Charles Campbell wrote: > Daryl Lee wrote: > > >I am working my way through the :help scripting explanation > >(usr_41.txt) and I have a question about the :@" command. I ran the > >sample given in the explanation, where the "simple example" is: > > > > :let i = 1 > > :while i < 5 > > : echo "count is" i > > : let i += 1 > > :endwhile > > > >And the expected output is > > > > count is 1 > > count is 2 > > count is 3 > > count is 4 > > > >What I got was > > > >:^I:let i = 1 > >:^I:while i < 5 > >: ^I: echo "count is" i > >count is 1 > >: ^I: let i += 1 > >: ^I:endwhile > >count is 2 > >count is 3 > >count is 4 > > > >Obviously, something is causing the commands to be echoed. I tried > >copying the lines into a separate buffer and deleting the colons, but > >that didn't fix the problem. Is there something that should be set > >and isn't? > > > > > Hello, Bram! > > I thought I'd try to bring this to your attention, as I'm not at all > sure that you sift through the vim > mailing group as assiduously as you do the vim-dev mailing group. This > example comes from > usr_41.txt, lines 44-66. I get the same output as does Daryl Lee (vim > 7.0 patches 1-153). Seems that > either the documentation needs changing, the example needs a tweak > (because the code snippet does work when saved as a file and then > sourced), or something perhaps is wrong with :@" .
It might be that :@" is not supposed to echo the commands. I'll look into that. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 129. You cancel your newspaper subscription. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
