Remove :open command

From the documentation itself:

  :[range]o[pen]                 Works like |:visual|: end Ex mode.
                                 {Vi: start editing in open mode}
  ...

  Vim does not support open mode, since it's not really useful.  For
  those situations where ":open" would start open mode Vim will leave Ex
  mode, which allows executing the same commands, but updates the whole
  screen instead of only one line.

Part of the reason behind this is to make removing vi_diff.txt easier,
although it's also because :open is not too useful.

Helped-by: @fdinoff
Helped-by: @dsummersl
Helped-by: @mhinz
Helped-by: @justinmk

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_cmds.lua b/src/nvim/ex_cmds.lua
index 77f7dba81b..50814c4eb4 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_cmds.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_cmds.lua
@@ -1754,12 +1754,6 @@ return {
     func='ex_menu',
   },
   {
-    command='open',
-    flags=bit.bor(RANGE, BANG, EXTRA),
-    addr_type=ADDR_LINES,
-    func='ex_open',
-  },
-  {
     command='oldfiles',
     flags=bit.bor(BANG, TRLBAR, SBOXOK, CMDWIN),
     addr_type=ADDR_LINES,
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
index 70cf5fd029..7b5e3939f2 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
@@ -6467,40 +6467,6 @@ static void ex_find(exarg_T *eap)
 }
 
 /*
- * ":open" simulation: for now just work like ":visual".
- */
-static void ex_open(exarg_T *eap)
-{
-  regmatch_T regmatch;
-  char_u      *p;
-
-  curwin->w_cursor.lnum = eap->line2;
-  beginline(BL_SOL | BL_FIX);
-  if (*eap->arg == '/') {
-    /* ":open /pattern/": put cursor in column found with pattern */
-    ++eap->arg;
-    p = skip_regexp(eap->arg, '/', p_magic, NULL);
-    *p = NUL;
-    regmatch.regprog = vim_regcomp(eap->arg, p_magic ? RE_MAGIC : 0);
-    if (regmatch.regprog != NULL) {
-      regmatch.rm_ic = p_ic;
-      p = get_cursor_line_ptr();
-      if (vim_regexec(&regmatch, p, (colnr_T)0))
-        curwin->w_cursor.col = (colnr_T)(regmatch.startp[0] - p);
-      else
-        EMSG(_(e_nomatch));
-      vim_regfree(regmatch.regprog);
-    }
-    /* Move to the NUL, ignore any other arguments. */
-    eap->arg += STRLEN(eap->arg);
-  }
-  check_cursor();
-
-  eap->cmdidx = CMD_visual;
-  do_exedit(eap, NULL);
-}
-
-/*
  * ":edit", ":badd", ":visual".
  */
 static void ex_edit(exarg_T *eap)