Friday, April 5, 2019

Re: Documentation error for change 8.1.1116

Tony wrote:

> In helpfile repeat.txt line 331, a few lines below *:scriptversion*
> there is:
> Does not apply to sourced scripts.
> there should be:
> Only valid in a sourced script.

Let's make that a bit clearer:

Specify the version of Vim for the lines that follow
in the same file. Only applies at the toplevel of
sourced scripts.

> Trying to use the :scriptversion command outside of a sourced script
> gives error E984: :scriptversion used outside of a sourced script
>
> Testcase: type the following:
> :scriptversion 2 | echo .5 | scriptversion 1
> then hit <Return>

It also doesn't work inside a function. I was wondering if it makes
sense there. Would only be if you change style halfway a function,
which I would not expect to be useful.

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