Re: norm in a global command not working in script

Am 2015-04-09 10:40, schrieb av:
> Hi,
>
> A global command that executes a normal command doesn't seem to work
> always as expected when executed from a script but works fine when
> executed on the current buffer.
>
> In this example I would like to execute a global command to take the
> multiline text that is returned on next lines and bring it back on the
> same line as the MyMultilineTextField
>
> So instead of having:
>
> MyMultilineTextField = alsdfjlasdjflksdjlf
> asldjflaskdfjasdjflasjkdf
> asdlkflaskdfjasdjfjasdkfjklsd
> alsdflkasdfjksdjklf
>
> I would have
>
> MyMultilineTextField = alsdfjlasdjflksdjlf
> asldjflaskdfjasdjflasjkdf asdlkflaskdfjasdjfjasdkfjklsd
> alsdflkasdfjksdjklf
>
> So for each line that are multitext lines that are not on the
> MyMultilineTextField line, do norm kJ to bring it back to the field's
> line, using a command line:
>
> g!/ = /norm kJ
>
> MySingleLineTextField = testalsdkflkasdf
> MyMultilineTextField = alsdfjlasdjflksdjlf
> asldjflaskdfjasdjflasjkdf
> asdlkflaskdfjasdjfjasdkfjklsd
> alsdflkasdfjksdjklf
>
> MySingleLineTextField = 2308230982309weofsf
> MyMultilineTextField = asljf9u3f92jfj23fio32jfio3j2iojf23
> asdfisdjafjs09fjsdf09sdj0f
> as0dfj0asdj0fasd0j9fas09dfj09sdj0f9sdjf
>
> So to test the differences, create these functions below and paste the
> same test text above to a new buffer and save it as test.txt.
>
> fu! g:Gn()
> g!, = ,norm kJ
> endfu
>
> fu! g:Gon()
> exe 'split test.txt'
> g!, = ,norm kJ
> endfu
>
> Then to open the test.txt file using the command 'edit test.txt', and
> call the function g:Gn() like this 'call g:Gn()', the text should be
> formatted correctly and multiline text should be all on the same
> field.
>
> The don't save the file and close it and run the function g:Gon() like
> this 'call g:Gon()', now the lines will not be formatted correctly and
> some multiline text will still be on their line.
>
> I have found another way of accomplishing my task, but I find it
> unfortunate that the norm command cannot be use reliably inside the
> global command in a script, such a command in scripts would be very
> powerful and make text processing very easy.
>
> If somebody could help to understand how to make this work or to
> confirm this is a bug and could file it this would be great, I would
> appreciate.
>
> Thank you very much,

I can't reproduce this. Try to reproduce it starting from vim -u NONE -N
See also the faq: http://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html#faq-2.5

Best,
Christian

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