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diff runtime/doc/eval.txt @ 14043:cbad3b3f46b2 v8.1.0039
patch 8.1.0039: cannot easily delete lines in another buffer
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d79a26219d7161e9211fd144f0e874aa5f6d251e
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Thu Jun 7 18:17:46 2018 +0200
patch 8.1.0039: cannot easily delete lines in another buffer
Problem: Cannot easily delete lines in another buffer.
Solution: Add deletebufline().
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:30:07 +0200 |
| parents | acb2dc112b06 |
| children | d053ec57d886 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -2110,6 +2110,8 @@ cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) cursor({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list} deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) any make a full copy of {expr} delete({fname} [, {flags}]) Number delete the file or directory {fname} +deletebufline({expr}, {first}[, {last}]) + Number delete lines from buffer {expr} did_filetype() Number |TRUE| if FileType autocmd event used diff_filler({lnum}) Number diff filler lines about {lnum} diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) Number diff highlighting at {lnum}/{col} @@ -3517,8 +3519,19 @@ delete({fname} [, {flags}]) *delete( successful and -1 when the deletion failed or partly failed. Use |remove()| to delete an item from a |List|. - To delete a line from the buffer use |:delete|. Use |:exe| - when the line number is in a variable. + To delete a line from the buffer use |:delete| or + |deletebufline()|. + +deletebufline({expr}, {first}[, {last}]) *deletebufline()* + Delete lines {first} to {last} (inclusive) from buffer {expr}. + If {last} is omitted then delete line {first} only. + On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned. + + For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. + + {first} and {last} are used like with |setline()|. Note that + when using |line()| this refers to the current buffer. Use "$" + to refer to the last line in buffer {expr}. *did_filetype()* did_filetype() Returns |TRUE| when autocommands are being executed and the