {what}]) *getloclist()*
|location-list-file-window| for more
details.
+getmarklist([{expr}] *getmarklist()*
+ Without the {expr} argument returns a |List| with information
+ about all the global marks. |mark|
+
+ If the optional {expr} argument is specified, returns the
+ local marks defined in buffer {expr}. For the use of {expr},
+ see |bufname()|.
+
+ Each item in the retuned List is a |Dict| with the following:
+ name - name of the mark prefixed by "'"
+ pos - a |List| with the position of the mark:
+ [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
+ Refer to |getpos()| for more information.
+ file - file name
+
+ Refer to |getpos()| for getting information about a specific
+ mark.
+
+
getmatches([{win}]) *getmatches()*
Returns a |List| with all matches previously defined for the
current window by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
index 8fece1a177..2642e0b39e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ Cursor and mark position: *cursor-functions* *mark-functions*
getcurpos() get position of the cursor
getpos() get position of cursor, mark, etc.
setpos() set position of cursor, mark, etc.
+ getmarklist() list of global/local marks
byte2line() get line number at a specific byte count
line2byte() byte count at a specific line
diff_filler() get the number of filler lines above a line