Re: nested "command" commands, some yield "Trailing character" error

On Aug 19, 2:27 pm, Ben Fritz <fritzophre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 12:22 pm, Paul <paul.domas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've got the following command in my .vimrc:
>
> > command FN set nofoldenable | setl foldcolumn=0
>
> > The following command issued in normal mode is fine:
>
> > :source c:/Program\ Files/Vim/vim73/ftplugin/qf.vim | copen | FN
>
> > The following command yields "E488: Trailing characters":
>
> > :source c:/Program\ Files/Vim/vim73/ftplugin/qf.vim | copen | FN |
> > setl number
>
> > Is there a simple tweak I can apply to have "setl number" issued after
> > FN?  Eventually, I'm going to stuff the entire (debugged) line into
> > yet another two-letter command.
>
> You'll need to tweak your command setup in your .vimrc.
> See :help :command-bar.

I took a read, but it wasn't clear what parts pertain to my problem.
I suspect that the text coming after my two letter command is being
interpretted as arguments. So as a crude fix, I simply avoided
nesting commands. Where a new command's definition includes the use
of a previously defined command, I simply expanded out the previously
defined command.

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