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patch 8.0.0634: cannot easily get to the last quickfix list commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/875feea6ce223462d55543735143d747dcaf4287 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jun 11 16:07:51 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0634: cannot easily get to the last quickfix list Problem: Cannot easily get to the last quickfix list. Solution: Add "$" as a value for the "nr" argument of getqflist() and setqflist(). (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:15:04 +0200
parents bd6ff5246c71
children 63b0b7b79b25
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*eval.txt*	For Vim version 8.0.  Last change: 2017 Jun 04
+*eval.txt*	For Vim version 8.0.  Last change: 2017 Jun 05
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -4587,12 +4587,16 @@ getqflist([{what}])					*getqflist()*
 		following string items are supported in {what}:
 			context	get the context stored with |setqflist()|
 			nr	get information for this quickfix list; zero
-				means the current quickfix list
+				means the current quickfix list and '$' means
+				the last quickfix list
 			title	get the list title
 			winid	get the |window-ID| (if opened)
 			all	all of the above quickfix properties
 		Non-string items in {what} are ignored.
 		If "nr" is not present then the current quickfix list is used.
+		To get the number of lists in the quickfix stack, set 'nr' to
+		'$' in {what}. The 'nr' value in the returned dictionary
+		contains the quickfix stack size.
 		In case of error processing {what}, an empty dictionary is
 		returned.
 
@@ -6991,7 +6995,9 @@ setqflist({list} [, {action}[, {what}]])
 		argument is ignored.  The following items can be specified in
 		{what}:
 		    context	any Vim type can be stored as a context
-		    nr		list number in the quickfix stack
+		    nr		list number in the quickfix stack; zero
+				means the current quickfix list and '$' means
+				the last quickfix list
 		    title	quickfix list title text
 		Unsupported keys in {what} are ignored.
 		If the "nr" item is not present, then the current quickfix list
@@ -7095,18 +7101,22 @@ shellescape({string} [, {special}])			*s
 		quotes within {string}.
 		Otherwise it will enclose {string} in single quotes and
 		replace all "'" with "'\''".
+
 		When the {special} argument is present and it's a non-zero
 		Number or a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then special
 		items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" will be preceded by
 		a backslash.  This backslash will be removed again by the |:!|
 		command.
+
 		The "!" character will be escaped (again with a |non-zero-arg|
 		{special}) when 'shell' contains "csh" in the tail.  That is
 		because for csh and tcsh "!" is used for history replacement
 		even when inside single quotes.
-		The <NL> character is also escaped.  With a |non-zero-arg|
-		{special} and 'shell' containing "csh" in the tail it's
+
+		With a |non-zero-arg| {special} the <NL> character is also
+		escaped.  When 'shell' containing "csh" in the tail it's
 		escaped a second time.
+
 		Example of use with a |:!| command: >
 		    :exe '!dir ' . shellescape(expand('<cfile>'), 1)
 <		This results in a directory listing for the file under the