Thursday, June 15, 2023

Vim does not recognize previous command when issued within a function

I can execute the following command and then enter "@:" to repeat the command.
This works fine.

:windo silent/foo/|wincmd w
@:

However, when I execute the same command within a function, "@:" displays an
error message saying there is no  previous command.
How can I get the command within the function to be registered as a command for "@:"?

function! Find_In_Multiple_Windows(pattern)
  if !empty(a:pattern)
    execute ":windo silent /" . a:pattern . "/|wincmd w"
  endif
endfunction
nnoremap <silent>fw :call Find_In_Multiple_Windows(input("Search for: "))<CR>

fw
Search for: foo
@:
E30: No previous command line

Note: Also posted on stackoverflow, but no responses so far.

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