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author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2018-06-06 21:04:07 +0200 |
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committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2018-06-06 21:04:07 +0200 |
commit | ca851593a660f08aba5c134f90c238d4a3e983e6 (patch) | |
tree | 363e4fc7ee646a53d869cb941e09feadc0dd46dc /runtime | |
parent | 891e1fd894720d0b99a9daefa41e8181844f819a (diff) | |
download | vim-git-ca851593a660f08aba5c134f90c238d4a3e983e6.tar.gz |
patch 8.1.0037: cannot easily append lines to another bufferv8.1.0037
Problem: Cannot easily append lines to another buffer.
Solution: Add appendbufline().
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 7d214c11a..1c56bf341 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -2560,6 +2560,21 @@ append({lnum}, {expr}) *append()* 0 for success. Example: > :let failed = append(line('$'), "# THE END") :let failed = append(0, ["Chapter 1", "the beginning"]) + +appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) *appendbufline()* + Like |append()| but append the text in buffer {expr}. + + For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()|. + + {lnum} is used like with |append()|. Note that using |line()| + would use the current buffer, not the one appending to. + Use "$" to append at the end of the buffer. + + On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned. + + If {expr} is not a valid buffer or {lnum} is not valid, an + error message is given. Example: > + :let failed = appendbufline(13, 0, "# THE START") < *argc()* argc() The result is the number of files in the argument list of the |