On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 10:48:52 AM UTC-5, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 9:35:16 AM UTC-6, FlashBurn wrote: > > I'm trying to learn about vim scripting. I tried to define a new function > > on the command line with the following: > > > > :function Meow() | echom "Meow" | endfunction > > > > For some reason the following error show up: > > > > E488: Trailing characters > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > From :help :bar you can see that :function is one of the Vim commands that > cannot be separated by a | character to chain commands together. > > Unfortunately, unlike most Vim commands, this does not work: > > :execute "function Meow()" | echom "Meow" | endfunction > > You need to use this workaround for one-liner functions: > > exec "function Meow()\nechom \"Meow\"\nendfun" > > You can also just type the function one line at a time; Vim goes into some > special mode when you run the command ":function Meow()" by itself, which is > ended when you enter the ":endfunction" command. > > Note that the normal use of functions, is in a script file, where you use > multiple lines.
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