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| author | Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> | 2011-10-20 21:58:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> | 2011-10-20 21:58:34 +0200 |
| commit | 4c11753b6eecd3bb14e7d5ba7adc311a0449d375 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a9b9aaa4e562313ed3f177f51726c3412b6bd9e /runtime | |
| parent | e144454509ca323ae79f32ca8764372de3344738 (diff) | |
| download | vim-4c11753b6eecd3bb14e7d5ba7adc311a0449d375.tar.gz | |
Problem: It's hard to test netbeans commands.
Solution: Process netbeans commands after :sleep. (Xavier de Gaye)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/netbeans.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt b/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt index 6b186b34..8798ee13 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/netbeans.txt @@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ The messages are currently sent over a socket. Since the messages are in 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 @@ These errors occur when a message violates the protocol: 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). ============================================================================== |