":echo" apparently erases only part of the command-line in some
circumstances.
After defining the following function
function TestForX()
let @+ = " "
let x = @+
let @+ = '--' . x
redir @"
silent reg
redir END
let @+ = x
return (@" =~ '\n"+ ')
endfunction
(which actually tests, not for X but for clipboard usability),
:echo TestForX()
returns either ":echo TestF0" or ":echo TestF1". This problem is
apparently only cosmetic, since
:if TestForX()|echo 'yes'|else|echo 'no'|endif
returns ":if TestForyes" or ":if TestForno", not always the same string.
So, for some reason, if that function was used, ":echo" does not erase
the first 11 characters on the command-line.
If it makes any difference, my 'cmdheight' is set to 2 and I tested this
using a Huge Vim 7.2.148 for GTK2/Gnome2 in console mode on Linux, both
in konsole (where it takes the "true" branch of the above ":if") and in
the Linux console (where it takes the "else" branch)...
Best regards,
Tony.
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