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diff runtime/doc/usr_41.txt @ 23563:87671ccc6c6b v8.2.2324
patch 8.2.2324: not easy to get mark en cursor posotion by character count
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6f02b00bb0958f70bc15534e115b4c6dadff0e06
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun Jan 10 20:22:54 2021 +0100
patch 8.2.2324: not easy to get mark en cursor posotion by character count
Problem: Not easy to get mark en cursor posotion by character count.
Solution: Add functions that use character index. (Yegappan Lakshmanan,
closes #7648)
| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:30:04 +0100 |
| parents | 2351b40af967 |
| children | e2e2cc5d0856 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt @@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ Cursor and mark position: *cursor-funct screenchar() get character code at a screen line/row screenchars() get character codes at a screen line/row screenstring() get string of characters at a screen line/row + charcol() character number of the cursor or a mark + getcharpos() get character position of cursor, mark, etc. + setcharpos() set character position of cursor, mark, etc. + getcursorcharpos() get character position of the cursor + setcursorcharpos() set character position of the cursor Working with text in the current buffer: *text-functions* getline() get a line or list of lines from the buffer