Also discovered it only happens in nocompatible mode. David
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:07 PM, David Barnett <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed a vim quirk where there's an extra blank line in the :messages > output after first entering and leaving insert mode. The next :echomsg > after that overwrites the blank line so there's no longer a blank line. > > For example: > vim > :messages > Messages maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> > i<Esc> > :messages > Messages maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> > > :echomsg 'Hello' > Hello > :messages > Messages maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> > Hello > > It's a small quirk, but is there any explanation why it's there, and any > way to fix it? I noticed it when using a script that scrapes the output of > :messages after each command and gets very confused by the fact that > messages are randomly added and then removed retrospectively. > > David > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_use/AcGW6UMCbeY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
