patch 8.2.0431: some compilers don't support using e for Esc Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/56ba21a156c723d92a1929e2c500be7295efb0a8 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Mar 23 19:17:29 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.0431: some compilers don't support using \e for Esc Problem: Some compilers don't support using \e for Esc. (Yegappan Lakshmanan) Solution: use \033 instead.

" This script makes a tags file for help text.
"
" Usage: vim -eX -u doctags.vim

try
  helptags ++t .
  echo 'help tags updated'
catch
  echo v:exception
  echo 'help tags failed update'
endtry
echo ''
qa!