patch 9.0.0883: a silent mapping may cause dots on the command line Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/698a00f55d60043d51b1c98cbbf3f9fd10badd2f Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Nov 14 22:07:45 2022 +0000 patch 9.0.0883: a silent mapping may cause dots on the command line Problem: A silent mapping may cause dots on the command line. Solution: Don't show dots for completion if they are not going to be removed again. (closes #11501)

--- a/src/cmdexpand.c
+++ b/src/cmdexpand.c
@@ -226,8 +226,13 @@ nextwild(
 	return FAIL;
     }
 
-    msg_puts("...");	    // show that we are busy
-    out_flush();
+    // If cmd_silent is set then don't show the dots, because redrawcmd() below
+    // won't remove them.
+    if (!cmd_silent)
+    {
+	msg_puts("...");	    // show that we are busy
+	out_flush();
+    }
 
     i = (int)(xp->xp_pattern - ccline->cmdbuff);
     xp->xp_pattern_len = ccline->cmdpos - i;