Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Re: how to get append to command option to append as literal, than as new option?

Hi,

Linda W wrote:
>
> When I type in a command with the "+=" operator, it seems to
> appended the new text separated by a comma -- which is probably
> what is normally wanted, but in this one case, wasn't....I wanted
> to append the new text to the existing string -- literally, not as a new
> 'list value'...
> (since for 'guifont', adding a new list value, isn't too useful on
> windows, AFAIK).

why not? 'guifont' is a list of fonts which are checked for presence.
The first one that is present will be used, e.g.,

:set guifont=Non_Existing_Font:h14,Courier_New:h12

will most probably use Courier New at 12pt.

Regards,
Jürgen

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