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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/eval.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index cdf8d72bb2..b09742df81 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -1819,7 +1819,8 @@ getmatches() List list of current matches getpid() Number process ID of Vim getpos( {expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc. getqflist() List list of quickfix items -getreg( [{regname} [, 1]]) String contents of register +getreg( [{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) + String or List contents of register getregtype( [{regname}]) String type of register gettabvar( {nr}, {varname} [, {def}]) any variable {varname} in tab {nr} or {def} @@ -3467,7 +3468,7 @@ getqflist() *getqflist()* :endfor -getreg([{regname} [, 1]]) *getreg()* +getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) *getreg()* The result is a String, which is the contents of register {regname}. Example: > :let cliptext = getreg('*') @@ -3476,6 +3477,11 @@ getreg([{regname} [, 1]]) *getreg()* getreg('=', 1) returns the expression itself, so that it can be restored with |setreg()|. For other registers the extra argument is ignored, thus you can always give it. + If {list} is present and non-zero result type is changed to + |List|. Each list item is one text line. Use it if you care + about zero bytes possibly present inside register: without + third argument both NLs and zero bytes are represented as NLs + (see |NL-used-for-Nul|). If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used. |