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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2021-10-13 15:04:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2021-10-13 15:04:34 +0100 |
| commit | 7b829268921e8fc1c63c34d245063c1c4e7d21af (patch) | |
| tree | a98bfde122c275ec816159fadb69b7280d1dc380 /runtime | |
| parent | fff10d9a76099aa9b944f3c33a911127ca1a0c72 (diff) | |
patch 8.2.3503: Vim9: using g:pat:cmd is confusingv8.2.3503
Problem: Vim9: using g:pat:cmd is confusing.
Solution: Do not recognize g: as the :global command. Also for s:pat:repl.
(closes #8982)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/vim9.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt index b6feebf84f..b661097805 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/vim9.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/vim9.txt @@ -942,9 +942,22 @@ Ex command ranges need to be prefixed with a colon. > Some Ex commands can be confused with assignments in Vim9 script: > g:name = value # assignment - g:pattern:cmd # invalid command - ERROR :g:pattern:cmd # :global command +To avoid confusion between a `:global` or `:substitute` command and an +expression or assignment, a few separators cannot be used when these commands +are abbreviated to a single character: ':', '-' and '.'. > + g:pattern:cmd # invalid command - ERROR + s:pattern:repl # invalid command - ERROR + g-pattern-cmd # invalid command - ERROR + s-pattern-repl # invalid command - ERROR + g.pattern.cmd # invalid command - ERROR + s.pattern.repl # invalid command - ERROR + +Also, there cannot be a space between the command and the separator: > + g /pattern/cmd # invalid command - ERROR + s /pattern/repl # invalid command - ERROR + Functions defined with `:def` compile the whole function. Legacy functions can bail out, and the following lines are not parsed: > func Maybe() |