patch 8.2.4594: need to write script to a file to be able to source them

Problem:    Need to write script to a file to be able to source them.
Solution:   Make ":source" use lines from the current buffer. (Yegappan
            Lakshmanan et al., closes #9967)
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Yegappan Lakshmanan
2022-03-19 12:56:51 +00:00
committed by Bram Moolenaar
parent 95d2e7634c
commit 36a5b6867b
11 changed files with 530 additions and 19 deletions

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@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ For writing a Vim script, see chapter 41 of the user manual |usr_41.txt|.
:so[urce] {file} Read Ex commands from {file}. These are commands that
start with a ":".
Triggers the |SourcePre| autocommand.
:[range]so[urce] Read Ex commands from the [range] of lines in the
current buffer. When sourcing commands from the
current buffer, the same script-ID |<SID>| is used
even if the buffer is sourced multiple times.
*:source!*
:so[urce]! {file} Read Vim commands from {file}. These are commands
that are executed from Normal mode, like you type