Re: silent+redraw E749: Empty buffer

On Friday, 3 October 2014 05:53:47 UTC+2, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:26:27 PM UTC-5, dza wrote:
> > Hello.I have a simple combination of silent/redraw
> >
> > command! -nargs=1 Silent
> > \ | exe 'silent !'.<q-args>
> > \ | execute ':redraw!'
> >
> > If I put
> > exe 'silent !'.<q-args> | exe ':redraw!'
> >
> > Manually it works fine.
> >
> > But if I run the command I created in an empty buffer I get:
> >
> > E749: Empty buffer.
> >
> > What is the explanation behind that ? Does silent/redraw require buffer input somehow ?
> >
>
> When I try sourcing the script as written, I get errors, because of the first '|' which is not only unnecessary but actually incorrect.
>
> When I remove that character and try the command, on either an empty buffer or a file buffer, I see it working just fine without errors.
>
> Note you can also just use redraw! instead of exe ":redraw!".

Hmm. It was taken from the bottom here:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Avoiding_the_%22Hit_ENTER_to_continue%22_prompts

I think it's identical.

Although I see your point .. That it's probably better left without it.

It still gives E749 though.

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