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diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 10522:7232cd9f8a7c v8.0.0151
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/12c4492dd35e0cd83c8816be2ec849b836109882
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun Jan 8 13:26:03 2017 +0100
patch 8.0.0151: passing buffer content to system() is clumsy
Problem: To pass buffer content to system() and systemlist() one has to
first create a string or list.
Solution: Allow passing a buffer number. (LemonBoy, closes #1240)
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 08 Jan 2017 13:30:04 +0100 |
| parents | 222b1432814e |
| children | 74effdaa369e |
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -7561,7 +7561,11 @@ system({expr} [, {input}]) *system()* If {input} is given and is a |List| it is written to the file in a way |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e. with a newline between each list item with newlines inside - list items converted to NULs). + list items converted to NULs). + When {input} is given and is a number that is a valid id for + an existing buffer then the content of the buffer is written + to the file line by line, each line terminated by a NL and + NULs characters where the text has a NL. Pipes are not used, the 'shelltemp' option is not used.