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patch 8.2.0997: cannot execute a register containing line continuation Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/856c1110c1cf0d6e44e387b70732ca4b4c8ef0f2 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Jun 17 21:47:23 2020 +0200 patch 8.2.0997: cannot execute a register containing line continuation Problem: Cannot execute a register containing line continuation. Solution: Concatenate lines where needed. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closes #6272)
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:00:05 +0200
parents 74e3316c1d5a
children 3a1ed539ae2a
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--- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
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@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ q			Stops recording.  (Implementation no
 			result of evaluating the expression is executed as an
 			Ex command.
 			Mappings are not recognized in these commands.
+			When the |line-continuation| character (\) is present
+			at the beginning of a line in a linewise register,
+			then it is combined with the previous line. This is
+			useful for yanking and executing parts of a Vim
+			script.
 			Future: Will execute the register for each line in the
 			address range.