From c7f0ebc6d1e1cdaed816b88a0d6092c5ace615eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bram Moolenaar Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:10:09 +0100 Subject: patch 7.4.1438 Problem: Can't get buffer number of a channel. Solution: Add ch_getbufnr(). --- runtime/doc/channel.txt | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'runtime/doc/channel.txt') diff --git a/runtime/doc/channel.txt b/runtime/doc/channel.txt index 4571258a4..80a269ad1 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/channel.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/channel.txt @@ -561,11 +561,14 @@ TODO: *job-term* When the IO mode is "buffer" and there is a callback, the text is appended to the buffer before invoking the callback. - *E915* + The name of the buffer is compared the full name of existing buffers. If -there is a match that buffer is used. Otherwise a new buffer is created, -where 'buftype' is set to "nofile" and 'bufhidden' to "hide". If you prefer -other settings, create the buffer first and pass the buffer number. +there is a match that buffer is used. Otherwise a new buffer is created. +Use an empty name to always create a new buffer. |ch_getbufnr()| can then be +used to get the buffer number. + +For a new buffer 'buftype' is set to "nofile" and 'bufhidden' to "hide". If +you prefer other settings, create the buffer first and pass the buffer number. When the buffer written to is displayed in a window and the cursor is in the first column of the last line, the cursor will be moved to the newly added -- cgit v1.2.1