Re: Cursor stays in command line after echo invoked with pumvisible() == 1

On 21/10/2018 12:59, Lifepillar wrote:
> On 07/09/2018 20:58, Lifepillar wrote:
>> If you run `vim --clean` (I have tried with Vim 8.1.300) and
>> source this:
>>
>> fun! Act()
>>    echo "The cursor gets stuck here ->"
>>    return ''
>> endf
>>
>> " 1. Trigger keyword completion (<c-x><c-n)
>> " 2. Force waiting for the pop-up menu to appear (<c-r>==''<cr>)
>> " 3. Invoke Act() with pumvisible() == 1 (<plug>(Act)
>> fun! Complete()
>>    return "\<c-x>\<c-n>\<c-r>=''\<cr>\<plug>(Act)"
>> endf
>>
>> imap <silent> <expr> <plug>(Act) Act()
>> imap <expr> <tab> Complete()
>>
>> set completeopt=menu
>> set noshowmode
>>
>> then (in the same buffer) type something like `s<tab>`: you should see
>> that the pop-up menu appears, but the cursor stays in the command line
>> until you press another character.
>>
>> Is there a way to avoid that, i.e., to have the cursor stays in the
>> buffer? Tried redraw after echo, but it does not change anything;
>> redraw! leaves the cursor at the bottom-right angle of the menu instead.
>
> Forcing a status line redraw (e.g., let &ro=&ro) fixes the issue (thanks
> to Github user @cwfoo)

That's user @mg979. Sorry.

Life.

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