patch 9.0.1431: getscriptinfo() loops even when specific SID is given Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2d68b722e3bca7532eb0d83ce773934618f12db5 Author: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com> Date: Thu Mar 30 21:50:37 2023 +0100 patch 9.0.1431: getscriptinfo() loops even when specific SID is given Problem: getscriptinfo() loops even when specific SID is given. Solution: Only loop when needed. Give a clearer error message. (closes #12207)

" 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