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I am using gvim 9.0.1047 on Windows 10

I added the following to my vimrc so I can run the sas program I am working on and open the log file without leaving vim:

map <F12> :!"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\sas.exe" % -CONFIG "C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\nls\en\SASV9.CFG" -nosplash -icon -log %<.log -print %<.lst<CR> & :e %<.log<CR>

It works fine, but it puts a hash (#) in the program at the front of the line where the cursor lies when I hit f12

I can't understand why. Thanks for any help

EDIT: I saw the same problem with simpler mapping eg,

map <F8> :set guifont=Consolas:h12:cANSI:qDRAFT<CR> & :set numberwidth=2<CR>

ie this also produces the #. At the bottom here: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Mapping_keys_in_Vim_-_Tutorial_(Part_2), they suggest this should be

map <F8> :set guifont=Consolas:h12:cANSI:qDRAFT<CR> \| set numberwidth=2<CR>

this solves it ie no # appears, but the second setting is not implemented when i write it like this. I wonder how to get any mapping like this where you want to do 2 things, in the above case i want to reduce the font size and narrow the left margin (to get the output to fit on the screen)

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I didn't manage to reproduce your problem since I don't have sas.exe

I would do:

nnoremap <F12> :execute '!"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\sas.exe"' expand('%') '-CONFIG "C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\nls\en\SASV9.CFG" -nosplash -icon -log' expand('%<') . '.log' '-print' expand('%<') . '.lst' \| e %<.log<CR>

I have:

  • Used execute to be able to have a sequence of command.
  • Used ' to avoid the backslash (\) are interpreted by Vim the wrong way
  • Used | to separate the two commands
  • Used expand to build the argument of your command line
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  • thanks a lot for this. It works. A couple minor things: 1) it throws errors with the ':e %<.log<CR>' bit, but that's ok, i will use another fn key to open and scan the log, 2) i had to add <CR><CR> to the end, I'm not sure why
    – neverdimed
    Jan 16 at 15:07
  • Thanks for the feedback :-) If the solution solves your problem I'll be glad if you could validate it using the green v button next to the voting arrow buttons.
    – Vivian De Smedt
    Jan 16 at 16:00
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    actually the problem has evolved :) i'll edit the question to clarify
    – neverdimed
    Jan 16 at 16:10
  • I forgot to escape the |. To solve the problem add only one <CR> at the end of the command and skip the one in the middle of the command.
    – Vivian De Smedt
    Jan 16 at 16:47
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    excellent, that works, many thanks!
    – neverdimed
    Jan 17 at 9:11

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