On 10/13/06, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yakov Lerner wrote:
> On 10/13/06, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Benji Fisher wrote:
>> > While replying to a post on the vim users' list, I noticed a
>> slight
>> > problem. The diff commands set some options, but this is not reported
>> > with "verbose set". For example
>> >
>> > :e foo.txt
>> > :set fdm=marker
>> > :diffsplit bar.txt
>> > :wincmd w " back to foo.txt
>> > :verbose set fdm?
>> > foldmethod=diff
>> > :only
>> > :verbose set fdm?
>> > foldmethod=manual
>> >
>> > --Benji Fisher
>> >
>>
>> Since you entered the built-in command which changed the 'fdm' option
>> at the
>> keyboard, there is no script or modeline to 'verbose'ly report. Or is
>> the file
>> actually not "manual"ly folded at the last step? I don't understand in
>> what
>> way the "actual behaviour" differs from the "expected behaviour".
>
> The copy of command itself could be remembered
> to be printed later by 'verbose set fdm?', like this:
> Last set from interactive, 33 commands ago ':diffsplit bar.txt'
> Or the first 80 chars of the command, in case it was too long
> (single vim command half million characters long was discussed
> recently on the list ... although it was not typed interactively on
> vim command line ... )
>
> Alternatively, 'Last set from' could refer to command number as it
> appears in the :history (commands are numbered there). But if that
> command was too long ago that it dropped from history, you can't
> see it using :history.
>
> Just my 5c
>
> Yakov
>
Maybe; but IMHO that would be a "request for enhancement", not a "bug". I
thought Benji meant that Vim was not behaving as advertised.
Benji used word "problem" not word "bug". Literally speaking, vim
behaves per doc here because ':help set-verbose' mentions
When the option was set by hand there is no "Last set" message.
But I share Benji's judgement. When command sets option indirectly,
it's always kind of surprise, and I'd prefer ':verbose set xyz' to
show exactly which by-hand command did it.
This would be helpful in cases of indirect option switching.
Yes this is change request. But I feel it makes sense.
Yakov
