I am trying to use feedkeys() to give input to a Vim command that is
expecting input from the user, and it works if the command is not
executed using :silent prefix. Here is an example (executed on JDK 1.4.2
source):
:ta Integer
tag 1 of 11 or more
:call feedkeys("4\<CR>") | ts
<takes me to the 4th tag>
If I prefix the :ts command with :silent, this doesn't work, and the fed
keys are handled by Vim as normal mode commands.
:call feedkeys("4\<CR>") | silent ts
I was doing this (feeding keys) in Vim 6.3 using a dynamic mapping,
which suffered from the same problem, so had to use the command without
silent, and that is a big usability issue, so was really hoping that
feedkeys() will solve this problem, but unfortuately it doesn't.
Also, I just observed that while experimenting with feedkeys(), Vim went
into a loop. It responds to ^C with a beep, but ignores all my other
keys. It essentially stopped responding to user input (keyboard and
mouse), but quit gracefully when I hit the window close button. Here is
how to reproduce it (again using JDK 1.4.2 source, but should work on
any tags):
:ta Integer
:ta Integer
:call feedkeys("4\<CR>") | silent ts
^T
:call feedkeys("4\<CR>") | silent ts
E426: tag not found: Integer
<non-responding Vim>
The "^T" is to return back to the previous tag in the stack.
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Thanks,
Hari
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