Re: Does :global convert tabs to spaces prior to sending to the screen?

Hi Rod!

On Do, 26 Mai 2016, Rod Holcomb wrote:

> I have the following function in my .vimrc
>
>
> command! -nargs=+ -complete=command TabMessage call TabMessage(<q-args>)
> function! TabMessage(cmd)
> redir => message
> silent execute a:cmd
> redir END
> tabnew
> silent put=message
> set nomodified
> endfunction
>
>
>
> basically it redirect message to a new tab.
> however when I run
> :TabMessage g//
>
> tabs my buffer get stripped on there way to the new tab.
>
> Thoughts?

I think this happens by the redir function, which basically gets the
output from the screen and does not know, that the underlying message
has been using tabs.


Best,
Christian
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