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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/eval.txt')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 38ac74f0af..0d4641b6ff 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -4180,9 +4180,14 @@ jobsend({job}, {data}) {Nvim} *jobsend()* jobstart({cmd}[, {opts}]) {Nvim} *jobstart()* Spawns {cmd} as a job. If {cmd} is a |List|, it will be run - directly. If {cmd} is a |string|, it will be equivalent to > - :call jobstart([&shell, &shellcmdflag, '{cmd}']) -< If passed, {opts} must be a dictionary with any of the + directly. If {cmd} is a |string|, it will be roughly + equivalent to > + :call jobstart(split(&shell) + split(&shellcmdflag) + ['{cmd}']) +< NOTE: read |shell-unquoting| before constructing any lists + with 'shell' or 'shellcmdflag' options. The above call is + only written to show the idea, one needs to perform unquoting + and do split taking quotes into account. + If passed, {opts} must be a dictionary with any of the following keys: - on_stdout: stdout event handler - on_stderr: stderr event handler |