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patch 8.0.0475: not enough testing for the client-server feature commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7416f3e73ab2c4e7ae3adc2ff6e70234f7d40d2e Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Mar 18 18:10:13 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0475: not enough testing for the client-server feature Problem: Not enough testing for the client-server feature. Solution: Add more tests. Add the remote_startserver() function. Fix that a locally evaluated expression uses function-local variables.
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:15:04 +0100
parents d0a20101ecb2
children 13544aa85dc0
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2262,6 +2262,8 @@ remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}])
 remote_read({serverid})		String	read reply string
 remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
 				String	send key sequence
+remote_startserver({name})	none	become server {name}
+				String	send key sequence
 remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}])	any	remove items {idx}-{end} from {list}
 remove({dict}, {key})		any	remove entry {key} from {dict}
 rename({from}, {to})		Number	rename (move) file from {from} to {to}
@@ -6372,6 +6374,7 @@ remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar
 		See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
 		This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
 		{only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
+
 		Note: Any errors will be reported in the server and may mess
 		up the display.
 		Examples: >
@@ -6383,6 +6386,12 @@ remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar
 		:echo remote_send("gvim", ":sleep 10 | echo ".
 		 \ 'server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")<CR>')
 <
+					*remote_startserver()* *E941* *E942*
+remote_startserver({name})
+		Become the server {name}.  This fails if already running as a
+		server, when |v:servername| is not empty.
+		{only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
+
 remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}])				*remove()*
 		Without {end}: Remove the item at {idx} from |List| {list} and
 		return the item.