Edward L. Fox wrote:
Hi VIMmers,
According to the user manual ":h statusline", we should be able to
evaluate a customized function to generate the statusline text:
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When the option starts with "%!" then it is used as an expression,
evaluated and the result is used as the option value. Example:
:set statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
The result can contain %{} items that will be evaluated too.
-------------------- 8< --------------------
But...
-------------------- 8< --------------------
:function! MyStatusLine()
: return 'test'
:endfunction
:set statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
-------------------- 8< --------------------
VIM complains:
E539: Illegal character <!>: statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
What seems to be the matter?
Regards,
Edward L. Fox
IIRC, %! is new in version 7. Are you by any chance using v7 help with a
v6 executable?
Do ":help 'statusline'" then look at the replies to
:echo expand("%:p")
:set helpfile?
:echo $VIMRUNTIME
:echo version
On my gvim 7.0 for Linux I see respectively
/usr/local/share/vim/vim70/doc/options.txt
helpfile=/usr/local/share/vim/vim70/doc/help.txt
/usr/local/share/vim/vim70
700
On other installations, /usr/local/share/vim may be replaced by
something else, which should end in vim; but the version numbers in the
4 lines should agree.
See also http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=848 about having
more than one version of Vim coexisting peacefully on a single machine.
Best regards,
Tony.
