I have this oneliner in my vimrc but it does not work :
if has("patch-7.4.710") | set listchars+=space:· else | set listchars+=trail:· | endif
VIM says :
E518: Unknown option: else
Can you help me ?
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You need to put another | before else otherwise vim will think your command is set listchars+=space:· else instead of two separate commands. That's why you got the error message: else is an unknown option for the command set.
The correct syntax is the following:
if has("patch-7.4.710") | set listchars+=space:· | else | set listchars+=trail:· | endif
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I was struggling to where would I place the
|, before or after theelse? Now, I now it's both :-D. Thanks a lot :) !– SebMaSep 11, 2017 at 9:52 -
2@SebMa: Think of how vim would parse your code if it was written on several lines: instruction 1
if has("patch-7.4.710"), instruction 2set listchars+=space:·, instruction 3else, instruction 4set listchars+=trail:·and last instructionendif. As the|are used to separate instructions it is only logical to put one beforeelseand one after :)– statoxSep 11, 2017 at 9:58 -
1It's logical as long as one knows the language. In C, we use
;to separate instructions . In Celseis not an instruction, otherwise there would be a;after it :)– SebMaSep 11, 2017 at 10:02 -
1The semantics of VimScript are a lot closer to shell scripting than C @SebMa. Sep 11, 2017 at 10:31
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1@SebMa No, but the semantics of "(almost) everything including control structures are a command" is similar to VimScript (and different from C). Sep 11, 2017 at 12:23