> On 2023-06-15, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > > Help for :map-<silent> says that with <silent>, the right side of
> > > a mapping will not be echoed on the command line, but messages from
> > > the executed command are still given. This works with :nmap but not
> > > with :vmap. I would expect it to work with :vmap as well.
> > >
> > > Steps to reproduce
> > >
> > > 1. Put the following in a file, say foo.vim.
> > >
> > > nmap <silent> gx :call DebugSilent()<CR>
> > > vmap <silent> gx :call DebugSilent()<CR>
> > > function DebugSilent()
> > > echomsg "from DebugSilent"
> > > endfunction
> > >
> > > 2. Start vim and source that file.
> > >
> > > $ vim -N --clean
> > > :so foo.vim
> > >
> > > 3. Enter some word into the current buffer.
> > >
> > > 4. Visually select that word.
> > >
> > > viw
> > >
> > > 5. Type the mapping.
> > >
> > > gx
> > >
> > > 6. Note that no message appears, or just flashes by briefly.
> > >
> > > 7. Execute :messages to verify that the message was generated and
> > > saved in message history.
> > >
> > > 8. Without visually selecting the word, type the mapping.
> > >
> > > gx
> > >
> > > 9. Note that the message does appear in the command line and
> > > remains there.
> > >
> > > Expected behavior
> > >
> > > I expect the message to remain in the command line after the
> > > execution of the vmap just as it does for a normal map.
> >
> > It appears to work as you expect when 'cmdheight' is 2 or more.
> >
> > Most likely the message is cleared when the "-- VISUAL --" mode message
> > is removed. Setting 'noshowmode' helps.
> >
> > This should not happen though, when the message overwrites the mode then
> > there is no need later to clear the mode message.
>
> I would expect it to work like gf (which itself is inconsistent).
> If I put the cursor over "later" in the paragraph above and type
> gf, I get a persistent error message in the command line:
>
> E447: Can't find file "later" in path
>
> If I visually-select "later" with viw and type gf, I get the same
> message, but it appears for only about one second. It seems like it
> should also persist, but at least I see it and can look in :messages
> to read it again.
>
> 'cmdheight' doesn't seem to affect the behavior of gf, but setting
> 'noshowmode' does "fix" it. It would be nice if visual mode could
> be made smarter about clearing "-- VISUAL --" when that message has
> been overwritten, or at least leave it for a second or two as
> {Visual}gf does.
The patch I made first had a strict condition of where the message is
displayed. The "gf" error message is on a different line, causing that
condition not to be true. I'll fix that.
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