Reply to message «Re: Unable to clear abbreviations», sent 21:59:29 07 June 2011, Tuesday by Uri Moszkowicz:
> :abc a.groovy => "E474: Invalid argument"
WTF is «a.groovy» doing after abclear? You are supposed to type
:abc <buffer>
where <buffer> is «<buffer>» typed *literally*. It is not a placeholder for
buffer name.
> :abc "a.groovy"
It is equivalent to plain
:abc
because `"' here starts a comment.
Original message:
> vi a.groovy
> type: "a.pl ", which vi converts to "a.println "
>
> :abc
>
> repeat experiment => still replaced
>
> :abc a.groovy => "E474: Invalid argument"
> :abc "a.groovy"
>
> repeat experiment => still replaced
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Christian Brabandt <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Hi Uri!
> >
> > On Di, 07 Jun 2011, Uri Moszkowicz wrote:
> > > Ok so I figured out that the buffer name needs to be in quotes and the
> > > command is now accepted.
> >
> > No. You should use the string <buffer> literally from within the buffer
> > in which those abbreviations are defined.
> >
> > > However, it was not effective at solving the
> > > problem. Should I file a bug report?
> >
> > Please show exactly what you did, what you expected and what the result
> > was, before filling bug reports.
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Christian Brabandt
> >
> > Please don't top poste.
> >
> > regards,
> > Christian
> >
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