diff runtime/doc/various.txt @ 16608:0422b14bce58 v8.1.1307

patch 8.1.1307: cannot reconnect to the X server after it restarted commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d4aa83af1d691fdabbc8e6aab36db2c96ea4d4b6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu May 9 18:59:31 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1307: cannot reconnect to the X server after it restarted Problem: Cannot reconnect to the X server after it restarted. Solution: Add the :xrestore command. (Adrian Kocis, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/844)
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Thu, 09 May 2019 19:00:08 +0200
parents 0e473e9e70c2
children 1eaf34420bb3
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--- a/runtime/doc/various.txt
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@@ -704,6 +704,21 @@ K			Run a program to lookup the keyword 
 			available when compiled with the |+netbeans_intg|
 			feature}
 
+							*:xrestore* *:xr*
+:xr[estore] [display]	Reinitializes the connection to the X11 server. Useful
+			after the X server restarts, e.g. when running Vim for
+			long time inside screen/tmux and connecting from
+			different machines).
+			[display] should be in the format of the $DISPLAY 
+			environment variable (e.g. "localhost:10.0")
+			If [display] is	omitted, then it reinitializes the
+			connection to the X11 server using the same value as
+			was used for the previous execution of this command.
+			If the value was never specified, then it uses the
+			value of $DISPLAY environment variable as it was when
+			Vim was started.
+			{only available when compiled with the |+clipboard| 
+			feature}
 
 							*g_CTRL-A*
 g CTRL-A		Only when Vim was compiled with MEM_PROFILING defined