Re: Max chars on vim command

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Ni Va <nivaemail@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Testing this code, it appears that testlist of 10000 chars abort call.
> How is the max and how can I pass all the data by job_starting vim ?
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Niva
>
> function! awl#testfunc(arg) "{{{
> echomsg "eheh"
> echomsg string(a:arg)
> endfu
> "}}}
>
>
> " let testlist= ['1','2','3']
> let nb = 1
> let max = 10000
> let testlist=[]
> while nb < max
> call add( testlist, string(nb) )
> let nb+=1
> endwhile
> call job_start([expand('$VIMRUNTIME').'/gvim_amd64.exe', '-c', 'echo awl#testfunc('.string(testlist).')'])
>

A very long command-line is never a good idea.

If you want Vim to run something long and/or complicated, write it to
a vimscript and have Vim source that at startup.

See "-S {file}" and "-S" under ":help -S".


Best regards,
Tony.

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