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Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/map.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/map.txt b/runtime/doc/map.txt index ed31ecc42e..a2b7aca4fd 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/map.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/map.txt @@ -1162,6 +1162,10 @@ 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 +1173,8 @@ 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 +1185,9 @@ 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 +1263,9 @@ 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 +1310,8 @@ 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 @@ -1342,7 +1348,8 @@ Possible values are: -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 +1367,8 @@ 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 |