You have a very good point there, Jurgen. Somehow now, I have this uncontrollable urge to go baa-aa-aa at the moon.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:20 PM 'Jürgen Krämer' via vim_use < vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Graham Lawrence schrieb am 19.07.2020 um 22:07: > > :h v:count includes the following example > > | > > map _x :<C-U>echo "the count is ".v:count<CR> > > | > > > > which works as expected, but using > > | > > map :let @n=v:count1<cr>... > > | > > > did you really leave out the left-hand-side of the mapping in your .vimrc > or is this just a typo in your mail? > > > produces E492 etc; and instead I must use > > | > > map ;;:<C-U>exe 'let @n=v:count1'<cr>... > > | > > > > for it to work. > > > > Now I have a number of mappings in alternate .vimrc files that use the > 'let' form that now fails, which strongly implies that at one time that > method of saving v:count did work. > > So is this a recent development? Or have I unwittingly set something in > .vimrc that invalidates 'let'? Or is it a vim error that is likely to be > corrected by reverting to the old form? Or ...? > > Regards, > Jürgen > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/e18c4134-695a-1d51-1094-926d11ae7481%40googlemail.com > . > -- Graham Lawrence -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CA%2BE5mK7ZedxExMv3QFNB4a5%3DK6STj4h6N-eTbE3C%2B-_r60vTkw%40mail.gmail.com.