# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
# Date 1396374949 -7200
# Node ID d2286df8719d6e99c743e3bf6ac14d1f9debc84d
# Parent  efce50628d780a83f0da6509aaf0524ca0ad0350
updated for version 7.4.234
Problem:    Can't get the command that was used to start Vim.
Solution:   Add v:progpath. (Viktor Kojouharov)

diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1558,6 +1558,12 @@ v:progname	Contains the name (with path 
 		|evim| etc., or any other name you might symlink to Vim.
 		Read-only.
 
+					*v:progpath* *progpath-variable*
+v:progpath	Contains the command with which Vim was invoked, including the
+		path.  Useful if you want to message a Vim server using a
+		|--remote-expr|.
+		Read-only.
+
 					*v:register* *register-variable*
 v:register	The name of the register in effect for the current normal mode
 		command (regardless of whether that command actually used a
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ static struct vimvar
     {VV_NAME("hlsearch",	 VAR_NUMBER), 0},
     {VV_NAME("oldfiles",	 VAR_LIST), 0},
     {VV_NAME("windowid",	 VAR_NUMBER), VV_RO},
+    {VV_NAME("progpath",	 VAR_STRING), VV_RO},
 };
 
 /* shorthand */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ parse_command_name(parmp)
 
 #ifdef FEAT_EVAL
     set_vim_var_string(VV_PROGNAME, initstr, -1);
+    set_vim_var_string(VV_PROGPATH, (char_u *)parmp->argv[0], -1);
 #endif
 
     if (TOLOWER_ASC(initstr[0]) == 'r')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    234,
+/**/
     233,
 /**/
     232,
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -1880,7 +1880,8 @@ typedef int proftime_T;	    /* dummy for
 #define VV_HLSEARCH	54
 #define VV_OLDFILES	55
 #define VV_WINDOWID	56
-#define VV_LEN		57	/* number of v: vars */
+#define VV_PROGPATH	57
+#define VV_LEN		58	/* number of v: vars */
 
 #ifdef FEAT_CLIPBOARD