vim - src/ex

ex_docmd.c contains functions for executing an ex command or ex command line.

do_cmdline_cmd()

do_cmdline_cmd() executes a simple command and is used for translated commands like *.

do_cmdline()

do_cmdline() executes one Ex command line.

This function can be called recursively.

find_command(exarg_T *eap … )

find_command tries to «locate» an Ex command (built-in or user defined) by its name.

eap->cmd points to the start of the command.

The function sets eap->cmdidx

Returns a char_u* that points after the command name, or NULL if command was ambigous.

For example, if called with set nocompatible, it will return a pointer to nocompatible.

Exceptions are if the command starts with

The function also checks if the command table needs to be updated. If this is the case, it throws the error E943. (See create_cmdidxs.vim and ex_cmdidxs.h)

Compare with findoption().

ex_ni()

ex_ni is called for ex-commands that are not implemented.

They're probably not implemented because they require a FEAT_* with which the sources were not compiled (for example in something like to following code snippet):

#ifndef FEAT_PRINTER
# define ex_hardcopy	ex_ni
#endif

vim - src/ex_docmd.c

do_cmdline_cmd()

do_cmdline()

do_one_cmd()

find_command(exarg_T *eap … )

ex_ni()

See also