On 25/11/08 21:36, Dennis Benzinger wrote:
> Am 25.11.2008 21:09, Erik Falor schrieb:
>> [...]
>> Option 1: Don't use an escape sequence with :set; use the terminal
>> code:
>>
>> :set guitabtooltip=a<Ctrl-V><Ctrl-M>b
>>
>> Option 2: Treat it as an expression rather than an option:
>>
>> :let&guitabtooltip="a\nb"
>>
>> Using :set with very complicated string options is a real pain.  With
>> :let, you can avoid much of the headache associated with backslashes
>> and whitespace.  And, in this case, it's the only way to get escape
>> characters recognized.
>>
>
> Are these options documented in the help? If not, could you write a
> patch for the help files (probably for :help setting-guitablabel)? I
> don't know what to write because I don't know why these options work and
> why other ways of including a newline in guitabtooltip don't work.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis Benzinger

See
        :help :let-option
        :help expr-quote


Best regards,
Tony.
-- 
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