patch 8.2.4823: concat more than 2 strings in :def function is inefficient Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/372bcceeee8012ef3fb2f3dbc8132c3a33cb84fc Author: LemonBoy <thatlemon@gmail.com> Date: Mon Apr 25 12:43:20 2022 +0100 patch 8.2.4823: concat more than 2 strings in :def function is inefficient Problem: Concatenating more than 2 strings in a :def function is inefficient. Solution: Add a count to the CONCAT instruction. (closes #10276)

" Invoked with the name "vim.pot" and a list of Vim script names.
" Converts them to a .js file, stripping comments, so that xgettext works.
" Javascript is used because, like Vim, it accepts both single and double
" quoted strings.

set shortmess+=A

for name in argv()[1:]
  exe 'edit ' .. fnameescape(name)

  " Strip comments
  g/^\s*"/s/.*//

  " Write as .js file, xgettext recognizes them
  exe 'w! ' .. fnamemodify(name, ":t:r") .. ".js"
endfor

quit