Hi, Graham Lawrence schrieb am 19.07.2020 um 22:07: > :h v:count includes the following example > | > map _x :<C-U>echo "the count is ".v:count<CR> > | > > which works as expected, but using > | > map :let @n=v:count1<cr>... > | > did you really leave out the left-hand-side of the mapping in your .vimrc or is this just a typo in your mail?
> produces E492 etc; and instead I must use > | > map ;;:<C-U>exe 'let @n=v:count1'<cr>... > | > > for it to work. > > Now I have a number of mappings in alternate .vimrc files that use the 'let' > form that now fails, which strongly implies that at one time that method of > saving v:count did work. > So is this a recent development? Or have I unwittingly set something in > .vimrc that invalidates 'let'? Or is it a vim error that is likely to be > corrected by reverting to the old form? Or ...? Regards, Jürgen -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/e18c4134-695a-1d51-1094-926d11ae7481%40googlemail.com.