Re: 7.3 vs 7.3.556 syntax==xml :exe 'norm! 09l4sa<b' differs

On 08/03/2012 09:03 AM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 03/08/12 15:09, richard emberson wrote:
>> 7.3 system vimrc:
>> system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
>> user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
>> user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
>> fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
>>
>> 7.2.556 system vimrc:
>> system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
>> user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
>> user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
>> fall-back for $VIM: "/etc"
>> f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim73"
>
> Aha! And what are the differences between /etc/vimrc and
> /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc (an absent file being regarded as empty)?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
There is no /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc.

Turns out there are also issues with 7.3.556.
I am tring to write out the lines:
"Click a button to run Form."
"Remember, entering <ESC> lets you exit any Form."
"Navigate using <Tab>, <S-Tab>, <C-P> and <C-N>."
"Also, navigate using <LeftMouse> and <ScrollWheelUp/Down>."
"Select a button using <CR>, <Space>, of <LeftMouse>"

calling SetStringAt(str, line, column)

into a window area which is filled left-to-right, top-to-bottom with,
lets say, random characters. Some of the characters written may be
multi-byte.

If I use:

function! SetStringAt(str, line, column)
let s = a:str
let slen = strchars(s)
exe a:line
let c = a:column
exe "norm! 0".(c-1)."l".slen."s".s.''
endfunction

I get, well, unexpected output because of the '<' and/or '>' in the text.

But if I use:

function! SetCharAt(chr, line, column)
exe a:line
if a:column <= 1
exe "norm! 0r".a:chr
else
exe "norm! 0".(a:column-1)."lr".a:chr
endif
endfunction

function! SetStringAt(str, line, column)
let s = a:str
let slen = strchars(s)
let cnt = 0
while cnt < slen
call SetCharAt(s[cnt], a:line, a:column+cnt)
let cnt += 1
endwhile
endfunction

Then everything is written to the window as expected.

So, I fear, there was something wrong with my first approach.

Thanks for your help.
Richard

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