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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt12
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/if_ruby.txt9
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index a710ef5d14..800de63a55 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2336,6 +2336,7 @@ repeat({expr}, {count}) String repeat {expr} {count} times
resolve({filename}) String get filename a shortcut points to
reverse({list}) List reverse {list} in-place
round({expr}) Float round off {expr}
+rubyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Ruby| expression
rpcnotify({channel}, {event}[, {args}...])
Sends an |RPC| notification to {channel}
rpcrequest({channel}, {method}[, {args}...])
@@ -7070,6 +7071,17 @@ rpcstart({prog}[, {argv}]) *rpcstart()*
< with >
:let id = jobstart(['prog', 'arg1', 'arg2'], {'rpc': v:true})
+rubyeval({expr}) *rubyeval()*
+ Evaluate Ruby expression {expr} and return its result
+ converted to Vim data structures.
+ Numbers, floats and strings are returned as they are (strings
+ are copied though).
+ Arrays are represented as Vim |List| type.
+ Hashes are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type.
+ Other objects are represented as strings resulted from their
+ "Object#to_s" method.
+ {only available when compiled with the |+ruby| feature}
+
screenattr({row}, {col}) *screenattr()*
Like |screenchar()|, but return the attribute. This is a rather
arbitrary number that can only be used to compare to the
diff --git a/runtime/doc/if_ruby.txt b/runtime/doc/if_ruby.txt
index 87047712f3..c8d2409549 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/if_ruby.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/if_ruby.txt
@@ -185,4 +185,13 @@ $curwin The current window object.
$curbuf The current buffer object.
==============================================================================
+6. rubyeval() Vim function *ruby-rubyeval*
+
+To facilitate bi-directional interface, you can use |rubyeval()| function to
+evaluate Ruby expressions and pass their values to Vim script.
+
+The Ruby value "true", "false" and "nil" are converted to v:true, v:false and
+v:null, respectively.
+
+==============================================================================
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