> I had many cases of "disappearing echo" in the past, > I was mostly able to solve with some or other tricks. This > one is difficult, I cannot solve it whatever I try (echo in > the rhs of 'nmap *'): > > 1. :nnoremap * :exe "norm! *" <bar> echomsg "bla bla"<cr> > 2. :help help > 3. /for<cr> > 4. press * * * * * * * > Message "bla bla" mostly does not appear (very rarely, > it does; :mess shows that mapping was triggered) Why ?
I don't know why but I have that problem since a long time (from vim 5 already!). Yes, sometimes tricks (like introducing dummy 'echo ""' before the real echo help, but sometimes they don't. I think Bram knows about it. ---Zdenek
