# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
# Date 1319140714 -7200
# Node ID af76a61a7f79ccd3bcf64e15c73f2a3ea0eb77da
# Parent  9c7ffcf23ee185ac99b81a1044cdf68dc8a54b27
updated for version 7.3.346
Problem:    It's hard to test netbeans commands.
Solution:   Process netbeans commands after :sleep. (Xavier de Gaye)

diff --git a/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt b/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ The messages are currently sent over a s
 plain UTF-8 text this protocol could also be used with any other communication
 mechanism.
 
+Netbeans messages are processed when Vim is idle, waiting for user input.
+When Vim is run in non-interactive mode, for example when running an automated
+test case that sources a Vim script, the idle loop may not be called often
+enough. In that case, insert |sleep| commands in the Vim script. The |sleep|
+command does invoke Netbeans messages processing.
+
 6.1 Kinds of messages		|nb-messages|
 6.2 Terms			|nb-terms|
 6.3 Commands			|nb-commands|
@@ -833,11 +839,16 @@ 7. NetBeans commands					*netbeans-comma
 			signs.
 
 							*:nbkey*
-:nb[key] {key}		Pass the {key} to the Vim Controller for processing
-
-When a hot-key has been installed with the specialKeys command, this command
-can be used to generate a hotkey messages to the Vim Controller. The events
-newDotAndMark, keyCommand and keyAtPos are generated (in this order).
+:nb[key] {key}		Pass the {key} to the Vim Controller for processing.
+			When a hot-key has been installed with the specialKeys
+			command, this command can be used to generate a hotkey
+			message to the Vim Controller.
+			This command can also be used to pass any text to the
+			Vim  Controller. It is used by Pyclewn, for example,
+			to build the complete set of gdb commands as Vim user
+			commands.
+			The events newDotAndMark, keyCommand and keyAtPos are
+			generated (in this order).
 
 
 ==============================================================================
diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -8205,6 +8205,12 @@ do_sleep(msec)
     {
 	ui_delay(msec - done > 1000L ? 1000L : msec - done, TRUE);
 	ui_breakcheck();
+#ifdef FEAT_NETBEANS_INTG
+	/* Process the netbeans messages that may have been received in the
+	 * call to ui_breakcheck() when the GUI is in use. This may occur when
+	 * running a test case. */
+	netbeans_parse_messages();
+#endif
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/netbeans.c b/src/netbeans.c
--- a/src/netbeans.c
+++ b/src/netbeans.c
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
  * which are *between* characters, whereas vim uses line number
  * and column number which are *on* characters.
  * See ":help netbeans-protocol" for explanation.
+ *
+ * The Netbeans messages are received and queued in the gui event loop, or in
+ * the select loop when Vim runs in a terminal. These messages are processed
+ * by netbeans_parse_messages() which is invoked in the idle loop when Vim is
+ * waiting for user input. The function netbeans_parse_messages() is also
+ * called from the ":sleep" command, to allow the execution of test cases that
+ * may not invoke the idle loop.
  */
 
 #include "vim.h"
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    346,
+/**/
     345,
 /**/
     344,