ex_getln: Fix “echoerr msg not shown” problem

This also attempted to fix problem with cancelling input() on error by avoiding 
standard error printing facilities (assumed thrown error message is the 
problem), but with no luck so far.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/message.c b/src/nvim/message.c
index 057ce75f79..ab918712e5 100644
--- a/src/nvim/message.c
+++ b/src/nvim/message.c
@@ -1611,6 +1611,27 @@ void msg_puts_attr_len(const char *const str, const ptrdiff_t len, int attr)
   }
 }
 
+/// Print a formatted message
+///
+/// Message printed is limited by #IOSIZE. Must not be used from inside
+/// msg_puts_attr().
+///
+/// @param[in]  attr  Highlight attributes.
+/// @param[in]  fmt  Format string.
+void msg_printf_attr(const int attr, const char *const fmt, ...)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+{
+  static char msgbuf[IOSIZE];
+
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  const size_t len = vim_vsnprintf(msgbuf, sizeof(msgbuf), fmt, ap, NULL);
+  va_end(ap);
+
+  msg_scroll = true;
+  msg_puts_attr_len(msgbuf, (ptrdiff_t)len, attr);
+}
+
 /*
  * The display part of msg_puts_attr_len().
  * May be called recursively to display scroll-back text.