Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Re: Bug in help docs?

Kenny Stauffer wrote:

> The help for CTRL-\_CTRL-N says: "When focus is in a terminal window,
> CTRL-\ CTRL-N goes to Normal mode for only one command, see
> |t_CTRL-\_CTRL-N|."
>
> The part about "for only one command" doesn't seem to be true. Vim stays in
> Terminal-Normal mode for multiple normal mode commands (yank, mark) and ex
> commands (:checktime). The help for t_CTRL-\_CTRL-N does not mention "for
> only one command." Am I failing to understand what help is trying to tell
> me? Or is this a bug in the docs?

This is a mistake in the help. If you follow the tag then it just
mentions going to Normal mode.

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