On 4/27/06, Hari Krishna Dara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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.I'll try to find how to fix it. It will take me at least several days. Yakov
