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patch 8.1.1726: the eval.txt help file is too big commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ed997adaa1e9bd057ce732a73d933b739e9d0c30 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jul 21 16:42:00 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1726: the eval.txt help file is too big Problem: The eval.txt help file is too big. Solution: Split off testing support to testing.txt. Move function details to where the functionality is explained.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
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1 *sign.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Jul 21
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Gordon Prieur
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5 and Bram Moolenaar
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8 Sign Support Features *sign-support*
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10 1. Introduction |sign-intro|
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11 2. Commands |sign-commands|
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12 3. Functions |sign-functions-details|
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14 {only available when compiled with the |+signs| feature}
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16 ==============================================================================
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17 1. Introduction *sign-intro* *signs*
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19 When a debugger or other IDE tool is driving an editor it needs to be able
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21 about the file. One example of this would be a debugger which had an icon
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22 in the left-hand column denoting a breakpoint. Another example might be an
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23 arrow representing the Program Counter (PC). The sign features allow both
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26 sign as an image is most likely only feasible in gvim (although Sun
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27 Microsystem's dtterm does support this it's the only terminal emulator I know
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28 of which does). A text sign and the highlight should be feasible in any color
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31 Signs and highlights are not useful just for debuggers. Sun's Visual
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38 1. Define the sign. This specifies the image, text and highlighting. For
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39 example, you can define a "break" sign with an image of a stop roadsign and
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42 2. Place the sign. This specifies the file and line number where the sign is
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47 When signs are defined for a file, Vim will automatically add a column of two
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54 :highlight SignColumn guibg=darkgrey
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56 *sign-identifier*
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57 Each placed sign is identified by a number called the sign identifier. This
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66 *sign-group*
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67 Each placed sign can be assigned to either the global group or a named group.
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68 When placing a sign, if a group name is not supplied, or an empty string is
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72 other plugins using signs.
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74 *sign-priority*
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80 When the line on which the sign is placed is deleted, the sign is moved to the
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84 ==============================================================================
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85 2. Commands *sign-commands* *:sig* *:sign*
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88 line 23 of the current file: >
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89 :sign define piet text=>> texthl=Search
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90 :exe ":sign place 2 line=23 name=piet file=" . expand("%:p")
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93 :sign unplace 2
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95 Note that the ":sign" command cannot be followed by another command or a
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96 comment. If you do need that, use the |:execute| command.
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99 DEFINING A SIGN. *:sign-define* *E255* *E160* *E612*
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103 :sign define {name} {argument}...
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104 Define a new sign or set attributes for an existing sign.
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108 About 120 different signs can be defined.
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129 text={text} *E239*
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130 Define the text that is displayed when there is no icon or the
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131 GUI is not being used. Only printable characters are allowed
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134 texthl={group}
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135 Highlighting group used for the text item.
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138 DELETING A SIGN *:sign-undefine* *E155*
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140 See |sign_undefine()| for the equivalent Vim script function.
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142 :sign undefine {name}
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148 LISTING SIGNS *:sign-list* *E156*
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154 :sign list {name}
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163 Place sign defined as {name} at line {lnum} in file {fname}.
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164 *:sign-fname*
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165 The file {fname} must already be loaded in a buffer. The
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166 exact file name must be used, wildcards, $ENV and ~ are not
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177 The following optional sign attributes can be specified before
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178 "file=":
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179 group={group} Place sign in sign group {group}
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180 priority={prio} Assign priority {prio} to sign
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182 By default, the sign is placed in the global sign group.
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184 By default, the sign is assigned a default priority of 10. To
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186 specify a value. The priority is used to determine the sign
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187 that is displayed when multiple signs are placed on the same
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188 line.
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190 Examples: >
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191 :sign place 5 line=3 name=sign1 file=a.py
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192 :sign place 6 group=g2 line=2 name=sign2 file=x.py
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193 :sign place 9 group=g2 priority=50 line=5
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194 \ name=sign1 file=a.py
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195 <
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196 :sign place {id} line={lnum} name={name} [buffer={nr}]
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197 Same, but use buffer {nr}. If the buffer argument is not
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201 :sign place {id} name={name} file={fname}
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202 Change the placed sign {id} in file {fname} to use the defined
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204 This can be used to change the displayed sign without moving
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210 of an existing sign.
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212 :sign place {id} name={name} [buffer={nr}]
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219 See |sign_unplace()| for the equivalent Vim script function.
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222 Remove the previously placed sign {id} from file {fname}.
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223 See remark above about {fname} |:sign-fname|.
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225 :sign unplace {id} group={group} file={fname}
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226 Same but remove the sign {id} in sign group {group}.
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228 :sign unplace {id} group=* file={fname}
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229 Same but remove the sign {id} from all the sign groups.
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231 :sign unplace * file={fname}
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232 Remove all placed signs in file {fname}.
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235 Remove all placed signs in group {group} from file {fname}.
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238 Remove all placed signs in all the groups from file {fname}.
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240 :sign unplace {id} buffer={nr}
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245 buffer {nr}.
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247 :sign unplace {id} group=* buffer={nr}
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251 :sign unplace * buffer={nr}
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252 Remove all placed signs in buffer {nr}.
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255 Remove all placed signs in group {group} from buffer {nr}.
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268 :sign unplace {id} group=*
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270 all the files it appears in.
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273 Remove all placed signs in the global group from all the files.
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275 :sign unplace * group={group}
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276 Remove all placed signs in group {group} from all the files.
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278 :sign unplace * group=*
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281 :sign unplace
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282 Remove a placed sign at the cursor position. If multiple signs
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285 :sign unplace group={group}
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286 Remove a placed sign in group {group} at the cursor
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287 position.
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289 :sign unplace group=*
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290 Remove a placed sign in any group at the cursor position.
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293 LISTING PLACED SIGNS *:sign-place-list*
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295 See |sign_getplaced()| for the equivalent Vim script function.
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298 List signs placed in file {fname}.
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299 See remark above about {fname} |:sign-fname|.
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302 List signs in group {group} placed in file {fname}.
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305 List signs in all the groups placed in file {fname}.
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308 List signs placed in buffer {nr}.
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310 :sign place group={group} buffer={nr}
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311 List signs in group {group} placed in buffer {nr}.
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313 :sign place group=* buffer={nr}
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314 List signs in all the groups placed in buffer {nr}.
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315
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316 :sign place List placed signs in the global group in all files.
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318 :sign place group={group}
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319 List placed signs with sign group {group} in all files.
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321 :sign place group=*
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322 List placed signs in all sign groups in all files.
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325 JUMPING TO A SIGN *:sign-jump* *E157*
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327 See |sign_jump()| for the equivalent Vim script function.
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329 :sign jump {id} file={fname}
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330 Open the file {fname} or jump to the window that contains
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331 {fname} and position the cursor at sign {id}.
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332 See remark above about {fname} |:sign-fname|.
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333 If the file isn't displayed in window and the current file can
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334 not be |abandon|ed this fails.
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336 :sign jump {id} group={group} file={fname}
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337 Same but jump to the sign in group {group}
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338
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339 :sign jump {id} [buffer={nr}] *E934*
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340 Same, but use buffer {nr}. This fails if buffer {nr} does not
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341 have a name. If the buffer argument is not given, use the
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342 current buffer.
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344 :sign jump {id} group={group} [buffer={nr}]
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345 Same but jump to the sign in group {group}
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348 ==============================================================================
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349 3. Functions *sign-functions-details*
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350
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351 sign_define({name} [, {dict}]) *sign_define()*
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352 sign_define({list})
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353 Define a new sign named {name} or modify the attributes of an
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354 existing sign. This is similar to the |:sign-define| command.
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355
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356 Prefix {name} with a unique text to avoid name collisions.
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357 There is no {group} like with placing signs.
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358
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359 The {name} can be a String or a Number. The optional {dict}
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360 argument specifies the sign attributes. The following values
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361 are supported:
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362 icon full path to the bitmap file for the sign.
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363 linehl highlight group used for the whole line the
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364 sign is placed in.
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365 text text that is displayed when there is no icon
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366 or the GUI is not being used.
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367 texthl highlight group used for the text item
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368
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369 If the sign named {name} already exists, then the attributes
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370 of the sign are updated.
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371
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372 The one argument {list} can be used to define a list of signs.
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373 Each list item is a dictionary with the above items in {dict}
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374 and a 'name' item for the sign name.
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375
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376 Returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. When the one argument
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377 {list} is used, then returns a List of values one for each
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378 defined sign.
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379
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380 Examples: >
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381 call sign_define("mySign", {
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382 \ "text" : "=>",
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383 \ "texthl" : "Error",
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384 \ "linehl" : "Search"})
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385 call sign_define([
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386 \ {'name' : 'sign1',
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387 \ 'text' : '=>'},
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388 \ {'name' : 'sign2',
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389 \ 'text' : '!!'}
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390 \ ])
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391 <
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392 sign_getdefined([{name}]) *sign_getdefined()*
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393 Get a list of defined signs and their attributes.
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394 This is similar to the |:sign-list| command.
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395
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396 If the {name} is not supplied, then a list of all the defined
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397 signs is returned. Otherwise the attribute of the specified
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398 sign is returned.
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399
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400 Each list item in the returned value is a dictionary with the
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401 following entries:
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402 icon full path to the bitmap file of the sign
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403 linehl highlight group used for the whole line the
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404 sign is placed in.
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405 name name of the sign
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406 text text that is displayed when there is no icon
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407 or the GUI is not being used.
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408 texthl highlight group used for the text item
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409
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410 Returns an empty List if there are no signs and when {name} is
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411 not found.
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412
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413 Examples: >
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414 " Get a list of all the defined signs
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415 echo sign_getdefined()
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416
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417 " Get the attribute of the sign named mySign
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418 echo sign_getdefined("mySign")
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419 <
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420 sign_getplaced([{expr} [, {dict}]]) *sign_getplaced()*
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421 Return a list of signs placed in a buffer or all the buffers.
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422 This is similar to the |:sign-place-list| command.
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423
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424 If the optional buffer name {expr} is specified, then only the
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425 list of signs placed in that buffer is returned. For the use
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426 of {expr}, see |bufname()|. The optional {dict} can contain
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427 the following entries:
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428 group select only signs in this group
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429 id select sign with this identifier
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430 lnum select signs placed in this line. For the use
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431 of {lnum}, see |line()|.
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432 If {group} is '*', then signs in all the groups including the
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433 global group are returned. If {group} is not supplied or is an
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434 empty string, then only signs in the global group are
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435 returned. If no arguments are supplied, then signs in the
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436 global group placed in all the buffers are returned.
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437 See |sign-group|.
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438
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439 Each list item in the returned value is a dictionary with the
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440 following entries:
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441 bufnr number of the buffer with the sign
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442 signs list of signs placed in {bufnr}. Each list
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443 item is a dictionary with the below listed
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444 entries
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445
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446 The dictionary for each sign contains the following entries:
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447 group sign group. Set to '' for the global group.
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448 id identifier of the sign
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449 lnum line number where the sign is placed
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450 name name of the defined sign
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451 priority sign priority
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452
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453 The returned signs in a buffer are ordered by their line
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454 number and priority.
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455
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456 Returns an empty list on failure or if there are no placed
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457 signs.
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458
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459 Examples: >
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460 " Get a List of signs placed in eval.c in the
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461 " global group
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462 echo sign_getplaced("eval.c")
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463
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464 " Get a List of signs in group 'g1' placed in eval.c
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465 echo sign_getplaced("eval.c", {'group' : 'g1'})
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466
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467 " Get a List of signs placed at line 10 in eval.c
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468 echo sign_getplaced("eval.c", {'lnum' : 10})
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469
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470 " Get sign with identifier 10 placed in a.py
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471 echo sign_getplaced("a.py", {'id' : 10})
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472
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473 " Get sign with id 20 in group 'g1' placed in a.py
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474 echo sign_getplaced("a.py", {'group' : 'g1',
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475 \ 'id' : 20})
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476
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477 " Get a List of all the placed signs
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478 echo sign_getplaced()
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479 <
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480 *sign_jump()*
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481 sign_jump({id}, {group}, {expr})
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482 Open the buffer {expr} or jump to the window that contains
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483 {expr} and position the cursor at sign {id} in group {group}.
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484 This is similar to the |:sign-jump| command.
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485
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486 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()|.
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487
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488 Returns the line number of the sign. Returns -1 if the
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489 arguments are invalid.
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490
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491 Example: >
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492 " Jump to sign 10 in the current buffer
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493 call sign_jump(10, '', '')
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494 <
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495
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496 *sign_place()*
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497 sign_place({id}, {group}, {name}, {expr} [, {dict}])
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498 Place the sign defined as {name} at line {lnum} in file or
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499 buffer {expr} and assign {id} and {group} to sign. This is
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500 similar to the |:sign-place| command.
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501
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502 If the sign identifier {id} is zero, then a new identifier is
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503 allocated. Otherwise the specified number is used. {group} is
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504 the sign group name. To use the global sign group, use an
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505 empty string. {group} functions as a namespace for {id}, thus
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506 two groups can use the same IDs. Refer to |sign-identifier|
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507 and |sign-group| for more information.
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508
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509 {name} refers to a defined sign.
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510 {expr} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
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511 values, see |bufname()|.
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512
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513 The optional {dict} argument supports the following entries:
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514 lnum line number in the file or buffer
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515 {expr} where the sign is to be placed.
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516 For the accepted values, see |line()|.
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517 priority priority of the sign. See
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518 |sign-priority| for more information.
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519
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520 If the optional {dict} is not specified, then it modifies the
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521 placed sign {id} in group {group} to use the defined sign
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522 {name}.
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523
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524 Returns the sign identifier on success and -1 on failure.
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525
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526 Examples: >
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527 " Place a sign named sign1 with id 5 at line 20 in
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528 " buffer json.c
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529 call sign_place(5, '', 'sign1', 'json.c',
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530 \ {'lnum' : 20})
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531
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532 " Updates sign 5 in buffer json.c to use sign2
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533 call sign_place(5, '', 'sign2', 'json.c')
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534
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535 " Place a sign named sign3 at line 30 in
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536 " buffer json.c with a new identifier
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537 let id = sign_place(0, '', 'sign3', 'json.c',
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538 \ {'lnum' : 30})
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539
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540 " Place a sign named sign4 with id 10 in group 'g3'
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541 " at line 40 in buffer json.c with priority 90
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542 call sign_place(10, 'g3', 'sign4', 'json.c',
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543 \ {'lnum' : 40, 'priority' : 90})
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544 <
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545
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546 *sign_placelist()*
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547 sign_placelist({list})
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548 Place one or more signs. This is similar to the
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549 |sign_place()| function. The {list} argument specifies the
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550 List of signs to place. Each list item is a dict with the
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551 following sign attributes:
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552 buffer buffer name or number. For the accepted
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553 values, see |bufname()|.
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554 group sign group. {group} functions as a namespace
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555 for {id}, thus two groups can use the same
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556 IDs. If not specified or set to an empty
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557 string, then the global group is used. See
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558 |sign-group| for more information.
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559 id sign identifier. If not specified or zero,
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560 then a new unique identifier is allocated.
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561 Otherwise the specified number is used. See
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562 |sign-identifier| for more information.
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563 lnum line number in the buffer {expr} where the
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564 sign is to be placed. For the accepted values,
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565 see |line()|.
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566 name name of the sign to place. See |sign_define()|
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567 for more information.
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568 priority priority of the sign. When multiple signs are
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569 placed on a line, the sign with the highest
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570 priority is used. If not specified, the
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571 default value of 10 is used. See
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572 |sign-priority| for more information.
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573
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574 If {id} refers to an existing sign, then the existing sign is
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575 modified to use the specified {name} and/or {priority}.
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576
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577 Returns a List of sign identifiers. If failed to place a
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578 sign, the corresponding list item is set to -1.
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579
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580 Examples: >
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581 " Place sign s1 with id 5 at line 20 and id 10 at line
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582 " 30 in buffer a.c
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583 let [n1, n2] = sign_placelist([
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584 \ {'id' : 5,
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585 \ 'name' : 's1',
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586 \ 'buffer' : 'a.c',
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587 \ 'lnum' : 20},
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588 \ {'id' : 10,
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589 \ 'name' : 's1',
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590 \ 'buffer' : 'a.c',
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591 \ 'lnum' : 30}
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592 \ ])
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593
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594 " Place sign s1 in buffer a.c at line 40 and 50
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595 " with auto-generated identifiers
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596 let [n1, n2] = sign_placelist([
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597 \ {'name' : 's1',
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598 \ 'buffer' : 'a.c',
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599 \ 'lnum' : 40},
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600 \ {'name' : 's1',
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601 \ 'buffer' : 'a.c',
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602 \ 'lnum' : 50}
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603 \ ])
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604 <
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605
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606 sign_undefine([{name}]) *sign_undefine()*
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607 sign_undefine({list})
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608 Deletes a previously defined sign {name}. This is similar to
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609 the |:sign-undefine| command. If {name} is not supplied, then
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610 deletes all the defined signs.
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611
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612 The one argument {list} can be used to undefine a list of
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613 signs. Each list item is the name of a sign.
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614
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615 Returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. For the one argument
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616 {list} call, returns a list of values one for each undefined
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617 sign.
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618
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619 Examples: >
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620 " Delete a sign named mySign
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621 call sign_undefine("mySign")
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622
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623 " Delete signs 'sign1' and 'sign2'
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624 call sign_undefine(["sign1", "sign2"])
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625
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626 " Delete all the signs
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627 call sign_undefine()
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628 <
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629
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630 sign_unplace({group} [, {dict}]) *sign_unplace()*
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631 Remove a previously placed sign in one or more buffers. This
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632 is similar to the |:sign-unplace| command.
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633
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634 {group} is the sign group name. To use the global sign group,
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635 use an empty string. If {group} is set to '*', then all the
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636 groups including the global group are used.
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637 The signs in {group} are selected based on the entries in
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638 {dict}. The following optional entries in {dict} are
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639 supported:
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640 buffer buffer name or number. See |bufname()|.
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641 id sign identifier
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642 If {dict} is not supplied, then all the signs in {group} are
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643 removed.
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644
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645 Returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
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646
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647 Examples: >
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648 " Remove sign 10 from buffer a.vim
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649 call sign_unplace('', {'buffer' : "a.vim", 'id' : 10})
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650
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651 " Remove sign 20 in group 'g1' from buffer 3
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652 call sign_unplace('g1', {'buffer' : 3, 'id' : 20})
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653
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654 " Remove all the signs in group 'g2' from buffer 10
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655 call sign_unplace('g2', {'buffer' : 10})
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656
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657 " Remove sign 30 in group 'g3' from all the buffers
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658 call sign_unplace('g3', {'id' : 30})
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659
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660 " Remove all the signs placed in buffer 5
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661 call sign_unplace('*', {'buffer' : 5})
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662
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663 " Remove the signs in group 'g4' from all the buffers
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664 call sign_unplace('g4')
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665
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666 " Remove sign 40 from all the buffers
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667 call sign_unplace('*', {'id' : 40})
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668
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669 " Remove all the placed signs from all the buffers
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670 call sign_unplace('*')
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671 <
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672 sign_unplacelist({list}) *sign_unplacelist()*
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673 Remove previously placed signs from one or more buffers. This
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674 is similar to the |sign_unplace()| function.
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675
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676 The {list} argument specifies the List of signs to remove.
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677 Each list item is a dict with the following sign attributes:
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678 buffer buffer name or number. For the accepted
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679 values, see |bufname()|. If not specified,
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680 then the specified sign is removed from all
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681 the buffers.
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682 group sign group name. If not specified or set to an
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683 empty string, then the global sign group is
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684 used. If set to '*', then all the groups
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685 including the global group are used.
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686 id sign identifier. If not specified, then all
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687 the signs in the specified group are removed.
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688
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689 Returns a List where an entry is set to 0 if the corresponding
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690 sign was successfully removed or -1 on failure.
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691
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692 Example: >
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693 " Remove sign with id 10 from buffer a.vim and sign
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694 " with id 20 from buffer b.vim
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695 call sign_unplacelist([
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696 \ {'id' : 10, 'buffer' : "a.vim"},
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697 \ {'id' : 20, 'buffer' : 'b.vim'},
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698 \ ])
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699 <
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700
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701 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: