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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 44f2b3688c..a11f013950 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -6462,11 +6462,20 @@ serverlist() *serverlist()* nvim --cmd "echo serverlist()" --cmd "q" < serverstart([{address}]) *serverstart()* - Opens a named pipe or TCP socket at {address} for clients to - connect to and returns {address}. If no address is given, it - is equivalent to: > + Opens a TCP socket (IPv4/IPv6), Unix domain socket (Unix), + or named pipe (Windows) at {address} for clients to connect + to and returns {address}. + + If {address} contains `:`, a TCP socket is used. Everything in + front of the last occurrence of `:` is the IP or hostname, + everything after it the port. If the port is empty or `0`, + a random port will be assigned. + + If no address is given, it is equivalent to: > :call serverstart(tempname()) + < |$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS| is set to {address} if not already set. + *--servername* The Vim command-line option `--servername` can be imitated: > nvim --cmd "let g:server_addr = serverstart('foo')" |