On 10/11/07, Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 10/11/07, ap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > On Oct 10, 10:22 pm, "Yakov Lerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > :help :! says:
> > > :silent !{cmd}
> > > The screen is not redrawn then, thus you have to use
> > > CTRL-L or ":redraw!" if the command did display something.
> > >
> > > The last part ("if the command did display something") is not true.
> > > In console vim, screen is always grabled after ':silent !CMD"
> > > even if CMD did not print anything. (try ':silent !true' after ':help
> > > help').
> > > The correct wording would be:
> > >
> > > :silent !{cmd}
> > > The screen is not redrawn then, thus you have to use
> > > CTRL-L or ":redraw!" even if the command did not display anything.
> > >
> > > Yakov
> >
> > logic nitpicking:
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>
> I forgot to include the testcase that demonstrates
> the discrepancy between the doc and the reality. Here it is:
>
> vim -u NONE
> :help help " get some text on screen, and statuslines
> :silent :true " The screen is garbled. Now you need Ctrl-L.
>
Oops. This sould have veen
:silent !true " The screen is garbled. Now you need Ctrl-L.
console vim, Linux, v 7.1.2.
This is noting new. I had always have this behavour since 6.3 times.
In GUI vim, the sceen seems to be not garbled in such scenario.
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