From 2685d27cd65ea255f9bf1fce44a355e235016212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zeertzjq Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:23:57 +0800 Subject: vim-patch:9.0.0883: a silent mapping may cause dots on the command line (#21061) Problem: A silent mapping may cause dots on the command line. Solution: Don't show dots for completion if they are not going to be removed again. (closes vim/vim#11501) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/698a00f55d60043d51b1c98cbbf3f9fd10badd2f Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar --- runtime/doc/map.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'runtime') diff --git a/runtime/doc/map.txt b/runtime/doc/map.txt index 60cc915a4a..c4bacfd632 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/map.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/map.txt @@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ The search string will not be echoed when using this mapping. Messages from the executed command are still given though. To shut them up too, add a ":silent" in the executed command: > :map ,h :exe ":silent normal /Header\r" +Note that the effect of a command might also be silenced, e.g., when the +mapping selects another entry for command line completion it won't be +displayed. Prompts will still be given, e.g., for inputdialog(). Using "" for an abbreviation is possible, but will cause redrawing of the command line to fail. -- cgit