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@@ -1078,6 +1078,10 @@ When executing an autocommand or a user command, it will run in the context of
the script it was defined in. This makes it possible that the command calls a
local function or uses a local mapping.
+In case the value is used in a context where <SID> cannot be correctly
+expanded, use the expand() function: >
+ let &includexpr = expand('<SID>') .. 'My_includeexpr()'
+
Otherwise, using "<SID>" outside of a script context is an error.
If you need to get the script number to use in a complicated script, you can
@@ -1132,9 +1136,10 @@ scripts.
:com[mand] *:com* *:command*
List all user-defined commands. When listing commands,
- the characters in the first two columns are
+ the characters in the first columns are:
! Command has the -bang attribute
" Command has the -register attribute
+ | Command has the -bar attribute
b Command is local to current buffer
(see below for details on attributes)
The list can be filtered on command name with
@@ -1162,6 +1167,10 @@ See |:verbose-cmd| for more information.
attributes (see below) are {attr}. If the command
already exists, an error is reported, unless a ! is
specified, in which case the command is redefined.
+ There is one exception: When sourcing a script again,
+ a command that was previously defined in that script
+ will be silently replaced.
+
:delc[ommand] {cmd} *:delc* *:delcommand* *E184*
Delete the user-defined command {cmd}.
@@ -1169,7 +1178,8 @@ See |:verbose-cmd| for more information.
:comc[lear] *:comc* *:comclear*
Delete all user-defined commands.
-Command attributes
+
+Command attributes ~
User-defined commands are treated by Vim just like any other Ex commands. They
can have arguments, or have a range specified. Arguments are subject to
@@ -1180,8 +1190,9 @@ There are a number of attributes, split into four categories: argument
handling, completion behavior, range handling, and special cases. The
attributes are described below, by category.
-Argument handling *E175* *E176* *:command-nargs*
+Argument handling ~
+ *E175* *E176* *:command-nargs*
By default, a user defined command will take no arguments (and an error is
reported if any are supplied). However, it is possible to specify that the
command can take arguments, using the -nargs attribute. Valid cases are:
@@ -1257,9 +1268,9 @@ completion can be enabled:
Note: That some completion methods might expand environment variables.
-Custom completion *:command-completion-custom*
- *:command-completion-customlist*
- *E467* *E468*
+Custom completion ~
+ *:command-completion-custom*
+ *:command-completion-customlist* *E467* *E468*
It is possible to define customized completion schemes via the "custom,{func}"
or the "customlist,{func}" completion argument. The {func} part should be a
function with the following signature: >
@@ -1304,8 +1315,8 @@ the 'path' option: >
This example does not work for file names with spaces!
-Range handling *E177* *E178* *:command-range*
- *:command-count*
+Range handling ~
+ *E177* *E178* *:command-range* *:command-count*
By default, user-defined commands do not accept a line number range. However,
it is possible to specify that the command does take a range (the -range
attribute), or that it takes an arbitrary count value, either in the line
@@ -1332,17 +1343,19 @@ It is possible that the special characters in the range like `.`, `$` or `%`
which by default correspond to the current line, last line and the whole
buffer, relate to arguments, (loaded) buffers, windows or tab pages.
-Possible values are:
- -addr=lines Range of lines (this is the default)
- -addr=arguments Range for arguments
- -addr=buffers Range for buffers (also not loaded buffers)
- -addr=loaded_buffers Range for loaded buffers
- -addr=windows Range for windows
- -addr=tabs Range for tab pages
- -addr=other other kind of range
+Possible values are (second column is the short name used in listing):
+ -addr=lines Range of lines (this is the default)
+ -addr=arguments arg Range for arguments
+ -addr=buffers buf Range for buffers (also not loaded buffers)
+ -addr=loaded_buffers load Range for loaded buffers
+ -addr=windows win Range for windows
+ -addr=tabs tab Range for tab pages
+ -addr=quickfix qf Range for quickfix entries
+ -addr=other ? other kind of range
-Special cases *:command-bang* *:command-bar*
+Special cases ~
+ *:command-bang* *:command-bar*
*:command-register* *:command-buffer*
There are some special cases as well:
@@ -1360,7 +1373,8 @@ replacement text separately.
Note that these arguments can be abbreviated, but that is a deprecated
feature. Use the full name for new scripts.
-Replacement text
+
+Replacement text ~
The replacement text for a user defined command is scanned for special escape
sequences, using <...> notation. Escape sequences are replaced with values