Yegappan wrote:
> When converting test29 into a new style test, I came across several
> instances where multiple lines of text need to be stored in a variable.
> I used the following method to do it:
>
> new
> insert
> some text
> some text
> some text
> .
>
> let text = getline(1, '$')
>
> You can also use a list literal to store the lines. But it is not readable.
>
> It will be useful to support a HERE document syntax for assigning multiple
> lines of text to a variable. Something along the lines of (similar to the
> shell
> here document syntax):
>
> let text <<HERE
> some text
> some text
> HERE
Yeah, the list syntax is OK, but when the text contains quotes it gets a
bit messy.
We already use this for Python, Lua, etc.
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