refactor: rename local API alias from a to api

Problem:
  Codebase inconsistently binds vim.api onto a or api.

Solution:
  Use api everywhere. a as an identifier is too short to have at the
  module level.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/api.txt b/runtime/doc/api.txt
index 46816856b9..52c3f7fa97 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/api.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/api.txt
@@ -2570,17 +2570,17 @@ nvim_buf_get_extmarks({buffer}, {ns_id}, {start}, {end}, {opts})
     `limit`, to get the first marks prior to a given position.)
 
     Example: >lua
-      local a   = vim.api
-      local pos = a.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
-      local ns  = a.nvim_create_namespace('my-plugin')
+      local api = vim.api
+      local pos = api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
+      local ns  = api.nvim_create_namespace('my-plugin')
       -- Create new extmark at line 1, column 1.
-      local m1  = a.nvim_buf_set_extmark(0, ns, 0, 0, {})
+      local m1  = api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(0, ns, 0, 0, {})
       -- Create new extmark at line 3, column 1.
-      local m2  = a.nvim_buf_set_extmark(0, ns, 2, 0, {})
+      local m2  = api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(0, ns, 2, 0, {})
       -- Get extmarks only from line 3.
-      local ms  = a.nvim_buf_get_extmarks(0, ns, {2,0}, {2,0}, {})
+      local ms  = api.nvim_buf_get_extmarks(0, ns, {2,0}, {2,0}, {})
       -- Get all marks in this buffer + namespace.
-      local all = a.nvim_buf_get_extmarks(0, ns, 0, -1, {})
+      local all = api.nvim_buf_get_extmarks(0, ns, 0, -1, {})
       print(vim.inspect(ms))
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