2015-02-20 18:35 GMT+03:00 FlashBurn <[email protected]>:
> I'm trying to learn about vim scripting. I tried to define a new function
> on the command line with the following:
>
> :function Meow() | echom "Meow" | endfunction
>
> For some reason the following error show up:
>
> E488: Trailing characters
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
This is the result of how :function command is implemented: instead of
doing real parsing when Vim finds :function command it starts to simply
consume lines up until it finds :endfunction. Characters after declaration
are not considered (this is why you get this error) and lines that have
`{command} | endfunction` do not end the function either (because
:endfunction is not on a separate line and without real parsing there is no
way to know whether it is a part of the command (e.g. let s .= "|
endfunction") or a separate command).
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