Tony wrote:
> I just noticed that hitting : without a command name is a valid > ex-command which does nothing (other than going to a range if there is > one). I propose to document it, see attached patch. > > The range (if present) can IIUC be any valid range, not just an > absolute line number but also e.g. a relative line number or even a > search command. If there is not even a range, then no error is given > and nothing happens, just like when reading an empty line in a sourced > script. > > I don't know of what use it would be to type : with neither a range > nor a command, but who knows? OTOH it "makes logical" what happens > when typing :1234 (go to line 1234) or even :1000;/sometext (go to the > first line containing "sometext" after line 1000); and IIUC the "Vim > philosophy" is that every feature should be documented, and to my mind > "this isn't a bug, it's a feature". ;-) Using the range to jump to a line is documented at ":help :range". Weirdly ":" does nothing, but ":|" prints the current line. -- In Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22", the main character tries to get out of a war by proving he is crazy. But the mere fact he wants to get out of the war only shows he isn't crazy -- creating the original "Catch-22". /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/201909022116.x82LGhAA024631%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
