patch 8.2.2317: Vim9: command modifier before list unpack doesn't work Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9e0f883f89c915e08ef5fd9e6bf382af57fa9eb2 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 9 12:09:22 2021 +0100 patch 8.2.2317: Vim9: command modifier before list unpack doesn't work Problem: Vim9: command modifier before list unpack doesn't work. Solution: Only recognize "[" directly after the name. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/7641)

" 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