On Jul 7, 10:37 am, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/07/10 17:23, Bee wrote: > > On Jul 7, 4:21 am, Tony Mechelynck<[email protected]> wrote: > >> In Vim, a String can be used as a Number, as follows: > >> - If the string is empty, or doesn't start with a digit, the value is zero > >> - Otherwise, as much as possible of the starting part of the string is > >> used. > > >> See :help octal > > > I am using version 7.2.444 in MacOS Terminal > > :help octal returns > > "E149: Sorry, no help for octal" > > > I have done :helpgrep on some words of your comment and nothing. > > I see that helptag in the help for Vim 7.3, and also in Vim 7.2 eval.txt > dated 2010 May 14, which corresponds to Vim 7.2.434 and later. On > Windows or Mac, Steve Hall and bj rn should have included up-to-date > runtime files with their respective "Vim without Cream" and "MacVim" > distributions. > > If your eval.txt is not older than that, ":helptags $VIMRUNTIME/doc" > will probably create the tag. > > If your eval.txt is older than that, then I recommend that you update > your runtime files, see the bottom paragraph of either > http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm(W32) > or > http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm(Unix). > > If you get your Vim sources with Mercurial > (seehttp://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial), the > latest runtimes are included (but of course, on Unix, "make -C src > installvimbin" won't install them; you need either "make install" or > "make -C src installruntime"). > > In the meantime, you can see that help paragraph by going to > :help variables > then scrolling down about 35 lines to the paragraph starting with > "Conversion from a String to a Number".
Yes, eval.txt looks to be quite old. vim.app (not MacVim) on Mac version 7.2.444 *eval.txt* For Vim version 7.2. Last change: 2008 Nov 27 Thank you :help variables has the info. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
