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From: Roy Fulbright
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 4:48 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Vim does not recognize previous command when issued within a function
>I can execute the following command and then enter "@:" to repeat the command.
>This works fine.
>:windo silent/foo/|wincmd w
>@:
>However, when I execute the same command within a function, "@:" displays an
>error message saying there is no previous command.
>How can I get the command within the function to be registered as a command
>for "@:"?
>function! Find_In_Multiple_Windows(pattern)
>if !empty(a:pattern)
> execute ":windo silent /" . a:pattern . "/|wincmd w"
> endif
>endfunction
>nnoremap <silent>fw :call Find_In_Multiple_Windows(input("Search for: "))<CR>
>fw
>Search for: foo
>@:
>E30: No previous command line
>Note: Also posted on stackoverflow, but no responses so far.
I just received the answer on stackoverflow, and it works perfectly!
Use this instead of: execute ":windo silent ...
call feedkeys(":windo silent /" . a:pattern . "/|wincmd w\n", "t")
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